APO full house at the Auckland Town Hall Photo: ©Adrian Malloch
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra has just launched their 2022 Season: 44 performances across 10 venues, from February to December.
The 2022 programme promises a blend of the old and the new, with established favourites and familiar soloists alongside exciting new works and performers. Many of the featured artists and conductors are overseas-based, in anticipation of the borders opening up again, but there's also a significant focus on deserving New Zealand-bred talent.
Nick Tipping spoke to the APO's Director of Artistic Planning, Gale Mahood, about the programme and what's involved in creating it.
2022 guest artists include young Australian violinist Christian Li. Here he is, aged 10, in the 2018 Menuhin Competition:
