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NZ Composer Sessions

Ngā Huihuinga Hāpai i ngā Kaitoko o Aotearoa

In association with the NZSO, RNZ Concert, SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music is proud to announce the selection for the latest 2023 NZ Composer Sessions. Se...

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Riki Pirihi

Te Hou Nui

Riki Pirihi's (Ngāti Wai/Patuharakeke/Ngāti Māhanga Hourua) Te Hou Nui, a SOUNZ community commission for over 100 performers, was recently premiered at this ...

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Alex Taylor

On What Grounds

Alex Taylor's On What Grounds for violin, cello and theorbo will be premiered on 15 April in Whangārei as part of Chamber Music New Zealand's Les Voisins tou...

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SOUNZ Commission for Orchestra and Sistema Youth Orchestra winner announced.

SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, Orchestra Wellington and Arohanui Strings – Sistema Hutt Valley are delighted to announce that Wellington/New Jersey-base...

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Margaret Nielsen

ONZM

It was great sadness that we learned of the death on 20 April of pianist Margaret Nielsen, a few months short of her 90th birthday.Margaret, from Hawera, att...

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Meet composer Mary Celeste

In this series, we present our new composers. We are proud to introduce Mary Celeste.Please tell us about yourself and what you do.I started learning piano a...

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AWE Emerging Composer Recipient announced

Ahead of At the World’s Edge Festival’s 2023 programme announcement on 1 June, SOUNZ is thrilled to announce that Georgina Palmer has been selected as the 20...

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10-Year-Old Composer Pax Read’s Debut

It is said that Beethoven wrote his first complete piece of music at the age of 12. Pax Read did not want to wait until he was 12.10-year-old Medbury School ...

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Jerome Kavanagh Poutama

Oro Atua

Jerome Kavanagh Poutama, of Mokai Patea, Maniapoto, Kahungunu, Ngati Rangi, Awa Whanganui descent and also with ancestry from the Caomhanach clan (Ireland), ...

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Meet composer

Betaia Nehemiah

In this series, we present our new composers. We are proud to introduce Betaia Nehemiah.My journey to music.I never knew about music until 1981.I was just a ...