NZSO Principal Percussionist Lenny Sakofsky Photo: Matt Grace
Playing one instrument can be daunting enough, but for New Zealand Symphony Orchestra percussionist Lenny Sakofsky, he’ll be playing 12 – including the Thai nipple gong and a xylorimba. He’s just one of the 128 musicians from the combined talents of NZSO and the National Youth Orchestra playing Messiaen's Illuminations of the Beyond