Ahead of his trip to Tasmania, the young American virtuoso extols the joys of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto and defends it from the criticisms of its first dedicatee, Leopold Auer, and the venomous Eduard Hanslick.
WASO’s former Assistant Conductor returns to lead the orchestra’s season-opener after a whirlwind few years.
These concerts are a celebration of what musicians have to offer the world.
Despite notable ups and downs, Ian Whitney’s annual report into the number of Australian works performed by the major orchestras sees little improvement year on year.
Four years after filling in last-minute for Jaap van Zweden, the American conductor tells us about an early career that’s seen her gravitate from playing under Bernard Haitink to taking over his dressing room.
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 70th birthday in high-octane style.
A freewheeling line-up of guest conductors and concerto soloists will keep the orchestra on its toes in its year between Chiefs.
Sharpen, who first heard the orchestra play at age seven, will begin a five year contract in 2019.
The 33-year-old Swiss-Australian conductor adds another feather to her cap with this latest engagement.
A match made in heaven, Tiberghien and Tausk leave audiences truly impressed.
Norwegian maestro Eivind Aadland will commence a three-year engagement with the TSO from 2020.
Orchestras tend to be urban creatures, born of the great cities of central Europe, and thriving on metropolitan traditions and populations. So how, asks Andrew Mellor, are the more far-flung ensembles, from the Faroe Islands to Tasmania to the Arctic, flourishing?
Melody Eötvös will join five other composers whose works will be read and recorded by The Philadelphia Orchestra in September.
