Ensemble Aaru is a reed quintet (oboe, bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet and saxophone), with international experience formed in 2023. Made up of principal players from the Auckland Philharmonia and some of Aotearoa’s leading freelance players, they have performed as featured artists at the Hamilton Arts Festival and commissioned new works, to great acclaim. ​

Part of the 2025 worldwide celebration of Ravel’s 150th birthday anniversary "Love, Passion & Romance” takes the audience on an exciting and emotional musical journey. As the title suggests, the repertoire looks at the different forms of love; from Brahms’ love of nature that inspired him to create the tender and joyous 2nd Violin Sonata, Clara Shumann's sublime and ethereal “Three Romances” to Dallapiccola’s affection for Italian Baroque in his “Tartriniana Seconda” and Ravel’s fascination with the gypsy culture that led him to compose the passionate and exuberant “Tzigane”. ​

Duo Vivo formed in 2003 and immediately found popularity through their CD "Jealousy, tango music". They were invited to perform at the Wellington Arts Festival, Auckland Arts Festival and toured with Arts on Tour New Zealand. Their programme provides a colourful contrast of classical, tango and gypsy music, plus a NZ composition written for them by John Elmsly.

Winner of the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition, New Zealand pianist John Chen returns home to present an all-French programme of chefs-d’oeuvre by Francis Poulenc, Henri Duparc, César Franck, Gabriel Fauré, and Camille Saint-Saëns.

The Ghost Trio explore the cultural diversity of the piano trio canon, including works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Tōru Takemitsu, Maurice Ravel, and the premiere of a new work by Aotearoa composer Glen Downie.

The four young musicians who make up Antipodes Quartet were selected by audition to form the ensemble at the 2025 Adam Summer School for Chamber Music. Their programme offers a deeply immersive journey into the realm of 'inner landscapes.'

New Zealand composers, musicians and jazz legends John Rae, Patrick Bleakley and Ben Wilcock come together to form the John Rae Trio especially for this unmissable Warkworth Music concert. The trio will play work from the album Splendid Isolation, (“beguiling” - PBS, The Modernist), new material and music from John Rae's previous albums. ​