International Akaroa Music Festival - Beethoven and Friends

Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio B flat Major, op. 11
“Gassenhauer-Trio

Ignaz Pleyel
Trios in E flat and in D Major

Giancarlo Menotti
Suite for two celli and piano

Martin Berteau
Sonata for two cellos and B.c., op.1.6

David Griffiths, clarinet
Svetlana Bogosavljevic, cello
Michael Endres, piano

Curt Thompson, violin
Lisa Grosman, viola
Edith Salzmann, cello
Josephine Vains, cello
Ramón Jaffé, cello
Glenn Riddle, piano

Come and join us for the 16th International Akaroa Music Festival in wonderful Akaroa. For the 2023 edition, we have created an exciting programme, featuring NZ’s most accomplished musicians as well as fabulous international guest artists.

Cellist Ramon Jaffe and pianist Michael Endres will be back this year, amazing clarinettist David Griffiths is joining us for the first time, and cellists Josephine Vains, Svetlana Bogosavljevic and Edith Salzmann can't wait for another edition of the Cellissimo series on Wednesday the 18 January.

We'll bring stellar young talented from NZ and Australia along, our young musicians will start the lunchtime concerts on Saturday the 14th. The evening concerts feature well known works such as Tchaikovsky's piano trio and 'Souvenir de Florence' sextet, Beethoven's trio for clarinet, piano and cello, Bach by Candlelight is back and much more.