The Piano

Name: The Piano
Address: 156 Armagh Street, Christchurch, 8011, NZ
Telephone: +6433775000
Rating: 4.8

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08/12/2024

📚 Kia ora et te whānau! Wondering what this cute wee house is that's appeared across the way from us?

It's a pātaka pukapuka / book exchange! Our mates at WORD Christchurch set this up for our community to exchange all kinds of books - stories, poetry, cook books... you name it! Take what you need, and leave what you can in this little wee library on the green outside The Piano.

WORD Christchurch worked with He Waka Tapu, built by apprentices at Cook Brothers Construction. So cool, check it out!

👉 Find out more about the project and others across Ōtautahi: https://bit.ly/4fUyI93

06/12/2024

✨ We're loving this line up for the weekend! A touch of Christmas, kōrero and music, and a piano programme for a reflective Sunday afternoon.

It's all right here at The Piano, where you're guaranteed comfy seats, a great view and sound like you've never heard before 😉

🎟️ www.thepiano.nz
Luminaires / Mark Walton / Stephen De Pledge

06/12/2024

📣 We're so excited to announce the Bronwyn Bijl Scholarship!

A brand new annual opportunity for promising young Canterbury-based artists or small groups to deliver music-based projects of up to $5000 here at The Piano.

Feeling inspired and have an idea? We want to hear from you!

This scholarship aims to support a wide range of music based activity. From recording sessions, concerts and performances, to skills development workshops, mentoring, teaching sessions or exploring your creative process and producing new work.

👉 Sound like you, or someone you know? Check out full information and how to apply at our website: https://bit.ly/3OHacMI

Apply by Friday 28 February 2025, for project delivery in 2025.

05/12/2024

🎹 Pianist Stephen De Pledge steps in this Sunday to perform a gorgeous programme, as Somi Kim has had to withdraw due to personal reasons.

Stephen De Pledge - Sundays at Four
Sunday 08 December, 4.00-5.00pm
🎟️ www.thepiano.nz

We're absolutely delighted Stephen will join us to close our series for 2024, fresh from his recent solo recital appearance in the Albury Chamber Music Festival, Australia. Stephen has crafted an evocative programme of music that's sure to delight.

☕ Join us after the concert for a drink as we announce our Sundays at Four series for 2025. Complimentary tea and coffee available before the concert.

02/12/2024

🙌 Now THIS is a bumper week. Will you join us?

The National Concerto Competition kicks off our week with piano prelims and a semi final; Inclusive Performance Academy of Canterbury and Luminaires bring the Christmas cheer; and Mark Walton and Somi Kim share great music and kōrero.

It's all right here at The Piano! Elevate your show going experience with super comfy seats and the world class acoustics of our Philip Carter Family Concert Hall.
Toi Ōtautahi / What's On Christchurch

01/12/2024

🎹 The 2024/25 National Concerto Competition is here! This year the spotlight is on the brilliance and virtuosity of the piano, showcasing exceptional young pianists across two days of preliminaries and semifinal rounds.

Come and experience tomorrow's superstars, in one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most hotly contested classical music competitions.

57th Annual National Concerto Competition
🗓️ Tues 03 December — 1.00pm, 3.30pm, 7.00pm (prelims)
🗓️ Weds 04 December — 9.10am (prelims), 7.00pm (semi finals)
🎟️ www.thepiano.nz

With guest adjudicators Rachael Fuller & Timothy Young.

01/12/2024

🗓️ Join The Press's Mark Walton next weekend for his final Our Kiwi Home kōrero and music with two very special guests — author and columnist, Joe Bennett; and barrister Philip Shamy KC.

📣 Bookings are absolutely essential - this will sell out, with only 80 seats available. Get in quick, and spread the word to avoid disappointment!

🎟️ https://bit.ly/3B2RjAH

Our Kiwi Home - Mark Walton & Guests
Sunday 08 December, 11am-12pm
The Chamber, at The Piano

30/11/2024

👑 Fabulous, filthy and downright hilarious! Brace yourselves for a wild ride of side-splitting hilarity with the modern-day Queen of Sass Vanessa Larry Mitchell, as she takes you on a laugh-out-loud adventure of her trials and tribulations of parenting, dating and all things female.

Winner: 'Best Comedy' Newcastle Fringe 2022.

Teardrops on My D***o - Vanessa Larry Mitchell
Friday 13 December, 8.00pm
🎟️ www.thepiano.nz

★★★★1/2 'Vanessa Larry Mitchell is as far from demure as you could possibly imagine, but wow, will she make you laugh.... beyond naughty and will have tears of laughter rolling down your face' - Fringefeed

R18+ recommended.

27/11/2024

☘️ Grab them dancin' shoes, a hankey or two and come on down to The Piano Thursday night for some good craic with Irish folk duo Sionna!

Check out this little clip from their show last year, and book your tickets while they last.

Sionna - Live at The Piano
Thursday 28 November, 7.00pm
🎟️ www.thepiano.nz

25/11/2024

✨The sensational Somi Kim shares a little Robert Schumann ahead of her concert with us in a two weeks' time. Fabulous!

Somi presents 'A Night at the Masquerade' with works by Robert Schumann and Maurice Ravel. This is our closing piano recital series for 2024, join us for an hour of gorgeous music before we reveal our 2025 series.

Somi Kim - Sundays at Four
Sunday 08 December, 4.00-5.00pm
🎟️ www.thepiano.nz
☕ Complimentary tea & coffee, plus a cash bar

24/11/2024

👉 Check out the week ahead here at The Piano, we're bringing you Music Alive's 50th Anniversary Concert, Irish Folk at its best from Sionna, and Improv Comedy by the one and only Impulse Theatre NZ.

🎟️ www.thepiano.nz

Music Alive - Christchurch

21/11/2024

✨ 2025 we're celebrating 30 years of beautiful chamber music in the heart of Ōtautahi Christchurch.

Christopher's Classics 2025 Season brings world class artists to your doorstep with contemporary masterpieces, Aotearoa NZ favourites, and fresh reimaginings of familiar classics.

Book your Season Subscriptions now, with flexible concert packages offering considerable savings and premium seating options. Or why gift a subscription to the chamber music lover in your life?

Join us for a year of beautiful music - Christopher's Classics 2025.

🎟️ www.thepiano.nz/christophers-classics/
Single tickets on sale from 1 March 2025.

19/11/2024

🎻 A show stopping finale concludes Canterbury Philharmonia's 2024 season in this concert featuring soprano soloist Emma Gilkison performing W.A. Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate, conducted by Mark Hodgkinson.

Exsultate Jubilate - Canterbury Philharmonia
Sun 24 November, 2.30pm
🎟️ www.thepiano.nz

Also on the programme, Antonín Dvořák's 'Amercian Suite' and Edward Elgar's 'Cockaigne Overture'.

18/11/2024

🎶 Resonance Ensemble and conductor Tony Ryan have come up with another unique and surprising programme for their final concert of 2024. Featuring the ‘rebellious’ sides of the three composers, all of whom lived through some of Russia’s most turbulent history.

Resonance Ensemble - Rebellious Russians
Thursday 21 November, 7.30pm
🎟️ www.thepiano.nz

17/11/2024

🎶 Classical lovers unite! We have a triptych of goodies this week at The Piano, featuring internationally acclaimed violinist Christian Tetzlaff; and home town heroes Resonance Ensemble and Canterbury Philharmonia.

🎟️ www.thepiano.nz

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Resonance Ensemble / Canterbury Philharmonia

14/11/2024

☘️ Get ready for an unforgettable evening as the folk duo, Sionna , returns to The Piano after their sell out performance last year.

Renowned for their rich harmonies and driving Irish tunes Sionna has been captivating audiences in Ōtautahi Christchurch and beyond with their heartfelt blend of traditional and contemporary folk.

Sionna - Live at The Piano
Thu 28 November, 7.00pm
🎟️ www.thepiano.nz

Join Sionna for a night of 'ceol agus craic' in the cozy, intimate setting of The Piano.

13/11/2024

📣 Just announced! Spoiler alert - ICONIC.

Two powerhouses of the music world are playing here at The Piano in March 2025 - don't miss your chance to see Kristin Hersh and The Veils. Book now!

Kristin Hersh
Saturday 22 March, 8.00pm | 2025
🎟️ www.plus1.co.nz/hersh25

The Veils - Asphodels New Zealand Tour
Sunday 23 March, 7.00pm | 2025
⏰ 🎟️ Presales from 10am, Fri 15 Nov
🎟️ General on sale from 10am, Mon 18 Nov
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11/11/2024

POV: when you have some spare time but just gotta clean 🧽

While we have some down time in our Philip Carter Family Concert Hall we pop on our shopping bag shoes and oil the stage floor, restoring the beautiful natural colouring in the wood. We love it!

Wonder what other jobs we get up to behind the scenes to keep The Piano looking its best? Comment below with your questions! 👇

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Somi Kim shares a little Robert Schumann

✨The sensational Somi Kim shares a little Robert Schumann ahead of her concert with us in a two weeks' time. Fabulous! Somi presents 'A Night at the Masquerade' with works by Robert Schumann and Maurice Ravel. This is our closing piano recital series for 2024, join us for an hour of gorgeous music before we reveal our 2025 series. Somi Kim - Sundays at Four Sunday 08 December, 4.00-5.00pm 🎟️ www.thepiano.nz ☕ Complimentary tea & coffee, plus a cash bar

Watch our stage floor come alive...

POV: when you have some spare time but just gotta clean 🧽 While we have some down time in our Philip Carter Family Concert Hall we pop on our shopping bag shoes and oil the stage floor, restoring the beautiful natural colouring in the wood. We love it! Wonder what other jobs we get up to behind the scenes to keep The Piano looking its best? Comment below with your questions! 👇

Wilson Dixon - Love Don't Live Here Anymore, You Do

🤠 Comedian, director, and writer, Jesse Griffin’s alter ego and country music character Wilson Dixon returns to The Piano stage this November. Life of late has been fun* for Dixon Wilson navigating his way through family dynamics of the dusfunctional kind. Wilson Dixon - Love Don't Live Here Anymore, You Do Friday 1 November 🎟️ www.thepiano.nz *Use of the word “fun" in the previous sentence is heavily nuanced. Join Wilson for an intimate hour as he performs his brand-new show with brand new songs about his unfortunately not brand-new extended family.

Jian Liu - Sundays at Four

🎹 Pianist Jian Liu is fascinated by music that respresents the unique landscapes and cultures of Aotearoa New Zealand and China. Join Jian this weekend for familiar and distant sounds, in a piano programme exploring the fascinating musical heritages from both countries with projected imagery. Jian Liu - Sundays at Four Sunday 29 September, 4.00-5.00pm ☕ Complimentary tea & coffee 🎟️ www.thepiano.nz Featuring music by Douglas Lilburn, HUANG Hu Wei黄虎威, Anthony Ritchie, DING Shan De丁善德, Gillian Whitehead and more.

The Piano Presents: Sundays at Four

🎹 A wee musical taste of our Sundays at Four concert tomorrow with the effervescent Katherine Austin, pianist. Sundays at Four: Piano Recital 25 August, 4.00-5.00pm ☕ Complimentary tea & coffee 🎟️ www.thepiano.nz Katherine plays music by Brahms, Haydn, Beethoven and Janet Jennings - with projections of artwork that inspired Janet's work 'Pictures at the Waikato Museum'.

Douce Ambiance starts off our 'Play it Forwards' series on April 21st with 'The Violin Unwrapped' at 4pm. Don't miss out on this captivating performance!

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The Piano is a world class facility for music and the arts in Canterbury, New Zealand. The facility promotes and empowers participation in the arts by providing fit-for-purpose facilities for performances, tuition, creativity, collaboration and connection.