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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 >>

NZSO conductor switches jobs!

Friday, 27 May 2011, 1:34 pm | NZSO

NZSO Music Director Pietari Inkinen is about to guest star in a Wellington concert next month – but he’s swapping his baton for a violin. The 11 June show is to raise money for victims of the Japanese earthquake disaster and has been organised ... More >>

Hundreds due at NZSO concerts in Huntly

Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 4:22 pm | NZSO

Hundreds of young people will experience live classical music by players of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra this month when an NZSO ensemble returns to Huntly College for a third consecutive year. Seventeen NZSO players are coming to Huntly on May ... More >>

Fancy a night of forbidden passion with the NZSO?

Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 11:33 am | NZSO

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will present three versions of the most passionate love story ever told when it takes Romeo and Juliet on tour next month. More >>

NZSO confirms return to Christchurch

Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 11:22 am | NZSO

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has confirmed its return to Christchurch for the rest of the concert season, offering locals a discount on tickets. More >>

Radical symphony to tour North Island in May

Thursday, 28 April 2011, 12:55 pm | NZSO

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will perform one of the most radical symphonies ever written when it tours Beethoven’s mighty Eroica around the North Island next month. The Eroica is an orchestral giant which shocked the concert hall on debut ... More >>

Four world premieres in all-star Kiwi line-up

Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 12:15 pm | NZSO

Four world premieres, a new spin on Shakespeare and a guest appearance by pop singer Kirsten Morrell are among the highlights of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's "Made in New Zealand" concerts next month. More >>

NZSO Chief Executive to step down

Thursday, 7 April 2011, 10:19 am | NZSO

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Chief Executive Peter Walls will retire in December after more than nine years in the role. More >>

NZSO Christchurch concert now a double bill with CSO

Thursday, 24 March 2011, 11:56 am | NZSO

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra will now join forces for a free community concert in the city next month, performing a double-bill programme More >>

Rising Star Joins NZSO for Heartland North Island Tour

Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 3:20 pm | NZSO

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and one of the country’s most popular young cross-over artists are joining forces for a heartland North Island tour in April. More >>

NZSO wraps up their International Tour

Wednesday, 17 November 2010, 4:08 pm | NZSO

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) has ended the biggest and most successful international tour of its history with a standing ovation in Hamburg. Over the last month, the NZSO have been touring five different countries and playing at the Shanghai ... More >>

Swiss ovation for NZSO as dream run continues

Monday, 8 November 2010, 12:14 pm | NZSO

NZSO Media Release for immediate release Swiss ovation for NZSO as dream run continues The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's dream run continues in Europe, with a capacity standing ovation tonight at Lucerne's prestigious KKL concert hall. The NZSO flew ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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