NZ CHAMBER SOLOISTS -presented by Thames Music Group

About the New Zealand Chamber Soloists Since 2006, the New Zealand Chamber Soloists have undertaken a diverse spectrum of work across the fields of performance and recording, undertaking national tours under the auspices of Chamber Music New Zealand, several tours in Europe and the USA, as well as performing in China, Singapore, South America and Australia. In 2012 the ensemble gave the world premiere of two works written for them by John Psathas, Corybas and Aegean, and the European premieres of a number of compositions written for them by NZ composers Gareth Farr, Martin Lodge, Mike Williams and David Griffiths, in the Casa dei Mezzo summer music festival in Crete. In the same tour they performed in Italy’s Festival Pontino, Rome’s Teatro de Marcello and at four concerts in Greece’s Festival of the Aegean. The New Zealand Chamber Soloists have released two CDs of New Zealand works, Ahi (2008), and Corybas (2014), and a CD of trios by Rachmaninoff, Babajanian and Shostakovich entitled Elegy (2010), to international critical acclaim. Corybas features the complete piano and strings chamber works of internationally renown NZ-Greek composer John Psathas, including his piano quintet, recorded with Amalia Hall (violin) and Robert Ashworth (viola). Three of the five works on the CD were written for members of the New Zealand Chamber Soloists. Joining the NZCS for this concert is Bulgarian-born and New Zealand-based violinist, Dimitri Atanasov who has had a prominent and varied career since arriving in New Zealand in 1995. He served as a concertmaster of the Auckland Philharmonia as well as teaching at the university of Waikato. Adding to his teaching and performing resume. Dimitri is a renowned violin maker, selling his instruments throughout the world. Programme Mozart - Quartet No.2 in Eb major K.493 Anthony Ritchie - Oppositions for Piano Quartet Op.116 INTERVAL Brahms - Quartet No.1 in C minor Op.60