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Ensembles: the New Zealand String Quartet

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Ensembles: the New Zealand String Quartet

The New Zealand String Quartet – (from left) first violinist Helene Pohl, second violinist Douglas Beilman, violist Gillian Ansell and cellist Rolf Gjelsten – have a busy schedule of performances throughout New Zealand and overseas. Here they play at Hūria marae, Tauranga, at the 150th anniversary commemoration of the battle of Gate (a major battle of the New Zealand wars) in 2014. This was their first experience of playing on a marae.

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Peter Walls, Classical musicians – Music teaching and ensemble playing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/45498/ensembles-the-new-zealand-string-quartet (accessed 23 June 2026).

Story by Peter Walls, published 3 June 2014.