Rising star violinist Grace Clifford one of several new appointments in Nicholas Carter’s third season.

Australian conductor Nicholas Carter’s third year at the helm of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra will see new works, new appointments and soloists and conductors joining the orchestra from around Australia and the world.

“I am looking forward to another year strengthening my personal relationship with the ASO players and of course you, the patrons,” Carter said in a press statement. “ASO’s mission is to nourish the cultural landscape here in South Australia and by extension the lives of all its citizens. We hope that the 2018 programme inspires you to get out and be a part of this incredible community, one we hope is more enriched by our commitment to the highest level of music making.”

^{Violinist James Ehnes. Photo © Benjamin Ealovega}

The ASO season officially opens in April with a programme featuring Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No 3 – the Organ Symphony – alongside Leonard Bernstein’s violin concerto, Serenade, after Plato’s Symposium – one of several works across the season celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the composer’s...