Monday, 12 April 2021, 4:10 pm
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.