Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra

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Richard Wong

Connie Liu – Overall Winner – 2026 NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition

Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | 2026 NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition Finals 28 June, 2026, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW Six individual secondary school pupils performed their selected concerto with the KPO conducted by Paul Terracini on Sunday 28 June, competing for prizes and opportunities. This is a challenge not only for the very gifted young performers but also for the orchestra

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Tony Burke

KPO’s first 2026 offering was a beautifully conceived programme

Ku-Ring-Gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Handel  Mozart Mahler 15 March 2026, the Concourse, Chatswood, NSW Paul Terracini, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the KPO has a wealth of musical experience as a conductor and also a solo trumpeter. It is greatly appreciated by the knowledgeable audience at Chatswood Concourse that he introduces each piece with a description of the background

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Pepe Newton

Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Spirited Away

A highly anticipated “Spirited Away” concert by Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra. ‘Spirited Away’, the animated film from 2001 was directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli and the music scored by Joe Hisaishi. The movie was a landmark in animated cinema with a story about a 10-yr old girl, Chihiro, who stumbles into a mystical spirit and worlds. Epic

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Pepe Newton

Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Bach, Mozart & Brahms

The KPO presents a generously varied program of great works from the German tradition. Where better to begin than with Bach? His Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 is renowned today for its virtuosic solo harpsichord part. Adapted from an earlier work, this concerto was amongst a folio of six that Bach dedicated to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg in 1721. Mozart

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Pepe Newton

Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Free Community Concert – Nothing is Forever

Guest director Madeleine Easton takes us on joyous pastoral frolic through this program which ranges from the 1690 ‘Christmas Concerto’ of Corelli, Honegger’s ‘Pastorale d’été’ composed after a summer vacation in the Swiss Alps, Matthew Hindson’s ‘Nothing is Forever’, a string work composed in 2018 for The Hush project and finally to the dance-like movements of Peter Warlock’s ‘Capriol Suite’.

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Pepe Newton

Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition

2026 is the 42nd year the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra (KPO) has run the NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition. 6 individual finalists in the 2026 NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition and will perform their selected concerto with orchestra on Sunday 28 June, competing for prizes and opportunities in this prestigious annual event. The competition is open to secondary school pupils in

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Tony Burke

The KPO, progressing in leaps and bounds!

Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Mozart Strauss & Beethoven November 16, 2025, Turramurra Uniting Church, NSW The Uniting Church at Turramurra is obviously not designed for Orchestral concerts – players and soloists have to use the same entrance. This is more than compensated for however by superb acoustics and the KPO programme made full use of this. Mozart’s Symphony in D

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Ambassador thoughts
Tony Burke

KPO and Hyung Suk Bae’s Dvorak – superb accuracy

Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Dvorak and Tchaikovsky March 9, 2025, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW The KPO followed the now customary programming by starting the year with a work by a contemporary home-bred composer, namely Harry Sdraulig who has achieved international recognition especially for his Waltzing Matilda variations, commissioned by renowned cellist Yo-Yo Mar. His “Torrent” for orchestra was well-timed to

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Pepe Newton

Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra 2025 Season Launch

The Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra (KPO) has announced its 2025 program with a slew of mouth-watering concerts – including three major performances in Chatswood’s spectacular Concourse Concert Hall. KPO Artistic Director Paul Terracini confirmed that the acclaimed community orchestra will perform a Dvorak & Tchaikovsky program (Sunday 9 March); the 41st annual final of the KPO’s celebrated NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition (Sunday

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Ambassador thoughts
Tony Burke

KPO come through with flying colours!

Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Rhapsody in Blue & Scheherazade NOV 17, 2024, The Concourse, Chatswood I have often wondered how the bird sounds so typical of Peter Sculthorpe’s music are produced by the strings. Apparently, the bow is applied continuously while the fingers slide up and down, as in a glissando on the piano. Whatever, Paul Terracini must have put in

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Ambassador thoughts
Tony Burke

KPO’s Resurrection compares favourably to The Proms

Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Mahler 2, Resurrection March 17, 2024, The Concourse, Chatswood NSW I frequently wonder why Mahler started his symphonic works with the aptly named The Titan and followed with an extensive work clearly modelled on Beethoven’s no 9. The short answer is that possibly he didn’t, as it is thought that many of his early manuscripts were

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50 Years of Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra!

The Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra returns with a full year of exciting concerts and celebrates its 50th Anniversary year, kicking off celebrations with Fiftieth Anniversary Pictures on Saturday 12 March at 7pm. The KPO begins its 50th anniversary year with a salute to mature mastery, outstanding talent and enduring friendships. Concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Haveron makes his first appearance as

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KPO Concerto Competition a rewarding experience for all

To be able to go out and hear live music is rewarding enough. To hear excerpts of several works, including two new to me, was a bonus. To hear seven instrumentalists, all brilliant, was sublime – I only wish the concertos had been played to completion but one o’clock in the morning might have been a bit late for the

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Review: KPO’s energy and enthusiasm for Mozart, and more

Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra | Mozart and More March 13, The Concourse, Chatswood PROGRAM Naomi Dodd: Deep Calls To Deep Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23 in A, K488 Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat “Dumbarton Oaks” Mozart: Symphony No 36 “Linz”   Covid doesn’t have many benefits but one is that, as at Chatswood on Saturday, one hears more music because of the absence of intervals.

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