Sydney-born Emma Dunch has been tempted back to Australia after nearly 20 years high flying in NYC.

Emma E. Dunch has been appointed as the new CEO of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra following the departure of Rory Jeffes who has left to take up the equivalent role at Opera Australia. Hailing originally from Sydney’s North Shore, Dunch will be relocating to Australia after a successful arts career in New York.

“I love the Sydney Symphony,” Dunch told Limelight. “I first attended concerts as a school student nearly 40 years ago, and I also worked here earlier in my career. But I’ve lived in New York for nearly 20 years — so it’s an honour to come full circle and return home to lead this orchestra, in this city, at this time among my friends and family and with musicians I know and love. I couldn’t be happier about coming home.”

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A graduate in Music Performance in Opera from the Victorian College of the Arts, with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Charles Sturt University, Dunch coincidentally began her arts management career in the...