Majestic Brahms from Sir Stephen Hough and Elim Chan in Sydney

Sir Stephen Hough, Elim Chan and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Elim Chan and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Por Zoltán Szabó, 19 mayo 2025

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“Hough's quadruple octaves were as forceful as one could possibly want”

Crítica hecha desde Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Sídney el 17 mayo 2025

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Prokofiev, Romeo y Julieta: fragmentos

Brahms, Concierto para piano núm. 1 en re menor, Op.15

Elim Chan, Dirección

Sir Stephen Hough, Piano

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Jeremy Eccles, 25th February

Putting Gershwin up against Mahler is a challenge, but Simone Young and Jean-Yves Thibaudet bring it off in the Sydney Symphony's 2026 season opener.

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Cello whisperer Kian Soltani debuts in Sydney

Zoltán Szabó, 1st November

Terrific orchestral colours abound in this Sydney Symphony concert under Simone Young, adding to a thoughtful and emotive rendering of one of the best-known cello concertos.

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Daniel Müller-Schott plays Tchaikovsky with the Sydney Symphony

Zoltán Szabó, 22nd October

A delightful programme welcomes conductor Lionel Bringuier and returning cellist Daniel Müller-Schott to Sydney.

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Sublime Burleske in the Sydney Symphony's Strauss concert

Zoltán Szabó, 3rd September

Three very different works from the long life of Richard Strauss are performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Simone Young.

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18th-century fireworks from Stephen Layton and the Sydney Symphony

Sandra Bowdler, 23rd August

Stephen Layton conducts Haydn and Handel, and is joined by soprano Sara Macliver for Bach and Mozart for a joyful evening.

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This Rite was just not right: Vasily Petrenko and the Sydney Symphony

Zoltán Szabó, 27th November

After so many terrific concerts in the last few months, Petrenko's performance with the SSO does not quite fulfill expectations.

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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.