New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
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Elegance
Michael Fowler Centre · Wellington
16 Oct 2026
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Production
Orchestral Symphony Concert
Elegance – Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington
- Date
- Friday, 16 October 2026
- Time
- 18:30
- Venue
- Michael Fowler Centre
- Address
- 111 Wakefield Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
- City
- Wellington
- Organisation
- New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
About this event
Isata Kanneh-Mason, the eldest sibling in a dynasty of extraordinary musicians, is being lauded as a pianist who is “the real deal” (classical-scene.com). What a treat to hear her bring such intelligent elegance to Mozart’s last piano concerto. Praised by BBC Music Magazine as capable of making “lines sing beautifully and virtuosic passages dance, finding intimacy and eloquence at telling moments”, Kanneh-Mason is the perfect performer to bring this mature, serenely lovely concerto to Aotearoa New Zealand audiences. To round out this programme, the NZSO performs two works that deserve a wider audience. Brahms’ Serenade harks back to Mozart’s own delightful serenades, while Elfrida Andrée’s Andante Recitative, written in 1878, was only rediscovered in the 1980s, and “open[s] in broody darkness, but quickly blossom[s] into optimistic, songful melody” (Michael Clive).
Cast & creative
Piano
Isata Kanneh-Mason
Conductor
Tianyi LuConductor
Tianyi LuConductor
Tianyi Lu- E
Composer
Elfrida Andrée - W
Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - J
Composer
Johannes Brahms
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