Willoughby Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2023 season today, revealed at a launch held at Chatswood’s The Concourse. The six-part season welcomes in both international and Australian artists including conductor Sam Weller, Rosa Donata Milton and Avan Yu, also hosting a premiere of a work for piano four hands and orchestra by Daniel Rojas.

Nicholas Milton. Photo © Christoph Mischke.

“It is a pleasure and an honour to welcome you to the 2023 season of thrilling and inspirational music-making with the sensational Willoughby Symphony Orchestra,” said Nicholas Milton.

“Even in my third decade as Artistic Director and Chief Conductor with this extraordinary group of musicians, the profound pleasure to conduct the family of musicians that is the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra is as fresh and exciting today as it was the first time I ever conducted them some thirty-five years ago!”

The season opens with a Gala on 18-19 February, with the orchestra playing a selection of scores that...