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Articles and Lectures

Composing Harmonium

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams writes about meeting Edo de Waart and his first orchestral commission.

2009 Stuart Challender Lecture

For the 2009 Stuart Challender Lecture we presented concert pianist Stephen Hough in conversation with David Garrett. Read the full transcript of the interview and the themes they explored.

Isaac Nathan, Byron & Don John of Austria

In 2007 the Sydney Symphony presented a concert performance of Isaac Nathan’s Don John of Austria, one of the earliest Australian operas. Our director Rodney Fisher wrote about the fascinating life of Isaac Nathan.

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