Press Release – NZSO
Conductor Holly Mathieson. Picture credit: Martin Stewart
Award-winning New Zealand conductor Holly Mathieson will lead the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra next month for the first time, including performances of Hector Berlioz’s groundbreaking psychedelic
Symphonie Fantastique.
A frequent conductor of top orchestras, ballet and opera companies in Europe, North America and Australasia, Mathieson’s many achievements include reaching No. 1 in the British classical music charts in a collaboration with pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Mathieson’s NZSO debut in May begins with
Fantastique in association with Ryman Healthcare in Wellington, Auckland, Hamilton and Christchurch.