Chamber music festival in the Southern Alps

QUEENSTOWN LAKES 
5–18 OCTOBER 2024

Chamber music festival in the Southern Alps

QUEENSTOWN LAKES 
5–18 OCTOBER 2024

An exploration of people and place where folk and classical collide. A prism that takes our shared stories, heritage and history, and disperses them through the kaleidoscopic sounds of chamber music. Composer to performer, performer to community and the refraction of perspectives within. Take your seat, and experience the awe of chamber music.

At the World’s Edge is a chamber music festival inspired by its roots in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Exploring the prism of our collective identity, this year’s festival spans seven programmes across Queenstown, Wānaka, Bannockburn and Cromwell, with folk music at its core and additional free events and experiences throughout.

With spectacular sounds against majestic scapes, experience the power of chamber music in New Zealand alongside internationally renowned musicians, lifelong enthusiasts, and curious adventurers alike. More than a series of live music events, we are a platform for the arts in our region and a spark for creativity to come.

Festival Performances

  • 1 | Dispersion

    Sat 5 Oct | 4pm & 7pm
    Te Atamira, Queenstown

  • 2 | Fantazi

    Sun 6 Oct | 2pm & 5pm
    Coronation Hall, Bannockburn

  • 3 | Out of Doors

    Mon 7 Oct | 7:30pm
    Te Atamira, Queenstown

  • 4 | Equinox

    Thur 10 Oct | 6pm - SOLD OUT
    Cloudy Bay Shed, Cromwell

  • 5 | Refraction

    Fri 11 Oct | 7:30pm
    Te Atamira, Queenstown

  • 6 | Ængles

    Sat 12 Oct | 4pm & 7pm
    Rippon, Wānaka

  • 7 | Prism

    Sun 13 Oct | 2pm & 5:30pm
    Rippon, Wānaka

AWE+ IN THE COMMUNITY

Our community threads into the very fabric of the AWE Festival. Everyone should have the chance to experience classical music in Aotearoa, to be woven into the adventure and to experience the most intimate moments of music for themselves.

Through AWE+, a range of free curated performances and events are open to the public, showcasing local and international talent so that one and all can hear the story chamber music has to tell.

WHAT IS CHAMBER MUSIC?

Offering a new level of intimacy to live performance, chamber music is an interaction between individual voices. Written specifically for small groups of musicians, chamber music is designed to be performed, heard, and experienced in a close-knit, intimate setting, with the audience just as much a shared and active part of the experience as the musicians themselves.