Concerts & live events

Lunchtime Concert: Sine Nomine

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Allemande from Dmin partita for solo violin by Bach Chausson's Poeme arranged for violin and string ensemble Mendelssohn's string octet in E flat major, first movement Juliet Ayre, Nelson violinist […]

Little Red Rocking Hood & Barbie

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Rebecca Bignall Boutique Dance Company, alongside our very own NCMA dancers, will present Little Red Rocking Hood - a Rock Opera Ballet! Ballet dancers ranging from 3-12 years will sparkle onstage with […]

This Is Christmas

Nelson Cathedral Trafalgar Street, Nelson, New Zealand

NBS Nelson City Brass and the Nelson Cathedral Choir join for a wonderful celebration of Christmas Music in the stunning Nelson Cathedral.

This Is Christmas

Nelson Cathedral Trafalgar Street, Nelson, New Zealand

NBS Nelson City Brass and the Nelson Cathedral Choir join for a wonderful celebration of Christmas Music in the stunning Nelson Cathedral.

Expanding Horizons

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Sixty singers from around New Zealand will present a programme of choral music by 13 different composers from across England, Europe, America and New Zealand.  The music was the choice […]

Gala Dinner

Trafalgar Centre Paru Paru Road, Nelson

Adam Chamber Music Festival always begins with a Gala Dinner – a chance to gather for an evening of delicious food and fine wine, and indulge in a sampler of […]

Grand Opening

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Our special guests the Takács Quartet open the festival with one of Haydn’s sunniest quartets. Next, James Campbell (clarinet), Sergey Malov (viola), Izabella Simon (piano) present Schumann's set of four […]

Meet The Artists

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Co-Artistic Director Helene Pohl chats to Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes and Richard O’Neill from the Takács Quartet about their lives and careers. Formed in 1975, the Takács are one of […]

1919/2023

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

1919 links two of this concert’s works with Rebecca Clarke’s sumptuous viola sonata and Arnold Bax's elegiac quintet for harp and strings both written in that same year. Between these […]

New Worlds

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

All three pieces in the programme were written far from their composers’ place of birth. Dvořák’s ebullient and joyful quintet was written in America, the same year as his symphony […]

Songs and Dances

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Bartók's edgy and folk-inspired fourth quartet, probably the most-played of his six quartets, will be sure to mesmerise in the hands of the Takács Quartet. The concert begins with three […]

Meet The Artists

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Listen to two old friends, cellists András Fejér from the Takács Quartet and Rolf Gjelsten from the New Zealand String Quartet, discuss the early days of the Takács, Hungarian influences […]

Dénes In Recital

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Audiences of Adam Chamber Music Festival know the astounding talent of ‘poet on the piano’ Dénes Várjon. Don’t miss this wonderful chance to hear him performing a programme of Bartók […]

Up Close with Helen and Sergey

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

This fascinating and colourful collaboration between New Zealand harpist Helen Webby and Russian/Hungarian violinist Sergey Malov includes duos and solos, loop and delay pedals, New Zealand music, the humorous side […]

String Quartet Master Class

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Come and watch the 2023/24 Adam Troubadours get expert coaching from NZSQ cellist Rolf Gjelsten, assisting them in enhancing their expressivity and bringing the music to life. Free to attend. […]

Romance

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Dénes Várjon and Izabella Simon play one of their favourite two-piano works to open this colourful and highly emotional concert, also featuring star turns from violinist Harumi Rhodes of the […]

Meet The Artists

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Find out more about the music and lives of three festival artists – Russian/Hungarian violinist Sergey Malov, New Zealand harpist Helen Webby and Japanese contrabassist Hiroshi Ikematsu – in conversation […]

Under Southern Skies

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Celebrate Waitangi Day with the world premiere of Jenny McLeod's song cycle Under Southern Skies set to poems by Anne Powell, presented by Jenny Wollerman (soprano), Jian Liu (piano). Harpist […]

String Quartet Master Class

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Come and watch the 2023/24 Adam Troubadours get expert coaching from Takács Quartet first violinist Ed Dusinberre, assisting them in enhancing their expressivity and bringing the music to life. Free […]

The End of Time…and Beyond

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

We welcome our first work by exciting young American composer, Nokuthula Ngwenyama, of Ndebele and Japanese descent, in a specially commissioned work by the Takács Quartet. Flow is inspired by […]

Up Close with James and the NZSQ

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Over the past 20 years, James Campbell and the New Zealand String Quartet have performed together around the world. Enjoy their warm collaboration as they return to a perennial favourite, […]

Takács and Friends

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

For their final performance at the Festival, the Takács Quartet have chosen some of their favourite works to share. Wolf’s light-hearted pictorial Italian Serenade forms a perfect foil for Bartók’s […]

Meet The Artist

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Hear Justin DeHart chat with Co-Artistic Director Helene Pohl about his epic solo percussion projects and the works he will perform in his recital. Originally from California, and now based […]

New Vistas

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Percussionist extraordinaire Justin DeHart will surprise, delight and entertain in his varied programme featuring all New Zealand music. Originally from California, and now based in Christchurch, Justin is a Grammy-nominated […]

Bach by Candlelight

Nelson Cathedral Trafalgar Street, Nelson, New Zealand

An impressive line-up of Festival artists will gather for a sumptuous evening of Bach in various instrumentations and guises, including a rendition of a Gamba sonata with violin, cello and […]

Monique’s Choice

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

In Monique Lapin's specially curated programme, she has invited the two violinists of the 2024 Troubadours, Lucas Baker and Peter Gjelsten, both prize-winning former students of New Zealand School of […]

Adam Troubadours (1)

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Featuring our wonderful 2024 Adam Troubadour Quartet, performing the first concert of selected works. The Adam Troubadours is a career development experience offered to four of New Zealand’s most promising […]

Metamorphosen

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

The joyful, light-hearted and communicative spirits of clarinettist James Campbell, cellist Rolf Gjelsten and pianist Izabella Simon find their perfect expression in the uplifting Beethoven trio, and provide a beautiful […]

The Romantic Bartók

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Hungarian pianist Dénes Várjon and New Zealand String Quartet present Bartók’s early Piano Quintet is a dramatic and powerful work super-charged with expressivity, showing the influences of Brahms, Debussy, Liszt […]

Masterclass with Sergey Malov

Nelson Centre of Musical Arts 48 Nile St, Nelson, New Zealand

Come and hear Sergey Malov work with young violinists/violists to get behind the notes and help lift the music off the page.   Adam Chamber Music Festival

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