APO 2012 Season Preview
APO 2012 Season Preview
From its founding in 1980, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra has established itself as a valued cultural asset for the Auckland region and is the city’s only resident full-time, professional symphony orchestra.

From the exuberance and passion of the Latin Fiesta, to the cutting edge performances on display at Remix The Orchestra , Musical Director Eckehard Stier has put together a fantastic line-up of contemporary and classical events.

Here's our take on the events you should look out for.
APO 2012 Season Preview
Gala Opening APO

23 Feb 2012

Music Director Eckehard Stier opens the season in dazzling style. Don Juan is an orchestral tour de force, and here acts as a prelude to a concert of extraordinary colour. Prepare for the musical fireworks of Prokofiev’s virtuosic piano concerto performed by spectacular Ukrainain pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk. This grand season opening concludes with the wild celebrations of Respighi’s Feste...
APO A Latin Fiesta

15 Mar 2012

This concert features Per Arne Glorvigen, one of today’s foremost players of the bandoneón, the folk concertina of Argentina. Glorvigen met and was inspired to take up the instrument by Astor Piazzolla whose name is synonymous with tango. Add music by Turina and Ginastera to the mix and you have a concert that not only represents the many facets of the Latin diaspora but also its many express...
APO Unwrap: New World

04 Apr 2012

Graham Abbott Presenter, Conductor Dvorák Symphony No.9, ‘From the New World’ Dvorák’s Symphony No.9, from which the title of this year’s Splendour Series is derived, was composed during a visit to the United States and inspired by Native American music and African-American spirituals. Graham Abbott demonstrates with the orchestra just how Dvorák creates his wonderful “rhythms, counter...
APO - Remix The Orchestra

31 May 2012

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra meets some of NZ's hottest hip-hop stars for a night of groundbreaking music. DJCXL, Tyree, Frisko and Ermehn join young Auckland hip-hop artists, dancers, graffiti artists and the APO for a unique musical collaboration. After four years of “Remix” courses at OMAC (the Otara Music and Arts Centre) where APO musicians and professional hip hop artists came tog...
APO - APN News and Media Premier Series: Diva

12 Jul 2012

Strauss Lieder Strauss Death and Transfiguration Wagner Siegfried Idyll Wagner Tristan und Isolde: ‘Prelude’ and ‘Liebestod’ We are delighted to present Deborah Voigt, a star of New York’s Metropolitan Opera, who is without doubt one of the world’s great dramatic sopranos. She has astounded audiences with her magnificent singing and has made her mark on operatic and concert stages with repe...
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