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ACO 2025 Season

ACO 2025 Season: Musicians' Highlights

Our musicians let us in on what they're most looking forward to in the Australian Chamber Orchestra's 50th Anniversary Season.

Fifty years in the making, our 2025 National Concert Season pays homage to the past while embracing a bold and ambitious vision for the future. We are thrilled to share it with you.

We have asked our musicians to let us in on what they are most looking forward to in the ACO's 50th year.

 

ACO 2025 Season
ACO 2025 Richard Tognetti Artistic Director

“Carolina Eyck, and the theremin”

Richard Tognetti, Artistic Director

“It’s such an amazing instrument to play, and one with so much history dating back to the Weimar years, that age of invention, of discovery, of extreme curiosity. Carolina will bring all of that to the concert.”
ACO Prinicpal Violin Helena Rathbone

“The return of PatKop”

Helena Rathbone, ACO Principal Violin

“I am very excited about the return of our dear friend PatKop. She is a phenomenal musician and violinist and I know there will be much spontaneity and excitement playing with her! Never a dull moment.”
Brahms & Beethoven

“It’s long overdue for us to explore the music of this unique era”

Satu Vänskä, ACO Principal Violin

“Cocteau’s Circle, because it’s long overdue for us to explore the music of this unique era in the 20th century.”
ACO Violin Ike See

“The phenomenal PatKop”

Ike See, ACO Violin

“I’m excited to welcome the phenomenal PatKop back to the ACO, as her infectious sparkle is such a wonderful match for the orchestra. I’m looking forward to revisiting a work we know and love, Schubert’s Death and the Maiden.”
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“Brahms Violin Concerto and Beethoven Symphony No.7”

Ilya Isakovich, ACO Violin

“Playing Beethoven symphonies is always a very special event in the ACO – I think the energy and vitality we bring to those performances is unmatched by any other orchestra that I know of!”
Gershwin & Shostakovich

“Abel Selaocoe”

Liisa Pallandi, ACO Violin

“I can’t wait for our tour with Abel Selaocoe! I first saw him perform in a car park in Clapham about 10 years ago and have been a fan ever since. ”
A Musical Awakening

“Abel Selaocoe is going to be something truly special.”

Timo-Veikko Valve, ACO Principal Cello

“Abel Selaocoe is going to be something truly special. Don’t miss this concert, or you will hear about it from your friends later and regret it. I’m also looking forward to directing a national tour of my own, A Musical Awakening.”
Cellist Melissa Barnard

“Revisiting Beethoven’s Symphony No.7”

Melissa Barnard, ACO Cello

“Revisiting Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 at the beginning of the year! And I think A Musical Awakening will be beautiful, exploring themes of healing and renewal which I think we all need increasingly these days.”
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“He’s a musical live-wire.”

Julian Thompson, ACO Cello

“I’m really looking forward having Abel Selaocoe performing around Oz with the ACO. He’s a musical live-wire, expanding the role and breadth of the cello’s many characters and I can’t wait to see what kind of cellistic vibrancy he brings to the table.”

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