Bach Musica NZ’s Music and Artistic Director named finalist for 2019 Women of Influence Awards
Bach Musica NZ is proud to announce that their Music and Artistic Director Rita Paczian has been named a finalist for
the 2019 Women of Influence Awards, in the Arts and Culture category. Paczian will be attending the awards dinner on 24
October at the SKYCITY Convention Centre for the official Awards Ceremony.
Originally from Germany, Rita Paczian has conducted and performed all around the world. Since becoming a New Zealand
citizen in 1996, she has conducted ensembles all over the country: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Christchurch
Symphony, Wellington Vector Orchestra, Dunedin Sinfonia, Nelson Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, the Festival Singers,
Bel Canto and many more. Additionally, she founded the NZ Pops Orchestra, crossing musical boundaries and bringing music
to young people. She has mentored many young female musicians, and has run more than 100 music workshops, offering music
lovers of all abilities the unique opportunity to work with a top-level conductor.
She has been the Music and Artistic Director of Bach Musica NZ for 25 years, building up what was an amateur society
into one of the most highly acclaimed ensembles in New Zealand. She also founded the Opus Orchestra in Waikato in 2000
and was their Music Director until 2004.
Today, Rita Paczian is one of New Zealand’s top conductors: an exceptionally talented musician devoted to making
classical music accessible to all, and to bringing out the best in the musicians she works with. “I am stunned that my
work has been recognized this way and am very much looking forward to meeting the other eight remarkable women in my
category at the awards dinner.”, says Paczian.
We would like to invite you to join Bach Musica NZ for their upcoming unique concert performing German Romantic Treasures on Sunday, 29 September at 5pm in the Auckland Town Hall. This is the perfect opportunity to experience Rita Paczian
showcasing all the qualities for which she has been nominated.
Rita Paczian will be available for interviews now as well as after the concert. To schedule an interview or reserve your
seats for the concert please contact our publicity manager Eva-Maria Hess on publicity@bachmusica.com.
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