NZSO selects classical stars of the future

19 July 2010 - NZSO Media Release for immediate release

NZSO selects classical stars of the future

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra has revealed an exciting line-up of the country’s most promising classical musicians for the 2010 NZSO National Youth Orchestra.

Selectors have chosen 85 players to make up New Zealand’s most prestigious youth orchestra, with the youngest aged just 12 and the eldest, 25. Their hometowns include Whangarei, Cambridge, Tauranga, Nelson, Porirua, Palmerston North and Waiheke Island, as well as the main centres.

Unusually, this year’s line-up features five sets of siblings, and an all-male Flute section.

Each year the Orchestra meets in Wellington for an intensive week of musical training under a brilliant guest conductor, before making its debut in a special concert series.

The NZSO is delighted to announce that this year’s maestro is young Bulgarian conductor Rossen Milanov, the newly-appointed Music Director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra. 

Described as “athletic and entertaining to watch”, he is deeply committed to youth in music, as Music Director of leading US training orchestra Symphony C and the New Symphony Orchestra in his native Sofia. He is also Artistic Director of The Philadelphia Orchestra at The Mann Center for Performing Arts.

Emerging piano star Jason Bae will debut with the NZSO National Youth Orchestra as guest soloist. The 18-year-old is a second-year student at Auckland University’s School of Music.

He says: “It is an absolute honour for me to collaborate with the world-renowned conductor, Maestro Milanov. I can’t thank the NZSO National Youth Orchestra enough for giving me this amazing dream-come-true opportunity."

The NZSO National Youth Orchestra will debut in Wellington on 26 August and Auckland on 28 August, performing Stravinsky, Rachmaninov, John Adams and Vaughan Williams.

The NZSO National Youth Orchestra is presented by Principal Sponsors, The Adam Foundation and Crowne Plaza.

For a full list of players, click: http://www.nzso.co.nz/education/nzso_nyo#Players%20List

NZSO National Youth Orchestra on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/NZSO-National-Youth-Orchestra/127783440566947?ref=ts 

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