Nau mai haere mai and welcome to our 2025 concert series!

A lavish tapestry of styles and emotions is explored in Fantastique, a programme of contrasts. Turina’s Circulo depicts a single day through dawn, midday and dusk, while brooding disquiet meets stark intensity in Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No.1 in C minorChen Yi’s Tibetan Tunes creates a fusion of traditional Tibetan melodies referencing Buddhist god Du Mu, before the premiere of Angelus, a new commission by one of Aotearoa’s most acclaimed composers, John Psathas. Finally, Franck’s youthful Piano Trio No. 1 in F sharp minor is as charming and intimate as it is powerful and explosive.

THE PROGRAMME

Lyell Cresswell (NZ) | Moto perpetuo
Pascal Le Boeuf | Obliquely Wrecked
Gabriel Fauré | Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
Elena Kats-Chernin | Calliope Dreaming
Arnold Schönberg | Verklärte Nacht arr. for piano trio

This programme will be performed with guest cellist Callum Hall

DATES AND VENUES

30 August – Wellington
BOOK NOW

31 Aug – Greytown Music Society
tickets via efjacooke@gmail.co.nz

10 Sep – Yarragon Studio, Melbourne
BOOK NOW

11 Sep – Tempo Rubato, Melbourne
BOOK NOW

13 Sep – “NZTrio X Collectivo”
Thomas Dixon Centre, Brisbane
BOOK NOW

ANNOUNCING OUR NEW CELLIST

NZTrio He Taonga Wairere are thrilled to announce the appointment of new permanent cellist, Matthias Balzat.
 
Matthias, an award-winning performer, brings a wealth of local and international performing experience to the trio’s next chapter.

Hypnotique presents a diverse array of works that challenges expectations of traditional chamber music. A whirlwind of motion typifies NZ composer Lyell Cresswell’s virtuosic Moto Perpetuo, ahead of the percussive and electronic influences in Le Boeuf’s jazz-adjacent Obliquely Wrecked. Fauré’s Piano Trio in D minor exhibits lyrical elegance, with transportative, lush harmonic textures, and Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin pays homage to Haydn, blending classical and contemporary styles in Calliope Dreaming. Then finally, the full Romantic immersion of Schönberg’s Verklärte Nacht is structured around the five stanzas of a poem; deeply transcendent and utterly beautiful.

THE PROGRAMME

Lyell Cresswell (NZ) | Moto perpetuo

Pascal Le Boeuf | Obliquely Wrecked

Gabriel Fauré | Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120

Elena Kats-Chernin | Calliope Dreaming

Arnold Schönberg | Verklärte Nacht arr. for piano trio

DATES AND VENUES

Visit our events page to see when we’ll be near you.


NZTrio is recognised as a ‘national treasure’ and ‘New Zealand’s most indispensable ensemble’ (NZ Herald).

Subscribe to our mailing list for up-to-date and important concert information direct to your inbox. Or keep in touch via Facebook, Instagram, or our What’s On page for the latest

Next Event

Current Month

© Copyright 2025 NZTrio

rfwbs-sliderfwbs-slide