Auckland Chamber Orchestra | Matthias Balzat performs "Zhong" by Xu Tang

Peter Scholes | conductor and clarinettist
Matthias Balzatt | cello

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PROGRAMME:

Peter Scholes | Shifting Sands
Xu Tang | "Zhong" (Concerto for Cello and Orchestra) - World Premiere
Francis Poulenc | Sinfonietta

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Featuring the world premiere of the cello concerto by Xu Tang, commisioned for Matthias Balzat by The Wallace Foundation.

Matthias Balzat is a New Zealand born cellist and is currently 19 years old. He began playing the cello at the age of 3, and has completed his Bachelor of Music with Honours at the University of Waikato studying under James Tennant. He is currently doing his masters degree at the Robert Schumann Hochschule für Musik in Düsseldorf, Germany under Professor Pieter Wispelweij.

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