Michael Houstoun

Michael Houstoun is performing The Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach complete. He tells us what this means to him, about the technical challenges, about the demands on a pianist's imagination, and about… Video, Audio

Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Audio

Michael Houstoun played for a marathon 90 minutes, performing two concertos with Orchestra Wellington on Friday night. Peter Mechen reviews Houstoun’s performance of two concertos in D Minor: Mozart’s… Audio

Pianist Michael Houstoun with Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Audio

Pianist Michael Houstoun with Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Audio

Pianist Michael Houstoun with Orchestra Wellington conducted by Marc Taddei. Audio

Orchestra Wellington’s concert master Amalia Hall has only been in the role a short time, but she’s achieved a lot. This week she oversees the orchestra with Michael Houstoun as he performs a concerto… Audio

Michael Houstoun played the entire 96 pieces of Bach's Well Tempered Clavier Books I & II this past weekend. The pieces that make up the two books were written as exercises for Bach's pupils. Peter… Audio

Michael Houstoun has a full Bach performance calendar on his plate: it starts with a jazz reworking of the Bach D minor keyboard concerto with the Rodger Fox Big Band, then next month he plays all of… Audio

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra performs classical favorites on the occasion of it's 70th year. Conducted by Hamish McKeich with pianist Michael Houstoun. Audio

Rachel Hyde reviews Orchestra Wellington’s final concert in the Last Words themed series. Saturday’s concert featured two pieces from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker, and Bartok’s last musical love letter… Audio

Michael Houstoun takes to the stage tomorrow to perform Bartok’s Piano Concerto No 3 with Orchestra Wellington. Conducted by Marc Taddei, the work was written by Bartok in the final stages of his… Audio

Michael Houstoun talks about his new interest in Bach’s Preludes and Fugues. He plays the complete Book II in the first concert in the Judith Clark Memorial Piano Series this weekend at the New… Audio

Karlo Margetić: Melting Furniture for piano and orchestra. Video, Audio

Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D flat. Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei. Recorded 7 November 2015 at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio

Recorded 5 September 2015 at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Video, Audio

Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F# minor. Michael Houstoun (piano), Orchestra Wellington/Marc Taddei. Recorded 8 August 2015 at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington by RNZ Concert. Audio

Michael Houstoun and Tim Dodd continue their conversation about the Beethoven piano sonatas and Houstoun's approach to performing them. They talk in detail about the sonatas in his fourth concert of… Audio

Performed by Wellington Sinfonia (now Orchestra Wellington) with Bel Canto Vocal Ensemble, Rowan Prior (cello) conducted by Michael Houstoun, Wellington Town Hall. Recorded by Radio New Zealand… Audio

Michael Houstoun first performed the cycle of 32 Piano Sonatas by Beethoven 20 years ago. Why do it again? What's changed? Michael Houstoun talks to Tim Dodd about the project and they look at four… Audio