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Peter Mechen

No Better Way for Edo de Waart to Conclude his First NZSO Season

13/11/201606/11/2016 by Peter Mechen

New ZealandNew Zealand Mozart, Elgar: Ronald Brautigam (piano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Edo de Waart (conductor), Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, NZ. 29.10.2016. (PM)

Wellington, NZ. 29.03.2016. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Photo credit: Stephen A'Court. COPYRIGHT ©Stephen A'Court
Edo de Waart © Stephen A’Court

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Edo de Waart And New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Present Mahler’s Fourth Symphony

23/08/201617/08/2016 by Peter Mechen

New ZealandNew Zealand Strauss, Mahler: Christiane Libor (soprano), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Edo de Waart. Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand. 6.8.2016. (PM)

Edo
Edo de Waart (c) Jesse Willems

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Éclairs sur l’au-delà On Which Messiaen Would Have Beamed His Approval

28/07/201622/07/2016 by Peter Mechen

New ZealandNew Zealand Messiaen: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and NZSO National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 8.7.2016. (PM)

Sir Andrew
Sir Andrew Davis (Dario Acosta Photography)

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Glittering Scheherazade Caps Off A Thrilling NZSO Concert In Wellington

29/06/201624/06/2016 by Peter Mechen

New ZealandNew Zealand Kodály, Lalo, Rimsky-Korsakov: Johannes Moser (‘cello), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductor). Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 17.6.2016. (PM)

  Johannes Moser. Photo credit: Sarah Wijzenbeek.

Johannes Moser. Photo credit: Sarah Wijzenbeek.

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Profoundly Engaging – New Zealand Opera’s The Magic Flute

06/06/201603/06/2016 by Peter Mechen

New ZealandNew Zealand Mozart, The Magic Flute: Freemasons New Zealand Opera Chorus, Orchestra Wellington, Conductor: Wyn Davies. St.James Theatre, Wellington. 28.5.2016. (PM)

NZ1
Samuel Dundas as Papageno and Emma Fraser as Pamina in The Magic Flute (c) Marty Melville

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A Cathedral of Sound in New Zealand – Sibelius and Bruckner

04/10/202612/09/2015 by Peter Mechen
Simone Young
Simone Young © Klaus Lefebre

New ZealandNew Zealand Sibelius, Bruckner: Baiba Skride (violin), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Simone Young AM (conductor), Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 28.8.2015. (PM)

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Brilliance, Poetry, Power And Passion From SimonTrpčeski, Vasily Petrenko And NZSO

15/09/201523/07/2015 by Peter Mechen

New ZealandNew Zealand Liszt, Mahler: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Simon Trpčeski (piano),Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 10.7.2015 (PM)

Vasily Petrenko - photo credit Mark McNulty

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Maestro Pietari Inkinen Says Goodbye To New Zealand In A Blaze Of Glory

05/07/201523/06/2015 by Stan

 

New ZealandNew Zealand  Pietari Inkinen Festival – 2015: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Pietari Inkinen (conductor), Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. 12.6.2015 and 13.6.2015. (PM)

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  • Gregor Tassie in conversation with conductor Viliana Valtcheva (19/09/2026) __________________________________
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