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 […]
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 […]
NBS Nelson City Brass and the Nelson Cathedral Choir join for a wonderful celebration of Christmas Music in the stunning Nelson Cathedral.
NBS Nelson City Brass and the Nelson Cathedral Choir join for a wonderful celebration of Christmas Music in the stunning Nelson Cathedral.
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. Â The music was the choice […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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