Award-winning New Zealand conductor Holly Mathieson will lead the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra next month for the first time, including performances of Hector Berlioz’s groundbreaking psychedelic Symphonie Fantastique. A frequent conductor of top orchestras, ballet and opera companies in Europe, North America and Australasia, Mathieson’s many achievements include reaching No. 1 in the British classical…
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Internationally renowned New Zealand conductor Gemma New joins NZSO
New Zealander Gemma New, in demand by orchestras around the world, has been appointed Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Te Tira PÅ«oro o Aotearoa. Her title takes immediate effect with the start of the 2022 season and lasts for three years, through the 2024 season. New, 35, hailed as…
Star Kiwi conductor Gemma New to tour with NZSO from August
Lauded New Zealand conductor Gemma New will lead the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for the first time with concerts in Wellington, Dunedin, Christchurch and Auckland in August and September. Hailed as “one of the brightest rising stars in the conducting firmament” by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, New has taken North America by storm. She is…