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Live orchestral music for the people of Ōtepoti Dunedin, Otago and Southland

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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Latest News & Reviews

Review - 07 Dec 2023

REVIEW: Wonderful end to a fulfilling year

A large audience came together at Dunedin Town Hall to hear the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra in its final concert for the year and were treated to a musical feast.

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Review - 04 Dec 2023

Contrast admirably achieved throughout

Conductor Umberto Clerici (now based in Australia) guided the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra through three popular classical works last Saturday evening, in a very well-filled Dunedin Town Hall.

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News - 30 Nov 2023

Pianist goes with the flow

It has been more than 20 years since the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra performed 'Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1' so its coming concert with Australian-based Russian pianist Konstantin Shamray, who is on his first visit to Dunedin, will be a special one. He tells Rebecca Fox of the Otago Daily Times about his love for the piano.

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News - 22 Nov 2023

Introducing the phwealth concert ‘Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto’ Conductor Umberto Clerici

I’m very happy to be returning to the DSO after playing 'Elgar's Cello Concerto' almost 10 years ago and conducting a wonderful programme last year. What I love about DSO is the huge range of different experiences within the musicians of the orchestra: this produces a special fabric of social and musical interactions. There might be some players who have never played a Schumann symphony and others who have played the 1st 'Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto' many times in their career.

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Dunedin 9054

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Dunedin 9016

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