NEW Zealand SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
What’s on
4 - 5 Sep
Rhythm & Dance
Adams; Copland; Ortiz; Bernstein
Mainstage
Wellington
Auckland
23 Sep
Emerging Artists '26
Brownlie; Williams; Shostakovich; Grieg; Brahms
Young Musicians
Wellington
19 - 21 Nov
Beethoven 9
Beethoven; Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead
Mainstage
Wellington
Dunedin
4 - 11 Dec
Summer Tour
Rameau; Pergolesi
Chamber Music
Kāpiti
Nelson
Whanganui
Taupō
Rotorua
6 - 12 Mar
Beethoven and Mozart
Beethoven; Haydn; Holmes; Mozart
Chamber Music
Kāpiti
Blenheim
Nelson
Christchurch
18 - 21 Mar
Mozart's Gran Partita
Mozart; Françaix
Chamber Music
New Plymouth
Whanganui
Hastings
Palmerston North
1 - 3 Apr
Reverberate
Bach; Muhly; Saint-Saëns
Mainstage
Wellington
Wellington
Auckland
14 - 15 Apr
Elouan String Quartet
Haydn; John Psathas; Ravel
Chamber Music
Christchurch
Auckland
30 Apr - 2 May
Electrify
Strauss; Porra; Sibelius
Mainstage
Wellington
Auckland
Hamilton
8 May
Art of the Score: The Music of Joe Hisaishi
Joe Hisaishi
Mainstage
Wellington
21 - 26 May
Celtic Connections
Mendelssohn; Davies; Beethoven
Mainstage
Wellington
Christchurch
Oamaru
Dunedin
18 - 19 Jun
London Portraits
Vaughan Williams; Walton
Mainstage
Wellington
Auckland
30 - 31 Jul
A Space Odyssey
Ligeti; Strauss; Khachaturian
Mainstage
Wellington
Wellington
12 - 14 Aug
Anna Lapwood: Cosmology
Zimmer; Richter; Bruckner; Strauss; Arakelyan
Mainstage
Wellington
Auckland
15 - 16 Sep
NZSO Chamber Strings
Young; Brahms; Mendelssohn
Chamber Music
Christchurch
Auckland
25 - 29 Sep
Beethoven Piano Concertos (2, 3 & 4)
Beethoven
Mainstage
Wellington
Christchurch
26 - 30 Sep
Beethoven Piano Concertos (1 & 5)
Beethoven
Mainstage
Wellington
Christchurch
28 Sep
Javier Perianes with NZSO Chamber Strings
Schumann
Chamber Music
Christchurch
7 - 9 Oct
One Thousand and One Nights
Saint-Saëns; Rimsky-Korsakov, Khayam
Mainstage
Wellington
Auckland
10 - 12 Oct
Moonlit Brahms
Debussy; Brahms; Ravel; Khayam
Mainstage
Whangārei
Kerikeri
16 - 25 Nov
A Short History of Beethoven Symphonies
Beethoven
Family Friendly
Wellington
Dunedin
Invercargill
Cromwell
18 - 21 Nov
Fantastique
Ravel; Debussy; Berlioz
Mainstage
Wellington
Wellington
Christchurch
2 - 3 Dec
Kia Kotahi Beethoven
Beethoven; Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper; Troy Kingi
Mainstage
Wellington
Auckland
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Concerts & events
Rhythm & Dance
Emerging Artists '26
Madeleine Pierard Masterclass
Four Last Songs
Elegance
Isata Kanneh-Mason in Recital
Serenade
Enigma
Beethoven 9
Summer Tour
Messiah
Resurrection
ENZSO Celebrates
Beethoven and Mozart
Mozart's Gran Partita
Reverberate
Organ Recital with James McVinnie
Elouan String Quartet
Electrify
Art of the Score: The Music of Joe Hisaishi
Celtic Connections
Dvořák and Sibelius
London Portraits
Matariki Concert with Louis Baker
A Space Odyssey
From the Canyon to the Stars
Anna Lapwood Organ Recital
Anna Lapwood: Cosmology
Tchaikovsky 5
NZSO Chamber Strings
Emerging Artists '27
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Beethoven Piano Concertos (2, 3 & 4)
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Beethoven Piano Concertos (1 & 5)
Javier Perianes with NZSO Chamber Strings
One Thousand and One Nights
Moonlit Brahms
Todd Young Composer Awards
Verdi Requiem
Peter and the Wolf
A Short History of Beethoven Symphonies
Fantastique
Kia Kotahi Beethoven
Christmas Concert
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