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NZ Composer Sessions | Ngā Huihuinga Hāpai i ngā Kaitoko o Aotearoa

2022 NZ Composer Sessions | Ngā Huihuinga Hāpai i ngā Kaitoko o Aotearoain association with the NZSO, RNZ Concert and SOUNZ

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Horomona Horo & Jeremy Mayall

He Pu, He Puoro, He Purakau

He Pu, He Puoro, He Purakau (A seed, an instrument, a story) is the result of a longstanding musical collaboration between composers and musicians Horomona H...

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Ones to watch

featuring Sai Natarajan

In this series ‘Ones to watch,’ we catch up with an up and coming composers to talk about their latest work, what drives them, and to find a bit more about t...

Concert

Retrospective II

SOUNZ Virtual Concert

Part 2 of our series exploring past winners and nominees of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha.Salina Fisher: Tōrino, echoes on pūtōrino improvisat...

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Tai timu, tai pari

Gillian Whitehead & Andrew Beer

Photo: Gareth WatkinsDame Gillian Whitehead's new violin concerto Tai timu, tai pari will be premiered on Friday 10 June 2022 by the Auckland Philharmonia Or...

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Gillian Whitehead

'Time steps out of line' and 'Weaving time and distance'

Dame Gillian Whitehead will have two new works premiered in coming weeks. 'Time steps out of line', for baroque orchestra, will be played by Juilliard451 in ...

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Lucy Mulgan on her children's opera Red!

We caught up with composer Lucy Mulgan to talk about her children's opera Red! which will be performed in Wellington on 4 August 2021 by NZ Opera, featuring ...

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2024 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha Finalists

SOUNZ Centre for New Zealand Music, with APRA AMCOS NZ, is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2024 SOUNZ Contemporary Award | Te Tohu Auaha, celebrat...

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Meet composer

Camryn Nel

In this series, we present our new composers. We are proud to introduce Camryn Nel.

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Community project for the Virtuoso Strings Orchestra chosen as the 2022/23 SOUNZ Community Commission.

The winning project for this year’s SOUNZ Community Commission Commission | Te Tono Mahinga ā-Hapori a SOUNZ will see composer Sarah Ballard work alongside V...