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The Final of the 2021 competition was held at St Luke’s Church, Remuera on 5 February 2022 – it had been postponed from 2021 due to Covid-19 restrictions.  The performances were of an excellent standard and the results were: WINNER:      Damon Herlihy-O’Brien – Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No.1 in G minor Outstanding Performances:...

See and hear the recordings made at the Town Hall in June, in place of our usual public performance (which was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions). On the programme were: Cowdell’s “Cressida” (featuring Kent Isomura, piano and Kiara Kong, clarinet); Beethoven’s Triple Concerto (Zosia Herlihy-O’Brian, violin, Junghwan Choi, cello, and Modi Deng, piano); and...

AYO is delighted to announce the winner of the 2019 Composition Competition: Kihoon Sung with his work Niflheim. In Norse mythology, Niflheim is one of the nine worlds and is known as the realm of ice. The work depicts this realm before it was completely frozen over. Kihoon has developed his passion for composing...

We are looking for young composers to write a 7-minute orchestral work or concertino for AYO’s concert series in September 2019.  This competition aims to provide an opportunity for young composers’ work to be heard and for the members of the orchestra to play new music. Applicants must be: • under 25 years old...