Five Lines is a collection of writings about music in Aotearoa New Zealand by Elizabeth Kerr. It features short articles, artist profiles and reviews of concerts, operas and albums. You can subscribe - it’s free - at the bottom of any story.
Woven Pathways: the NZ String Quartet reflects on the human experience
The concerts of the NZ String Quartet’s national tour, Woven Pathways, showed the power of a string quartet to explore emotions and experiences.
Psathas’ Leviathan: steel, drums and determination
Humanity’s race to disaster is captured in John Psathas’s high-impact, visceral Leviathan, which will have its NZ premiere with soloist Alexej Gerassimez and Orchestra Wellington this month.
Sounds of the Moana: winning Gold in New York
Winning Gold for their first major podcast series at the prestigious New York Festival’s Radio Awards was a thrill for the team at SOUNZ, Centre for New Zealand Music.
Plan 9 win a prestigious award for The Bewilderness
Winning the prestigious SOUNZ Contemporary Award for their album The Bewilderness at the APRA Silver Scroll Awards in March was a surprise for the musicians of Plan 9.