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Malavika Gopal has the distinction of being the only Indianorigin member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra NZSO Born in Palakkad in Kerala she migrated with her parents Gopal and Leela to NZ at the age of one
Stephen A'Court/Supplied Under the direction of NZSO Concertmaster Vesa-Matti Leppänen, the orchestra’s performance of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons was completely coherent – the poetry, the soloists, the orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra directed by Vesa-Matti Leppänen with Anna van der Zee, Malavika Gopal, Simeon Broom and Alan Molina (all violin). Music by Vivaldi and Piazzolla. Wellington College, May 8. Reviewed by Max Rashbrooke. I had low expectations, I’ll admit: what was yet another performance of Four Seasons going to tell me about this well-worn piece? Plenty of t...