The Wairua Sinfonietta is giving a concert this weekend in Auckland, with Elizabeth Lau conducting.

It's a special charity concert supporting the Child Cancer Foundation during September's Child Cancer Awareness Month.

RNZ Concert host David Morriss spoke with Duo Enharmonics - pianists Nicole Chao and Beth Chen - who will be performing Mendelssohn's Concerto in E for two pianos. 

Between Shores: A Journey Through Time and Sound
Sunday 7 September 2025, 4pm
St Matthew-in-the-City, Auckland

This Wellington Chamber Music concert features Duo Enharmonics, an exciting duo who specialise in Piano Four Hands - that is, music played by two performers on one piano. Nicole Chao and Beth Chen formed Duo Enharmonics in 2017 and they’ve been playing virtuosic and emotionally-thrilling programmes ever since….

Pianists Nicole Chao and Beth Chen are the classical piano duo 'Duo Enharmonics'. These friends and former Victoria University music students are based in Wellington, but have a steadily growing reputation throughout New Zealand. As well as giving concerts they also reach out to audiences on social media and through YouTube videos. Upbeat caught up with Nicole and Beth, who describe the experience of playing together on the one piano as being like inviting a friend onto your own desert island...