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NEW ZEALAND STRING QUARTET
“fluid and energetic... uncommon eloquence” New York Times“stylish music-making.... a fine evening.” Washington Post“all played with terrific verve and precision.” The Strad
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NEW ZEALAND
STRING QUARTET
With its dynamic performing style, eloquent communication and beautiful sound the New Zealand String Quartet has forged a major career in the busy international chamber music field, earning the acclaim of critics and the delighted response of audiences. The Quartet has particularly distinguished itself through imaginative and unique programming, including cycles of composers‚ music from Mozart to Berg, and through the development of an international audience for important new works from New Zealand and Pacific Rim composers. Career highlights have included acclaimed debuts in London at Wigmore Hall and in New York at the prestigious Frick Collection, and the curation and performance of a landmark series at King’s Place in London.
International festival tours have taken the group to the United States and Canada twice annually for many seasons, as well as to Mexico, Korea, Australia, Scotland, Germany and the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and an exciting new collaborative project in Beijing.
Much-loved by audiences in New Zealand, the engaging musicians of that country’s premier chamber ensemble present some forty concerts there each year, and run the bi-annual Adam Chamber Music Festival.
On disc, the New Zealand String Quartet’s extensive discography includes the complete quartets of Felix Mendelssohn for Naxos and landmark recordings of works by Asian and New Zealand composers, many of which have been premiered by the ensemble. In addition the quartet has recorded many discs of standard repertoire including Bartók, Ravel, Debussy, Beethoven, Dvorák, Berg and Wolf. The complete quartets of Brahms are slated as its next release on the Naxos label. The ensemble’s many collaborations with internationally renowned artists have recently included Frans Helmerson, James Campbell, Piers Lane, Nobuko Imai, Peter Nágy and Katherine Chi.
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY• Asian Music for String Quartet - Works of Zhou Long, Chinary Ung, Tan Dun, Gao Ping, and Toru Takemitsu - Naxos• Brahms String Quartets #1 and 2 - Naxos • Notes from a Journey - Works of John Psathas, Jack Body, Ross Harris, Gareth Farr and Michael Norris - Atoll • Mendelssohn Quartets (Volume 1) #1, 4 and 6 - Naxos• Gillian Whitehead Hine pu te hue and Puhake ki te rangi for quartet & Maori instruments - Atoll• Berg Lyric Suite and Quartet Opus 3 and Wolf Italian Serenade - Naxos• Dvorák Quartet Opus 51 and Székely Quartet - Atoll• Beethoven Rasumovsky Quartets Opus 59 #2 and 3 - Atoll
“the Kiwis rivaled the excellence of leading international string quartets... The ensemble was cohesive, the energy positive.” Cleveland Plain Dealer “This concert opened with Mendelssohn’s Capriccio, given a performance both stern and exhilarating, with clearly delineated contrapuntal lines. Jack Body’s Three Transcriptions for string quartet were tremendous fun... the third a manic Bulgarian dance, complete with foot stamping, all played with terrific verve and precision.” The Strad “stunning musicianship over the course of three challenging quartets... a truly inspired performance” Classical Voice North Carolina “The quartet had the virtuosity... and the wit” Minneapolis Star-Tribune “String lovers might be forgiven these days if they think they’ve died and gone to Quartet Heaven after yesterday’s concert by the New Zealand String Quartet... profoundly beautiful.” Ottawa Citizen
New Zealand String Quartet
PRAISE FROM THE CRITICS
“…the Kiwis rivaled the excellence of leading international string quartets…they let the lyrical music ebb and flow with warm tone and beautiful balance. The ensemble was cohesive, the energy positive. The melodic dialogues came across like meaningful exchanges of wordless thoughts.” Cleveland Plain Dealer
“…fluid and energetic…uncommon eloquence…” The New York Times
“…thrilling to hear….an uncommonly fine performance.” The Washington Post
“The New Zealand String Quartet showed unsurpassed technique and dramatic energy in every respect.” La Repubblica, Florence, Italy
“The New Zealand String Quartet plays as if it has nothing to prove. The New Zealanders gave Debussy’s G minor Quartet a dreamy, shivering elegance without losing rhythmic vigor or flow.” The Washington Post
“…sublime playing … expressive, creative power and unrestrained life energy…” Goettinger Tageblatt, Germany
“the audience got goose bumps……. the quartet made their debut in Mexico yesterday a memorable event, carved with emotional depth” Reforma, Mexico
“…If it’s chamber music excitement you’re after, then welcome to the New Zealand String Quartet fan club.” New Zealand Listener
“We might have been listening to any of the world’s foremost string quartets…a performance of blazing intensity and thorough commitment, over and above its excellence of technique.” The Age, Melbourne, Australia
Rolf Gjelsten (Cello) Gillian Ansell (Viola) Douglas Beilman (Second Violin) Helene Pohl (First Violin)
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY• MendelssohnQuartets(Volume1)Nos1,4and6
Naxos2008• GillianWhiteheadHine pu te hueandPuhake ki
te rangiforquartetandMaoriinstrumentsAtoll2007
• BergLyric SuiteandQuartetOpus3andWolfItalian SerenadeNaxos2007
• DvorákQuartetOpus51andSzékelyQuartetAtoll2003
• BeethovenRasumovskyQuartetsOpus59Nos2&3Atoll2002
• DebussyandRavelQuartetsAtoll1999
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Withitsdynamicperformingstyle,eloquentcommunicationandbeautifulsoundtheNewZealandStringQuartethasforgedamajorcareerinthebusyinternationalchambermusicfield,earningtheacclaimofcriticsandthedelightedresponseofaudiences.TheQuartethasparticularlydistinguisheditselfthroughimaginativeanduniqueprogramming,includingcyclesofcomposers’musicfromMozarttoBerg,andthroughthedevelopmentofaninternationalaudienceforimportantnewworksfromNewZealandandPacificRimcomposers.
RecentcareerhighlightshaveincludedacclaimeddebutsinLondonatWigmoreHallandinNewYorkattheprestigiousFrickCollection.InternationaltoursandfestivalsuccesseshavetakenthegrouptoCanadaandtheUSformanyvisitsaswellastoMexico,Korea,Australia,Scotland,GermanyandtheNetherlands,with
debutperformancesplannedinPolandandCzechoslovakia.Much-lovedbyaudiencesinNewZealand,theengagingmusiciansofthatcountry’spremierchamberensemblepresentsomefortyconcertsthereeachyear.
TheNewZealandStringQuartethasrecentlybroughtitsinterpretativeskilltoamajorprojecttorecordallofMendelssohn’sstringquartetsinathreevolumeCDsetforNaxos.TheQuartet’sextensivediscographyincludesworksbyBartók,Ravel,Debussy,Beethoven,Dvorák,BergandWolf,aswellasthepremiererecordingoftheremarkableZoltanSzékelyquartet,andworksbyacclaimedNewZealandcomposers.
Theensemble’smanycollaborationswithinternationallyrenownedartistshaverecentlyincludedFransHelmerson,JamesCampbell,PiersLane,NobukoImaiandPeterNágy.
Helene Pohl, violinMonique Lapins, violin
Gillian Ansell, violaRolf Gjelsten, cello
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