Seen and Heard International In the run-up to its 75th anniversary, Auckland Youth Orchestra courts controversy in Whangarei 25/10/2023 by Paul Serotsky New Zealand Mendelssohn, Guilmant, Beethoven: Morag Atchison (soprano), Catrin Johnsson (mezzo-soprano), Jack Bourke (tenor), James Harrison (bass), Nicholas Forbes (organ), Auckland Youth Choir, Auckland Youth Orchestra / Antun Poljanich, David Squire (conductors). Anglican Church, Whangarei, 14.10.2023....
Hear Antun Poljanich’s recent interview on RNZ Concert…
Antun and alumnus Alanna Jones (double bass player with NZSO) were interviewed by Bryan Crump in the run up to our 75th anniversary celebrations in October. Hear them here....
Chairman’s Newsletter – September 2023
Read about our upcoming concerts in October and our 75th Anniversary celebrations over Labour Weekend. ...
Chairman’s Newsletter – June 2023
Read about our upcoming concerts in June and July ...
“Quite literally, this was a terrific – and unforgettable – performance”. Whangarei Concert Review – April 2023
Read the wonderful review of our Whangarei concert, written by Paul Serotsky and published in Seen and Heard International ...
Chairman’s Newsletter – March 2023
Read about our upcoming concert series in April ...
2022 Soloist Competition
The Finals of the 2022 competition were held over Labour Weekend. The Finalists were: Vincent Chen:Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor Wenjia Li:Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D Major Alina Chen: Borne/Bizet – Carmen Fantasie Brillante for Flute & Orchestra Outstanding Performance Prizes were awarded to Vincent Chen and Alina Chen; unfortunately Wenjia...
Chairman’s Newsletter – August 2022
Read about our upcoming concert series in Sept/Oct ...
Whangarei Concert Review – June 2022
Seen and Heard International Auckland Youth Orchestra and Whangarei Anglican Church organ strike sparks 30/06/2022 by Paul Serotsky New Zealand Gigout, Mozart, Saint-Saëns Christina Ellison (soprano), Shiddharth Chand (tenor), Nicholas Forbes (organ), Anna Kexin Zhang (flute), Harrison Chau (Harp) Auckland Youth Orchestra / Antun Poljanich (conductor). Anglican Church, Whangarei, New Zealand, 18.6.2022 Gigout (arr. David Millar) – Grand...
Chairman’s Newsletter – May 2022
Read about our upcoming concert series in June and the opportunity to support AYO via 13c/litre fuel discounts from Kora Fuel Cards (using Mobil and Waitomo petrol stations) ...
Chairman’s Newsletter – March 2022
Read about our upcoming concert series in April ...
2021 Soloist Competition Results
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:...
Chairman’s Newsletter – November 2021
Announcement of 2021 Award Winners ...
Chairman’s Newsletter – September 2021
September concert series is cancelled ...
Chairman’s Newsletter – August 2021
Read about our upcoming concert series in September ...
Chairman’s Newsletter – May 2021
Read about our upcoming concert series in June… ...
Whitianga Concert Review – March 2021
Mercury Bay Informer, 23 March 2021 Diana Morcom, a patron of Creative Mercury Bay and 2nd from left in the photo, was herself a soloist with AYO in 1954 and 1961 (as Diana Stephenson) performing Beethoven’s piano concertos nos. 1 & 3!...
Chairman’s Newsletter – February 2021
Read about the plans for 2021 and our upcoming concerts in March....
Chairman’s Newsletter – September 2020
An important update regarding the rescheduling of our concerts to October 2020 ...
Latest Recordings – June 2020
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...