Bic Runga & The NZSO

More than 60 classical musicians will collaborate with Bic Runga and her band for a special concert in Wellington. Bic Runga & the NZSO is a concert of songs from Bic’s much-anticipated new album ‘Red Sunset’. The performance will also feature a selection of hits and best-loved songs spanning the artist’s extraordinary 31-year career.   

This is the only leg of the ‘Red Sunset’ tour featuring orchestra, so expect the songs to be transformed by the powerful accompaniment. Also involved in the show is Bic’s partner, multi-instrumentalist Kody Nielson of The Mint Chicks and Unknown Mortal Orchestra fame.   

Bic Runga (Ngāti Kahungunu) is a multi-award-winning singer-songwriter. The youngest inductee into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, she shot to fame in 1996 with the single ‘Drive’. Her 1997 debut album ‘Drive’, including the hit ‘Sway’, won the Tūī for Album of the Year. Over her career, she has won 20 Tūī awards — the most for an Aotearoa solo artist, including Best Female Vocalist four times. 

A New Zealand Order of Merit recipient for services to music. Bic is also acclaimed for her collaborations and live performances with other music icons, such as Tim and Neil Finn, Sir Dave Dobbyn and Anika Moa. She’s also inspired and influenced a new generation of New Zealand musicians. Lorde described her as “New Zealand music royalty” when she performed on stage with Bic in 2019.