Sir Andrew Davis has served as music director and principal conductor of Lyric Opera of Chicago since 2000. He began his tenure as chief conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in January 2013.

 

 

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO) is an orchestra based in Melbourne, Australia. It has 88 permanent musicians. Melbourne has the longest continuous history of orchestral music of any Australian city and the MSO is the oldest professional orchestra in Australia. The MSO performs to more than 200,000 people in Melbourne and regional Victoria in over 150 concerts a year. Its principal venue is Hamer Hall.

The Orchestra has its own choir, the MSO Chorus, following integration with the Melbourne Chorale in 2008.

The Orchestra relies on funding by the Victorian State Government and the Federal government and support from private corporations and donors. It is supported by Symphony Services International. Sophie Galaise joined the MSO as its first female Managing Director in 2016. Its current Chairman is Michael Ullmer.

 

 

Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis
Piano: Moye Chen
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

 

Carl Vine: V (2002) 5’
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major 19’
(Piano: Moye Chen)

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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 "Pathétique" 44’