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27 August 2024 Musicians News Music

ACO at 50: Musicians' Memories

As the Australian Chamber Orchestra approaches its 50th Anniversary Season, ACO musicians share their favourite memories with the Orchestra.

22 August 2024 Musicians News Music

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.

ACO 2025 Richard Tognetti Artistic Director

21 August 2024 News

Welcome to ACO 2025 from Richard Tognetti

ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti and ACO Managing Director Richard Evans reflect on the Australian Chamber Orchestra's 50th Anniversary Season.

Principal Viola Stefanie Farrands Wesfarmers Chair Michael Chaney ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti

20 August 2024 News

Wesfarmers becomes ACO Principal Partner

The Principal Partnership commences with the announcement of the ACO 2025 Season, our 50th anniversary season.

16 August 2024 Music

The Enigma of JS Bach

The world wasn’t ready for Johann Sebastian Bach’s musical genius in his lifetime. Almost 300 years later, we know better.

05 August 2024 Music

9 Best Uses of Bach in Film and TV

We celebrate some iconic uses of Bach’s beautiful Baroque music on the big and small screen.

25 July 2024 Performances Musicians

ACO 2024: Meet Choreographer Rafael Bonachela

Sydney Dance Company’s Artistic Director is famous for choreographing Kylie Minogue, mixing with the fashion set, and his emotionally expressive contemporary dance. Now he is collaborating with the Australian Chamber Orchestra once again, this time for a divine exploration of JS Bach and Arvo Pärt.

22 July 2024 Musicians

The Sounds of Silence

Satu Vänskä, who this year celebrates 20 years with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, talks about the paradoxical but profound relationship between music and silence.

18 July 2024 Music

The Music of the Soul

Broadcaster and writer Stan Grant draws on his faith as he contemplates how the music of Arvo Pärt and Johann Sebastian Bach reaches toward the divine.

15 July 2024 Music

9 Greatest Pieces of Music by Arvo Pärt

We celebrate some of the most affecting works by the beloved Estonian composer.

09 July 2024 Performances

From Book to Stage: There's a Sea in My Bedroom

See how the ACO has transformed author Margaret Wild and illustrator Jane Tanner's beautiful children’s book into vivid scenes for the stage, in side-by-side comparisons of illustrations and their equivalent show moment.