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Tom Service talks to the legendary soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as she celebrates both her 80th birthday and the 21st anniversary of her Foundation, which supports young artists. He also talks to the pioneering composer, Annea Lockwood, about mapping the Housatonic River in sound.

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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa speaks to Tom about her life in opera and what makes a great operatic voice and what she鈥檚 looking for in new singers for her Foundation. She also talks about her recent recognition in the New Zealand Parliament and her Maori heritage.

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Tom speaks to Charisse Beaumont, the CEO of Black Lives in Music, and Hillary Juma, a collaborator with Attitude is Everything, about putting into action the key findings of the Unseen, Unheard report, which explores the experiences of Black British disabled music creators and professionals. The soprano Victoria Oruwari, who was the soloist in the Paraorchestra's performances of Hannah Peel's Unfolding, talks about her own experiences working alongside professional orchestras.

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The pioneering New Zealand born composer, Annea Lockwood, talks to Tom about her Sound Map of the Housatonic River, which is part of the South Bank Centre Festival, Sounds Within Sound. She talks about the sounds that she is searching for in her field recordings and how she draws people into the sounds within sounds.