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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 15, 20213 min read


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


National Tour 2021
Our 2021 National Tour will take us around Aotearoa in August and September. Immerse yourself in astounding beauty, inspire your senses...
Feb 1, 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


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...
Nov 13, 20202 min read


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...
Sep 30, 20205 min read


National Tour 2020: BEETHOVEN
We’re celebrating by embarking on an ambitious project touring Beethoven’s complete string quartets throughout New Zealand.
Dec 12, 20192 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


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 18, 20192 min read


National Tour 2019
Wonderful works full of captivating melodies and rhythmic poise by Mozart, Haydn, Ravel, Dvořák, Janáček, Shostakovich, and Gao Ping...
Jul 14, 20192 min read


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.
Jun 27, 20192 min read


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, 20191 min read


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...
May 5, 20193 min read


Charlie Parker with Strings
Our first tour for the year is set to take us on the road with Rodger Fox’s award-winning Big Band and American saxophonist Dick Oatts...
Apr 20, 20191 min read


Gig Review: Rodger Fox Presents… “Charlie Parker with Strings” featuring Dick Oatts
"The show is deserving of an audience and praise – it really was a gorgeous tribute to some wonderful tunes."
Apr 15, 20192 min read


Delve into Jack Body’s music on our Chamber Music New Zealand tour
As part of Chamber Music New Zealand’s Encompass Series, we’ll be performing five concerts across the country between 27 April and 5 May.
Apr 10, 20191 min read


The countdown is on for our 2019 National Tour
You don’t have long to wait now before our 2019 National Tour! In June and July we’re coming to some of the country’s loveliest venues...
Apr 10, 20191 min read


Piers Lane & Hiroshi Ikematsu with NZSQ
Schubert’s ‘Trout’ Quintet is, without a doubt, one of the most popular chamber music works of all time...
Oct 12, 20181 min read


Turning Points 2018
This year’s national tour in August/September will see us perform four carefully curated programmes of groundbreaking works which each...
Sep 1, 20182 min read


In Memoriam
The New Zealand String Quartet and opera singer Jared Holt join forces to premiere a new song cycle, In Memoriam, by New Zealand composer...
May 19, 20181 min read