Canberra Symphony Orchestra Magazine

One of Australia’s leading countertenors, Tobias Cole is a mainstay of the Canberra arts community and a passionate advocate for choral music.

Brahms was uncharacteristically pleased with the trio, writing to his publisher, “You have not yet had such a beautiful trio from me and very likely have not published its equal in the last ten years.”

Dora Pejačević is without doubt one of the most significant musical voices of the early twentieth century.

PARTNER FEATURE / Aspen Medical has been a CSO Gold Partner since early 2021, working closely with the orchestra to deliver COVID-safe concerts.

PARTNER FEATURE / State-of-the-art technology is used to create an immersive exhibition space, enveloping visitors in large-scale projections and cinematic surround sound. 

PARTNER FEATURE / Lendlease Retirement Living has submitted a Development Application for Gold Creek to help meet the high demand for independent living retirement homes and aged care residences in Canberra.

“The most rewarding part of playing music is exploring the relationship between the composer, the audience, and other musicians.”

“Today it is possible to hear everything from sing-along Messiah with hundreds of choristers to chamber versions with one voice to a part…Messiah, it seems, has something or everyone.”

Of Cantilena Pacifica, Richard Meale wrote, “…it became clear that the work could not be based on any artifice. Its existence had to lie in its emotional truth.”

“Jean-Philippe Rameau is, for me, the greatest composer of dance music up until Tchaikovsky and certainly Stravinsky. His endless invention and boundless imagination for rhythm, harmony and melody have stood the test of time.”