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Welcome to the DSO! Since 1966, Dunedin’s only professional orchestra has been a key contributor to local and regional cultural vibrancy. It presents its audiences and communities with a wide variety of orchestral masterpieces performed by top international and New Zealand conductors and soloists, as well as a comprehensive range of educational and outreach programmes.
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Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 has been described as 'a glittering display-work at the heart of the Romantic concerto repertoire'. Making his DSO début is pianist Konstantin Shamray, a pianist with 'dynamite in his fingertips'. Maestro Umberto Clerici, the Chief Conductor of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra is our guest conductor for the concert.
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Two beautiful symphonies conducted for final show
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Conductor returns to city
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Saxophone in Anthony Ritchie's 'Symphony No.6'
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Introducing Simon Over the Conductor for the Dvořák’s New World concert
Review - 28 Sep 2023
Two beautiful symphonies conducted for final show
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra bade farewell to principal guest conductor Simon Over with a superb performance of two wonderful symphonies on Saturday night.
Read articleNews - 21 Sep 2023
Conductor returns to city
The last time London-based visiting conductor Simon Over led the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) in concert was in August, 2019, just before the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Article by Brenda Harwood - The Star
Read articleNews - 12 Sep 2023
Saxophone in Anthony Ritchie's 'Symphony No.6'
A sneak peek from Tessa Frazer playing the saxophone part in Anthony Ritchie's new composition 'Symphony No.6'.
Read articleNews - 30 Aug 2023
Introducing Simon Over the Conductor for the Dvořák’s New World concert
At the time of my last concert in Dunedin in August 2019, none of us could have imagined that by the following April, the whole world would be in Lockdown. Returning to the country I love so much is always a great pleasure; this year, post- pandemic, returning takes on a much greater significance, and to be conducting another Anthony Ritchie première as well as another symphony that I’ve known and loved since childhood intensifies the anticipation.
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Review - 28 Sep 2023
Two beautiful symphonies conducted for final show
Dunedin Symphony Orchestra bade farewell to principal guest conductor Simon Over with a superb performance of two wonderful symphonies on Saturday night.
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Dunedin 9016
New Zealand
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(Registered as Dunedin Civic Orchestra Incorporated. Registered charity CC34031.)