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violin

109 reviews

2026 · 7

23 Oct · Peter Mechen

Spirit of Youth effervesces and overflows at Wellington Youth Orchestras’ combined 2026 concert

21 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

A feast of classic and contemporary Finnish music – from Pietari Inkinen and the NZSO

24 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

NZSO reaches for Mahler’s “Titan” via Ades and Korngold

3 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Echoes of woodland scenes rubbing shoulders with companionable coffee-houses! – an echt-Viennese musical lunchtime experience for Wellingtonians at St. Andrew’s-on-the-Terrace!

27 Apr · Futuna Chapel · Peter Mechen

Gary Wilby – To those who dwell in realms of day…….

1 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Music from the memory, in the air and on the wing – all from Wellington City Orchestra’s opening 2026 concert!

25 Mar · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Still more musical miracles reported and evidenced in Wellington, this time at Roseneath’s The Long Hall!

2025 · 2

6 Oct · Peter Mechen

Impactful Shostakovich unpacked -The New Zealand String Quartet and the Ghost Trio

15 Apr · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Musical Prodigy Night for Orchestra Wellington

2024 · 2

21 Oct · Peter Mechen

Wellington’s Youth Orchestras show the way through is together!

4 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Orchestra Wellington’s “The Grand Gesture” presentation casts its spell

2023 · 6

20 Oct · Peter Mechen

Haydn and Mozart Camerata’s perfect fellow-churchgoers at Wellington’s St.Peter’s-0n-Willis

5 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Orchestra Wellington’s “Prophecy” – promise and fulfilment by young composers

24 Jun · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Worlds of difference and sympathy – rapturous Beethoven and Saint-Saens from the Wellington City Orchestra

18 Jun · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Mark Menzies and Michael Endres – linking worlds with violin and piano

7 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Anne French

Les Voisins – delicious distortions, with swing

15 Apr · Michael Fowler Centre · Anne French

Fundamentally thrilling – Orchestra Wellington

2022 · 7

15 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Anne French

The River of Youth – Arohanui Strings and Orchestra Wellington

7 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Anne French

A state of extreme delight

6 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Anne French

NZSO under New management

4 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

The band is back – NZSO with Hilary Hahn and Gemma New

10 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Yuka and Kemp – a concert of popular violin music

8 Jun · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

A solo tour-de-force from violinist Monique Lapins

30 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Wellington Youth Orchestra – an appealing programme delivered with rich orchestral sound

2021 · 5

14 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Individual and ensembled tributes to JS Bach from Pohl-Gjelsten and Friends at an inspired St.Andrew’s Lunchtime Concert

12 Jun · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

Amalia Hall splendidly embodies Virtuoso Violin with Orchestra Wellington

26 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Monique Lapins and Jian Liu give consummate performances of Bartok and Debussy at St.Andrew’s

15 May · Peter Mechen

Welington Youth Orchestra and Mark Carter with violinist Lucas Baker – a Transatlantic treat!

17 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Wellington Chamber Orchestra’s Mendelssohn and Shostakovich make for stimulating contrast

2020 · 10

9 Nov · Public Trust Hall · Peter Mechen

Warm response for an innovative “Seen-and-Heard” Kristallnacht Concert at Wellington’s Public Trust Hall

27 Sept · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

NZSO’s “Eroica” programme title lives up to its name at Wellington’s MFC

28 Aug · Peter Mechen

At last! Chamber Music Hutt Valley’s 2020 Season!

9 Aug · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

The phenomenon of Beethoven – celebrated here by Wellington Chamber Music with Te Kōkī Trio

6 Aug · Wellington Town Hall · Lindis Taylor

Violin and piano recital in a new concert hall makes life worth living again

4 Aug · Peter Mechen

“Morgen” – pianist Rae de Lisle makes a welcome return to performing, with ‘cellist Andrew Joyce – and with help from Julia Joyce

30 Jul · Adam Concert Room · Peter Mechen

NZSM Concerto Competition – an evening of elegance, frisson and feeling

20 Jun · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

A beautiful “Mozart hat-trick” from Orchestra Wellington

13 Jun · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Orchestra Wellington’s second concert featuring Mozart violin concertos and city-named symphonies

8 Mar · Peter Mechen

Wanganui Music Society 75th Jubilee Concert includes Wellington guest musicians

2019 · 9

8 Nov · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

NZSO: Salonen’s Violin Concerto points in a fruitful, inspiring direction; Schubert’s Greatness persists through 200 years

6 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Accomplished performances from Wellington Youth Orchestra with talented Asaki Watanabe in Bruch concerto

4 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Ken Young’s final outing with the NZSM Orchestra with a new composition and a concerto with a gifted violinist

7 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Steven Sedley

Wellington Chamber Music’s fine, imaginative violin and piano recital from Beer and Watkins

20 Jun · Michael Fowler Centre · Steven Sedley

NZSO marks Blake’s retirement with his haunting ‘Angel at Ahipara’, plus splendid Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky

7 Jun · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Martin Riseley in the second splendid recital of Bach solo violin sonatas and partitas, benefit for St Andrew’s organ restoration

24 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

“Under every grief & pine/runs a joy with silken twine” – Martin Riesley plays unaccompanied Bach at St.Andrew’s, Wellington

8 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

An excellent lunchtime concert from university string students at St Andrew’s

3 Feb · Lindis Taylor

Adam Chamber Music Festival in Nelson: the first days

2018 · 12

3 Dec · Opera House · Peter Mechen

An “Enchanted Evening” from The Virtuoso Strings with Jonathan Lemalu

31 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Recital from pianist and concertmaster at Orchestra Wellington’s Saturday concert

24 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

A lunchtime concert for the exploratory and spirited on violin and cello

2 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

300 years of riches from the NZSM Orchestra – What is it about Bartok’s Second Violin Concerto this year?

30 Sept · Rosemary Collier

Violin and piano competition winners show robust musical and technical gifts and fine rapport

22 Aug · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Interesting and rewarding St Andrew’s recital from students of stringed instruments

18 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

NZSO triumphs with brilliant Beethoven and Brahms masterpieces

23 Jun · Michael Fowler Centre · Rosemary Collier

NZSO in splendid form under Harth-Bedoya with Brahms and Tchaikovsky

27 May · Lindis Taylor

Full house Mulled Wine concert at Paekakariki with NZSM violin and piano stars

12 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Vivaldi triumphs in the NZSO’s Italian celebration

23 Feb · Peter Mechen

Two resounding recordings from Rattle – classics and a feisty newcomer

14 Feb · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Masterly playing of Bach’s first sonata and partita from Martin Riseley

2017 · 11

10 Nov · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

Edo de Waart and NZSO in deeply assimilated music of Brahms, Wagner and Sibelius (with Janine Jansen)

10 Nov · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

A somewhat impromptu lunchtime recital proves a delight at St Andrew’s

12 Sept · Old St Paul’s · Lindis Taylor

NZSM students give insightful performances of New Zealand music and pieces by Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms and Barber

1 Sept · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

BEETHOVEN – Violin and Piano Sonata Series – a final frolic and a fury, to great acclaim!

29 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Rosemary Collier

Beethoven violin sonata series: Spring – molto espressivo – and its companion sonata are a delight

12 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

Bruch’s violin concerto and Beethoven’s Seventh survive another (splendid) exposure as great works

11 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Mahler, Berg – and Salina Fisher, from the NZSO – music of innocence and experience

27 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

String student talents impressively exhibited at St Andrew’s lunchtime concert

30 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Rosemary Collier

Renowned Bach scholar and conductor Suzuki with fine baroque ensemble Juilliard415

13 May · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

“Firebird” from Orchestra Wellington an incendiary experience

8 Mar · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Successful violin and viola duo reveal rare Mozart and well-known Halvorsen

2016 · 9

10 Nov · St James Theatre · Lindis Taylor

Impressive Kristallnacht commemoration in concert by Holocaust Centre and NZ School of Music

9 Nov · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Enlightening, themed concert at hands of skilled, insightful musicians

11 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Wellington Youth Orchestra and Simon Brew – playing for keeps

8 Oct · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

America: NZSO performances of brilliant new violin concerto plus Dvořák in New York and Reich in minimalist heaven

10 Sept · Michael Fowler Centre · Rosemary Collier

Schubert’s “Great”, and Mahler-Berg connections explored brilliantly by Wilma Smith and Orchestra Wellington

6 Jul · Rosemary Collier

Change of players leads to interesting programme nevertheless

2 Jul · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

Full vindication of the glories of the violin and piano repertoire, courtesy the Michael Hill violin competition

27 Mar · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Cervantes’ quadricentenary through diverting music of the 17th to 20th centuries

17 Feb · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Accomplished duo play Brahms at St Andrew’s lunchtime concert

2015 · 9

11 Oct · Lindis Taylor

Waikanae Music Society scholars through their paces in impressive concert

15 Sept · Lindis Taylor

Beethoven and bravura violin music from Valerie Rigg and Mary Barber at Old St Paul’s

28 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Cathedrals and landscapes – delight and awe with the NZSO

5 Aug · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Duo Tapas: violin and guitar play winning St Andrew’s lunchtime concert

21 Jun · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Unmissable violin sonata programme from APO’s Canadian concertmaster and Sarah Watkins

13 Jun · Michael Fowler Centre · Rosemary Collier

Triumphant farewell to Inkinen with a neglected Sibelius masterpiece and standing ovation

28 May · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

The strings of the School of Music take turn with wonderful Bach programme for St Andrew’s

29 Mar · Michael Fowler Centre · admin

Spectacular NZSO concert with violinist Janine Jansen in the Tchaikovsky

25 Feb · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Violin and harp in enchanting lunchtime concert at St Andrew’s

2014 · 7

22 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

Inspiring lunchtime performances from NZSM string players

25 Aug · Michael Fowler Centre · Peter Mechen

Searing contribution from the WYO to “Recovering Forbidden Voices”

23 Aug · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Forbidden Voices liberated in NZSM conference on music and musicians banned by Nazis

29 Jul · Lindis Taylor

Inspiring concert by young students of Donald Armstrong

20 Jun · Michael Fowler Centre · Lindis Taylor

Winner’s tour for Nikki Chooi, 2013 Michael Hill Violin Competition: a finished artist

8 May · Adam Concert Room · Peter Mechen

Remembering David – a Farquhar tribute from the NZSM

13 Apr · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Peter Mechen

Splendour and Strife from the Wellington Chamber Orchestra

2013 · 6

20 Nov · Adam Concert Room · Rosemary Collier

Italian Embassy sponsors fine recital by violin and piano duo

22 Sept · Rosemary Collier

Violinist Blythe Press delivers fine Artist Diploma recital at the New Zealand School of Music

13 Aug · Lindis Taylor

Two masterpieces of the violin repertoire at Old St Paul’s

31 Jul · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

Inaugural Wellington recital by accomplished violin and piano duo

7 Jun · Rosemary Collier

Scholarly and musical – Sergey Malov plays Bach

5 Apr · Adam Concert Room · Peter Mechen

Martin Riseley (violin) and Jian Liu (piano) – elegance plus outrageous virtuosity

2012 · 4

31 Oct · Rosemary Collier

Duo mosaica – violin and guitar – in first-class recital to end St Mark’s series

17 Oct · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Rosemary Collier

Five violinists and a cellist at student recital at St Andrew’s

8 Jul · Rosemary Collier

Varied, attractive 25th anniversary concert from Kapiti Chamber Choir

22 Jun · Peter Mechen

Sergey Malov and Michael Houstoun – capturing the ebb and flow

2011 · 3

16 Nov · St Andrew’s on The Terrace · Lindis Taylor

Brilliant violin and piano recital from Blythe Press and Richard Mapp

4 Nov · Adam Concert Room · Rosemary Collier

End of Year recitals from School of Music

22 May · Wellington Town Hall · Lindis Taylor