Australians around the world unite with Simon Rattle at the helm

Von Zoltán Szabó, 02 August 2015

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Sydney, am 31 Juli 2015

Debussy, Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Debussy, Ariettes oubliées (Orch. Brett Dean)

Bruckner, Symphonie Nr. 8 in c-Moll, WAB108

Australian World Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle, Musikalische Leitung

Magdalena Kožená, Mezzosopran

Zubin Mehta and the Australian World Orchestra in Sydney

Zoltán Szabó, 2nd September

Zubin Mehta conducts a trio of Strauss tone poems as the Australian World Orchestra arrives back in Sydney.

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World-class from Down Under: Australian World Orchestra at the Proms

Alexander Hall, 23rd August

Zubin Mehta, Siobhan Stagg and the players of the AWO were on top of their game in works by Webern, Debussy and Brahms, where the connections were as potent as the contrasts.

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From little things, big things grow: The AWO returns to Sydney

David Larkin, 2nd May

On their return to Sydney, the Australian World Orchestra under Riccardo Muti offer a subdued reading of Brahms’ Symphony no. 2 and a thrilling account of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 4.

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Rites of reunion: The Australian World Orchestra visits Sydney

David Larkin, 3rd October

At the end of yesterday’s concert, there was a lot of hugging on stage. This was only to be expected. The high-quality music-making to which the audience had been treated was, for the players, a brief and unrepeatable experience, for some of them a nostalgic pilgrimage back to their homeland.

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Simon Rattle mit Mahlers Zweiter bei der Staatskapelle Berlin

Sebastian Urmoneit, 10th March

Simon Rattle, der am Tag zuvor zum Ehrendirigenten der Staatskapelle Berlin gekürt wurde, begeistert mit Mahlers Zweiter Symphonie.

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Strawinsky mit dem BRSO und Rattle: wenn das Publikum Feuer fängt...

Benedikt Zacher, 6th November

Das Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks spielt sich in Strawinskys Feuervogel in einen wahren Rausch der Extraklasse.

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.