SOUZ contemporary prize awarded to Salina Fisher
Composer Salina Fisher has become the youngest ever winner of New Zealand’s SOUZ Contemporary Award. The 24-year-old took home the award for her work Tōrino … Read more
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New Zealand’s first ballet academy
New Zealand’s first ever ballet academy will open in Lower Hutt next year. Chilton Saint James School is located about 16km from Wellington, and will … Read more
Lang Lang to make New Zealand debut
Lang Lang will make his New Zealand recital debut, 12 years after the Chinese pianist first played in the country with New Zealand Symphony Orchestra … Read more
Good news for performing arts in New Zealand
Things have been pretty bleak for Australian arts recently, but there is some good news for its antipodean neighbour New Zealand: three of its main … Read more
Creative New Zealand establishes touring agency
A new agency to support the touring of contemporary New Zealand theatre, dance and music will launch next March in an effort to strengthen the … Read more
NZSO records new Hobbit soundtrack
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has recorded the soundtrack for the third film in director Peter Jackson’s acclaimed Hobbit trilogy. The music for The Hobbit: … Read more
Pietari Inkinen named chief conductor in Prague
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s music director, Pietari Inkinen (pictured), is to take up the chief conductor role with Prague Symphony Orchestra from September 2015. Inkinen, … Read more
SSO and NZSO to mark Anzac Centenary
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli landings with two simultaneous world premieres. Perth-based composer … Read more
NZSO launch vibrant 2014 campaign
A spaghetti food fight, a sphynx cat with a diamante collar, and a levitating woman all feature in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s latest marketing campaign. In … Read more
Comment: judge conductors on ability, not gender
New Zealand conductor Rachael Young on her musical career to date, and her belief that classical music should transcend gender boundaries. My path to conducting … Read more