Canberra Symphony Orchestra
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Canberra Symphony Orchestra is the principal professional orchestra of the Australian Capital Territory based in Canberra, the national capital of Australia.
The orchestra comprises senior faculty members from the Australian National University School of Music, senior students and professional instrumentalists. It has worked with leading Australian conductors including Richard Bonynge AO CBE and Geoffrey Lancaster AO, and has presented Australian compositions by Peter Sculthorpe and Larry Sitsky. It presents four subscription concerts each year, and collaborates with The Australian Ballet and Opera Australia in providing musical services.
The orchestra's artistic director from 2001 until 2005 was Richard Gill OAM. Presently the orchestra's chief conductor is Nicholas Milton, a young Australian conductor now based in Germany, who was also a former violinist with the Macquarie Trio. Nicholas is also General Music Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Jena in Germany.
