New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

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The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra on October 26, 2009 at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) is the National Symphony Orchestra of New Zealand , based in Wellington .

Organizational form

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra , according to which came into force on 5 April 2004 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Act 2004 a New Zealand Crown entity , that is a state enterprise, but with the special status that the competent minister the orchestra no instructions regarding the cultural program can issue.

As a company, the orchestra operates as the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Limited . It has its own board (administrative body), which may not have fewer than five and no more than eight members. The committee has the task of controlling the orchestra's operational business.

history

The idea of ​​forming a national orchestra came about in 1925 when the government founded the Radio Broadcasting Company of New Zealand . As a result, smaller orchestras were formed in the larger cities at the end of the 1920s, and a decade later, a national orchestra was put together for a concert at an exhibition for the first time in 1939. After the end of World War II , the director of the National Radio Broadcasting Service , Professor James Shelley and Peter Fraser , Prime Minister of New Zealand at the time , took up the idea of ​​a professional orchestra again and engaged the English pianist Anderson Tyrer as conductor. Under his leadership, the orchestra formed into a 65-strong group in October 1946 and performed for the first time in March 1947 in the Town Hall in Wellington .

In 1988, the orchestra, which until then was subordinate to the National Radio Broadcasting Service , became its own so-called Crown-Owned Entity and in 2004 became culturally independent through its own law, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Act 2004 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Act 2004 . In: New Zealand Legislation . Parliamentary Counsel Office , April 5, 2004, accessed November 23, 2016 .
  2. ^ A b A history of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , June 20, 2013, accessed November 23, 2016 .