Sydney Symphony Orchestra Announces 2016 Season

Lang-Lang, Christian Tetzlaff, Tan Dun, Jayson Gilham, Pinchas Zuckerman and Wynton Marsalis are just some of the visiting performers in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s 2016 season. As well, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy returns to conduct the music of Beethoven. Steve Reich’s Clapping Music, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Stravinsky’s Petrushka and German organ music with David Drury at the concert hall organ – just some of the highlights in store during 2016.

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