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Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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Birth nameSydney Symphony Orchestra
OriginSydney, Australia
GenresClassical
Years active1932-present
MembersChief Conductor and Artistic Director
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Former membersFounder
Eugene Goossens
Websitewww.SydneySymphony.com

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The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (abbreviation � SSO), commonly known as the Sydney Symphony, is an Australian symphony orchestra based in Sydney. It has the unique privilege of having the Sydney Opera House as its home concert hall. There is a permanent friendly rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne, as a part of which there are competing claims for the title of Australia's best orchestra: the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra or the Sydney Symphony.

Sydney Symphony Video

Join 101 musicians from over 30 countries who make up the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 playing a spectacular Grand Finale concert at Sydney Opera House.The musicians met for a weeklong celebration of music in Sydney culminating in the Grand Finale featuring animated visuals on the interior and exterior projections by Obscura Digital on the iconic sails, all synchronised to the music of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011's performance and conducted by YouTube Symphony Orchestra Artistic Advisor Michael Tilson Thomas. 0:02:05 Introduction by MTT 0:03:20 Hector Berlioz - Roman Carnival - Overture, Op. 9 (featuring Android Jones - digital artist) 0:13:00 Meet Maria Chiossi - Harp 0:18:00 Percy Grainger - Arrival on a Platform Humlet from in a Nutshell - Suite 0:22:20 Johan Sebastian Bach - Toccata in F major for organ (featuring Cameron Carpenter) 0:30:00 Meet Paulo Calligopoulos - Electric Guitar and violin 0:32:55 Alberto Ginastera - Danza del trigo (Wheat Dance) and Danza final (Malambo) from the ballet Estancia (conducted by Ilyich Rivas) 0:42:22 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 'Caro' bell'idol mio' - Canon in three voices, K562 (featuring the Sydney Children's Choir and soprano Renee Fleming via video) 0:45:14 Meet Xiomara Mass - Oboe 0:48:42 Benjamin Britten - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 1:08:00 William Barton - Kalkadunga (featuring William Barton - Didgeridoo) 1:13:15 Timothy Constable - Suna 1:16:36 Meet Roman Riedel - Trombone 1:18:38 Richard <b>...</b>
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"The Great Legend" - Laputa (Studio Ghibli) composed by Joe Hisaishi Performed by the Eminence Symphony Orchestra at "A Night in Fantasia 2004" conducted by William Motzing, October 2004, Sydney, Australia www.eminenceonline.com
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We went to Asia, Europe and South America (and the states) to make shorts of these musicians before the YouTube Symphony concert in Sydney. The ridiculously-talented VJ and Producer Pogo and Joey Alvarado and Alex Wilson re-mixed some of them here.
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Visit www.australia.com for more information on Making Tracks. Take a unique journey with four members of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra and four Australian contemporary musicians. Their challenge to collaborate as a duo and produce a piece of music influenced by their journey across Australia. The musical tracks can be found at www.australia.com/campaigns/makingtracks/index.htm
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This is Eminence Symphony Orchestra's (Sydney, Australia) playing of the Betrayer and the Sun King. {Read Valkyria's Touch} www.fanfiction.net
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Youtube Symphony Orchestra Alumni - with thanks to Shpongle for background music (Dorset Perception)
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Cellist Stéphane Tétreault talks about his experience at the 2009 YouTube Symphony Orchestra and ask you to play your part for the next edition and have the chance to play in Sydney, Australia.
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The YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 Brass Ensemble performs Waltzing Matilda at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music in March 2011. This arrangement is especially done for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra Brass by Joshua Davis.
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An amazing performance of Your Song in a concert with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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Calligopoulos guitar improvisation audition for Youtube Symphony Orchestra 2011 over the piece Mothership by Mason Bates
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Fun on a budget: from the State Of Design to comedy roleplaying - The Age Tweet this news
The Age--Lunchbox/Soapbox: Richard Gill - In the latest of The Wheeler Centre's weekly lunchtime talks, the erudite and captivating Richard Gill, Music Director of Victorian Opera and Artistic Director of the -Sydney Symphony's- Education Progra - Date : Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:06:11 GMT+00:00
Penrith's Katy Grisdale earns sought-after Sydney Symphony Fellowship Ensemble ... - Cumberland Courier Newspapers Tweet this news
Cumberland Courier Newspapers--Penrith woman Katy Grisdale will perform with -Sydney Symphony- Fellowship Ensemble at the Joan on Sunday. Penrith woman Katy Grisdale will perform with -Sydney Symphony- Fellowship Ensemble at the Joan on Sunday. PENRITH mu - Date : Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:38:45 GMT+00:00
From Fidelio to Romeo, fortune favoured the brave - Sydney Morning Herald Tweet this news
Sydney Morning Herald--THE -SYDNEY SYMPHONY'S- concert on Friday was a night of heroes, lovers and poetry, in the music and on the stage. Beethoven's Leonore Overture No.2 Op. 72a, is not so much a curtain-raiser as a complete symphonic poem. Fr - Date : Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:24:32 GMT+00:00
Young composer's talent recognised - Coff's Coast Advocate Tweet this news
Coff's Coast Advocate--William Jeffery was one of six teenagers who came together last weekend for the -Sydney Symphony- Sinfonietta Project. The 19-year-old was chosen for the prestigious program after he submitted his own composition, 'Vagary& - Date : Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:41:01 GMT+00:00
Composer ranged from jazz to classical - Sydney Morning Herald Tweet this news
Sydney Morning Herald--His mastery also resulted in roles as a conductor and at various times, he led the University of Sydney's Pro Musica Society, St Andrew's Cathedral Choral Society, the ABC's Sinfonia and the -Sydney Symphony- Orchestr - Date : Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:04:53 GMT+00:00
Hillsong Church brings in lawyers over G&S scandal - Limelight Magazine Tweet this news
Limelight Magazine--A time-honoured Gilbert & Sullivan tradition has come under fire following a performance by Stuart Maunder and the -Sydney Symphony- last Saturday. Maunder sang in the perennial crowd-pleaser The List at a G&S costumed - Date : Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:18:07 GMT+00:00
Hills musicians make prestigious orchestral training program - Cumberland Courier Newspapers Tweet this news
Cumberland Courier Newspapers--This was the case for Rowena Watts of Kellyville and Katy Grisdale of Winston Hills, who are in the Credit Suisse -Sydney Symphony- Fellowship Program this year. The two met in 2007 while studying at the Sydney Conservatoriu - Date : Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:04:31 GMT+00:00
Sponsors pull strings to reach for the stars - Sydney Morning Herald Tweet this news
Sydney Morning Herald---Sydney Symphony- musicians perform on an A380 flight as part of Emirates' sponsorship package with the orchestra. When corporations back the arts, they want more than just logo promotion, writes Adam Fulton. Every Christmas, B - Date : Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:53:24 GMT+00:00
Ingrid Fliter in recital: Concert review - Parramatta Advertiser Tweet this news
Parramatta Advertiser--Brilliant Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter made her Australian debut in Sydney with four stunning concerts. Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter made her Australian debut playing the Schumann concerto with the -Sydney Symphony- under - Date : Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:56:31 GMT+00:00
Just don't leave Randy Newman alone with his music - The Australian Tweet this news
The Australian--So that seems like there will be some kind of song. I've written about it before, but I'm still angry." Randy Newman with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, July 22; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, July 29 and 30; -Sydney - Date : Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:07:17 GMT+00:00


Symphony Australia

Sydney Symphony Orchestra * Melbourne Symphony Orchestra * Queensland Symphony Orchestra * Adelaide Symphony Orchestra * West Australian Symphony Orchestra * Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Sydney Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductors

Eugene Goossens (1947) * Nikolai Malko (1957) * Dean Dixon (1964) * Moshe Atzmon (1967) * Willem van Otterloo (1971) * Louis Frémaux (1979) * Charles Mackerras (1982) * Zdeněk Mácal (1986) * Stuart Challender (1987) * Edo de Waart (1993) * Gianluigi Gelmetti (2004) * Vladimir Ashkenazy (2009)



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