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FREE NZSO concerts for families in Takapuna and Manukau

Friday, 3 June 2016, 4:17 pm | NZSO

FREE NZSO concerts for families in Takapuna and Manukau The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is performing FREE concerts for families in Takapuna and Manukau on 26 and 27 June. Featuring some of classical music’s most memorable melodies, including ... More >>

NZSO receives $1.2 million funding increase in Budget 2016

Friday, 27 May 2016, 11:07 am | NZSO

NZSO receives $1.2 million funding increase in Budget 2016 The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has received $1.2 million of additional annual baseline funding, announced yesterday in the 2016 Budget. More >>

NZSO performs popular work

Thursday, 26 May 2016, 11:17 am | NZSO

Peruvian conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya is back in New Zealand to lead the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for a fourth time. More >>

Piano genius and star conductor set to awe with NZSO

Tuesday, 3 May 2016, 1:23 pm | NZSO

Britain’s greatest living pianist, a fast-rising conducting star and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will join forces to present a titan of classical music in May. More >>

NZSO Anzac concert commemorates First World War

Monday, 11 April 2016, 1:27 pm | NZSO

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra continues its commemoration of the centenary of the First World War this year with a poetry-themed Anzac programme, including the works of two composers who fell during the Great War. More >>

International soloists team up with new NZSO Music Director

Wednesday, 9 March 2016, 11:49 am | NZSO

Popular Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti returns to New Zealand. This time, she performs Brahms’ Double Concerto for Violin and Cellowith German cellist Leonard Elschenbroich and the NZSO’s new Music Director Edo de Waart. More >>

New NZSO Music Director opens season with mighty Mahler 3

Monday, 7 March 2016, 1:11 pm | NZSO

Maestro Edo de Waart begins his journey as the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director with one of the symphonic repertoire’s greatest works - Mahler ’s colossal Symphony No. 3 in B minor . More >>

Grammy win possible for NZSO

Thursday, 11 February 2016, 2:24 pm | NZSO

Next week the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) will find out if it joins Lorde, The Flight of the Conchords and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as one of New Zealand’s prestigious Grammy Award winners. More >>

NZSO behind festive horror soundtrack

Friday, 11 December 2015, 2:31 pm | NZSO

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) will play a part in scaring people around the world this festive season, with its recording of the soundtrack for a horror film, released in New Zealand this week. More >>

Acclaimed Baroque specialist to conduct Handel’s Messiah

Friday, 6 November 2015, 10:45 am | NZSO

The guest conductor for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s (NZSO) December performance of Handel ’s Messiah has conducted this beloved choral masterpiece nearly 150 times on three continents, but this will be his first time conducting the work in Australasia. More >>

Seasonal elements celebrated in NZSO’s Rite of Spring tour

Wednesday, 21 October 2015, 11:01 am | NZSO

The orchestral work that sparked a riot at its world premiere features in the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra’s (NZSO) national tour to four main centres next month. More >>

Piano master Garrick Ohlsson plays Brahms with NZSO

Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 11:31 am | NZSO

American piano virtuoso Garrick Ohlsson will captivate concertgoers with a highly personal and profoundly revealing performance of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 when he makes his debut with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) in November. More >>

NZSO announces inaugural season

Wednesday, 7 October 2015, 10:48 am | NZSO

Great masterworks will feature in the NZSO’s 2016 season as the Orchestra launches an exciting partnership with Edo de Waart, one of the world’s most acclaimed conductors, the NZSO announced today. More >>

NZSO to play popular favourites on tour

Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 11:53 am | NZSO

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) will celebrate spring with a grand tour of familiar classical hits to nine centres around New Zealand next month. More >>

Reigning diva to perform one-off show with NZSO

Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 10:43 am | NZSO

Reigning diva to perform one-off show with NZSO Glamour will sweep into the capital when Grammy Award-winning super diva Renée Fleming makes her debut with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) in a one-off show on 12 September. Fleming is a ... More >>

NZSO to impress with power of Bruckner

Thursday, 16 July 2015, 10:16 am | NZSO

Acclaimed conductor Simone Young and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra are set to enthral New Zealand audiences with Anton Bruckner’s breathtaking Eighth Symphony in Cathedral of Sound in August and September. The inspired interpretations of Australian-born ... More >>

NZSO announces new Music Director Edo de Waart

Monday, 29 June 2015, 12:11 pm | NZSO

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is delighted to announce that esteemed Dutch conductor Edo de Waart will assume the role of NZSO Music Director from 2016. More >>

Powerful musical pairing joins the NZSO for Liszt and Mahler

Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 3:00 pm | NZSO

Powerful musical pairing joins the NZSO for Liszt and Mahler The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra welcomes the return of superstar Russian conductor, Vasily Petrenko , and remarkable Macedonian piano soloist Simon Trpčeski as they reunite once again. Performing ... More >>

NZSO announces new annual Viola Award

Thursday, 11 June 2015, 1:14 pm | NZSO

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is delighted to announce a new annual award which recognises young musical talent. More >>

Young musicians team up with Spanish conductor José Gomez

Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 4:05 pm | NZSO

The NZSO National Youth Orchestra teams up with exciting Venezuelan-born, Spanish conductor José Luis Gomez in this year’s annual concert. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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