DJ Albo, better known as PM Anthony Albanese , is partial to his vinyl record collection, Toto (the dog, not the band) and Radio Birdman, but it seems time in the top office might be rounding out his musical tastes.

He penned a glowing tribute in the program notes to the elite musicians who performed last week with the Australian World Orchestra.

Think of the AWO as classical music’s answer to the Olympics. Some 100 of the best Australian orchestral musicians fly in from the four corners of the world to play together on home soil each year. Schedules are so tight artistic director and chief conductor Alex Briger needs a spreadsheet to co-ordinate these international superstars.

Take Nick Deutsch , one of the country’s most sought-after oboists of his generation. He flew into Sydne

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