At the Worlds Edge Festival

Aotearoa's finest musicians are joined by international artists to bring live performances that span continents and generations in the most spectacular of surroundings.

Join us for an intimate exploration of people and place where folk and classical music meet in the Southern Alps of New Zealand.

Featuring internationally renowned artists side-by-side with Aotearoa's finest musicians, the programme is further enhanced by a range of free events and performances. AWE’s return to Bannockburn introduces new sounds for AWE, with Klezmer music. Fantazi draws on folk music’s connection to land and language. The clarinet is a primary instrument in Klezmer, likely for its ability to emulate the human voice, and as such is featured throughout the programme.

We are thrilled to welcome one of the world's top clarinettists, Julian Bliss, to Bannockburn for this programme, alongside some of Aoteroa's most established musicians and fellow international artists and stars, Stirling Elliott, Ian Greenberg and Daniel Lebhardt.

A free event between the two performances explores the depths of Klezmer, traditional Eastern-European Jewish music, and its influences on this year’s AWE programme.

This event also introduces the AWE Viola, a stunning new instrument made specially for and gifted to the festival by AWE Patron, Stephan Osthorst.