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Theatre Review: Transfigured Night - beautiful, intimate, uplifting (Palmerston North)
When an audience leaves with smiles on their faces and chattering about the performance then you know it’s a hit...
Mar 13, 20213 min read


Tabea Squire on ‘I Danced, Unseen’
Tabea Squire‘s ‘I Danced, Unseen’, with choreography by Loughlan Prior, will be performed by the New Zealand String Quartet and dancers....
Mar 10, 20215 min read


Five Lines: Celebrating chamber music in Nelson
Curated by artistic directors Helene Pohl and Gillian Ansell of the New Zealand String Quartet, the rich programme offered fourteen events.
Mar 3, 20214 min read


Chamber Music NZ: Transfigured Night
Returning from summer break in January, the first rehearsal for the NZSQ was more unusual than most: a movement session to begin...
Jan 29, 20212 min read


Playing Viola Quintets with New Zealand String Quartet violist | ANZVS Journal Issue No. 48
It is always of great interest for a full-time string quartet... when one or more additional members joins the group for quintets/sextets...
Dec 15, 20205 min read


Online May Lunchtime Concert at NZSM
We present a concert of all NZ works which will broadcast online.
May 15, 20201 min read


2020 NZ Festival: Secrets of Sea and Space
As part of the 2020 NZ Festival of the Arts programme, we're joined by soprano Jenny Wollerman to present Secrets of Sea and Space...
Mar 10, 20202 min read


IRMT 2020 Annual Conference
IRMTNZ holds annual national conferences which provide outstanding professional advice, collegial support and inspiration.
Jan 19, 20201 min read


Summer City: Gardens Magic 2020
Gather your whānau and friends, bring a picnic, enjoy the music – and as the sun goes down see the garden transform with a magical...
Jan 14, 20201 min read


Cello for Africa
Cello for Africa, directed by Sinfonia for Hope, brings together musicians from Africa and New Zealand in a concert to raise funds...
Nov 24, 20191 min read


Kristallnacht Commemorative Concert
Kristallnacht concert commemorates the night of broken glass – when Jewish synagogues, shops, and homes were attacked and destroyed in...
Nov 10, 20192 min read


Sonnenalp Chamber Music Festival 2019
Under the artistic direction of German pianist Michael Endres, Sonnenalp Resort in Allgäu, Bavaria organises a festival of fine chamber...
Oct 24, 20191 min read


October Touring 2019
Right now, we’re in Vienna, where we’re performing TONIGHT with fellow NZ-based cellist Martin Rummel.
Oct 17, 20192 min read


New Zealand String Quartet & Martin Rummel in Vienna
The New Zealand String Quartet, with cellist Martin Rummel, present music by Bach, Schubert and venerable New Zealand Composers Ross Harris.
Oct 17, 20191 min read


Preview Concert for Orchestra Wellington ticket holders
Before Orchestra Wellington’s ‘Transfigured Night’ concert on 21 September, the NZSQ will give a special performance of Beethoven’s String..
Sep 21, 20191 min read


Tales from Canada’s Festivals
Our August tour to Canada took us to festivals in Ontario and British Columbia.
Aug 28, 20193 min read


October international touring
After several concerts at home, our tour in October will take us abroad again, this time to the USA and Germany.
Aug 28, 20191 min read


Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival 2019
Celebrating its 15th season in 2019, Pender Harbour Chamber Music Festival presents world-class musicians at the School of Music in Madeira.
Aug 18, 20192 min read


Festival of the Sound 2019
We return to Parry Sound to play in a number of concerts part of the 40th season of the Festival of the Sound (July 19 - August 10) in...
Aug 9, 20192 min read


Dancing in the Hub: Duo Ombré and NZSQ
With gestural translations by the two dancers alongside these fabulous works, this is set to be a truly special event.
May 24, 20191 min read