Dunedin Symphony Orchestra

Dunedin Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra
DSO rehearsing in the Dunedin Town Hall, September 2023
Short nameDSO
Former nameDunedin Civic Orchestra (1965–1983)
Dunedin Sinfonia (1984–2001)
Southern Sinfonia (2002–2015)
Founded1965
LocationDunedin, New Zealand
Concert hallDunedin Town Hall
Websitewww.dso.org.nz
Logo of Dunedin Symphony Orchestra

Dunedin Symphony Orchestra is a professional symphony orchestra based in Dunedin, New Zealand. It hosts an annual subscription series of concerts in the Dunedin Town Hall, performing repertoire from the Classical, Romantic and contemporary periods. It also regularly accompanies Dunedin stage performances by the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Opera Otago and City Choir Dunedin.[1][2]

In 2022 the orchestra's concert programme was conducted by Australian cellist and conductor Umberto Clerici, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra emeritus conductor James Judd, and New Zealand conductors Brent Stewart, Marc Taddei and Kenneth Young.[3]

  1. ^ "About the DSO". Dunedin Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ Walls, Peter. "Orchestras – Regional orchestras". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  3. ^ "DSO welcoming new conductors for season". The Star. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022 – via Otago Daily Times.