Round I heard all 18 competitors perform unaccompanied Bach and the first movement of a Mozart concerto. The audience was enthralled.
Modest Queenstown Memorial Hall is festooned with metre-high posters of all the competitors and their sponsors.
Gallerist Nadene Milne hosted a thank you function for sponsors and host families introducing some New Zealand master artists. Shown here are Competition Director Anne Rodda and patrons of the arts in New Zealand Erika Congreve and James Wallace.
Gareth Farr pals around with Nadene Milne, Christine Hill, Eion Edgar and Erika Congreve.
The judges were treated to a Queenstown goody basket that included luxury bodycare by Linden Leaves, natural fibre clothing by Silk Body, and The Queenstown Book by Jenny McLeod.
