Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra - QPAC Verdi Requiem

The Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) is a community orchestra based in

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, Australia, which performs a wide variety of orchestral works. The BPO performs several concerts each year at venues including the

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, and the

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. The orchestra also tours regionally throughout Queensland on occasion. Entry to the BPO is by audition and it is the only community orchestra within the city that rotates guest conductors by invitation rather than establishing a permanent music director. The organisation is administered by an executive committee elected by the members each year. The members are involved voluntarily in all facets of the organisation such as concert production, marketing and promotion, auditions, and social events.

History

The orchestra was formed in 1999 with only 18 musicians. In 2000, the orchestra changed its name to the Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra. The BPO started presenting annual subscription seasons from 2001. In 2005, the orchestra received an honourable recognition at the National Orchestral Awards, the first Queensland community orchestra to have received such a mention. The orchestra presented its 20th annual subscription season in 2020. In addition to performing in its own right, the orchestra has also appeared in many popular music festivals. In May 2021, the ensemble performed with the Synthony touring show at the Brisbane

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. The orchestra has regularly participated in the

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, and is a long-standing contributor to the 4MBS Festival of Classics. In April 2022, the Ensemble premiered Queensland's first performance of Shostakovich's Symphony number 4.

Past featured artists

Conductors

* Susan Collins *

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John Curro John Ronald Curro (6 December 1932 – 6 November 2019) was an Australian violinist, violist, conductor and music director. Curro was the founder (1966) and Director of Music of the Queensland Youth Orchestras, with which he established the Nati ...

AM MBE * Philip Davis * Sean O'Boyle * Paul Dean *

Nicholas Cleobury Nicholas Cleobury (born 23 June 1950) is an English conductor. Cleobury was organ scholar at Worcester College, Oxford, conductor of Schola Cantorum of Oxford and held assistant organist posts at Chichester Cathedral and Christ Church, Oxford be ...

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* Chen Yang * Simon Hewett * Peter Luff * Stefanie Smith * Leo McFadden * Nathan Aspinall * Sergei Korschmin * David Law * Michael Keen * Steven Moore * Michael Keen * Russell Gray

Musicians

* Brisbane Chorale * Canticum Chamber Choir * William Barton (

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) * James Cuddeford (violin) * Deborah Humble (

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) *

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Sara Macliver Sara Macliver is an Australian soprano singer, born and raised in Perth, Western Australia. Macliver is a versatile artist, appearing in operas, concert and recital performances and on numerous recordings. She is regarded as one of the leading ...

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) *

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(singer-songwriter) * Markus Stocker (cello) * Melinda Stocker (violin) *

Karin Schaupp Karin Schaupp (born 1972) is a German-born Australian classical guitarist. She has won APRA Music Awards and ARIA Music Awards. Early life Karin Schaupp was born in Hofheim am Taunus, Germany, in 1972. Her mother, Isolde Schaupp, was a teacher ...

(guitar) * Malcolm Stewart (horn) * Alex Raineri (piano) * John Coulton (trumpet) * Jeremy Stafford (guitar) * Oscar Wong (piano) * Rebecca Cassidy (soprano) * Vivienne Collier-Vickers (horn) * Lauren Manuel (horn) * Oliver Boyd (baritone) * Anna Stephens (soprano) * Annika Hinrichs (soprano) * Jonathan Henderson (flute) * Shaun Brown (baritone) * Levi Hansen (piano) * Tijana Kozarčić (harp) * Rosa Guitar Trio (guitars) * David Wakeham (baritone) * Henry Choo (baritone) * Natalie Christer Peluso (soprano) * Brijette Tubb (flute)

Other artists

* Tama Matheson (actor) *

Barry Otto Barry Otto (born 1941) is an Australian actor, primarily of Australian cinema, cinema, and an amateur artist. Early life Barry Otto was born in Brisbane in 1941, the son of a butcher. He trained as an artist but switched to acting. Career Otto ...

(actor)

References

External links

Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO)
Website Musical groups established in 1999 Australian orchestras Culture of Brisbane Organisations based in Brisbane 1999 establishments in Australia {{Orchestra-stub