NZCT Chamber Music Contest 2016

7:00 PM.Follow the 2016 NZCT Chamber Music Contest - the only nationwide chamber music competition for secondary school musicians and composers in the country. Read more

3:15 PM.From the final of the 2016 NZCT Chamber Music Contest, the Yerevan Trio (Sophie Zheng violin, Hyein Kim cello, Marianna Kang piano) plays the 2nd and 3rd movements of Piano Trio in F# minor by… Read more Audio

1:00 PM.Hamilton ensemble Yerevan Trio has won the New Zealand Community Trust Chamber Music Contest for 2016, the first time a Hamilton group has won the contest. Clarissa Dunn speaks with the Yerevan Trio… Read more Audio

2:15 PM.From the final of the 2016 NZCT Chamber Music Contest, the Kōkako Trio (Mabel Hung flute, May Gao violin, Esther Wu piano) plays the Trio for flute, violin and piano by Rota. The Kōkako trio won the… Read more Audio

3:00 PM.From the final of the 2016 NZCT Chamber Music Contest, Grazyna's Girlz (violinists Grace McKenzie, Sarah Lawrence, Victoria Park, Rachel McSweeney) play Quartet of Four Violins by Bacewicz. Read more Audio

2:45 PM.From the final of the 2016 NZCT Chamber Music Contest, Trio Funky Dumky (Melanie Pinkney violin, Bethany Angus cello, Margrit Hong piano) plays the 1st and 2nd movements of Piano Trio No 4 in E minor… Read more Audio

2:30 PM.From the final of the 2016 NZCT Chamber Music Contest, Herzog Klaviertrio (Selena Sun violin, William Muir cello, Finn van Dorsser piano) plays the 1st movment of Trio in Bb, D898 by Schubert. Read more Audio

2:00 PM.From the final of the 2016 NZCT Chamber Music Contest, Élégiaque (Sarang Roberts violin, Maggie Ma cello, Lixin Zhang piano) plays Trio Élégiaque No 1 in G minor by Rachmaninov. Read more Audio

1:40 PM.18 year old Stokes Valley pianist Liam Furey has just won the senior composition section of the 2016 Chamber Music Contest with his first Piano Trio. The work was described as being a very distinctive… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.From the semi-final of the 2016 NZCT Chamber Music Contest, From Russia With Love (Grace McKenzie violin, Karen Hu cello, Isabella Gregory piano) plays Trio Élégiaque No 1 in G minor by Rachmaninov. Read more Audio

5:00 PM.From the semi-final of the 2016 NZCT Chamber Music Contest, The Three Moszkoteers (Maia-Dean Martin, Frances Christian-Farrow, violins, John Ma piano) plays Suite in G minor Op 71 by Moszkowski. Read more Audio

4:45 PM.From the semi-final of the 2016 NZCT Chamber Music Contest, the Domov Trio (Christine Lee violin, Ki Hei Lee violin, Cecile McNeil piano) plays Terzetto Op 71 by Dvorák. Read more Audio

4:30 PM.From the semi-final of the 2016 NZCT Chamber Music Contest, Brumoso (Cheena Rae, Mana Rae, alto saxophones, Caleb Brand piano) plays Paganini Lost by Jun Nagao. Read more Audio

4:15 PM.From the semi-final of the 2016 NZCT Chamber Music Contest, the Raysken Trio (Celia Griffiths violin, Joo Eun Kim cello, Cynthia Li piano) plays Allegro Moderato from Trio in D minor Op 32 by Arensky.

4:00 PM.From the semi-final of the 2016 NZCT Chamber Music Contest, Vistoso Trio (Christine Lee violin, Esther Lee cello, Marianna Kang piano) plays Piano Trio No 2 in B minor by Turina. Read more Audio

1:00 PM.British clarinetist Julian Bliss is touring the whole country with NZTrio, for Chamber Music New Zealand. The centrepiece is Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, complemented by a new piece by NZ… Read more Audio