Welcome to the home page of Australian Conductor Benjamin Northey.


Upcoming appearances February - March - April - May 2010



February 6, The Queensland Symphony Orchestra. 20/21 series.  Carl Vine Symphony 4.2, Celebrare Celeberrime, Villa-Lobos Amazonas, Richard Meale Three Miro Pieces, Clouds Now and Then.  Ferry Road Studios, Brisbane 7pm.


February 10, Orchestra Victoria.  Beethoven Leonora III Overture, Rheinberger Organ Concerto No 2, Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini. Melbourne Town Hall.


February 17, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra with The Whitlams. Hobart.


February 24, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.  Mendelssohn Midsummer Night’s Dream Incidental Music, Bruch Violin Concerto (Rebecca Chan), Strauss Til Eulenspiegel.  Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne.


March 22, 24. Opera In the Market. Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne.  With Rosario la Spina & Tiffany Speight.


April 28 University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.  Melbourne Town Hall 7.30pm  Dvorak/Tchaikovsky/Kouvaris/Meale


May 7 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, London.  Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini, Liszt Piano Concerto No 2 - Arnaldo Cohen, Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, Dvorak Symphonic Variations.


May 13 Southbank Sinfonia, St John’s Waterloo, London.  Sculthorpe Djilile, Brett Dean Testament, Beethoven Symphony No 8.


May 28,29 Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Tribute to Loius Armstrong featuring James Morrison/Emma Pask.  Adelaide Festival Theatre 8pm.





 

“...an engrossing and revealing performance...(Stravinsky Symphony in C, LPO)” Classical Source, London


“Northey lifts the music from the conventional and into the extraordinary. Exciting! A star of the future.” Gelfe Dagbladet, Sweden


“Northey coaxed a glittering response from his forces...This was a model reading (Strauss Don Juan) that evoked the score’s inherent exuberance with flair”  The West Australian, Perth.


“Northey is a born conductor, one who revels in his work..he appears to be in a state of perpetual delight.” The Age, Melbourne

pic: Belinda Strodder