Review: The New Zealand String Quartet at Waikanae – Emperors, dictators and husbands in music
Peter Mechen, Middle C | 8 October, 2023 This article was originally published by Middle C. Click here to view the original article....
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Sep 25, 20236 min read
Review: Woven Pathways: the NZ String Quartet reflects on the human experience
Elizabeth Kerr, Five Lines | 22 September, 2023 This article was originally published on Five Lines. Click here to view the original...
Sep 21, 20234 min read
Review: New Zealand String Quartet’s Woven Pathways takes you on an incredible journey
Ilona Hanne, Stratford Press | 11 September 2023 This article was originally published by Stratford Press. Click here to view the...
Jul 19, 20224 min read
A COMPELLING, MULTI-LAYERED WORK - Ad Parnassum – Purapurawhetū
Dr Ian Lochlead, Theatreview | 23 June 2022 This article was originally published by Theatreview on 23 June 2022. Click here to view the...
May 19, 20223 min read
New Zealand String Quartet, Musica Viva Tasmania (Limelight Magazine)
Jo St Leon, Limelight Magazine | 11 May, 2022 This article was originally published by Limelight Magazine on 11 May 2022. Click here to...
May 5, 20223 min read
Strings and Ancient Sounds of New Zealand (Canberra City News)
This article was originally published by Canberra City News on 2 May 2022. Click here to view the original article. Tony Magee, Canberra...
Nov 17, 20213 min read
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.
Mar 20, 20215 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 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 3, 20214 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.
Sep 30, 20205 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 19, 20207 min read
Beethoven’s creative “quartet-journey” superbly delineated by the NZSQ at St.John’s in the City
Continuing its “tour” of Wellington venues by way of bringing to us all of Beethoven’s String Quartets during his 250th anniversary year...
Sep 13, 20208 min read
New Zealand String Quartet’s second Beethoven 250th Anniversary concert
These works are, of course, iconic representations of a whole genre of music, and as such well-known to audiences everywhere – but as with..
Sep 11, 20205 min read
Beethoven 250th anniversary: first concert from New Zealand String Quartet
This was the first of six concerts this month of all 17 of Beethoven’s string quartets (17 includes the Grosse Fuge...
Mar 10, 20205 min read
Review: Musical voyages to distant places – Jenny Wollerman with the New Zealand String Quartet
".......great energy, strength, and concentration...striking originality and expressiveness."
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