CANVASES INSPIRED BY MUSIC TO DEBUT IN AUCKLAND CONCERT

CANVASES INSPIRED BY MUSIC TO DEBUT IN AUCKLAND CONCERT

Large scale paintings by acclaimed New Zealand artist Philip Trusttum will have their first public viewing in Auckland as part of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's concert Exhibition Opening at the Town Hall on 25 February.

Eight paintings from Mr Trusttum's Pictures from an Exhibition series, on loan from the James Wallace Arts Trust, will be hung [in publicly accessible areas] inside the Auckland Town Hall on the day of the APO's season opener.

Performed as part of the APN News & Media Premier Series, the concert features Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.3 and Corigliano's The Mannheim Rocket under the baton of APO Music Director, Eckehard Stier.

Mr Trusttum's dynamic and vividly-coloured paintings were inspired directly by Mussorgsky's famous composition Pictures at an Exhibition, which was itself based on watercolours by the composer's friend, Viktor Hartmann. The paintings from the Pictures from an Exhibition series have been exhibited in Christchurch, Dunedin and Hamilton, receiving very positive notices from the NZ Listener and Art New Zealand.

What: APN News & Media Premier Series: Exhibition Opening
When: 25 February, 8:00pm
Where: Auckland Town Hall, THE EDGE
Book: THE EDGE 09 357 3355 or www.buytickets.co.nz