Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra rewarded a spellbound Auckland Town Hall with a brilliant display of the orchestral art.

Chamber Music New Zealand's QuintEssence was touted as a mini-festival, marketed with crass images of Mozart and Brahms as sparring pugilists.

Vladimir Ashkenazy is regarded as one of the greatest musicians of our time.

Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers shares her thoughts on technology and dinosaurs.

A joyous partnership brings sparkle to underrated classical gems.

NZTrio's Sunday concert achieved a meld of East and West that fully justified its title, Glow.

NZTrio's Sunday concert achieved a meld of East and West that fully justified its title, Glow.

Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg's latest CD is a wonderful souvenir of a concert that too many missed.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's 2017 programme is a staggering achievement.

The Rodger Fox Big Band and NZTO's Swing into Spring concert sets the party mood in a raucous fun way.

Victor Herbert is mostly remembered for his operettas, now a new collection of his orchestral music reminds us this man had a very different life before he succumbed to the lure of Broadway.

Viva Voce is possibly the country's liveliest chamber choir; next weekend, itsHeavenly Bodies concert is inspired by The Bard's image of the orbs of heaven.

When it comes to Kiwi Big Band jazz, Rodger Fox is the man who set the template; now he's touring the country with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

You're not too likely to encounter the music of Auber in today's opera houses and concert halls. Well, not in this country, although

Bach Musica NZ marketed this early evening concert as a Mozart Feast and a generous repast it was.

Yorrick, the German shepherd, has been banned from Auckland Town Hall concerts after barking in displeasure at brass solos.

Luca Manghi is in rehearsal week for tonight's Flautissimo concert, one of the regular chamber music evenings sponsored by Auckland's

During the past few years, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra has presented annual Choral Masterpieces evenings, focusing on one particular

Mendelssohn's Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage has always seemed a poor cousin to his more popular Hebrides Overture, despite its literary

The intimacy of Auckland Museum's auditorium must have appealed to Javier Perianes, introducing his Fazioli recital as more of a family concert.

The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra take on the music of Ross Harris with excellent results.

I catch Javier Perianes by phone at his Hobart hotel and the Spanish pianist quickly assures me that, no, he's not watching the Olympics

Tonight's second instalment of Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Degenerate, Denounced, Outrageous series was always going to be the

The evening almost stole upon us. First up, clarinettist Julian Bliss gave us Debussy with pianist Sarah Watkins and, with shivery

It was cheering that the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra opened its latest concert with an indisputable Strauss masterpiece.

When the dinner conversation turns to crocodiles, you know this is no ordinary music festival. Crocodiles are a regular part of life

Jordi Savall's latest project explores five centuries of shifting cultures in southern Spain, focusing on the city of Granada from

The classical music world is nothing if not cosmopolitan. German soprano Christiane Libor makes her debut with the New Zealand Symphony

At 27, Julian Bliss knows what it's like to be a wunderkind. The British clarinetist won his first major concerto competition at 12

Audiences have become accustomed to the seemingly inevitable triumph of Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's annual Opera in Concert.