The Israeli-born maestro will helm the orchestra he has taken from strength to strength until 2023.

The West Australian Symphony Orchestra has announced an extension of their highly praised musical partnership with Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Asher Fisch for a further four years. The Israeli-born maestro will now helm the orchestra through to at least 2023.

“I am delighted to have extended my contract with WASO,” said Fisch, who has just launched an impressive 2018 season including a slew of classical blockbusters led by concert performances of Tristan and Isolde. “I am enjoying our musical journey immensely, and we have achieved a great deal, but I have my sights on new challenges in 2018 and beyond, and I have great confidence in what we can achieve together in the years to come.”

Fisch, whose association with Australian music making goes back to 1999 when he first conducted WASO, scored a major success with his ten Helpmann Award-winning Adelaide Ring Cycle of 2004. He signed on at WASO for an initial three-year term in 2014 and so successful was the partnership that as early as 2015 it was upped to a total of six years. His tenure is now set...