The Sydney Symphony Orchestra has closed out its 2004 books with a $582,000 surplus. “Also last year, Gianluigi Gelmetti replaced Edo de Waart as the SSO’s artistic director. The change had almost instant success – the concert that launched Gelmetti’s tenure, a gala performance of Verdi’s Requiem, won a Helpmann award for Best Classical Concert Presentation of 2004.”