The New Zealand String Quartet is this country's premier chamber music ensemble. In this concert, they will play pieces by Haydn, Shostakovich and Walton.
The ensemble has been Quartet-in-Residence at the New Zealand School of Music at Victoria University of Wellington since 1991 and in 2019 celebrated 25 years of running the Adam Summer School for Chamber Music.
Violinist Helene Pohl and violist Gillian Ansell are co-artistic directors of the biennial Adam Chamber Music Festival in Nelson. Gillian, Helene and cellist Rolf Gjelsten have received MNZM honours for services to music in New Zealand.