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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 10, 20215 min read

Tabea Squire on ‘I Danced, Unseen’

Tabea Squire‘s ‘I Danced, Unseen’, with choreography by Loughlan Prior, will be performed by the New Zealand String Quartet and dancers....

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.

Feb 1, 20212 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...

Jan 29, 20212 min read

Chamber Music NZ: Transfigured Night

Returning from summer break in January, the first rehearsal for the NZSQ was more unusual than most: a movement session to begin...

Jan 22, 20211 min read

Join our Board of Trustees!

The NZSQ is looking to appoint a new Trustee to our Board. At this time we are seeking interest from people residing in Christchurch...

Jan 19, 20212 min read

Job Opportunity: General Manager

The New Zealand String Quartet has an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Arts Manager to continue to build our reputation...

Dec 15, 20204 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, 20205 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...

Nov 13, 20201 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 9, 20201 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 1, 20201 min read

2020 Mt Eden Chamber Music Festival

Boutique music festival now in its fifth year in the heart of Mt Eden Village. Three one-hour concerts - Friday evening, Saturday evening an

Oct 17, 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 12, 20201 min read

1784 LORENZO STORIONI VIOLIN

This Violin was made in 1784 in Cremona, Italy by Lorenzo Storioni. Lorenzo Storioni (1744-1816) is one on the last great Cremonese...

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...