Nature's always been a source of inspiration for artists and this year's At the World's Edge Festival celebrates this longstanding, sometimes harmonious, sometimes fraught relationship over seven dynamic programmes.

Over the course of a fortnight, Aotearoa’s finest chamber musicians including legendary pianist, Michael Houstoun, will perform a dynamic, energetic and varied programme of chamber music pieces with international artists, including Anthony Marwood from the UK, US violist Yura Lee, and Australian harpsichordist, Erin Helyard . The performances include compositions by this year’s Composer in Residence, John Psathas, whose new double cello quintet, Jagged Stone, will receive its world premiere in Wānaka when it is performed at Rippon Hall. 

The Wānaka App has a pair of tickets, valued at $140 each, to giveaway for each of the first two programmes of this year's Festival, Intimate Voices (Saturday 4th October, 4pm) and Barroco (Sunday 5th October at pm) at Rippon Hall.

Full programme details can be found here.

Competition closes midnight Sunday 28 September.

Winner will be notified by either phone or email on Monday 30 September, 2025