Eleventh season of the Adam Chamber Music Festival

Nelson is set to cement its growing reputation as the ‘Salzburg of the South’ with the eleventh season of the Adam Chamber Music Festival in February next year.
 
The ten day festival opens on February 3 with a Gala Dinner & Concert at Woollaston Estates, featuring Canadian clarinettist James Campbell, the outstanding Russian Hermitage String Trio, Hiroshi Ikematsu on double bass, and resident ensemble, the New Zealand String Quartet.
 
Musical directors Gillian Ansell and Helene Pohl said this stellar start is just the beginning of a programme that features 40 musicians performing in 30 events.
 
“The Adam Festival has come such a long way since it started with a group of friends back in 1992,” they said. “We are thrilled with the line-up for next year, and particularly pleased to have secured one of Britain’s most eminent concert recitalists, Martin Roscoe. His concerts at the Nelson School of Music and at the Brancott Winery in Blenheim celebrating Liszt’s 200th birthday will truly be outstanding.”
 
The biennial festival has made Nelson a summer Mecca for chamber music lovers, with concerts in heritage churches, vineyards, the acoustically excellent School of Music auditorium and the wonderfully atmospheric Cathedral.
 
Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage, Chris Finlayson, who coined the term ‘Salzburg of the South’ says it is no wonder people travel great distances for the Adam Festival.
 
“What better setting can there be than Nelson in summer to enjoy world-class chamber music, works familiar and new and the collaborative atmosphere among performers and local musicians.”
 
Full details of the programme and bookings are now available at www.music.org.nz and at Everyman Records in Nelson.
 
Ends
 

© Scoop Media