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The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1946, is the country’s leading professional orchestra. It has an establishment of 90 players and performs over 100 concerts annually. Touring within New Zealand looms large in the orchestra’s activities. All its main symphonic programmes are presented in Auckland and Wellington, and as well as this, the orchestra visits some 30 New Zealand towns and cities annually. In 2005 the NZSO undertook a highly successful tour that included performances at the BBC Proms, the Concertgebouw, Snape Maltings and the World Expo at Aichi in Japan. “Triumph for Kiwis” “…In Sibelius’ great Second Symphony, Judd … seemed determined to inspire his orchestra to play out of their skins. And play out of their skins they certainly did in a magnificent, beautifully shaped performance that really set the spine tingling.” Evening Standard (London)Pietari Inkinen has recently been appointed as the NZSO’s Music Director from January 2008. He succeeds James Judd who held the position from 1999 to 2007 and is now Music Director Emeritus. Other conductors who have worked with the NZSO during his tenure include Alexander Lazarev, Dimitri Sitkovetsky, David Atherton, Yan Pascal Tortelier and Edo de Waart. Soloists who have worked with the orchestra recently include Lynn Harrell, Lang Lang, Hilary Hahn, Vadim Repin, Steven Isserlis, Jonathan Lemalu and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.The NZSO has an extensive catalogue of CD recordings. As part of a commitment to promote and encourage music by New Zealand composers, the NZSO records at least one CD of New Zealand music annually. The orchestra has a strong relationship with Naxos, recording repertoire as diverse as Elgar (three disc), Ferdinand Ries, Beethoven, Bernstein, Copland, Lilburn, Sculthorpe, Frank Bridge, Akutagawa, Mendelssohn, Honegger, Liszt, and Vaughan Williams. Over half a million of these CDs have been sold internationally in the last decade and they have received critical acclaim. NZSO discs (Hummel, Elgar and Bernstein) were chosen for the “Editor’s Choice” section of Gramophone in 2004 and Lilburn’s Orchestral Works was chosen in 2006. www.nzso.co.nzMay 2007

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Member Since: 11/9/2006
Band Website: www.nzso.co.nz
Band Members: The NZSO has 90 full time musicians
Record Label: Unknown Major
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Electric. Eclectic. Acoustic. Made in New Zealand 2009

Electric. Eclectic. Acoustic. Made in New Zealand 2009The NZSOs Made in New Zealand 2009 marks the 7th celebration of everything that is unique about music in New Zealand. This years concert is insp...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Calling all National Youth Orchestra Alumni

Welcome to the 50th Anniversary Season of the NZSO NYO! The NYO will celebrate its birthday with a three-concert tour of Mahlers monumental Symphony No 7 under the direction of renowned British condu...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:51:00 GMT

Stuck for Christmas gift ideas?

Our Christmas Gift Pack is the perfect gift for the discerning music lover. Each pack contains :Two A Reserve Open Subscription Vouchers, 2009 Season Brochure and Sampler CD, Award-winning Sibelius Sc...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:46:00 GMT

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra 2009 Season

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra 2009 Season Pietari Inkinen - Music Director From Pinchas Zukerman to Gautier Capuçon, Mark Wigglesworth to Leif Segerstam, and Sibelius to Wagner, the New Zealand S...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:55:00 GMT

NZSO to appear at Olympic Cultural Festival in Beijing

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has been invited to perform at the Olympic Cultural Festival in Beijing as part of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The NZSO will give two concerts in Beijing  the first ...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:11:00 GMT

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra plays Music by Masters of the Ballet

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents music by composers of stunning ballets including Daphnis et Chloe, L'Apres-Midi d'un Faune and Romeo and Juliet. Their music for concert hall is just as ent...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:41:00 GMT

THE NZSO CELEBRITY SERIES  NIKOLAJ ZNAIDER

Celebrated as one of the foremost violinists of today, and now adding conducting to his schedule, the NZSO is delighted to announce that Nikolaj Znaider will be playing with, and conducting the orches...
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 15:44:00 GMT

Welcome our Music Director with this special offer!

Help us welcome Pietari Inkinen to the NZSO and his first nationwide subscription tour. Conducting major works by Lilburn, Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Mahler and Rautavaara, Pietari Inkinen is one of the most...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:38:00 GMT

NZSO CD Reviews

SIBELIUS: Scenes historiques I and II / King Christian II Suite In 2006 the NZSO embarked on a project to record some of Sibelius' lesser-known incidental music with Pietari Inkinen. At the time, th...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:44:00 GMT

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Posted by on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 17:19:00 GMT