The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is thrilled to announce it will embark on a major five-city tour of the UK and Europe in August 2025 - its first international tour with full orchestra since visiting North America in 2019.
Chief Conductor Jaime Martín and the MSO begin the tour at the 2025 Edinburgh International Festival on 22 August. The MSO will then perform in Spain, Italy and Germany before returning to the UK for its final performance. Details of these concerts will be announced in coming weeks.
The MSO will be in prestigious company at Edinburgh International Festival with the classical music program also featuring the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra and MSO artistic partners, the NCPA Orchestra from Beijing. The MSO concert will feature the world premiere of Deborah Cheetham Fraillon’s MSO commission Treaty with William Barton (yidaki/didgeridoo) as soloist. The program also includes Edward Elgar’s In the South and Modest Mussorgsky’s vivid Pictures at an Exhibition, featuring its majestic finale The Great Gate of Kyiv.
Chief Conductor Jaime Martín said the musicians are looking forward to sharing music with our northern hemisphere colleagues and audiences. The MSO was the first Australian orchestra to tour internationally (1965) and has been a leading cultural ambassador in supporting and promoting Australia’s arts and culture on the international stage.
