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Rolf Gjelsten began cello in his native city Victoria, Canada, with James Hunter and Janos Starker at the age of 15. At 21 he became the youngest member of t...

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Dixon Nacey

Dixon Nacey (M.A.) is a guitarist, musical director, arranger and producer based in Auckland, New Zealand, whose long music career has seen him perform with...

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Ross Mullins

Ross Mullins is an Auckland keyboard player and songwriter whose songs are distinguished by laid-back jazzy melodies and witty and poignant sketches of New Z...

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Donald Nicolson

Dr Donald Nicolson undertook postgraduate studies at the Royal Conservatorium in The Hague, the Netherlands studying under Ton Koopman and Tini Mathot, focus...

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Bronwyn Officer

Bronwyn Officer was born in 1959 in Invercargill. She gained her MusB (Hons) in composition from Otago University in 1981. From 1982 till early 1987 she work...

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Marcus Norman

Born and bred in Christchurch, New Zealand, Marcus completed a Master of Music with Distinction at the Royal Northern College of Music, generously supported ...

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Margaret Ogilvie

Margaret Ogilvie grew up in Christchurch, subsequently gaining degrees in English literature and piano performance from the University of Canterbury, where s...

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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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Chris White

Christopher White is a composer who creates scores for feature films, television drama and documentary. His scores have premiered in films at Sundance, Tribe...

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Edwina Thorne

An international recording artist and entertainer with 5 albums, Edwina has a degree in composition and trumpet performance. Edwina then obtained an MBA in N...

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Farquhar Wilkinson

Farquhar Wilkinson received his early musical education in Dunedin, where he played for a time in the 4YA orchestra of the then New Zealand Broadcasting Serv...

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Alwyn Westbrooke

Violinist and composer Alwyn Westbrooke is a founding member of the Westbrooke Quartet. He studied at Burnside High School, Christchurch and spent a year on ...

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Bede Williams

New Zealand-born trumpeter and conductor Bede Williams originally studied as an ABRSM International Scholar at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He is an ...

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Andrew Baldwin

Andrew Baldwin (b.1986) is a graduate of the Royal College of Music, London and the New Zealand School of Music, Wellington.

His music has been widely com...

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Callum Allardice

Born and raised in small-town Motueka (New Zealand), Callum’s successful music career began early. At 15, he started his own jazz group and started gigging a...

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Judy Bailey

Pianist, composer, arranger and educator Judy Bailey is constantly involved in a wide and varied range of musical activities. She teaches at the Sydney Conse...

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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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Marcus Jackson

Marcus Jackson is an artist, composer, and writer based in Wellington, New Zealand. He likes to collaborate with performers, creating work that interrogate...

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Mette Leroy

Mette Leroy, flutist, completed a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Auckland in August 2007. In her performance and thesis research she specialised...

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Margaret Lion

Margaret Lion is a New Zealand pianist based in London. She was born and educated in Dunedin, studying piano with Maurice Till at the University of Otago, th...

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Michael Joel

Michael is a Wellington-based conductor. He has conducted many of the established musical organisations throughout New Zealand and is equally at home in the ...

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Dean Major

Born and educated in Wellington, Dean joined the NZSO as a trainee violinist in 1975 and successfully auditioned in 1978 for the 'big' orchestra. As a train...

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Richard Oswin

Richard trained as a primary school teacher, specialising in music, at the North Shore Teachers’ College in Auckland graduating with Excellence in 1979. As a...

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Madeleine Pierard

Lyric soprano, Madeleine Pierard became well-known in New Zealand after winning the 2005 Lexus Song Quest, a competition which helped launch the careers of D...

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Sam Piper

Sam Piper (1977), a New Zealand composer. He was a member of the Tower New Zealand Youth Choir between 1997 and 2001. Originally from Auckland, he studied co...

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Peter Willis

Peter Willis is an Auckland-based composer and pianist who graduated with a BMus (majoring in composition) from the University of Auckland School of Music i...

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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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Cameron Monteath

Composer, Moana Pacific Composer

A composer and musician from Dunedin, Cameron will complete a MusB (Hons) at Otago University in 2024, studying piano under Blair Professor Terence Dennis an...

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Nikau Wi Neera

Composer, Māori Composer

Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngāpuhi, Kai Tahu

Nikau Wi Neera is an award-winning composer based in Wellington, New Zealand. His music is daring ...

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Amosa Lene

Amosa Lene is a young Samoan composer and pianist who works actively in the community in Samoa. In recent years, he has collaborated intimately with National...

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Rod Skipp

Rod Skipp is a cellist, conductor, composer, arranger and educator. Born in Palmerston North, New Zealand, Rod studied cello and composition at the Universit...

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Arjuna Oakes

Arjuna Oakes is an accomplished singer/songwriter, pianist, composer and producer from New Zealand, currently based in London. Following the release of his d...

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Rocielli Fernando

Composer, Performer, Māori Composer

Rocielli Fernando is a composer, singer, and keyboardist from Auckland who has graduated with her Honours degree (with First Class Honours) in Composition at...

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Troy Kingi

Troy (Te Arawa, Ngāpuhi, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) is an actor and an multi-award-winning, multi-genre musician originally from Rotorua and Te Kaha. A small-tow...

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Maisey Rika

Composer, Performer, Māori Composer

Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe, Te Arawa and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui

Maisey Rika’s Biography Last Updated: 2/09/2022, 11:10 am Discipline: Music Awards: Arts Foundat...

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Te KuraHuia

Composer, Arranger, Performer, Presenter, Māori Composer, Moana Pacific Composer

TE KURAHUIA

Ko Faith Oriwia Henare-Stewart tōku ingoa. He uri ahau nō ngā iwi o Ngāi tara, o Ngāti Raukawa, Ngā Puhi, Ngāi Te Rangi, o Ngāti Kuia, me Ngā...

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Colin Hemmingsen

Composer, Performer, Jazz Composer

Colin Hemmingsen (Executant Diploma of Music, Auckland University, NZ (1968), Master of Music, New England Conservatory, USA (1973).

Hemmingsen has had a...

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David Guerin

Performer, Commissioner

David Guerin studied at Victoria University with Judith Clark, and at the University of Auckland with Janetta McStay. Study at the Musikhochschule in Cologne...

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Gunter Herbig

Gunter Herbig was born in Brazil and grew up in Portugal and Germany. Influenced by such different cultures and aesthetic languages, Gunter has developed a h...

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Sam Hamilton

Sam Hamilton is an inter-disciplinary artist from New Zealand who when not projecting abroad, resides in the sovereign state of K’rd, Auckland. Hamilton...

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Uwe-Alexander Grodd

Performer, Commissioner

Uwe Grodd, New Zealand based German conductor and flautist, has performed and recorded internationally for over 25 years.

From 1998 until 2002, Uwe was Ar...

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Diedre Irons

Diedre Irons is one of New Zealand’s most distinguished performing musicians.

After receiving qualifications from the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, and t...

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Kees Hilhorst

Kees Hilhorst completed his violin study at the Rotterdam Conservatory in the Netherlands with Jan Hulst and Benzion Shamir and after spending some years wit...

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Chris Adams

Chris Adams (1979–) is a New Zealand composer and is the Director of Music at The Cathedral Grammar School in Christchurch. He was the Mozart Fellow (2010–20...

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Richard Robertshawe

Richard originally hails from the peaceful Hutt Valley, New Zealand. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Honours) in composition, in sonic arts. Afterward...

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Craig Sengelow

Craig Sengelow is an award winning Wellington based composer with influences from indie rock, electronic music and western art music. Craig’s experience writ...

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Ron Samsom

Ron is an active performer, composer and researcher in the area of improvised music whose work features on many local and international recordings. Prior to ...

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Marshall Smith