Sydney Symphony Orchestra Concert

Published on Aug 26, 2015

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: Monday, October 26, 2015

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Features: The Sydney Symphony has evolved into one of the world's finest orchestras by the present day. On October 26th, Sydney Symphony Orchestra concert will be held at Concert Hall of NCPA in Beijing.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Founded in 1932 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Sydney Symphony has evolved into one of the world's finest orchestras by the present day. The orchestra is resident at the iconic Sydney Opera House and performs throughout Sydney as well as in New South Wales on a common basis.

The Sydney Symphony's first Chief Conductor was Sir Eugene Goossens, appointed in 1947; he was followed by Nicolai Malko, Dean Dixon, Moshe Atzmon, Willem van Otterloo, Louis Frémaux, Sir Charles Mackerras, Zdeněk Mácal, Stuart Challender, Edo de Waart and Gianluigi Gelmetti. Vladimir Ashkenazy has been the orchestra's principal conductor since 2009. The orchestra's history also boasts collaborations with legendary figures such as George Szell, Sir Thomas Beecham, Otto Klemperer and Igor Stravinsky.

In addition to a busy concert schedule, the Sydney Symphony devotes an accountable amount of time and resources to an award-winning artist education program. This program is crucial in context of the orchestra's commitment to the future of live symphonic music, nurturing audiences and further a participation of young people.

The Sydney Symphony promotes the work of Australian composers through performances, recordings and its commissioning program. Recent premieres have included major works by Ross Edwards, Liza Lim, Lee Bracegirdle, Gordon Kerry and Georges Lentz. The orchestra's recording of music by Brett Dean was released on both the BIS and Sydney Symphony Live labels.

Other releases on the Sydney Symphony Live label, established in 2006, include performances with Alexander Lazarev, Gianluigi Gelmetti, Sir Charles Mackerras and Vladimir Ashkenazy, and the complete Mahler symphonies under Ashkenazy, recorded in 2010 and 2011. The Sydney Symphony has also released recordings of Rachmaninoff and Elgar's orchestral works with Ashkenazy on the Exton/Triton labels, and numerous recordings on the ABC Classics label.