Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO), also known simply as the Sydney Symphony , is a symphony orchestra based in the concert hall of the Sydney Opera House in Sydney , Australia . The Sydney Symphony is the largest orchestra in Australia and one of the leading in the Asia-Pacific region.

The orchestra was founded in 1932 by Australian radio as the National Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra . As early as the 1930s it was led by conductors such as Antal Doráti and Thomas Beecham . In 1946 the orchestra was given its current name. Eugene Goossens became the first chief conductor in 1947 . Goossens campaigned heavily for the performance of contemporary music, but also for the construction of a concert and opera house (the future Sydney Opera House ).

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra plays for around 350,000 listeners every year (also in open-air concerts). It performs weekly with major international conductors and soloists at the Sydney Opera House and promotes the performance of contemporary Australian composers. International tours have taken the orchestra to Europe (1965, 1974, 1995, 2008, 2010), the USA (1988, 1998) and Japan (1996, 2006, 2011), South Korea , China , Taiwan and Malaysia .

From 2009 to 2014 Vladimir Ashkenazy was chief conductor. In 2014 he was followed by David Robertson as chief conductor.

In December 2019 it was announced that Simone Young would become chief conductor in 2022.

The most important former chief conductors include Eugene Goossens (1947–1956), Willem van Otterloo (1971–1978), Charles Mackerras (1982–1985), Edo de Waart (1993–2003) and Gianluigi Gelmetti (2004–2008).

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  1. ↑ Simone Young will conduct the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. In: ORF.at . December 13, 2019, accessed December 13, 2019 .