2022 Season Preview
There's plenty to get excited about in our 2022 Season from festivals to masterclasses, familiar favourites to world premieres - one our...
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- Nov 17, 2021
- 3 min
Five Lines: Subtlety and Flair (Wellington)
Dodging around pandemic disruptions, the New Zealand String Quartet is on the road with two well-crafted programmes for their National Tour.
- Aug 26, 2021
- 7 min
Sweet Memories are Made of This: Celebrating 20 Seasons of our National Tour
Kia whakanui tātou, It’s time to celebrate! A special year indeed, 2021 marks the 20th season of our annual National Tour - our flagship...
- Mar 20, 2021
- 5 min
Theatre Review: Transfigured Night - This, one hopes, is just the beginning (Christchurch)
From the moment that dancer Laura Saxon Jones stepped onto the stage to quizzically inspect the music stands already positioned...
- Mar 17, 2021
- 2 min
Dominion Post: Artistic passion touches hearts of appreciative audience (Wellington)
This was the inaugural performance of BalletCollective Aotearoa in Wellington. They join forces with Chamber Music New Zealand to bring...
- Mar 17, 2021
- 4 min
Five Lines: Transfigured Night - from saucy games to passionate desire (Wellington)
The stage in Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre is set with music stands and a large white sail-like backdrop painted in multi-coloured...
- Mar 15, 2021
- 2 min
Theatre Review: Unique piece of theatre and a privilege to see (Wellington)
For all of my life when attending orchestral performances, I have wished that music could be visually amplified with movement...
- Mar 15, 2021
- 4 min
Jennifer Shennan: Transfigured Night. Ballet Collective Aotearoa & Chamber Music New Zealand (Wgtn)
This was an evening of triumph on several levels. Transfigured Night is the first of six concerts in Chamber Music NZ's nationally...
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
Dance Aotearoa NZ: Transfigured Night (Wellington)
Chamber Music New Zealand has boldly incorporated a theatre element into their national tour, Transfigured Night, by commissioning...
- Mar 13, 2021
- 3 min
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...
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
National Tour 2021
Our 2021 National Tour will take us around Aotearoa in August and September. Immerse yourself in astounding beauty, inspire your senses...
- Nov 13, 2020
- 1 min
National Tour 2020 | Beethoven
This year we’re celebrating a massive composer with a massive tour. The 2020 National Tour brings Beethoven back on his 250th birthday...
- Sep 30, 2020
- 5 min
A deep dive into Beethoven’s String Quartets
As musicians the world over planned celebrations of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, the New Zealand String Quartet decided to embark on...
- Dec 12, 2019
- 2 min
National Tour 2020: BEETHOVEN
We’re celebrating by embarking on an ambitious project touring Beethoven’s complete string quartets throughout New Zealand.
- Aug 28, 2019
- 2 min
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.
- Jul 18, 2019
- 2 min
Review: Spellbinding performance by quartet
"A large audience was kept spellbound and in awe by the extraordinary skill and adaptability of leading touring chamber ensemble..."
- Jul 14, 2019
- 2 min
National Tour 2019
Wonderful works full of captivating melodies and rhythmic poise by Mozart, Haydn, Ravel, Dvořák, Janáček, Shostakovich, and Gao Ping...
- Jun 27, 2019
- 2 min
Get ready for our 2019 National Tour
Our 2019 National Tour begins TOMORROW! This year we’re performing two different programmes, full of music to get excited about.
- May 5, 2019
- 1 min
Chamber Music New Zealand 2019 Season
We return to Chamber Music New Zealand’s Regional Series playing favourites from Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Shostakovich as well as...
- May 5, 2019
- 3 min
New Zealand String Quartet produce joyousness and profundity for Wellington Chamber Music
The quartet’s many years of playing together was reflected in their seamless, smooth playing. May they keep this up for many more years...