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Chris Gendall

SOUNZ Contemporary Award finalist

Chris Gendall, who won the SOUNZ Contemporary Award in 2008 with Wax Lyrical, is nominated for the fifth time with Incident Tableaux Part One, an excerpt fro...

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Jeroen Speak

SOUNZ Contemporary Award finalist

Jeroen Speak is nominated for the 2017 Award for the second time with Serendipity Fields, for violin, cello, piano and guzheng.

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Salina Fisher

SOUNZ Contemporary Award finalist

Salina Fisher, whose work Rainphase won the SOUNZ Contemporary Award in 2016, is nominated for the second time with Tōrino - echoes on pūtōrino improvisation...

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Plan 9

SOUNZ Contemporary Award Finalists 2021

Plan 9 are finalists for the SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha 2021 with their album The Bewilderness.Tell us about The Bewilderness. How and why did ...

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Reuben Jelleyman

SOUNZ Contemporary Award Finalist 2021

Reuben Jelleyman is a finalist for the 2021 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha for his piece 'Klein Fountain'. Reuben tells us about his piece, and his...

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Neville Hall

SOUNZ Contemporary Award Finalist 2021

Neville Hall is a finalist for the 2021 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha for his orchestral work 'so flamed in the air'. We caught up with Neville to...

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Celeste Oram's 'a loose affiliation of alleluias'

SOUNZ Contemporary Award 2020 finalist

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Artist Spotlight

Kaaterama

Te Marama puoro o Aotearoa is here (New Zealand Music month). This week SOUNZ shines the spotlight on Kaaterama. Nina Lesperance from SOUNZ spoke with Kaater...

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He Reo Tawhito wins at the 2022 NZ Podcast Awards

SOUNZ is delighted to announce that the SOUNZ podcast series 'He Reo Tawhito: Conversations about Mōteatea' has been awarded a silver and two bronze awards i...

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Meet composer

Kirsten Te Rito

Please tell us about yourself and what you do.I learnt piano from age six and play a little guitar, but voice is my main instrument. I'm really into creative...