Shostakovich Unpacked with Ghost Trio | North Island Tour Leg Two

Celebrate Shostakovich fifty years after his death. Due to popular demand, we're bringing our exciting collaboration with Ghost Trio to Tāmaki Makaurau.

At this special, one-off presentation of our popular series, the NZSQ will take to the stage with Ghost Trio to explore the raw emotional power of one of the 20th century’s most troubled, yet defiant, musical voices.

This concert features a specially curated selection of the chamber music of Shostakovich, paired with the unique voice of Aotearoa composer, Robert Burch. From a duet, to a trio, to a quartet, we're getting up close to the celebrated chamber music and lasting legacy of Dimitri Shostakovich, 50 years after his death.

We invite you to join us on the journey of “Shostakovich: UNPACKED”, as together we explore and question what this powerful music meant in the time Shostakovich wrote it, but also how vitally important the composer’s artistic voice still is today.

Artists onstage: NZSQ / Ghost Trio

Shostakovich: 4th String Quartet, Five Pieces for Two Violins and Piano, 2nd Piano Trio

Unpacked: The music of Robert Burch

Spotlight: Feel the past merge with the present, as beloved former NZSQ member Monique Lapins joins current violinist Peter Clark in Shostakovich’s delightful work for two violins and piano. Ghost Trio conclude the evening with their celebrated virtuosity and emotional intensity in the second piano trio.

Full series in order:

Wednesday 9 July, 6:30pm & 8:30pm, NZSQ + Orchestra Wellington | Wellington

Wednesday 6 August, 6:30pm, NZSQ + Antipodes Quartet | Wellington

Wednesday 24 September, 7pm, NZSQ + Ghost Trio | Auckland

Wednesday 1 October, 6:30pm, NZSQ + Ghost Trio | Wellington

Tuesday 28 October, 7pm, NZSQ + Jian Liu | Nelson

Tuesday 25 November, 6:30pm, NZSQ + Jian Liu | Wellington