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Anne-Sophie Mutter (above) plays Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in September.

2015 highlights

David Robertson (left) shares his love for Schumann with Sydney audiences, conducting all four of the composer’s symphonies over two weeks in February.

Two-time Grammy and six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (below) will join the orchestra for an evening of Broadway classics as part of our Kaleidoscope series.

We see the return of the master conductors – Charles Dutoit in September and former SSO chief conductor Edo de Waart (below) in November.

We welcome the brightest young stars in conducting including Vasily Petrenko (left), Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Lionel Bringuier, James Gaffigan, Jakub Hrůša, Matthias Pintscher and Ward Stare.

David Robertson’s epic vision for opera in the concert hall continues with Tristan und Isolde, and Aussie superstar Stuart Skelton (left) sings his first Tristan in June.

In 2015 there’s a huge variety of concerts with something for everyone who loves music. And with David Robertson at the helm it’s set to be yet another exhilarating year for the SSO.

David Robertson conducts Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in February with soloists including Teddy Tahu Rhodes (left) and the composer’s Missa Solemnis in October.

We see the return of celebrated Australian conductor Simone Young (above, left), along with with Jessica Cottis, Benjamin Northey and Daniel Carter.

Le Grand Tango with Sydney Dance Company in April and Romeo and Juliet with Bell Shakespeare in August. (John Bell, left).

International pianists in recital: Louis Lortie, Peter Serkin, Yuja Wang (above) and Kirill Gerstein.

A poignant tribute to the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC landing with our Anzac Day salute, including music composed by James Ledger. The SSO is joined by Gondwana Choirs and the New Zealand Youth Choir.

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all four Schumann symphonies over two weeks and the Season Opening Gala with Beethoven Nine, featuring Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and a cast of soloists including baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes. The main highlight of Robertson’s second season will be an ‘opera in the concert hall’ presentation of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde in June. This will see Australian Heldentenor Stuart Skelton returning home to perform his first Tristan and American artist S Katy Tucker will again transform the concert hall with her spectacular visuals. Robertson will also conduct a special performance of Holst’s Planets in March and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis in October.

The exquisite Anne-Sophie Mutter has clearly fallen in love with Sydney and will be returning to play Dvořák’s Violin Concerto. Gil Shaham will play the Barber Violin Concerto before teaming up with his wife, fellow violinist Adele Anthony, to play Bach concertos. The magnificent Christian Tetzlaff will play the Australian premiere of Jörg Widmann’s Violin Concerto, which the composer wrote for him, as well as Mendelssohn’s gorgeous concerto, and Janine Jansen will play the Brahms violin concerto, conducted by her husband Daniel Blendulf.

The orchestra will also continue its collaborations with other Sydney arts companies in 2015. Le Grand Tango in April sees a partnership with associate artists of Sydney Dance Company and in August John Bell will direct a musical-dramatic presentation of Romeo and Juliet with actors from Bell Shakespeare and Simone Young conducting music from Prokofiev’s ballet.

Another standout of the season will be a poignant tribute to the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing with our ANZAC Day Salute concert featuring the premiere of War Music by Australian composer James Ledger.

Throughout 2015 the SSO will welcome the brightest young stars in conducting including Vasily Petrenko, Miguel

Harth-Bedoya, Jakub Hrůša, Matthias Pintscher and Ward Stare. We see also the return of two of the great master conductors, each with two programs: Charles Dutoit will conduct signature French repertoire in September,

and former SSO Chief Conductor Edo de Waart will close the season with Wagner, Richard Strauss and Elgar.

Two-time Grammy and six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald will join the orchestra for an evening of Broadway classics as part of our Kaleidoscope series, which this year will also include James Morrison’s A–Z of Jazz and the brilliantly talented young string trio Time for Three (Tf3) – who have taken the world by storm.

In 2015 there’s a huge variety of concerts with something for everyone who loves music. And with David Robertson at the helm it’s set to be yet another exhilarating year for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor and Artistic Director David Robertson are proud to announce their 2015 season.

For his second year as Chief Conductor, David Robertson has again invited some of the world’s best soloists and conductors to our shores, including violinists Anne-Sophie Mutter, Christian Tetzlaff and Gil Shaham, pianists Yuja Wang, Peter Serkin and Simon Trpčeski and the voices of Stuart Skelton, Christine Brewer and Michelle DeYoung.

Robertson will be in Sydney four times during 2015 – conducting music ranging from Sculthorpe and Sibelius to Beethoven and Berlioz. He’ll begin in February by conducting

The main highlighT of RobeRTson’s second season will be an ‘opeRa in The conceRT hall’ pResenTaTion of wagneR’s TrisTan und isolde in June

The SSO announces its 2015 season

“The 2015 season is so exciting with some of my favourite pieces and artists, that I don’t know how I can wait! As I get to know the orchestra more deeply, I am in awe of their amazing artistry. We are so lucky to have such a great orchestra.”David Robertson

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FEBRUARYDavid Robertson conducts all four Schumann symphonies with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

SCHUMANN 1 & 2: TETZLAFF & MENDELSSOHN 11, 13, 14 feb

SCHUMANN Symphony No.2SCHUMANN Symphony No.1 (Spring)MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor

Christian Tetzlaff violin

SCHUMANN 3 & 4: TETZLAFF & WIDMANN 16 feb

WIDMANN Violin Concerto australian premiere

SCHUMANN Symphony No.4SCHUMANN Symphony No.3 (Rhenish)

Christian Tetzlaff violin

ROBERTSON CONDUCTS LA MER 18 feb

LENTZ New work australian premiere

BOULEZ Rituel in memoriam Bruno MadernaDEBUSSY La Mer

SCHUMANN 3 & 4 20, 21 feb

LENTZ New work australian premiere

SCHUMANN Symphony No.4SCHUMANN Symphony No.3 (Rhenish)

BEETHOVEN NINE 27, 28 feb; 1 maR

BRUCKNER Christus factus est – Motet, WAB 11BERG Act III of WozzeckBEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 (Choral)

Miriam Gordon-Stewart sopranoMichelle DeYoung mezzo-sopranoSimon O’Neill tenorTeddy Tahu Rhodes baritoneSydney Philharmonia Choirs

OCTOBER

SIBELIUS 2: ROBERTSON CONDUCTS 8, 9, 10 ocT

SCULTHORPE Memento moriWALTON Violin ConcertoSIBELIUS Symphony No. 2

Andrew Haveron violin

BEETHOVEN’S MISSA SOLEMNIS 14, 16, 17 ocT

BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis

Susanna Philips sopranoOlesya Petrova mezzo-sopranoStuart Skelton tenorShenyang bassSydney Philharmonia Choirs

MARCH

THE PLANETS: ROBERTSON CONDUCTS 27 maR

HOLST The Planets

Ladies of the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs

jUNE

MY COUNTRY, MY LIFE 3, 5, 6 Jun

SMETANA The High Castle from Má VlastMACKEY Beautiful Passing – Violin ConcertoSMETANA The Moldau from Má VlastDVOŘÁK Symphony No.7

Anthony Marwood violin

SUMMER NIGHTS 11, 12 Jun

HAYDN Symphony No.31 (Horn Signal)BERLIOZ Les Nuits d’été (Summer Nights)SCHUBERT Symphony No.4 (Tragic)

Katarina Karnéus mezzo-soprano

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: ROBERTSON CONDUCTS AN OPERA IN THE CONCERT HALL 20, 22 Jun

WAGNER Tristan und Isolde

Christine Brewer soprano (Isolde)Stuart Skelton tenor (Tristan)Katarina Karnéus mezzo-soprano (Brangäne)Derek Welton bass-baritone (Kurwenal)Stephen Milling bass (King Marke)Sydney Philharmonia ChoirsS Katy Tucker visual enhancement

DAVID ROBERTSON CONCERTS

SPECIAL EVENTS

BACH CONCERTOS GIL SHAHAM & ADELE ANTHONY saT 4 Jul 8pm

JS BACH Brandenburg Concerto No.6, BWV 1051Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043

Gil Shaham violin-directorAdele Anthony violin

When NASA sent music out into space on the Voyager Golden Record, one composer was represented more than any other: Johann Sebastian Bach. The peak of genius, the voice of civilisation. And in this special concert we celebrate Bach as the composer of virtuoso concertos. Husband-and-wife violinists Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony make a perfect team. ‘Breathless and unstoppable’ said one review. And together they’ll show off the inspired invention and down-to-earth vitality of the greatest composer of the Baroque age.

ROMEO & jULIET WITH BELL SHAKESPEARE Thu 20 aug 8pm

PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet: Scenes from the ballet music with excerpts from Shakespeare’s play

Simone Young conductorJohn Bell directorActors from Bell Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s words and Prokofiev’s music. Actors and an orchestra. A great tragic love story imagined for the concert hall.

Two Australian legends command the stage when conductor Simone Young and director John Bell weave together scenes from Prokofiev’s heartfelt ballet score

and Shakespeare’s deeply moving play. The gorgeous music, so full of humanity, captures the savage anger of the feuding families, the innocence of their children and the overwhelming emotions of young love. In this concert it provides the backdrop for a powerful text with all its humour, tenderness and tragedy.

ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER PLAYS DVOŘÁK wed 23 sep 8pm • fRi 25 sep 8pm saT 26 sep 8pm

DVOŘÁK Violin ConcertoDVOŘÁK Romance for violinBEETHOVEN Symphony No.3 (Eroica)

Jakub Hrůša conductorAnne-Sophie Mutter violin

Now that she’s found us, it seems “the queen of the violin” can’t get enough of Australia – and the feeling is mutual. Anne Sophie Mutter’s recent performances with the SSO have been rewarded with thunderous standing ovations, and sparkle brightly in the memories of those lucky enough to experience them. On this third visit, she brings her peerless musical insight to Dvořák’s expressive Violin Concerto and his song-like Romance for violin and orchestra. And how fitting that an evening of true greatness and heroic performance will end with Beethoven’s Eroica.

BEETHOVEN NINE fRi 27 feb 8pm • saT 28 feb 8pm sun 1 maR 2pm

BRUCKNER Christus factus est – Motet, WAB 11BERG Act III of WozzeckBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 (Choral)

David Robertson conductorMiriam Gordon-Stewart sopranoMichelle DeYoung mezzo-sopranoSimon O’Neill tenorTeddy Tahu Rhodes baritoneSydney Philharmonia Choirs

The finale in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony sings of a universal brotherhood of man. It’s the revolutionary creation of a man with an optimistic vision of human potential. That compassion for humanity emerges in the two very different companion pieces. Hear it in the pity inspired by Berg’s wrenching interpretation of a real-life tragedy. Hear it in Bruckner’s simple Christian conviction, soaring on the wings of unaccompanied voices.

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE ROBERTSON CONDUCTS AN OPERA IN THE CONCERT HALL saT 20 Jun 6pm • mon 22 Jun 6pm

WAGNER Tristan und Isolde Sung in German with English surtitles.

David Robertson conductorChristine Brewer soprano (Isolde)Stuart Skelton tenor (Tristan)Katarina Karnéus mezzo-soprano (Brangäne)Derek Welton bass-baritone (Kurwenal)Stephen Milling bass (King Marke)Sydney Philharmonia ChoirsS Katy Tucker visual enhancement

From the thrilling tension of its opening to the cathartic resolution of its final notes, Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde sweeps you up and strings you along and takes you on an irresistible musical journey. The opera’s tragic story is up there with Romeo and Juliet, a tale of sublimated passion unleashed, passion and betrayal – all on a grand scale.

We’re bringing Stuart Skelton home to sing his first Tristan – ‘my personal Everest’ he calls it. ‘The music is so sublime…and I’m incredibly excited to take it on in my home town…’ He’ll be joined by Christine Brewer as Isolde at the head of a top-flight cast.

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ANDREW SCHULTZSOUND LUR AND SERPENT FANFAREaustralian premiere 22, 23, 24 JulCommissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

ALAN HOLLEYOBOE CONCERTOworld premiere 11, 12, 13 novAlan Holley’s oboe concerto was commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for Shefali Pryor and the SSO with the support of Dr John Edmonds and Dr Richard White.

CONDUCTORS & SOLOISTS

2015 CONDUCTORS

SSO CONDUCTING DEBUTS

Daniel Blendulf 18, 20, 21 Mar

Andy Einhorn 6, 7 Nov

Isabelle Faust violin-director • 6 Aug

Gil Shaham violin-director • 2, 3 Jul

Ward Stare 12, 13, 16 Mar

CONDUCTORS RETURNING TO THE SSO

Lionel Bringuier 15, 17, 18 Jul

Daniel Carter 17, 18 Apr

Jessica Cottis 28, 29 Aug

Charles Dutoit 3, 4, 9, 11, 12 Sep

James Gaffigan 12, 14, 15 Aug

Richard Gill Artistic Director, Tenix Discovery 24 Feb • 22, 24 Apr • 5 May 25 Aug • 10 Nov

Miguel Harth-Bedoya 11, 12, 13, 16 Nov

Jakub Hrůša 23, 25, 26 Sep

Benjamin Northey 6, 7 Mar

Vasily Petrenko 22, 23, 24 Jul

Matthias Pintscher 13, 15, 16 May

David Robertson Chief Conductor 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 27, 28 Feb 1, 27 Mar • 3, 5, 6, 11, 12, 20, 22 Jun 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17 Oct

Yan Pascal Tortelier 9, 10, 11 Apr

Bramwell Tovey 26, 27, 29 Jun

Edo de Waart 25, 27, 28 Nov • 3, 4, 5 Dec

Mark Wigglesworth 7, 8, 9 May

Simone Young 20, 21, 22, 24 Aug

2015 SOLOISTS

SOLOISTS MAKING THEIR SSO DEBUTS

SingersCaitlin Hulcup mezzo-soprano 7, 8, 9 May

Joseph Kaiser tenor • 3, 4 Sep

Katarina Karnéus mezzo-soprano 11, 12, 20, 22 Jun

Hetty Kate vocalist • 6, 7 Mar

Alexander Knight baritone • 5 May

Daniela Mack mezzo-soprano 12, 13, 16 Mar

Audra McDonald vocalist • 6, 7 Nov

Stephen Milling bass • 20, 22 Jun

Susanna Philips soprano • 14, 16, 17 Oct

Shenyang bass • 14, 16, 17 Oct

Derek Welton bass-baritone • 20, 22 Jun

CelloYelian He 28 May

PianoRonald Brautigam 3, 4, 5 Dec

Vadym Kholodenko 11, 12, 13, 16 Nov

Peter Serkin 13, 15, 16, 18 May

Yuja Wang 13, 15, 17, 18 Jul

RETURNING SOLOISTS

SingersChristine Brewer soprano • 20, 22 Jun

Fiona Campbell mezzo-soprano • 5 Feb

Peter Coleman-Wright baritone 7, 8, 9 May

Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano 27, 28 Feb • 1 Mar

Miriam Gordon-Stewart soprano 27, 28 Feb • 1 Mar

Simon O’Neill tenor • 27, 28 Feb • 1 Mar

Olesya Petrova mezzo-soprano 14, 16, 17 Oct

Stuart Skelton tenor 20, 22 Jun • 14, 16, 17 Oct

Teddy Tahu Rhodes baritone 27, 28 Feb • 1 Mar

ViolinAdele Anthony 2, 3 Jul

Isabelle Faust violin-director • 6 Aug

Janine Jansen 18, 20, 21 Mar

Anthony Marwood 3, 5, 6 Jun

Anne-Sophie Mutter 23, 25, 26 Sep

Gil Shaham 26, 27, 29 Jun; 2, 3 Jul

Christian Tetzlaff 11, 13, 14, 16 Feb

CelloDaniel Müller-Schott 9, 11, 12 Sep

PianoKirill Gerstein 12, 14, 15, 17 Aug

Louis Lortie 9, 10, 11, 13 Apr

Simon Trpčeski 22, 23, 24 Jul

OrganOlivier Latry 25, 27, 28 Nov

Jazz TrumpetJames Morrison 6, 7 Mar

SSO MUSICIANS FEATURED IN THE 2015 SEASON

Andrew Haveron violin & violin-director 28 May • 8, 9, 10 Oct • 5 Nov

Catherine Hewgill cello • 17, 18 Apr

Dene Olding violin-director • 5 Feb

Shefali Pryor oboe • 11, 12, 13, 16 Nov

Soloists from the SSO 17, 18 Apr • 5 Nov

ENSEMBLES AND CHOIRS

Actors from Bell Shakespeare 20, 21, 22, 24 Aug

Gondwana Chorale 22, 24 Apr

Singers from the New Zealand Youth Choir 22, 24 Apr

SSO Brass Ensemble 1 May

SSO Sinfonia 24 Feb • 5 May • 25 Aug • 10 Nov

Sydney Children’s Choir 3, 4 Sep

Associate artists from Sydney Dance Company 17, 18 Apr

Sydney Philharmonia Choirs 27, 28 Feb • 1 Mar • 27 Mar • 20, 22 Jun 3, 4 Sep • 14, 16, 17 Oct

Time for Three (Tf3) string trio 28, 29 Aug

COMISSIONED WORKS IN THE 2015 SEASON

GEORGES LENTZ NEW WORKaustralian premiere 18, 21 febCommissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in collaboration with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra with the generous support of an anonymous benefactor.

jAMES LEDGERWAR MUSIC joint world premiere with nzso

24 apRCommissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with the support of the ANZAC Centenary Arts and Culture Fund.

The performance will form part of the SSO’s ANZAC Day Salute Centenary Concert.

COmmISSIONS & PREmIERES

MORE AUSTRALIAN PREMIERES IN THE 2015 SEASON

jÖRG WIDMANN VIOLIN CONCERTO16 feb

MICHAEL F WILLIAMSLETTERS FROM THE FRONT24 apR

WIDMANNCON BRIO, ON MOTIFS BY BEETHOVEN15, 17, 18 Jul

OTHER AUSTRALIAN WORKS IN THE 2015 SEASON

BUTTERLEYNEVER THIS SUN, THIS WATCHER18, 20, 21 maR

SCULTHORPE MEMENTO MORIThu 8, 9, 10 ocT

EDWARDSWHITE GHOST DANCING3, 4, 5 dec

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RECORDINGS: SSO LIVE

RESURRECTION

SERGEI PROKOFIEV

VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY SYDNEY SYMPHONY

The SSO has released 25 discs and one digital download on the SSO Live label since its launch in 2006.

The Firebird was released in February and The Planets will be released in September 2014.

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PLAYERLINK

Playerlink gives aspiring young musicians from regional NSW a chance to receive intensive tutorials, orchestral rehearsals and performance experience with SSO musicians. Playerlink is open to students in Years 5–12, and in 2015 it will be held in Bellingen on 6, 7, 8 November, hosted by Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium and Bellingen High School.

SCHOOLS CONCERTS

More than 30,000 students will attend SSO schools concerts in 2015 at the ABC Ultimo Centre, City Recital Hall and in Sydney’s western suburbs. Students in the country are set to get in on the fun too, with a further 3,000 to attend schools concerts in regional NSW.

MEET THE MUSIC

Our Meet the Music has two series designed to support the studies of NSW secondary school students across the full music curriculum, with each program showcasing a classic, a modern masterpiece and an Australian composer. The first series is aimed at students studying popular music in schools, and in 2015 will include concerts featuring James Morrison and the hits of Broadway. The second series includes composers ranging from Debussy, Vaughan Williams, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff to Australian composers Lentz, Schultz and Holley. The series will also include a profound centenary salute to the ANZACs by Australian composer James Ledger.

The sso is dedicaTed To enRiching qualiTy music leaRning in The classRoom and in The conceRT hall, inspiRing leaRning and musical engagemenT foR all ages.

TENIX DISCOVERY CONCERTS

In 2015 Richard Gill and the SSO Sinfonia will take audiences on a journey of discovery through Beethoven’s Symphony No.2, Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer, Ravel’s Mother Goose suite and Richard Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration.

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

Around the country, the SSO connects with hundreds of teachers through workshops and professional learning masterclasses, presented in capital cities and regional areas in person and via the internet. The recently launched TunED Up program, which brings primary teachers from around NSW to

Sydney for a week’s intensive training, will continue in 2015 with workshops in late January (regional primary teachers only) and late June (for all NSW primary teachers). The SSO will also conduct a training

program in western Sydney in February, which will allow teachers to involve students in a performance with the SSO during our Parramatta Park concert in March.

AUSTRALIA AND BEYOND

The SSO continues to develop its cross-cultural education exchange program, established in China in 2012 with the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing and the Xinghai Conservatorium in Guangzhou.

LEARNING AND ENGAGEmENT

ARTIST DEVELOPmENT PROGRAm

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra is dedicated to the development of Australia’s future orchestral musicians, giving young people access to training by SSO musicians and other leaders in the classical music world from across Australia and around the globe.

SSO FELLOWSHIP

Premier Partner: Credit Suisse

The Fellowship is a one-year intensive program, offering talented young orchestral musicians under the age of 30 a stepping stone from study to full-time work. The Fellowship is set to expand in 2015 with up to 17 positions on offer. For the first time in the program’s 13-year history, brass players and percussionists are eligible to apply alongside string and woodwind players.

SSO SINFONIA

This training and mentoring ensemble provides exceptional tertiary students with invaluable experience working alongside SSO musicians as part of a performing orchestra, primarily as part of the Tenix Discovery series and also through regional touring across NSW.

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Community & Touring

SSO musicians perform in the Starlight Room as part of Music 4 Health (left).

Symphony in the Domain (above).

Richard Lynn on tour in China (left).

Of the hundreds of performances being given by the SSO in 2015, around half will be at venues away from the Sydney Opera House, including many performances in outer-metropolitan Sydney and regional New South Wales as well as overseas.

SSO musicians at the School of the Air in Broken Hill.

Rachel Silver, Leah Lynn and Emma Sholl outside the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing (above).

Kirsten Williams and Alexei Dupressoir in the Kimberley, WA with members of the Yilimbirri Ensemble (left).

Crowds enjoy the SSO performance at Parramatta Park.

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Vanguard Connect with the SSO Vanguard is a networking

collective for Gen X&Y professionals who want to help create a vibrant future for the SSO.

FIND US ON FACEBOOKBecome a fan of the Sydney Symphony on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sydneysymphony

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WATCH US ON YOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/sydneysymphony

FREE MOBILE APPConcert information, listen to music excerpts, watch videos and buy tickets. www.sydneysymphony.com/mobile_app

STAY TUNEDKeep up to date with special offers, competitions and news from the SSO with the orchestra’s fortnightly e-newsletter. Register online at www.sydneysymphony.com

PRE-CONCERT TALKSSydney Symphony Orchestra pre-concert talks give audience members insights into the programs they’re about to hear. Forty-five minutes before all subscription concerts and special events (except Tenix Discovery and Tea & Symphony).

As a member of Vanguard you’ll be invited behind-the-scenes to rub shoulders with the musicians, enjoy exclusive performances in unexpected places and learn more about the music.

Every year we hold three one-off catered events for our members. In the past we’ve invited them to tango in an inner-city warehouse, listen to the experimental sounds of John Cage at a pop-up event held in a car park and put on their best leather jackets for a 1980s-inspired night at a dance studio. Twice a year our members are given a backstage pass at the Sydney Opera House to watch the orchestra rehearse, getting a rare and intimate look at how elite musicians prepare for their performances.

As a member of Vanguard you’ll also be part of a philanthropic movement supporting the orchestra.

Vanguard is supported by its major sponsor BresicWhitney.

For more information about Vanguard visit: http://www.sydneysymphony.com/support-us/philanthropy-networks/vanguard-program.aspx

For more information about further SSO philanthropy programs visit: http://www.sydneysymphony.com/support-us/how-individuals-can-help.aspx

SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Each year, more than 70 hours of Sydney Symphony Orchestra concerts are recorded and broadcast on ABC Classic FM. The ABC is a vital partner of the SSO, ensuring the orchestra’s concerts are heard throughout Australia and internationally via their website.

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ContactFor more information about the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, please contact:

KATHERINE STEVENSONPublic Relations Manager

T. +61 (02) 8215 4653

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