This event has ended.
You might be interested in these instead...
Event overview
This event has ended
Thursday 02 April 2026
7:00pm at Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University
About this performance
Program
Glinka Ruslan and Ludmila: Overture^
Massenet Thaïs: Méditation
Bizet Carmen: Suite No.1
Beethoven Symphony No.7
^Conducted by Cybec Assistant Conductor Daniel Corvaia
About this performance
For one night only, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor Benjamin Northey return to Robert Blackwood Hall to perform one of classical music’s greatest works, Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.
This performance showcases three of the most popular works in the operatic canon including Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila (with Cybec Assistant Conductor Daniel Corvaia making his MSO debut) and a suite from Bizet’s opera Carmen. New MSO Concertmaster, Natalie Chee, will step onto the Monash stage for the first time to perform the solo in the Meditation from Massenet’s Thaïs.
This special performance will see the musicians of the MSO joined by members of the Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra to perform Beethoven’s Seventh. Named after Alberto Zelman, the MSO’s founder and leader until 1932, the ZMSO formed in 1933 when the MSO was converted to an all-professional orchestra. This will be the first time the MSO and ZMSO reunite on stage. In the MSO’s 120th year, take your seat in Robert Blackwood Hall to celebrate a historic milestone.
Featuring
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Northey conductor
Daniel Corvaia* conductor
Natalie Chee violin
*Cybec Assistant Conductor
Partners
-
Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra
