Orchestra

Dunedin band IVY met as students at Bayfield Highschool during Covid and played their first gig in 2021 Audio

The NZSO will accompany an 80-strong choir this week in a celebration of Pasifika music, combining symphony with songs from the Pacific. Audio

Timpanist Steven Logan chats with Voices about his love for classical music, growing up in the US and joining the APO seven years ago. Audio

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra plays baroque and baroque-inspired music at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland.  Audio

A concert of highlights all the way through: Australian pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout is the soloist in one of Mozart's glorious piano concertos; there's the world premiere of a work by New Zealander… Audio

A concert of hope, drama and triumph with music by Verdi, Brahms and Dvořák. James Judd conducts the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Voices New Zealand. Audio

The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra presents a concert of 'Romantic Masters', starting with Berlioz' 'Roman Carnival Overture', then Saint-Saëns' Nile-inspired 'Piano Concerto No 5', and Dvořák's… Audio

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra/Luke Dollman

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Dvořák 's was inspired to write this symphony after hearing Brahms' monumental… Audio

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Somi Kim (piano), Christchurch Symphony Orchestra/Luke Dollman

In 1896, Saint-Saens journeyed to the temple town of… Audio

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra/Luke Dollman

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The Roman Carnival Overture by Hector Berlioz was originally intended as a… Audio

Holly Mathieson is based in Glasgow but for the past two and a half years she has been commuting to Halifax, Nova Scotia to act as the Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia, one of Canada's top pro… Audio

From Vancouver to Auckland: violinist Andrew Beer prepares to debut a major new work in his adopted home. Audio

The Auckland Philharmonia Music presents a programme featuring the Hungarian instrument, the cimbalom.   Audio

It's been 10 years since Kiwi musician Kimbra hit the top of the New Zealand music charts -- and those of myriad other countries around the world -- as vocalist on Australian singer/songwriter Gotye's… Audio

Auckland-born Tecwyn Evans lives in Kvidinge, which is a locality in Skåne County, Sweden, with his wife, Swedish Soprano Susanna Andersson, and their 19-month-old daughter Ayla. He's Calling Home… Audio, Gallery

Louis Baker and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich, with orchestration by Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper. Video, Audio

Norman Lebrecht, the well-known UK musical critic, has recently claimed that the appointment of chief conductors has little impact on the performance of orchestras. Music Director Gemma New joins the… Audio

A "kinetic force" on the podium, conductor Kristjan Järvi is re-inventing our relationship to classical music. Video, Audio