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A "FULL HOUSE" sign outside the town hall last Friday was hardly surprising, with Hilary Hahn playing Sibelius with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

And what do you for a job? asked Chris Cox of one of the six whom he had dragged up on stage for the grand finale.

Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series has made its reputation tending to such forgotten masters as Bortkiewicz, Goedicke and Melcer-Szczawinski.

A new biography about talk show host Oprah Winfrey reveals more through what it cannot say.

A collection of paintings that have caused art aficionados to turn a deep shade of purple are to go on show.

Another bloodsucking saga.

Gretchen La Roche and Andrew Uren fashioned a graceful weave, in scurrying toccata at times and elsewhere exploring the beat of blurred dissonance.

Natasha Solomons skilfully weaves refugee tales into a novel about adjusting to life in a new land.

Ashley Brown and pianist Michael Houstoun have few equals as a team.

A tragic Romeo and Juliet-ish love story unfolds against the backdrop of a prosperous feudal family.

For a woman knocking on 70, King lights up damn bright and her voice was denser and richer than its younger counterpart.

A book about Samoan tattooing - tatau - records a story that has been 30 years in the making.

The auction of 'the most elegant piece of furniture ever seen in Auckland' is a unique event.

Isobel Dryburgh on the clothes that get her creative juices flowing.

Dionne Christian meets a theatre group with a conscience and discusses the risks facing the new generations.

Textile designer Ingrid Anderson has come a long way from screen-printing her own teatowels to save money.