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Anna McGregor

New Zealand clarinettist Anna McGregor is currently based in Sweden where she holds the position of Associate Principal Clarinet at Wermland Opera in Karlsta...

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Henry Charles Luscombe

H. (Henry) C. (Charles) Luscombe was born in Auckland. He was runner-up to Douglas Lilburn in the first Philip Neill Memorial Prize (1944), and the winner th...

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Richard Apperley

Organist, sound engineer, producer, recitalist and teacher Richard Apperley is as passionate about performing and capturing performances in recordings as he ...

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Linda Dallimore

Linda Dallimore is an emerging composer hailing from Auckland, New Zealand. Her works explore texture, colour, and often draw inspiration from the environmen...

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Sarah Fouhy

Sarah Fouhy (b. 1999) is a composer from Auckland, New Zealand. She began her career as a composer while she was still residing in Auckland, where she receiv...

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Anya Keggenhoff

Anya was born in the United States in 2000, before moving to Germany with her family and finally emigrating to New Zealand. She graduated from The New Zealan...

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Martin Greshoff

Raised in a musical family in Auckland, Martin Greshoff found his home in 2017 as part of the contemporary classical and jazz scenes in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. ...

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Reuben Rameka

Iwi: Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kurī , Ngāti Tarawhai, Te Ārawa, Tuhourangi

Hapū: Ngaituteauru, Ngāre Hauata, Ngāti Hinemihi, Ngāti Kawa, Ngāti Korokoro, Ngā...

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Neville Hall

Neville Hall was born in 1962 in Wellington, New Zealand. He studied composition at Auckland University from 1987–91 with John Rimmer and John Elmsly, gradua...

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David N. Childs

David N. Childs, b. 1969 at Nelson, New Zealand, has a Bachelor’s degree in music from Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand; a Master of Music de...

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Rakuto Kurano

Reviewed as a musician with “flair and panache” by the Christchurch Mail, Rakuto Kurano has established himself as a versatile Japanese/New Zealand Performer...

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Dave Wilson

Dave Wilson is a saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, scholar, and a leading voice in the music community of Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. His music bridges...

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John Young

John Young was born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1962 to English and Italian parents. He studied at the University of Canterbury, completing a doctorate o...

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Pepe Becker

Pepe Becker began her musical life in Nelson, singing in the Cathedral Choir, taking lead roles in school musical productions and playing oboe in local orche...

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James Wade

James Wade (1979 - 2017) developed an interest in music comparatively late which allowed his compositions to be largely influenced by philosophical and abstr...

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Jason Kaminski

Jason was born in New Plymouth, New Zealand on the 8th of May 1969.

Between 1980 – 1985, Jason took part in national and international championships in ba...

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Bic Runga

Nō Ngāti Kahungunu me Rongomawahine ngā iwi.

Since the release of her first single Drive in 1996 (a top ten hit when she was just twenty), Bic has been ...

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Glen Downie

Glen Downie is a Wellington based composer who holds a Master of Musical Arts from Te Kōkī New Zealand School of Music, where he studied under Michael Norris...

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Elliot Vaughan

Elliot Vaughan is a composer, violist and artistic collaborator who splits his time between Wellington, New Zealand and Vancouver, Canada. His music explore...

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Horomona Horo

Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou, Taranaki

Composer and taonga pūoro practitioner, Horomona Horo has fused traditional Maori instruments, taonga pūoro, with a diverse...

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John Chen

New Zealand pianist John Chen launched his career by winning the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition, where he also won prizes for his interpretation...

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Helen Medlyn

Helen Medlyn is a girl who's hard to define. She's a self-described Jill Of All Trades, having been - at one time or another - a jazz chanteuse, a dancer, an...

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Anonymouz

Of Sāmoan descent, Sound, Music & Video Producer Anonymouz (aka Faiumu Matthew Salapu)’s work spans traditional music composition and production through ...

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Tessa Brinckman

Interdisciplinary flutist/composer Tessa Brinckman has been praised for her “chameleon-like gifts” and “virtuoso elegance” (Gramophone), an “excellent…flut...

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Tom McLeod

After graduating from the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington, where he majored in jazz piano, Tom spent several years performing at festivals around N...

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Stephen De Pledge

New Zealand pianist Stephen De Pledge is one of the most exciting and versatile musicians of his generation. He studied at the University of Auckland, and t...

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Elena

Described by Wellington mayor Kerry Prendergast as a “cultural icon”, Elena is one of the country's most talented and innovative violinists. Her ability to b...

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Judith Bell

Judith Bell started composing at 12 years and was lucky to work with Composer-in-Schools, Dorothy Buchanan. She went on to complete a MusB (Hons) in composit...

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Joe Gorman

Joe Gorman is a historical keyboardist and composer. Holding a Bachelor of Music and currently studying for a Bachelor of Music with Honours, Joe studies his...

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Roger Wilson

Singing both baritone and bass, Roger is one of New Zealand's most experienced and versatile resident singers. He has a wide repertoire, has been engaged as ...

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Tatiana Riabinkina

Tatiana Riabinkina started composing when she was a child. She grew up in Yekaterinburg, Russia, and later moved to Moscow to study music more seriously. In ...

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Jack Bewley

Jack Bewley grew up in Whakatane playing with the Eastern Bay of Plenty Brass Band and his interest in composition developed in high school. His first brass ...

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Georgina Palmer

Georgina Palmer is a New Zealand composer, currently in her third year of tertiary composition study at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.

She began p...

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Ingrid Culliford

Ingrid Culliford spent many years living and working in London as a free-lance flautist and teacher. During her time thereshe performed with many orchestras ...

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Ros Emeleus

Ros Emeleus holds a B.Mus. from Canterbury University, an Honours degree in composition from the Victoria University of Wellington as well as a performance d...

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Kane Parsons

Since graduating from UCOL's theatre school in 2000, Kane Parsons has been working professionally in the arts industry as a composer, actor, teacher, musical...

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Ernest Jenner

Born in England, Ernest Jenner had piano lessons from the age of seven. He was a highly talented pianist, chorister, and organist and mathematically gifted. ...

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Alfred Hill

Alfred Hill (1869-1960) was New Zealand's first fully professional composer and a leading figure in Australian music from the early years of this century. Wi...

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Tina Cross

Te Aupouri, Ngāti Porou

Tina Cross ONZM has been part of NZ pop culture history since she took Nothing But Dreams to the winners’ podium at the Pacific ...

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Kass Finlay McAuliffe

Kass Finlay McAuliffe has a Bachelor of Arts (Canterbury), a Diploma in Teaching, a Bachelor of Music (Victoria) and an Associate from Trinity College London...

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Dorothy Ker

Dorothy Ker’s music is performed and broadcast in both hemispheres and has been heard at international festivals in Auckland, Belfast, Darmstadt, Huddersfiel...

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Michael Houstoun

Michael Houstoun was born in Timaru, New Zealand in October 1952. He began piano lessons at the age of five and under the guidance of Sr Mary Eulalie and sub...

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VOICES New Zealand

Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir, with Music Director Dr Karen Grylls, made its début at the 1998 New Zealand International Arts Festival and later that year...

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John Croft

John Croft (b. 1971) studied philosophy and music at the Victoria University of Wellington, and composition and music cognition at the University of Sheffiel...

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Helen Webby

Born in Whangarei, Helen Webby began playing the harp at the age of twelve, and studied with Dorothea Franchi (Auckland), Rebecca Harris (Auckland), Edward W...

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Adam Whiskin

Adam is a Wellington-based musician. He has been composing since he was around 10, and has found a deep passion in it that has been growing ever since. He co...

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Judy Bellingham

Judy Bellingham retired from her position as the William Evans Associate Professor in Voice at the University of Otago in June 2019.

During her singing c...

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Nathan Carter

Nathan Carter is a multi-instrumentalist and sound artist/composer, born and raised in Wellington, New Zealand.

Growing up as an avid drummer, he studied...

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Rafael Hosking

Rafael Hosking is a guitarist and composer based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. His projects often revolve around blending his love of improvisatory music with more...

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Helen Caskie

Helen Caskie was born in 1930 in Wanganui, New Zealand and educated at the Wanganui Girl's College, Canterbury University College and Otago University, follo...