Gecko artists working alongside Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre have created an original story inspired by the dreams of William Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu. Chris Evans, one of the devising performers from The Dreamer talks about how their timeless stories of unrequited love have inspired this modern dance theatre interpretation.

Cynthia Millar, specialist performer on the ondes martenot, brings her electrifying performance to Auckland this week. We look back to her last visit to NZ in 2003.

Wellington-based choir Inspirare starts its 2019 season on Saturday at Wellington’s Cathedral of St Paul

Baroque music group Red Priest has been redefining the genre for decades. They bring a bit of joy into the RNZ Concert studio.

Auckland Writers Festival director Anne O’Brien previews this year’s programme.

Trio Pohádka is a group of Auckland chamber musicians who also happen to be doctors and medical researchers. They are expanding their brief to give concerts to raise money for cancer research to various regions of New Zealand.

Opera director Jacqueline Coats is busy leading The Barber of Seville for the Capital E Festival with the hopes of engaging with a new, young audience. She chooses five pieces that have had an influence on her career

Michael Stewart – Director of Music at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul and well-known organist - nears the end of  his harpsichord challenge: this week he will give the nineteenth concert in his epic series of the complete harpsichord works of French baroque composer François Couperin.

Risk, learning and sharing remain fundamental to the joy for both players and audiences of the Grammy winning ensemble Silkroad, says Jeffrey Beecher, co-artistic director. Silkroad play Auckland Festival and Womad Taranaki this week.

Komische Oper Berlin and 1927 present Mozart's opera The Magic Flute at Auckland Arts Festival.