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The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) is the national orchestra of New Zealand. It is a crown entity owned by the Government of New Zealand, with 90 full-time players. The orchestra was officially founded in 1946. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Act 2004 established the orchestra as an autonomous Crown entity. It is currently based in the Michael Fowler Centre and frequently performs also in the adjacent Wellington Town Hall. It also performs in Auckland, and tours the country and the world.〔〔〔 The NZSO recorded part of Howard Shore's score for ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', notably the "Mines of Moria" sequence, as well as an alternate version of the cue "The Breaking of the Fellowship". The score won an Academy Award, the Grammy Award, and the World Soundtrack Award. The album peaked at number ten on the UK Albums Chart. NZSO also performed and recorded the entire score for ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'', which was also composed by Shore. ==History== The national orchestra was first proposed with the founding of the Radio Broadcasting Company in 1925, and broadcasting studio orchestras operated in major cities from the late 1920s. A national orchestra was formed in 1939 for New Zealand's Centennial Exhibition in 1940. The orchestra became permanent in 1946 in the aftermath of World War II as the "National Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service" (by Oswald Cheesman and others); the inaugural concert took place on 6 March 1947. It was managed as a department of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, which later became Radio New Zealand, as the NZBC National Orchestra and later the NZBC Symphony Orchestra. It was renamed the NZBC Symphony Orchestra in 1963, still being administered by Radio New Zealand. In 1975 it became the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. In 1988 it became fully independent of Radio New Zealand, and began operating as an independent Crown-owned company under its current name, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Zealand Symphony Orchestra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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