María Dueñas. Photo © Allan Cabral

Classical Music

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Sydney Symphony Orchestra: María Dueñas
Celebrated young Spanish violinist María Dueñas makes her Australian debut in two major orchestral appearances with the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. She first joins the MSO under Chief Conductor Jaime Martín in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, paired with the Australian premiere of Melody Eötvös’s The Deciding Machine and Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra. Dueñas then joins the SSO and conductor Alexander Soddy for Bruch’s First Violin Concerto in a program that also features UK organist Anna Lapwood in her Australian debut playing Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony (see below).
12 & 14 March, Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne & 13 March, Costa Hall, Geelong, mso.com.au; 19–21 March, Concert...