Season 2027
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's 2027 season New Horizons, is an invitation to explore.
"In 2027, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra celebrates 80 years as Te Tira Pūoro o Aotearoa — your national orchestra.
It is a milestone that invites us to look back with gratitude, and forward with enormous excitement. For eight decades, the NZSO has carried the power of orchestral music across Aotearoa New Zealand: into concert halls and communities, through schools and recordings, and into the lives of generations of New Zealanders. This season honours that legacy while opening the door to an extraordinary new chapter."
- Marc Feldman, Chief Executive
Season highlights
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Beethoven Piano Concertos (1 & 5)
One Thousand and One Nights
NZSO Chamber Strings
Mozart's Gran Partita
Javier Perianes with NZSO Chamber Strings
ENZSO Celebrates
Elouan String Quartet
Emerging Artists '27
Isata Kanneh-Mason in Recital
Pre-concert Dinner - Beethoven 9
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Beethoven Piano Concertos (2, 3 & 4)
Madeleine Pierard Masterclass
Explore Season 2027
September, 2026
Thu, 25 Feb, 6:30pm
Resurrection
Fri, 26 Feb, 6:30pm
Resurrection
Sat, 27 Feb, 8:00pm
ENZSO Celebrates
Sat, 6 Mar, 7:30pm
Beethoven and Mozart
Wed, 10 Mar, 7:30pm
Beethoven and Mozart
Thu, 11 Mar, 7:30pm
Beethoven and Mozart
Fri, 12 Mar, 7:30pm
Beethoven and Mozart
Thu, 18 Mar, 7:30pm
Mozart's Gran Partita
Fri, 19 Mar, 7:30pm
Mozart's Gran Partita
Sat, 20 Mar, 7:30pm
Mozart's Gran Partita
Sun, 21 Mar, 3:30pm
Mozart's Gran Partita
Thu, 1 Apr, 6:30pm
Reverberate
Fri, 2 Apr, 6:30pm
Reverberate
Sat, 3 Apr, 7:30pm
Reverberate
Sun, 4 Apr, 5:30pm
Organ Recital with James McVinnie
Wed, 14 Apr, 1:00pm
Elouan String Quartet
Thu, 15 Apr, 1:00pm
Elouan String Quartet
Fri, 30 Apr, 6:30pm
Electrify
Sat, 1 May, 7:30pm
Electrify
Sun, 2 May, 2:00pm
Electrify
Sat, 8 May, 7:30pm
Art of the Score: The Music of Joe Hisaishi
Fri, 21 May, 6:30pm
Celtic Connections
Sun, 23 May, 4:00pm
Celtic Connections
Mon, 24 May, 7:30pm
Celtic Connections
Wed, 26 May, 7:30pm
Celtic Connections
Wed, 2 Jun, 6:30pm
Dvořák and Sibelius
Fri, 18 Jun, 6:30pm
London Portraits
Sat, 19 Jun, 7:30pm
London Portraits
Thu, 24 Jun, 6:30pm
Matariki Concert with Louis Baker
Fri, 30 Jul, 6:30pm
A Space Odyssey
Sat, 31 Jul, 7:30pm
A Space Odyssey
Thu, 5 Aug, 8:00pm
From the Canyon to the Stars
Wed, 11 Aug, 6:30pm
Anna Lapwood Organ Recital
Sun, 15 Aug, 2:00pm
Anna Lapwood Organ Recital
Thu, 12 Aug, 6:30pm
Anna Lapwood: Cosmology
Sat, 14 Aug, 7:30pm
Anna Lapwood: Cosmology
Thu, 2 Sep, 7:30pm
Tchaikovsky 5
Fri, 3 Sep, 6:30pm
Tchaikovsky 5
Wed, 15 Sep, 1:00pm
NZSO Chamber Strings
Thu, 16 Sep, 1:00pm
NZSO Chamber Strings
Tue, 21 Sep, 7:30pm
Emerging Artists '27
Sat, 25 Sep, 7:30pm
Beethoven Piano Concertos (2, 3 & 4)
Wed, 29 Sep, 7:30pm
Beethoven Piano Concertos (2, 3 & 4)
Sun, 26 Sep, 6:00pm
Beethoven Piano Concertos (1 & 5)
Thu, 30 Sep, 7:30pm
Beethoven Piano Concertos (1 & 5)
Tue, 28 Sep, 1:00pm
Javier Perianes with NZSO Chamber Strings
Thu, 7 Oct, 6:30pm
One Thousand and One Nights
Sat, 9 Oct, 7:30pm
One Thousand and One Nights
Sun, 10 Oct, 6:00pm
Moonlit Brahms
Tue, 12 Oct, 7:30pm
Moonlit Brahms
Fri, 29 Oct, 6:30pm
Verdi Requiem
Sun, 31 Oct, 2:00pm
Verdi Requiem
Sat, 6 Nov, 11:00am
Peter and the Wolf
Sat, 6 Nov, 1:30pm
Peter and the Wolf
Tue, 16 Nov, 6:30pm
A Short History of Beethoven Symphonies
Tue, 23 Nov, 7:30pm
A Short History of Beethoven Symphonies
Wed, 24 Nov, 7:30pm
A Short History of Beethoven Symphonies
Thu, 25 Nov, 7:30pm
A Short History of Beethoven Symphonies
Thu, 18 Nov, 6:30pm
Fantastique
Fri, 19 Nov, 6:30pm
Fantastique
Sun, 21 Nov, 4:00pm
Fantastique
Thu, 2 Dec, 6:30pm
Kia Kotahi Beethoven
Fri, 3 Dec, 7:30pm
Kia Kotahi Beethoven
Sat, 18 Dec, 7:30pm
Christmas Concert
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September, 2026
Thu, 25 Feb, 6:30pm
Resurrection
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Fri, 26 Feb, 6:30pm
Resurrection
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Sat, 27 Feb, 8:00pm
ENZSO Celebrates
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Sat, 6 Mar, 7:30pm
Beethoven and Mozart
Chamber Music
Kāpiti
Wed, 10 Mar, 7:30pm
Beethoven and Mozart
Chamber Music
Blenheim - Te Waiharakeke
Thu, 11 Mar, 7:30pm
Beethoven and Mozart
Chamber Music
Nelson - Whakatū
Fri, 12 Mar, 7:30pm
Beethoven and Mozart
Chamber Music
Christchurch - Ōtautahi
Thu, 18 Mar, 7:30pm
Mozart's Gran Partita
Chamber Music
New Plymouth - Ngāmotu
Fri, 19 Mar, 7:30pm
Mozart's Gran Partita
Chamber Music
Whanganui
Sat, 20 Mar, 7:30pm
Mozart's Gran Partita
Chamber Music
Hastings - Heretaunga
Sun, 21 Mar, 3:30pm
Mozart's Gran Partita
Chamber Music
Palmerston North - Te Papaioea
Thu, 1 Apr, 6:30pm
Reverberate
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Fri, 2 Apr, 6:30pm
Reverberate
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Sat, 3 Apr, 7:30pm
Reverberate
Mainstage
Auckland - Tāmaki Makaurau
Sun, 4 Apr, 5:30pm
Organ Recital with James McVinnie
Recital
Christchurch - Ōtautahi
Wed, 14 Apr, 1:00pm
Elouan String Quartet
Chamber Music
Christchurch - Ōtautahi
Thu, 15 Apr, 1:00pm
Elouan String Quartet
Chamber Music
Auckland - Tāmaki Makaurau
Fri, 30 Apr, 6:30pm
Electrify
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Sat, 1 May, 7:30pm
Electrify
Mainstage
Auckland - Tāmaki Makaurau
Sun, 2 May, 2:00pm
Electrify
Mainstage
Hamilton - Kirikiriroa
Sat, 8 May, 7:30pm
Art of the Score: The Music of Joe Hisaishi
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Fri, 21 May, 6:30pm
Celtic Connections
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Sun, 23 May, 4:00pm
Celtic Connections
Mainstage
Christchurch - Ōtautahi
Mon, 24 May, 7:30pm
Celtic Connections
Mainstage
Oamaru
Wed, 26 May, 7:30pm
Celtic Connections
Mainstage
Dunedin - Ōtepoti
Wed, 2 Jun, 6:30pm
Dvořák and Sibelius
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Fri, 18 Jun, 6:30pm
London Portraits
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Sat, 19 Jun, 7:30pm
London Portraits
Mainstage
Auckland - Tāmaki Makaurau
Thu, 24 Jun, 6:30pm
Matariki Concert with Louis Baker
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Fri, 30 Jul, 6:30pm
A Space Odyssey
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Sat, 31 Jul, 7:30pm
A Space Odyssey
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Thu, 5 Aug, 8:00pm
From the Canyon to the Stars
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Wed, 11 Aug, 6:30pm
Anna Lapwood Organ Recital
Recital
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Sun, 15 Aug, 2:00pm
Anna Lapwood Organ Recital
Recital
Auckland - Tāmaki Makaurau
Thu, 12 Aug, 6:30pm
Anna Lapwood: Cosmology
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Sat, 14 Aug, 7:30pm
Anna Lapwood: Cosmology
Mainstage
Auckland - Tāmaki Makaurau
Thu, 2 Sep, 7:30pm
Tchaikovsky 5
Mainstage
Hamilton - Kirikiriroa
Fri, 3 Sep, 6:30pm
Tchaikovsky 5
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Wed, 15 Sep, 1:00pm
NZSO Chamber Strings
Chamber Music
Christchurch - Ōtautahi
Thu, 16 Sep, 1:00pm
NZSO Chamber Strings
Chamber Music
Auckland - Tāmaki Makaurau
Tue, 21 Sep, 7:30pm
Emerging Artists '27
Young Musicians
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
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Sat, 25 Sep, 7:30pm
Beethoven Piano Concertos (2, 3 & 4)
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Wed, 29 Sep, 7:30pm
Beethoven Piano Concertos (2, 3 & 4)
Mainstage
Christchurch - Ōtautahi
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Sun, 26 Sep, 6:00pm
Beethoven Piano Concertos (1 & 5)
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Thu, 30 Sep, 7:30pm
Beethoven Piano Concertos (1 & 5)
Mainstage
Christchurch - Ōtautahi
Tue, 28 Sep, 1:00pm
Javier Perianes with NZSO Chamber Strings
Chamber Music
Christchurch - Ōtautahi
Thu, 7 Oct, 6:30pm
One Thousand and One Nights
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Sat, 9 Oct, 7:30pm
One Thousand and One Nights
Mainstage
Auckland - Tāmaki Makaurau
Sun, 10 Oct, 6:00pm
Moonlit Brahms
Mainstage
Whangārei
Tue, 12 Oct, 7:30pm
Moonlit Brahms
Mainstage
Kerikeri
Fri, 29 Oct, 6:30pm
Verdi Requiem
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Sun, 31 Oct, 2:00pm
Verdi Requiem
Mainstage
Auckland - Tāmaki Makaurau
Sat, 6 Nov, 11:00am
Peter and the Wolf
Family Friendly
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Sat, 6 Nov, 1:30pm
Peter and the Wolf
Family Friendly
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Tue, 16 Nov, 6:30pm
A Short History of Beethoven Symphonies
Family Friendly
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Tue, 23 Nov, 7:30pm
A Short History of Beethoven Symphonies
Family Friendly
Dunedin - Ōtepoti
Wed, 24 Nov, 7:30pm
A Short History of Beethoven Symphonies
Family Friendly
Invercargill - Waihōpai
Thu, 25 Nov, 7:30pm
A Short History of Beethoven Symphonies
Family Friendly
Cromwell - Tīrau
Thu, 18 Nov, 6:30pm
Fantastique
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Fri, 19 Nov, 6:30pm
Fantastique
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Sun, 21 Nov, 4:00pm
Fantastique
Mainstage
Christchurch - Ōtautahi
Thu, 2 Dec, 6:30pm
Kia Kotahi Beethoven
Mainstage
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Fri, 3 Dec, 7:30pm
Kia Kotahi Beethoven
Mainstage
Auckland - Tāmaki Makaurau
Sat, 18 Dec, 7:30pm
Christmas Concert
Family Friendly
Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara
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The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's 2027 season New Horizons, is an invitation to explore.
From timeless masterpieces to bold contemporary works, each performance offers a fresh perspective, evokes new emotions, and invites you to discover something unexpected.