Bryan Crump

Chris Illingworth loves pianos, especially Yamaha ones, but the keyboard maestro for English band GoGo Penguin also loves how – in this digital age – you can manipulate their sound. Video, Audio

Soprano Madeleine Pierard is (by her own admission) stretching herself a little thin these days, singing Sibelius, Berg, Purcell and Strauss in the space of six weeks. But musically she's never been… Video, Audio

Listening to music is not a passive activity according to French conductor Chloé van Soeterstède. In fact, sometimes she sits members of the audience among the players. Audio

Composer Leonie Holmes talks to Bryan Crump about her new piano concerto, which she wrote for Stephen De Pledge. It has its public premiere in Christchurch this weekend. Audio

He's not the first composer to attempt to complete it, but Robert Wiremu's arrangement of Mozart's unfinished Requiem is possibly the most imaginative. Audio

The Auckland Youth Orchestra is celebrating its diamond anniversary this month. Ahead of concerts in Whangarei, Hamilton and Auckland, Bryan Crump speaks to musical director Antun Poljanich and former… Video, Audio

Former director of Montana Wines, Peter Hubscher, talks to Bryan Crump about embracing his musical self after stepping back from the winemaking business and setting up the Tironui Trust (with his wife… Audio

NZ composer Gemma Peacocke talks with Bryan Crump about recent works, and finding "a way around the squeamishness of being a classical composer who's interested in expressing emotion". Audio

Once described as 'a musical Bear Grylls' for his fearless performance of a virtuosic horn piece, young UK musician Ben Goldscheider is a star on the rise. He's one of the guest artists in this year’s… Video, Audio

American-born violinist Esther Yoo talks with Bryan Crump ahead of her Napier concert with the NZSO playing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. Video, Audio

Bryan Crump speaks to Norwegian conductor Eivind Aadland, in Aotearoa to conduct the Auckland Philharmonia and possibly to add to his collection of contemporary art. Audio

To mark Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori, Bryan Crump speaks to and plays waiata with Toni Huata, Kaihautū Puoro Māori, director of Māori Music at SOUNZ. Video, Audio

RNZ film critic Simon Morris assesses Hollywood's latest biopic on a dead composer. "Chevalier" is the story of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the son of slave (and a slave owner) who… Audio

Bridget Douglas, NZSO Principal Flute and Chair of the Alex Lindsay Awards Trust, talks to Bryan Crump about this year's recipients of grants to further their careers as orchestral musicians. Audio

Collaborators Sophie Linday and Peau Halapua talk to Bryan Crump about the incidental music they've created for Sophie's play, ÉMILIE, the story of Émilie Du Châtelet, the woman who translated the… Audio

Waikato-raised, Portugal-based soprano Madison Nonoa is back home for the first time since the Covid pandemic. She's playing Cupid in Black Grace & NZ Opera's co-production of the dance-opera (m)Orphe… Audio

NZTrio pianist Somi Kim takes time out to speak to Bryan Crump about her busy schedule of solo and chamber performances including Homeland, the trio's three-part concert series. Audio

Pianist Joyce Yang is in New Zealand to perform Leonard Bernstein's 'Symphony No 2, The Age of Anxiety' with the NZSO. She says for people who aren't familiar with classical music, nothing beats… Audio

Moses Mackay, one third of the Pasifika opera trio Sol3 Mio, is back in Aotearoa to sing in the annual Spring fundraising Soirée for Te Papa. He's also released a solo album, Grace. Bryan Crump spoke… Video, Audio

Bella Hristova and Michael Houstoun have been making music together since Bella won the Michael Hill International Violin competition in 2008. Having recorded all of Beethoven's sonatas, they've… Audio