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Fine Music Magazine - December 2016

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2017 TICKETS ON SALE MON 28 NOV

PIANO CLASSICS

SOMETHING DIFFERENT 11 Feb

MARTHA ARGERICH PLAYS BEETHOVEN

MUSIC UNDER THE MOON

Join us for the special event of the year... the decade... when legendary pianist Martha Argerich makes her long-awaited Australian debut performing Beethoven’s spirited Piano Concerto No.1.

Tan Dun is at the helm for a night of spectacular and colourful music held on the final night of the Chinese New Year.

19 –20 May

HÉLÈNE GRIMAUD PLAYS BRAHMS French pianist Hélène Grimaud is renowned for her independent spirit and bold interpretations. She joins the SSO for Brahms’s monumental D minor piano concerto,

“Hélène Grimaud is ‘a reinventor of phrasings, a taker of chances’”

Illustration: Gabby Malpas

29 June–1 July

VIOLIN CLASSICS

ON SALE 28 NOV, DON’T MISS OUT!

25–30 October

JANINE JANSEN RETURNS Sibelius & Mahler Dutch violinist Janine Jansen returns to Sydney to play Sibelius’s great Violin Concerto in a program with Mahler’s sublime First Symphony.

The New Yorker

RUSSIAN HIGHLIGHTS 17–18 February

Ashkenazy’s Shostakovich Tribute

MAXIM VENGEROV PLAYS BRAHMS

10 –13 November

DRAMATIC SHOSTAKOVICH Shostakovich’s bravely epic Fifth Symphony – tagged ‘A Soviet Artist’s Reply to Just Criticism’ – restored him to (precarious) favour. Ray Chen performs the First Violin Concerto, full of nocturnal musings and stirring virtuosity.

15–18 November

GRIPPING SHOSTAKOVICH

Robertson conducts Tchaikovsky 5 Brahms’s Violin Concerto is an undisputed masterpiece and the perfect vehicle for Maxim Vengerov’s long-awaited return to the SSO. Then, Chief Conductor David Robertson conducts Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.5.

One of Shostakovich’s greatest creations, his Cello Concerto No.1, and the powerful Eighth Symphony show how great artistry emerges from tragic experience.

Book now Tickets from $39* Call 8215 4600 Mon-Fri 9am-5pm

No fees when you book these concerts online at

sydneysymphony.com

* Selected performances. Prices correct at time of publication and subject to change. Booking fees of $5-$8.95 may apply depending on method of booking.

All concerts at the Sydney Opera House Tickets also available at: sydneyoperahouse.com 9250 7777 Mon–Sat 9am–8.30pm Sun 10am–6pm


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