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Singing stars join NZSO for triumphant Christmas concert

Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 10:34 am | NZSO

Handel ’s Messiah has been synonymous with the Christmas season for generations. Its instantly recognisable ‘Hallelujah’ chorus is undoubtedly one of the most loved in the choral repertoire. This festive season, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra ... More >>

British piano star joins NZSO for Gershwin special

Thursday, 8 November 2012, 11:09 am | NZSO

Explosive British pianist Freddy Kempf and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will perform major classics by the American legend George Gershwin in a special two-concert tour next month. More >>

NZSO celebrates Tui success

Friday, 2 November 2012, 11:16 am | NZSO

The NZSO was a winner at Kiwi music’s most dazzling event of the year! Last night’s 2012 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards was a star-studded extravaganza, featuring hot-hot-hot homegrown artists like Kimbra, Six60 and The Black Seeds competing for ... More >>

NZSO maestro picks up the bow for double concerto debut

Friday, 12 October 2012, 10:18 am | NZSO

NZSO Music Director, Pietari Inkinen, puts down his baton and picks up his violin bow to take on the role of violin soloist as part of the next exciting NZSO tour Beethoven 7. Highlighting the impressive breadth of maestro Inkinen’s extraordinary ... More >>

Close Encounters of the classical kind with the NZSO

Monday, 1 October 2012, 10:34 am | NZSO

Ever wondered what led someone to compose an opera? Or what story lies behind your favourite music? Well now you can find out. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is bringing you two close encounters of the classical kind. Following the success of ... More >>

Orchestra Sector Review: Have Your Say

Wednesday, 8 August 2012, 12:27 pm | NZSO

On Thursday 24 October 1946 the NZSO was born. It has gone on to become one of the most significant cultural organisations New Zealand has ever created. Today, nearly 70 years on, the NZSO is at the pinnacle of orchestral achievement in New Zealand ... More >>

Milestone performance features musical youth of New Zealand

Thursday, 26 July 2012, 9:42 am | NZSO

Milestone performance features musical youth of New Zealand The best of New Zealand’s musical youth join forces after 14 years when the NZSO National Youth Orchestra and New Zealand Youth Choir team up for an historic concert in Christchurch on Saturday ... More >>

Award-winning conductor leads NZSO through masterpiece

Thursday, 12 July 2012, 10:26 am | NZSO

Thursday 12 July 2012 NZSO Media Release for immediate release Award-winning conductor leads NZSO through “monumental, devastating and uplifting masterpiece” More >>

Once-in-a-lifetime Wagner opera in concert with the NZSO

Monday, 2 July 2012, 2:37 pm | NZSO

NZSO Media Release for immediate release Once-in-a-lifetime Wagner opera in concert with the NZSO Never before has the momentous Wagner opera The Valkyrie (Die Walküre) been performed in concert with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra . An international ... More >>

NZSO & RNZB Collaboration ‘Booked Out’ in Less than 24 Hours

Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 4:06 pm | NZSO

3,400 free tickets were snapped up in less than 24 hours to 'Leaps & Sounds', the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) and the Royal New Zealand Ballet (RNZB) performances to be held on Saturday 16 June at the Michael Fowler Centre. More >>

Last Chance - only 1 week left to see the NZSO in Geneva!

Monday, 31 October 2011, 2:16 pm | NZSO

...and, like all travel experiences, you're transformed as you arrive home. What you've encountered has enriched you beyond measure, and you'll never be quite the same again. Pietari Inkinen, Musical Director The NZSO 2012 Season has been revealed. ... More >>

NZSO tackles four epic days of Brahms

Friday, 9 September 2011, 2:14 pm | NZSO

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is to perform the major orchestral works of a single legendary composer in four back-to-back Wellington concerts next month. More >>

Seven top string players perform by candlelight

Monday, 5 September 2011, 1:08 pm | NZSO

On the last day of September seven of New Zealand’s finest string players perform in a candlelight concert in Wellington during the REAL New Zealand Festival. More >>

Odes to Joy tour packed with stars!

Friday, 2 September 2011, 11:18 am | NZSO

They’re the all-Kiwi operatic dream team coming home for the most monumental concert series of our year. More >>

Forces gather for monumental NZSO tour in REAL NZ Festival

Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 5:01 pm | NZSO

A new generation of New Zealand classical stars will join the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for a full-blast concert tour next month, featuring one of the most monumental symphonies ever written. More >>

Astonishing guitarist joins NZSO for Spanish tour

Monday, 25 July 2011, 4:28 pm | NZSO

An astonishing young guitarist will join the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra to perform one of classical music’s greatest hits in the NZSO’s most colourful tour of the year. More >>

Russian star to lead NZSO for historic symphony

Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 3:37 pm | NZSO

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will play history's most defiant symphony under the leadership of a fiery Russian conducting star when it tours its Leningrad concert series in August. More >>

Brass players set to surprise with breakaway NZSO tour

Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 4:17 pm | NZSO

Brass players of the NZSO are promising to blow apart everything you thought you knew about brass music, in a breakaway tour next month. More >>

NZSO to stream epic symphony live online

Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 12:26 pm | NZSO

Every home will be a concert hall when the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's performance of Mahler's epic Sixth Symphony is streamed live online this Saturday. More >>

Macedonian piano star adds heat to NZSO tour

Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 3:13 pm | NZSO

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's white-hot Russian Soul tour takes a violently exciting Tchaikovsky symphony and a Macedonian classical star around the North Island next month. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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