Piers Lane and the Doric String Quartet

Piers Lane piano
Alex Redington violin
Jonathan Stone violin
Simon Tandree viola
John Myerscough cello

In their 12 years together, the prize-winning UK-based Doric String Quartet have successfully forged a career path that places them in highly acclaimed chamber music events and series around the world, and working in collaboration with world-class artists. This tour to New Zealand, in partnership with the Royal Over-Seas League, sees them team-up with one of our favourite international touring pianists, Piers Lane.

London-based Australian pianist Piers Lane has a flourishing international career which has taken him to more than 40 countries. He is in great demand as a chamber music collaborator, and in 2007 was appointed Artistic Director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, held annually in Townsville.

Cellist with the Dorics, John Myerscough, has visted NZ once before and is looking forward to returning with his colleagues and Piers: "We are extremely excited about the prospect of touring NZ. It is a wonderful opportunity to travel to a new and beautiful country and we are very fortunate to be playing in venues across the whole country. We are also excited about playing two wonderful programmes – We feel we have a special affinity for Haydn’s music and it will be exciting to contrast this with Bartok and Britten (whose 2nd quartet is one of greatest 20th century works)."

Presented in association with Royal Over-Seas League

When & Where

Date	Programme	Time	Venue	Centre
6 September 10	Programme One	CANCELLED	CANCELLED	Christchurch
7 September 10	Programme Two	7.30pm	Civic Theatre	Invercargill
8 September 10	Programme One	7.30pm	Glenroy Auditorium	Dunedin
10 September 10	Programme Two	7.30pm	Wellington Town Hall	Wellington
11 September 10	Programme Two	7.30pm	Nelson School Of Music, Nile Street	Nelson
13 September 10	Programme One	8pm. Free pre-concert talk at 7pm.	Auckland Town Hall	Auckland
14 September 10	Programme One	7.30pm. Free pre-concert talk at 6.45pm.	The Regent on Broadway, Palmerston North	Palmerston North
15 September 10	Programme One	7.30pm	Theatre Royal, TSB Showplace	New Plymouth
17 September 10	Programme Two	8pm	Century Theatre, Napier	Napier
18 September 10	Programme Two	8pm	WEL Energy Trust Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato.	Hamilton