New Zealand String Quartet

Hungarian pianists Izabella Simon and Dénes Várjon bring us a programme of music by their countrymen Franz Liszt and Bela Bartók - his very rarely heard Piano Quintet, written early in his life when… Audio

Two works from the 21st Century and one of the 20th's most transcendent, Olivier Messian's Quartet for the End of Time. Audio

Music by Max Bruch, Dame Gillian Whitehead and Bela Bartok provide us with the fascinating ways that composers use song and dance in their music. Audio

Literal and metaphorical New Worlds are explored by Beethoven, Dvorak and South American composer Efraim Oscher with performances by international and local artists. Audio

Three performances from the Adam Chamber Music Festival: two works from the year 1919 by Rebecca Clarke and Arnold Bax along with Gareth Farr's Mondo Rondo played by the Adam Troubadour Quartet. Audio

Star artists, both local and international, open the 2024 Adam Chamber Music Festival with a stimulating programme of Haydn, Schumann and Dohnányi. Audio

Listen to the New Zealand String Quartet perform recent compositions from Japan, Aotearoa, South Korea, and the U.S. in this Asian Composers League concert, Te Waipuna, held in Christchurch in 2022. Audio

The New Zealand String Quartet's celebration of 30 years of touring, Turning Points, features performances of some of the most groundbreaking works in the quartet repertoire including music from…

Taonga pūoro player Rob Thorne and the New Zealand String Quartet explore the synergies between traditional Māori and western string instruments, featuring compositions by Dame Gillian Whitehead… Audio, Gallery

Performed by the New Zealand String Quartet at the Chamber Music New Zealand concert, 'Letters from Iraq', Auckland Concert Chamber, 17 October 2022. Audio

The first of two programmes from the NZSQ's National Tour, intended to be performed in 2021 but delayed until April 2022. They give us a programme of Haydn, Ligeti, and Dvorak with Gareth Farr's Te… Audio

A Russian composer living in New Zealand has written two works directly responding to the current invasion of Ukraine. Tatiana Riabinkina says she is horrified at what's happening in the country under… Audio

Performed by NZSQ at a concert in Jubilee Hall, Parnell, Auckland, 3 April 2022. Audio