WASO extends Asher Fisch’s contract
Fisch's tenure will now run until 2025, making him the longest-serving Principal Conductor in the history of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
Fisch's tenure will now run until 2025, making him the longest-serving Principal Conductor in the history of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
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The five emerging conductors will be awarded a $30,000 stipend each and opportunities at the podium in front of Australia's six state orchestras across the two-year program.
Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov shone in duet with the QSO in Rachmanimov’s Concerto No 2 for Piano and Orchestra, while ancient landscapes came to life in Lachlan Skipworth’s Hinterland.
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WASO, Asher Fisch and soloist Daniel Müller-Schott offered a rich, well-crafted performance of Elgar's Cello Concert and Bruckner’s Third Symphony.
This concert demonstrated the fantastic collaborative creation possible between a great conductor and orchestra – one wonderfully complemented and enlivened by the spotlighting of four fabulous soloists at the height of their artistic prowess.
A refined and controlled performance of Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony, alongside music by Mozart and Maria Grenfell.
In its latest concert, WASO delivered crowd-pleaser after crowd-pleaser, and gave each a masterful performance.
Emerging artists Alessandro Pittorino, Sara Duhig, Sarah Mills Menogue, Laurissa Brooke and Blake Houlahan will participate in the annual conductor development program.
The emerging conductor, who will receive both artistic and business instruction over the next 12 months, tells us why he's excited about the MSO fellowship.