Zest String Quartet | Auckland String Quartet

Looking to add the touch of pizzazz to your event? Zest String Quartet helps you draw your guests into the immediacy of the moment, providing an ambience of effortless elegance. Versatile, dynamic and sophisticated, our music helps you craft an intimate experience which will echo in the memories of your guests long after they’ve said their farewells. Zest is perfect for weddings, parties, conferences, and other corporate events. We are able to perform as a quartet, trio, duo or even solo, to fit with your venue or budget considerations. Our repertoire ranges from Mozart to Moon River, Bach to Bollywood - below is just a sample of our collection so if you don't see your favourite please get in touch to enquire. If you're running a zero waste or climate positive event, look no further than Zest! Our commitment to creating meaningful change in our communities through positive climate action means that in response to the unavoidable Co2 emissions from our travel we support the award-winning food rescue organisation Fair Food. If you’d like to find out more about how we can bring the finishing touch to your event, we’d love to hear from you.

Zest String Quartet: Setting your event apart

Zest String Quartet: What's on your ultimate playlist?

Selected Songs

Handel
Water Music

Bach
Suite in D

Mozart
Quartet in G

Mozart
A Little Night Music

Vivalid (arr)
Spring Theme

Schubert
Valses Nobles

Pachelbel
Canon

Bach
Air on the G string

Wagner
Bridal Chorus

Mendelssohn
Wedding March

Mancini
Moon River

Michael Ciacchino
Married Life - theme from Up

Beyonce
Halo

Ed Sheeran
Perfect

A. R. Rahman
Latika's Theme from Slumdog Millionaire

Curtis
Come Back to Sorrento

Capua
O Sole Mio

Puccini
O Mio Babbino Caro

Albeniz
Tango

Kriesler
Liebesleid

Davis
Theme from Pride and Prejudice

Delibes
Flower Duet from Lakmé

Bizet
Canzonetta from Carmen

Bizet
Habanera from Carmen -

Verdi
Brindisi

Ramin Djawadi
Game of Thrones theme ‘Winter is coming’

Joplin
Country Club

Handel
Air

Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man’s desiring

Clarke
Trumpet Tune

Schubert
Serenade

Bach - Gounoud
Ave Maria

Handel
Hornpipe from Water Music

Ben E King
Stand by me

Titanic
My Heart Will Go On

Lady Gaga
Bad Romance

Yradier
La Paloma

Villodo
El Choclo

Rodriguez
La Cumparista

Verdi
Brindisi

Joplin
Ragtime Dance

Sukhwinder Singh
Monsoon Wedding Theme

Yagnik, Debashish, & Singh
Tera Mere Pyar Mein from Shola Aur Shabnam

A. R. Rahman
Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire

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Reviews

Perfect ambience! Our guests loved it. Zest was easy to organise, showed up with no hassles and tied in smoothly with the speeches.

BEN & JUDY | WEDDING

A pleasure always to have Zest come and perform.

AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TĀMAKI | AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TĀMAKI

A big thank you to Zest String Quartet, they were fantastic and really made the Church part of the day that bit more special.

ALEX & JOYCE | WEDDING

Thankyou to Zest Duo for a wonderful performance

ANNIE ROWLEY | PRIVATE FUNCTION

Zest string quartet were very good; polite and lovely ladies. Everything went very well.

HELENA BAY LODGE | CHRISTMAS EVE FUNCTION

Thanks to you both (Zest Duo); we all enjoyed the performance!

GARY QI | GARY QI REALTY

Zest did a beautiful job and the music was very well suited to our event - I will definitely recommend them for future events!

NADINE SCHNEEMANN | UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

The trio was just wonderful - lots of our conference delegates said how much they enjoyed the group and they stayed longer at the event for the music, which was fabulous. Thankyou!

CHERYL MARTIN | UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND - CATE conference

Thank you so much for playing at our wedding! The music was played beautifully as how I imagined. The day went very smoothly.

STEPHANIE AND CALVIN | WEDDING

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