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Explore our 2025 Season!
Toe-tapping, awe-inspiring, boundary-pushing chamber music. Discover the joy of chamber music in a season designed for everyone! Whether...
Dec 13, 20241 min read


Zoom Concerts & Lockdown Music
Helene finds unexpected bonuses during the making of lockdown music. Fourteen weekly zoom concerts co-hosted with Wellington Suzuki violin..
Dec 15, 20204 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


Kristallnacht Commemorative Concert IV
A unique concert with classical, jazz and film scores by leading Jewish European composers who escaped the Holocaust...
Nov 8, 20201 min read


Scary Music
Are you ready for Scary Music? Better bring your cushion and your courage! Join the New Zealand String Quartet for an adventure for the whol
Oct 16, 20201 min read


Old St Paul's Housewarming
Revisit a Wellington heritage icon, and enjoy live performances by the New Zealand String Quartet...
Aug 1, 20201 min read


Friday Lunchtime Concert: NZSQ
The New Zealand String Quartet performed quartets by Schumann and Bartók in this lunchtime concert.
Jun 19, 20201 min read


Five Lines: A psychiatrist, a composer and a string quartet
Former NZSQ Manager Elizabeth Kerr's writes about NZ composer Louise Webster's newly commissioned work for string quartet...
Jun 4, 20201 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


Stunning student performances conclude 2020 Adam Summer School
Last weekend the Adam Summer School concluded another year – once again on a high note.
Feb 25, 20203 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 13, 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 23, 20191 min read


Concerts to Celebrate Amati Viola's 400 Years
Is this marvellous Amati viola now the oldest string instrument in New Zealand? We think it might be! Hear history in action...
Oct 16, 20192 min read


October Touring 2019
Right now, we’re in Vienna, where we’re performing TONIGHT with fellow NZ-based cellist Martin Rummel.
Oct 16, 20192 min read


NZSQ Trust Farewells Chair
After a decade of service, Emeritus Professor Gary Hawke stepped down as the NZSQ Trust’s Chair earlier this month.
Oct 16, 20192 min read


September Sunday Concert
Join us for a FREE concert of works by Mozart and Bartók at the New Zealand School of Music.
Sep 29, 20191 min read


National Tour 2019 Highlights
It was terrific to see so many of you at our concerts in June and July as we travelled the country on our annual National Tour.
Aug 28, 20192 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


Student ensemble success continues
In our last Q-notes issue we highlighted the success in the NZCT Chamber Music Contest of several student ensembles that attended...
Aug 28, 20191 min read


Summer Music in the Garden 2019
Treat yourself to free concerts this summer, featuring outstanding artists and a wide range of musical styles.
Aug 1, 20191 min read