Musicians are well-travelled, and a lot of them are animal lovers too – just have a look through these photo ops with exotic animals!
Our first stop is Australia’s Lone Pine Zoo, a sanctuary for kangaroos and pianist Beatrice Rana alike…
![](http://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/beatricerana-animals-1024x1024.jpg)
…as well as for violinist Joshua Bell and his new koala friend!
![](http://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/joshuabellmusic-lonepinekoala-sanctuary-in-Brisbane.-819x1024.jpg)
Toronto tenor Charles Sy takes us back to prehistoric times…
![](http://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/tenorcharchar-coc.jpg)
…and pianist Tony Yang visits our crocodilian animal ancestors in Texas!
![](http://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/tonyyikeyang-fort-worth-zoo-animals.jpg)
Keeping to the U.S., here we have Seiji Ozawa at the Florida Zoo in 1967, on tour with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
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We’ll hop over to Israel with soprano Pretty Yende.
![](http://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/pretty-yende_official-Israel-1024x1024.jpg)
I think baritone Johannes Kammler is warning us of the next photo…
![](http://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/johanneskammler-Augsburg-Zoo.jpg)
Oh no! Not everyone’s a fan of bear hugs in Verbier…
![](http://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/pretty_yende_official-verbier-bear.jpg)
But violinist Renaud Capuçon made himself a new friend, also in Verbier!
![](http://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/rcapucon-found-a-new-friend-in-Verbier.jpg)
The Canadian Brass put on a sort of instrumental petting zoo in the 1980s.
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A homecoming to Toronto, where Sir Andrew Davis once frolicked with an elephant in the Roy Thomson Hall parking lot.
An even better view. Onwards and upwards!
![](http://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/RegInnell-promote-the-Dream-Auction-sponsored-by-Toronto-Symphony-Womens-Committee.--1024x757.jpg)
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