In 2024, Auckland Philharmonia partnered with the New Zealand Dance Company to bring storytelling to life through music and movement. Thousands of primary and intermediate students joined us to discover the orchestra in a fun and engaging live concert.
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Get ready for a musical adventure with Toi Time! Live with Auckland Philharmonia! Join the enthusiastic audience as Buzz, Māia, and Jojo embark on a musical quest through the different sections of the Auckland Philharmonia. There's a mystery afoot for our favourite Toi Time friends – Buzz, Māia, and Jojo. They adore the thrilling blasts of the trumpets in their songs, but where in the grand orchestra do these shiny instruments belong? From the violins singing high and clear to the mighty drums making your heart thump, they'll meet a symphony of amazing instruments and talented musicians. Each section plays a vital role, creating a beautiful tapestry of sound.
We bring the colour and variety of the orchestra to littlies Auckland-wide. Introduce your under-sixes to the sound of a symphony orchestra through this vibrant concert experience. Come along and see the instruments of the orchestra come alive in this narrated and interactive concert for under-sixes. With concerts in various venues around Auckland, this is a great way to sing-along, dance-along and conduct-along to some popular orchestral works.
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This collaboration between the Auckland Philharmonia and the University of Auckland School of Music provides aspiring composers at tertiary level with the opportunity to workshop, perform and record their original works with Auckland Philharmonia musicians.
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Auckland Philharmonia's Community Bash brings together instrumentalists and singers of all ages and all abilities for an afternoon of spectacular music-making in the Auckland Town Hall. With special arrangements provided for beginner, intermediate and advanced players, allowing everyone to join in to sing or play in this huge orchestra of over 300 Aucklanders!
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Nau mai, haere mai and welcome to Auckland Philharmonia! Our 45th concert season is packed full of fantastic and varied musical experiences guaranteed to excite, inspire and entertain. You can view details of all of our 2025 concerts on our website. We have an extraordinary season of moving music ahead and we look forward to sharing it with you.
Using resources provided by Carnegie Hall (New York), Auckland Philharmonia's Learn & Participate programme gives teachers the tools to teach music! Participating classes learn a set of songs on recorder, violin, voice or another instrument. All of the schools then come together to participate in an interactive concert where you will discover how the orchestra can sing!
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Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
Tristan Simon O’Neill
Isolde Ricarda Merbeth
Brangäne Katarina Karnéus
Kurwenal Johan Reuter
King Marke Albert Dohmen
Melot Jared Holt
Sailor/Shepherd/Steersman Andrew Goodwin
with The New Zealand Opera Chorus
Stage Director Frances Moore
Audio courtesy of RNZ Concert Video and livestream produced by JX Live
Recorded on Saturday 10 August, 2024 at Opera in Concert: Tristan und Isolde
Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
Tristan Simon O’Neill
Isolde Ricarda Merbeth
Brangäne Katarina Karnéus
Kurwenal Johan Reuter
King Marke Albert Dohmen
Melot Jared Holt
Sailor/Shepherd/Steersman Andrew Goodwin
with The New Zealand Opera Chorus
Stage Director Frances Moore
Audio courtesy of RNZ Concert Video and livestream produced by JX Live
Recorded on Saturday 10 August, 2024 at Opera in Concert: Tristan und Isolde
Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
Tristan Simon O’Neill
Isolde Ricarda Merbeth
Brangäne Katarina Karnéus
Kurwenal Johan Reuter
King Marke Albert Dohmen
Melot Jared Holt
Sailor/Shepherd/Steersman Andrew Goodwin
with The New Zealand Opera Chorus
Stage Director Frances Moore
Audio courtesy of RNZ Concert Video and livestream produced by JX Live
Recorded on Saturday 10 August, 2024 at Opera in Concert: Tristan und Isolde
Clarissa Dunn (RNZ Concert Presenter), Frances Moore (Stage Director, Tristan und Isolde), and Heath Lees (Emeritus Professor of Music, University of Auckland) join us for this roundtable discussion of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. They discuss the themes of the opera, Wagner's career and life at the time of composing, and what audiences can expect from our upcoming performance of Opera in Concert: Tristan und Isolde.
7.30pm, Thursday 3 October
Aotea Centre
Set against the breathtaking landscapes of ancient China, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon tells the story of the legendary master warrior Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) and his secret love Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh), with whom he has entrusted the safekeeping of the mythic sword known as the Green Destiny.
Experience one of cinema’s most exciting martial arts spectacles and enduring love stories, together with composer Tan Dun’s Oscar®- winning score performed live by the Auckland Philharmonia.
Film will have the original Mandarin dialogue, with English subtitles.
Film is rated M: Suitable for mature audiences 16 and over. Low level violence.
Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
with Musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)
Respighi Roman Festivals
This performance was filmed during the 13 June 2024 performance of The NZ Herald Premier Series: The Eternal City
Audio courtesy of RNZ Concert
Video and livestream produced by JX Live
Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
with Musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)
Respighi Pines of Rome
This performance was filmed during the 13 June 2024 performance of The NZ Herald Premier Series: The Eternal City
Audio courtesy of RNZ Concert
Video and livestream produced by JX Live
Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
with Musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)
Respighi Fountains of Rome
This performance was filmed during the 13 June 2024 performance of The NZ Herald Premier Series: The Eternal City
Audio courtesy of RNZ Concert
Video and livestream produced by JX Live
We sat down and had a catch-up with our Music Director Giordano Bellincampi about life as a conductor, performing in the Auckland Town Hall and what a first time concert goer can expect on their first visit.
Conductor Giordano Bellincampi
Leonie Holmes For just a little moment
This performance was filmed during the 24 November 2023 performance of The New Zealand Herald Premier Series: Beethoven's Violin
Audio courtesy of RNZ Concert Video and livestream produced by JX Live
We sat down and chatted with our Principal Guest Conductor Shiyeon Sung.
Part 3 - In this final video we hear about the first thing Shiyeon does when she gets home after traveling for work, her pre-concert ritual and what her hopes are for her time as Principal Guest Conductor of the Auckland Philharmonia
Aotea Centre, Auckland
Film is rated G for general audiences
We sat down and chatted with our Principal Guest Conductor Shiyeon Sung.
Part 2 - How does a conductor prepare for a concert? Shiyeon breaks down the steps she takes to prepare for taking the podium.
We sat down and chatted with our Principal Guest Conductor Shiyeon Sung.
Part 1 - Shiyeon discusses her childhood and her beginnings in the world of music
The kaupapa of the Auckland Philharmonia’s Learn & Participate programme is that music should provide a pathway to personal fulfilment in all kinds of ways.
