This article was originally published by Canberra City News on 2 May 2022. Click here to view the original article. Tony Magee, Canberra...

Dodging around pandemic disruptions, the New Zealand String Quartet is on the road with two well-crafted programmes for their National Tour.

From the moment that dancer Laura Saxon Jones stepped onto the stage to quizzically inspect the music stands already positioned...

This was the inaugural performance of BalletCollective Aotearoa in Wellington. They join forces with Chamber Music New Zealand to bring...

The stage in Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre is set with music stands and a large white sail-like backdrop painted in multi-coloured...

For all of my life when attending orchestral performances, I have wished that music could be visually amplified with movement...

This was an evening of triumph on several levels. Transfigured Night is the first of six concerts in Chamber Music NZ's nationally...

Chamber Music New Zealand has boldly incorporated a theatre element into their national tour, Transfigured Night, by commissioning...

When an audience leaves with smiles on their faces and chattering about the performance then you know it’s a hit...

Curated by artistic directors Helene Pohl and Gillian Ansell of the New Zealand String Quartet, the rich programme offered fourteen events.

As musicians the world over planned celebrations of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, the New Zealand String Quartet decided to embark on...

Continuing its “tour” of Wellington venues by way of bringing to us all of Beethoven’s String Quartets during his 250th anniversary year...

These works are, of course, iconic representations of a whole genre of music, and as such well-known to audiences everywhere – but as with..

This was the first of six concerts this month of all 17 of Beethoven’s string quartets (17 includes the Grosse Fuge...

".......great energy, strength, and concentration...striking originality and expressiveness."

"...superbly responsive, technically sharp, performances...a full, satisfying, musical meal..."

"A large audience was kept spellbound and in awe by the extraordinary skill and adaptability of leading touring chamber ensemble..."

The quartet’s many years of playing together was reflected in their seamless, smooth playing. May they keep this up for many more years...

"The show is deserving of an audience and praise – it really was a gorgeous tribute to some wonderful tunes."

"...the music on this occasion was made to punch well above its normal weight, for our excitement and satisfaction."