Auckland Arts Festival announces it first 2019 show, an opera with appeal for film fans.

Twelve-year picked for prestigious music school wants to be doctor.

Star-crossed lovers play Romeo and Juliet in rare operatic take on tragic love story.

Musical world of composer John Elmsly revealed by Auckland Chamber Orchestra.

Pianist Henry Wong Doe soars with Rachmaninov's popular Second Piano Concerto.

Losing track of all the gigs being announced? We've got you covered

Australian music superstar James Morrison jazzes things up with the APO this month.

Finding an old CD saw Richard Betts discovering where the musicians are now.

In a corner of Vermont USA, a family of famous musical Austrians has come to call home.

The Phoenix Foundation turns 20 and celebrates with the NZ Symphony Orchestra.

Jaime Martin and NZSO have fun with Shostakovich's Festive Overture, writes William Dart.

Antonello Palombi won hearts with his rapturous "Celeste Aida", writes William Dart.

Rising NZ singer Oliver Sewell on how combat skills help opera singers perfect technique.

Giordano Bellincampi launched APO's Beethoven 7 concert with a welcome taste of Danish.

It's the music of yesteryear for the kids of today.

Meet the 10 young hopefuls wanting to win NZ's most prestigious classical singing contest.

The Royal New Zealand Ballet delivers a show with panache and impeccable timing.

NZSO and conductor Harth-Bedoya came to town with a curious (and rather short) programme.

Weber's F minor concerto might have been written to showcase this man's talent for lithe.

The programme opened with three chorale preludes from Bach's Orgel-buchlein.

Playing Beethoven while hanging from ceiling was a bit different.

Auckland Chamber Orchestra captures those who catch the spirit of NZ in music. music.

Award-winning string quartet scales the heights but keeps its feet on the ground.

One of NZ's artistic gems, Auckland Chamber Orchestra's gives Waiheke composer a hearing.

Brace for orchestral night fever courtesy of the APO and top Kiwi singers.

Music, theatre, comedy: top weekend entertainment to laugh in the face of winter with

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to play a rarely heard version of a Stravinsky masterpiece

Timua Brennan is the third in her direct family line to receive a royal honour.

NZ Opera's The Elixir of Love is first-class entertainment, writes William Dart.

At NZ Opera, wardrobe and makeup prepare for The Elixir of Love, writes Dionne Christian.