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RNZ Interview: Black Wave ballet

RNZ Interview: Black Wave ballet

RNZ Concert interview on ballet collaboration with US choreographer Jessica Lang. Salina Fisher's pieces 'Kintsugi', 'Rainphase', and 'Heal' were performed live as the score for Lang's debut work as Pacific Northwest Ballet's new resident choreographer. Sept 2024

Pacific Northwest Ballet Blog

Pacific Northwest Ballet Blog

The premiere of Jessica Lang’s Black Wave was an exciting celebration of many “firsts.” Black Wave is the first work of Jessica Lang’s Choreographic Residency at PNB. Black Wave is also the first work in PNB’s repertory with music composed by award-winning artist Salina Fisher. Sept 2024

50 of NZ’s most inspiring people

50 of NZ’s most inspiring people

New Zealand Listener's 2024 list of NZ's most inspiring people: "this year we looked for the quiet achievers, the rebels and dreamers whose names and faces might not be as familiar as some, but are making a positive impact on their communities." July 2024

NZ Herald Review: APO In the Elements Concert

NZ Herald Review: APO In the Elements Concert

"Salina Fisher and Jerome Kavanagh Poutama’s Papatūānuku was the glowing centrepiece of Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s In the Elements concert." Aug 2023

RNZ Interview: In their element

RNZ Interview: In their element

Salina Fisher and Jerome Kavanagh are co-creators of a new work for taonga pūoro and orchestra which will have its world premiere at the Auckland Philharmonia's In the Elements concert. Salina and Jerome talked with Three to Seven host Bryan Crump about the work. Aug 2023

Papatūānuku world premiere

Papatūānuku world premiere

APO's Joshua Clark interviewed taonga puoro expert Jerome Kavanagh and award-winning composer Salina Fisher ahead of their collaboration for The New Zealand Herald Premier Series: In The Elements. Aug 2023

'Heal' for Marmen Quartet

'Heal' for Marmen Quartet

The Marmen Quartet has released its recording of Salina Fisher’s Heal. The eight-minute work was commissioned for the quartet by the Chamber Music New Zealand Trust with support from the Lyons family in memory of Ian Lyons, a Wellington-based cellist and luthier. The Strad, April 2023

Mata-Au for String Trio

Mata-Au for String Trio

Violinist Benjamin Baker, violist Matthew Lipman and cellist Alexander Hersh perform Mata-Au by New Zealand composer Salina Fisher. The video recording was made in partnership with Guarneri Hall in Chicago and Mike Grittani. The Strad, Oct 2022

Violin and Marimba duo perform ‘Komorebi’ by Salina Fisher

Violin and Marimba duo perform ‘Komorebi’ by Salina Fisher

The ViMaDeAn Duo, comprised of violinist Anastasia Petrunina and percussionist Denis Petrunin perform Komorebi by New Zealand composer Salina Fisher. The Strad, Feb 2022

NZTrio album release: Merge

NZTrio album release: Merge

NZTrio's latest album includes Salina Fisher's 'Kintsugi' commissioned by the trio last year. This is the trio's first album since the appointment of pianist Somi Kim and violinist Amalia Hall. https://nztrio.bandcamp.com/album/merge

Festival culmination of long-held dream

Festival culmination of long-held dream

At the World's Edge Festival aims to bring classical music to the Central and Lakes Districts of Otago influenced by the area’s amazing landscapes and inspiring further creativity. A new work by Salina Fisher is inspired by the Clutha River, Mata-au. Otago Daily Times, Oct 2021

Personal music for a worldwide audience

Personal music for a worldwide audience

Composer Salina Fisher is composer-in-residence at the inaugural At the World’s Edge Festival in Central Otago. Five of her compositions feature in Festival programmes. Artist Profile by Elizabeth Kerr, Oct 2021

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