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Meet Kennedy Kioa Toi Faimanifo

Kennedy Kioa Toi Faimanifo is a digital creative from Takaanini, South Auckland. SOUNZ engaged Kenedy and his team at Manatao Productions to create two pacif...

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Meet composer

Sonya Ishimnikova

In this series, we present our new composers. We are proud to introduce Sonya Ishimnikova. Nina Lesperance From SOUNZ caught up with Sonya to talk all things...

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Puoro Ki Te Ao

Oro Mauri o Puu-te-hue nā Komako Silver

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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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Composer Spaces

Claire Cowan

In our Composer Spaces series, we ask composers to share a bit about their working environment and to give us a brief insight into their process. This week w...

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Komako Silver

On Puoro Ki te Ao

Earlier in June we released Pūoro Ki te Ao (Puoro to the world), an three part audio-visual journey that combines the healing properties of Tāonga Pūoro with...

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Salina Fisher and Jerome Kavanagh

on Papatūānuku

SOUNZ caught up with Salina Fisher and Jerome Kavanagh, co-creators of Papatūānuku, a work for taonga pūoro and orchestra premiered in August 2023 by Jerome ...

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Meet the Board

Anthony Healey

In our Meet the Board series we invite you to sit down and learn more about each SOUNZ board member. Today we introduce Board member  | Te Poari Kaitiaki Ant...

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SOUNZ Jazz Recording Project | Ngā Hopuranga Puoro Tautito a SOUNZ recipient announced.

Michael Costeloe and his group ‘The Mike Costeloe Quintet’ have been selected for the 2022 SOUNZ Jazz Recording Project | Ngā Hopuranga Puoro Tautito a SOUNZ.

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SOUNZ appoints Jerome Kavanagh as Chair | Toihau of Composers Advisory Panel

SOUNZ is delighted to announce the appointment of Jerome Kavanagh as the new Chair | Toihau of our Composers Advisory Panel (CAP).Jerome Kavanagh is a Grammy...