We look ahead to Easter at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, hear underground sound art beneath an Auckland volcano and another famous conductor.

Pianist Tony Chen Lin gave a performance of Ravel’s piano concerto with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra on Saturday in the Garden City. Tony Ryan was at the very special concert that also featured works by Leonie Holmes and Tchaikovsky’s sixth symphony.

The ARD International Music Competition is the largest such competition in Germany. In its 66-year history, only one New Zealander has ever won a prize. Upbeat talks with oboist Thomas Hutchinson who was joint winner last year.

Jonathon Crayford is touring New Zealand with a Steinway Piano. We chat to him live on the road - somewhere in the south Island - to find out how it's going.

NZ Opera and the Auckland Philharmonia presented a short season of Leonard Bernstein’s Volaire-inspired operetta Candide as part of the Auckland Arts Festival. Was it the best of all possible worlds? Peter Hoar gives us his take.

Changes to staff structure are being considered at Auckland University’s School of Music. Associate Professor Eve de Castro-Robinson gives her view on what’s being proposed and what it will mean for the future of the School of Music.

The Auckland Arts Festival comes to a close this Sunday, and has provided a feast of visual, musical and theatrical arts. Justin Gregory reviews the highly anticipated Love Me as I Am – a celebration of the life and music of Mahinaarangi Tocker; and Frances Moore reviews Body Double, a theatrical piece exploring sex and desire in the digital age.

Have you ever wanted to conduct an orchestra? Now’s your chance through virtual reality. Orchestra Wellington and interactive company MIXT join together to give you a unique view conducting Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Zoë George experiences the reality – virtually.

Never work with animals and small children. Someone should have told that to the NZSO! Hamish McKeich conducts, and Chris Lam Sam narrates, A Musical Menagerie – a family concert featuring three little pigs, a waltzing cat, a bumble bee and a thieving magpie…

Pianist Tony Chen Lin makes his professional debut with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra this Saturday playing Ravel’s popular Piano Concerto in G. Eva Radich speaks to Tony about recording his first solo album and playing with the CSO.