AWE
Overseas
From Aotearoa New Zealand to beyond
Every year, At the World’s Edge Festival shares a piece of Aotearoa New Zealand chamber music from the heart of the Southern Alps with special destinations all over the globe. From London to Chicago and many places in between, we’re thrilled to share a glimpse of the AWE Festival with international audiences.
Join us at an event near you.
UPcoming Events
AWE Festival Chicago 2026
16-20 March
A spring festival of chamber music, At the World’s Edge is forging new creative pathways between Aotearoa New Zealand and Chicago USA - from the great lakes of Central Otago to the shores of Lake Michigan.
Across four programmes, AWE Festival Chicago 2026 follows music shaped by landscape and city, by migration and belonging, and by personal and collective history.
AWE Festival Chicago 2025 is presented by At the Worlds Edge Music Foundation Inc, a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit in the USA, it’s mission is to showcase New Zealand music and creativity on the North American stage, exposing audiences to music less heard or discovered, while building pathways for collaboration and movement of artists between Aotearoa New Zealand and the USA.
2025 Events
AWE Festival Chicago
14-17 April 2025
The AWE Festival Chicago launched in April 2025 with three thematically interlinked programmes celebrating shared creativity and collaboration through much loved masterpieces woven between music less heard or discovered on a journey through three inspiring Chicago venues.
AWE UK Music Foundation
Launch Soirée in London
26 April 2025
Princess Alexandra Hall, Royal Over-Seas League
Past Events
ROSL Champagne Concert: A Celebration of New Zealand Young Musicians
22 July 2024 | 6.15pm for 7pm performance
Royal Over-Seas League, London
This special evening of celebration will being with a champagne reception in the ROSL Garden, followed by a 7pm concert in the beautiful Princess Alexandra Hall
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Victoria KellyWaraki for two violins (AWE Commission and UK Premiere)
Victoria KellyEnsemble for horn violin and cello (AWE Commission and UK Premiere)
Bach Prelude & Fugue in F Major, BWV 880 for solo piano
Ysaye Sonata for solo violin No.5
Robbie Ellis Sonatina for violin and piano
I. Backbeat, II. Mimes’ Theme, III. SkittishBrahms Horn Trio, op.40 I. Andante
Brahms Violin Sonata No.3, op.108 – IV. Presto agitato
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2024 ROSL Pettman Scholars and AWE Fellows:
Lorna Zhang - Violin
Madeleine Xiao - Piano
2023 ROSL Pettman Scholar and AWE Fellow:
Jack Moyer - Cello
Joined by:
AWE Artistic Director and ROSL Alumni Benjamin Baker - Violin
Ben Goldscheider, AWE 2023 Festival Artist - French Horn
A Taste of AWE
From Aotearoa New Zealand to the USA
24 May 2024 | 6.30pm
The home of Jonathan DePeri, New York, USA
29 May 2024 | 6pm
Guarneri Hall, Chicago, USA
An Evening with AWE
From the Lakes to the Waitaki
22 October 2023 | 7pm
Oamaru Opera House, Oamaru, NZ
In partnership with the Waitaki Festival
A Mendelssohn Playlist
4 July 2023 | 6.30pm
Fidelio Cafe, London, UK
In partnership with the Fidelio Cafe
A Journey to New Zealand
27 April 2023
16 Beaver Studio, New York City, USA
In partnership with The Autumn Salon
From New Zealand to New York: AWE Music Foundation Launch
26 February 2023
Candice Madey Gallery, New York City, USA
