The NZSO announces the four winners of the Alex Lindsay Trust prizes.
Author: Richard Betts
Michael Norris Q&A – Post-tonal Post-colonial Composition
RICHARD BETTS chats with award-winning NZ composer Michael Norris whose work uses electronics along with the sound of a whale vertebra.
Arts Festival Shows Pandemic-Defying Optimism
Brave or foolhardy? Either way, the organisers of this October’s Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival are showing true mettle, reports RICHARD BETTS.
Pandemic Brings Opera Stars to Local Stage
RICHARD BETTS details post-Covid activities in the classical realm and finds that things are warming up nicely.
Barok’n’Roll
RICHARD BETTS catches up with period-instrument orchestra NZ Barok ahead of their forthcoming concert of quartets by Mozart and Boccherini.
Come On Feel The Noise
RICHARD BETTS speaks with award-winning NZ composer Sarah Ballard who meditates her music into being.
Tiny Ruins: The Lost Interview
In the latest instalment of Witchdoctor’s UNEXPURGATED series, we find RICHARD BETTS deep in conversation with Tiny Ruins singer/player Hollie Fullbrook.
Orchestra Wellington Returns to Stage
Orchestra Wellington this weekend becomes the city’s first major music organisation to give a concert since lockdown ended, reports RICHARD BETTS.