NZ Symphony Orchestra - Latest News [Page 11]
NZSO sampler disc safe to play
Monday, 7 October 2002, 1:57 pm | NZ Symphony Orchestra
The NZSO today issued a statement saying that their 2003 sampler CD containing highlights from their upcoming season is totally safe to play. It was reported yesterday that someone outside the NZSO organization had accessed a US-based website and managed ... More >>
NZSO December Concert listings
Wednesday, 2 October 2002, 4:38 pm | NZ Symphony Orchestra
Enclosed are the listings for the December concerts for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Season 2002 and other events. More >>
Rock Violinist Returns For Colourful Concerts
Wednesday, 7 August 2002, 4:35 pm | NZ Symphony Orchestra
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents concerts featuring virtuoso American Violinist Rachel Barton who wowed New Zealand audiences in 2000. Since her NZ debut she has performed her variations on the New Zealand National Anthem as an encore ... More >>
Romancing The Night With NZSO Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, 6 August 2002, 2:56 pm | NZ Symphony Orchestra
The NZSO Chamber Orchestra presents an enchanting concert in Auckland of changing moods with wonderful melodies featuring NZSO Principals, Dale Gold and Bridget Douglas, capped by lush romantic strings in that most erotic of pieces - Verklärte Nacht. More >>
Charasmatic Conductor For NZSO Youth Orchestra '02
Wednesday, 31 July 2002, 6:26 pm | NZ Symphony Orchestra
The NZSO National Youth Orchestra announces its 2002 concerts with the welcome return of Boston conductor Benjamin Zander, who led the NZSO National Youth Orchestra in the successful 1999 concert as part of the Apec Conference. More >>
Young Mobil Song Quest Finalist Makes Debut
Friday, 19 July 2002, 12:13 am | NZ Symphony Orchestra
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra introduces Mobil Song Quest finalist Dunedin born soprano Ana James who will perform Mozart's beautiful Exsultate Jubilate as part of a series of concerts in Auckland on 2 August at the Town Hall. More >>
Top Competition Winner Returns To New Zealand
Monday, 29 April 2002, 3:02 pm | NZ Symphony Orchestra
"In lyrical and poetic passages the smoothness of his playing, coupled with its fluidity and delicacy, was breathtaking ... Alexeev's sense of colour, of light and shade, and his extraordinary command over the dynamic range, were beguiling. ... More >>
NZSO Announces Departure Of Concertmaster
Friday, 26 April 2002, 11:14 am | NZ Symphony Orchestra
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra announced today that Wilma Smith, NZSO Concertmaster, has resigned from her position effective from 31 December 2002. Fijian New Zealander Wilma Smith has held the position since 1993 when she made NZSO history by being ... More >>
World Shattering Violinist Makes Debut
Monday, 4 March 2002, 11:56 am | NZ Symphony Orchestra
"My nomination for CD immortality is the Shostakovich First Violin Concerto as played by Vadim Repin. He dominates the platform and plays with authority and control producing a sound so true and pure even when under pressure." Editor, ... More >>
A Fantastic Finale Of Favourites For 2001
Monday, 12 November 2001, 4:20 pm | NZ Symphony Orchestra
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents a fabulous confection of famous music to celebrate the finale of the NZSO's 2001 season. The NZSO will commemorate the music of Johann Strauss, the Waltz King, and Tchaikovsky including his enchanting ... More >>
New Patron For Renamed Chamber Orchestra
Wednesday, 7 November 2001, 9:56 am | NZ Symphony Orchestra
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has formerly announced a new name for New Zealand's leading chamber orchestra; the NZSO Chamber Orchestra (formerly the New Zealand Chamber Orchestra). Dame Silvia Cartwright was also named as Patron for the orchestra. This ... More >>
NZSO Appoints Artistic Manager
Friday, 2 November 2001, 11:21 am | NZ Symphony Orchestra
Ian Fraser, CEO of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, has announced the appointment of Roger Lloyd as the orchestra's Artistic Manager. More >>
World Star Performs With The NZSO
Monday, 15 October 2001, 10:54 am | NZ Symphony Orchestra
A feast of favourite Late Romantic music and the New Zealand debut of world renowned cellist, Lynn Harrell are just some of the highlights of the spectacular final concerts of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's 2001 subscription season in Auckland, Napier, ... More >>
NZSO Celebrates The Life Of VERDI - Never Boring
Tuesday, 2 October 2001, 11:25 am | NZ Symphony Orchestra
"Verdi...has bursts of marvellous passion. His passion is brutal, it is true, but it is better to be impassioned in this way than not at all. His music is never boring." Georges Bizet 1959 More >>
Illness Forces NZSO Pianist To Cancel Tour
Tuesday, 21 August 2001, 11:57 am | NZ Symphony Orchestra
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has contracted Australian pianist Roger Woodward to replace Bruno Leonardo Gelber after Gelber's recent withdrawal from tour due to ill health. There will be no change of conductor though there will a change to one ... More >>
The NZSO At The Heart Of Romantic European Music
Monday, 13 August 2001, 4:35 pm | NZ Symphony Orchestra
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra introduces world-renowned pianist, Bruno Leonardo Gelber, in a series of ravishing concerts around the North Island in August and September. More >>
Encounter The Romantic Russian!
Thursday, 5 July 2001, 10:57 am | NZ Symphony Orchestra
The NZSO will host the second concert of the successful 'Composer Focus' series, on 20 July, with three romantic Tchaikovsky favourites in the Wellington Town Hall. More >>
NZSO September Listings
Monday, 2 July 2001, 4:05 pm | NZ Symphony Orchestra
Following are the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's Season 2001 and other concert listings for September. More >>
Beethoven Continues...In Wellington Only
Tuesday, 12 June 2001, 2:07 pm | NZ Symphony Orchestra
He was deaf... he was quarrelsome... and he was a raging genius. He was LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN More >>
IT'S A SELL OUT! LUDWIG! A Feast of Beethoven
Friday, 8 June 2001, 5:24 pm | NZ Symphony Orchestra
He was deaf... he was quarrelsome... and he was a raging genius. He was LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN. More >>