New Zealanders star in City of London Festival

30 June 2011

The New Zealand String Quartet, Jonathan Lemalu, the NZTrio, Stephen de Pledge and Anna Leese are just a few of the New Zealand musicians who are performing at the City of London Festival, which kicked off on 26 June. The Festival has a particular focus on music from New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific this year, and concerts include works by John Psathas, Douglas Lilburn, Gareth Farr, Eve de Castro-Robinson, Ross Harris and Jack Body, to name a few of the New Zealand composers featured.

On Monday 11 July, the New Zealand String Quartet will perform at Merchant Taylors' Hall in a concert that also features internationally-renowned New Zealand bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu. The Quartet will perform the world premiere of a new Chamber Music New Zealand commission by Lyell Cresswell, titled Kotetetete. Funds for this commission were provided by Creative New Zealand.

For further information about the City of London Festival, visit their website.