Orchestra hopes to attract young listeners by asking people to pay according to their age.
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra is inviting younger people to "pay your age" for tickets this season in an attempt to attract those who have never been to concerts.
Those between 18 and 35 will pay $1 for each year of their life to attend a concert in the six-monthseason which starts today.
An orchestra spokeswoman said the scheme would spread the "joys of orchestral music" to a younger audience.
"The motivation was a combination of reaching out to young people and offering orchestral music to more audiences," she said. "We knew that it might be harder for them to afford the full ticket prices."
