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One of the country’s most celebrated classical music groups will be returning to play in Wairarapa next week.
NZTrio will be performing in Greytown, hosted by the Greytown Music Group, as part of a nationwide tour to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
At the concert, cellist and founding member Ashley Brown, violinist Amalia Hall and pianist Somi Kim will perform music from the group’s Legacy series: masterpieces, “genrebusting” works, and freshly commissioned pieces.
Described by the NZ Herald as a “national treasure” and “New Zealand’s most indispensable ensemble”, NZTrio is renowned for its eclectic repertoire and warm, “typically Kiwi” stage presence.
The group released its latest album, Merge, featuring its two newest members (Hall and Kim), in 2021.
NZTrio has played throughout the world, has commissioned 75 new pieces throughout its career (the majority from New Zealand artists), and won a Tui Award for Best Classical Artist at the 2017 Vodafone NZ Music Awards, plus a Composers Association of New Zealand award for outstanding service to New Zealand Music.
It has also established two mentorship programmes for young Kiwi musicians and composers, both at secondary school and tertiary level.
NZTrio’s Legacy programme opens with the first two of the Six Pieces in Canon by German Romantic-era composer Robert Schumann - which pay homage to J S Bach’s talents in polyphonic writing.
This will be followed a piece called Horizon Fields by New Zealand composer Michael Norris – who wrote NZTrio’s first ever commission in 2003 – inspired by the 2012 Horizon Field art installation in Hamburg, Germany.
The programme also consists of pieces by Ukrainian born Nikolai Kapustin, a pioneer of the Soviet-era jazz scene and well-known for his jazz and classical fusion works, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s B flat major piano trio The Archduke.
The piece, dedicated to Archduke Rudolph of Austria, an amateur
The NZTrio which will be performing in Greytown on May 1. From left: Ashley Brown (cello), Amalia Hall (violin) and Somi Kim (piano). PHOTO/SUPPLIED
pianist and patron of Beethoven, is considered one of the master composer’s most beautiful works for piano.
• The NZTrio concert will be held on Sunday, 1 May, at 57 Wood
Street, Greytown, starting at 4pm. Tickets are $30 for adults, $10 for children. Bookings are essential – contact
Ed and Juliet Cooke on 06 304 9497 or via email at efjacooke@ gmail.com to book your ticket. Masks recommended at the event, but not compulsory.
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