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Festival celebrates artistic achievements of NZSO Music Director
Monday, 11 May 2015, 12:25 pm | NZSO
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is delighted to present the Inkinen Festival - two exhilarating concerts of orchestral masterpieces performed over two consecutive nights More >>
NZSO celebrates the 150th birthday anniversary Sibelius
Tuesday, 21 April 2015, 4:31 pm | NZSO
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 150th birthday anniversary of Finland’s great composer Jean Sibelius with music that will rattle, unnerve, and animate the senses. More >>
NZSO announces new role for Music Director Pietari Inkinen
Monday, 13 April 2015, 12:32 pm | NZSO
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce that Music Director Pietari Inkinen will assume the role of NZSO Honorary Conductor from 2016. More >>
Trombone titan conducts and performs with NZSO
Thursday, 9 April 2015, 11:23 am | NZSO
Acclaimed trombonist and conductor Christian Lindberg will conduct the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in Aotearoa Plus , an annual concert series that features the best of international contemporary classical music alongside the best of New Zealandcontemporary ... More >>
International violin star Janine Jansen debuts in NZ
Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 12:29 pm | NZSO
Dutch violin star Janine Jansen teams up with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in her debut New Zealandperformance of Tchaikovsky ’s famous Violin Concerto . More >>
Beethoven extravaganza opens NZSO Season this Saturday
Monday, 23 February 2015, 3:38 pm | NZSO
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra opens its 2015 Season with more great music from master composer Beethoven. More >>
The Hobbit: – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Monday, 15 December 2014, 12:59 pm | NZSO
NZSO records The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack New Zealand’s national orchestra has recorded the soundtrack for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies the third film in Sir Peter Jackson’s acclaimed ... More >>
Salina Fisher wins NZSO Young Composers Award
Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 4:00 pm | NZSO
Wellington music student Salina Fisher has won the 2014 NZSO TODD Corporation Young Composers Award , for the second year running. It was a clean sweep for the talented 21-year-old musician when she was also named the winner of the Orchestra Choice Award ... More >>
NZSO Takes International Stars Around South & North Island
Tuesday, 11 November 2014, 12:27 pm | NZSO
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra splits in two this November to tour the South Island and North Island at the same time. More >>
NZSO TODD Corporation Young Composers Award
Tuesday, 4 November 2014, 10:09 am | NZSO
Some of New Zealand’s top young composers will gather in the capital for the NZSO TODD Corporation Young Composers Award workshops this December. Nine students from Auckland, Dunedin and Wellington will head to the capital on Tuesday 2 December 2014 ... More >>
NZSO Music Director adds another string to his bow
Tuesday, 28 October 2014, 1:12 pm | NZSO
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce that Music Director Pietari Inkinen will assume the role of Chief Conductor of the Prague Symphony Orchestra in September 2015. NZSO Chief Executive, Christopher Blake says: “Working in Prague, ... More >>
NZSO takes “rock star” US violinist on tour
Thursday, 23 October 2014, 1:09 pm | NZSO
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra tours the North Island with a vivacious Italian programme this November in Tuscan Summer . Our concert opener - Rossini ’s Overture to The Barber of Seville, is the epitome of Italian music. It’s sunny and giggly ... More >>
NZSO launches an extraordinary 2015 Season
Monday, 6 October 2014, 11:22 am | NZSO
Experience this exciting season from the NZSO, one of the world's finest national orchestras. More >>
Uzbek pianist and US conductor team up
Thursday, 2 October 2014, 10:03 am | NZSO
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents an evening of musical indulgence this November with Opulence . To mark the 150-year anniversary of Richard Strauss , we present the large-scale extravaganza - Der Rosenkavalier Suite by the famous German ... More >>
The Creation 216 years since it brought fame to its composer
Friday, 22 August 2014, 3:25 pm | NZSO
One of history’s most famous composers, Joseph Haydn , once confessed, “I want to write a work that will give permanent fame to my name in the world”. More >>
NZSO performs The Creation
Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 3:44 pm | NZSO
One of history’s most famous composers, Joseph Haydn , once confessed, “I want to write a work that will give permanent fame to my name in the world”. The Creation is this work. First performed in 1798, it was an immediate success with both the ... More >>
NZSO debuts American cellist Alisa Weilerstein
Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 1:40 pm | NZSO
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra welcomes the “distinctive musical voice” of American cellist Alisa Weilerstein to New Zealand for her debut with the NZSO. At only 32 years of age, the New York-born virtuoso has won international acclaim ... More >>
NZSO Conductor Laureate Franz-Paul Decker is remembered
Friday, 23 May 2014, 10:24 am | NZSO
Maestro Franz-Paul Decker was a conductor of international reputation who was appointed the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s first Conductor Laureate in 1995. This unique honour recognised his 40-year association as Guest Conductor, Principal Conductor, ... More >>
NZSO performs nine Beethoven symphonies in four days
Monday, 12 May 2014, 11:09 am | NZSO
Next month, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra takes on all nine Beethoven symphonies, in order. This exceptional opportunity to hear Ludwig van Beethoven’s entire symphonic output - that’s 346 minutes of orchestral brilliance - is the highlight of the ... More >>
Eminent international composer conducts own works for NZSO
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 11:41 am | NZSO
Eminent Scottish composer and conductor James MacMillan will conduct the NZSO in Hear & Far , an annual concert tour that features the best of international contemporary classical music alongside the best of New Zealand contemporary classical music. Dr ... More >>
