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Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Piano great Marc-André Hamelin’s momentous SSO debut; Runnicles pays fitting tribute to Shostakovich.

September 15, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
news

Selby & Friends announces 2026 season

In five tours, Selby & Friends celebrates its 20th season with piano trio masterworks, a Brahms deep dive and a quintet to wrap.

September 5, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Simone Young conducts Richard Strauss (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

One for the ages as Simone Young and the SSO track Richard Strauss’s musical journey.

September 4, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Mozart & Beethoven (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Double delight as two international sensations – conductor Dmitry Matvienko and violinist Aiko Suwanai – make their Sydney debuts.

September 1, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Donald Runnicles conducts Beethoven & Strauss (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Runnicles’ round trip starts with a four-minute smile, takes us back to childhood and ends in a heroic struggle.

June 16, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Simone Young conducts Elgar & Vaughan Williams (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

SSO Concertmaster Andrew Haveron is a violin god hiding in plain sight.

March 1, 2025
Chamber, Circus, Classical Music
news

Four Winds announces Easter Weekend 2025

Curator and pianist Andrea Lam discusses this year's Easter series, hosted in the "breathtaking" natural landscape of Barragga Bay.

February 21, 2025
Classical Music, Opera
Live Review

Review: Die Walküre (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Simone Young is both maestro and master storyteller in this perfect reading of Die Walküre, with the SSO and an all-star cast at the top of their game.

November 18, 2024
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Simone Young Conducts Mozart’s Jupiter (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Josh Batty’s dazzling flute salad makes a tasty appetiser for Simone Young’s sublime Mozart.

November 10, 2024
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Runnicles conducts Mahler 4 (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Mahler’s child-like innocence and some highly perfumed Strauss make for a heady mix from the SSO.

September 27, 2024
Classical Music
news

Sydney Symphony Orchestra 2025 revealed

Sydney Symphony Orchestra to deliver more Mahler, more Wagner, more international stars – and a birthday present for its Concertmaster.

August 28, 2024
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Augustin Hadelich and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

More magical mastery as Augustin Hadelich returns for a second, very different, concert with the SSO.

August 17, 2024
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Beethoven’s Fifth (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Team Spain bring some gold-winning magic to an afternoon of Beethoven.

July 29, 2024

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