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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche est un philologue, philosophe, poète, pianiste et compositeur allemand, né le 15 octobre 1844 à Röcken, en Prusse, et mort le 25 août 1900 à Weimar, en Allemagne. …

Peter Walls is an orchestral and choral conductor, a consultant specialising in the performing arts and advanced education, and a musicologist. He describes this eclectic mix as both fulfilling and energising. Peter retired from the position of Chief Executive of the NZSO at the end of 2011, and was Deputy Chair of the NZSO from 1996-2002. He taught in the School of Music at Victoria University from 1978 until 2002, serving as Head of School from 1987-1988 and 1994-1999.

Christopher Wood began his musical career as a chorister at St. George's Chapel, Windsor. He studied music at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, where Boris Ord was one of his teachers, and then at the RCM, under Herbert Howells, Gordon Jacobs and Arthur Benjamin. In the summer vacations he studied conducting at the Salzburg Mozarteum with Clemens Krauss, Bruno Walter and Herbert von Karajan. His principal piano teacher was Adelina de Lara, a pupil of Clara Schumann and Brahms. He studied the harpsichord with Rudolphe Dolmetsch and Dorothy Swainson.