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Singapore Symphony Orchestra set for 2025 Australian debut

Praised as one of the best orchestras in the world, the SSO performs in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in February next year.

25 Jun 2024 9:10

Richard Watts

Standing at a podium, his eyes closed in concentration, a bald-headed white man wearing a black suit and white shirt conducts an orchestra.

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Hans Graf conducts the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Photo: Jack Yam.

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO), recognised as one of the world’s best orchestras by BBC Music Magazine in March 2023, has announced its Australian debut tour in February 2025.

The SSO’s east coast Australian tour sees Singapore Symphony partnering with three leading Australian organisations and institutions: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (MSO), Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) and Sydney Opera House (SOH).

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts