Sydney Festival: ACO Up Close: Legacies
23 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents ACO Up Close: Legacies at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
2025 Season
Sydney Festival: Allysha Joy Plays Roberta Flack
23 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents ODE TO INSPIRATION: Allysha Joy at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: Hak Baker
24 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents “G-folk” trailblazer, Hak Baker, at ACO On The Pier as part of its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: Ishmael Ensemble
24 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents spiritual jazz, electronica and dub from Bristol’s finest, at ACO On The Pier as part of its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: Starfish Club: Special Edition feat. Ruby Jackson
25 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents Ruby Jackson at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: DOBBY: WARRANGU; River Story
25 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents the immersive storytelling and explosive style of rapper, drummer, classical pianist and composer DOBBY, at ACO On The Pier as part of its 2025 program.
Brahms & Beethoven
6 - 17 February 2025
Brahms’s Violin Concerto and Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 form an epic opener to our 50th Anniversary Season.
ACO Music & Movement
10 Feb - 31 Mar 2025
Join us for weekly music classes designed for 2.5 – 5 year olds, expertly led and based on well-founded music education principles at our ACO On The Pier venue in Sydney’s Walsh Bay Arts Precinct.
The Four Seasons: A Music Film
1 - 5 March 2025
We are thrilled to be releasing our ACO StudioCast film, The Four Seasons, in cinemas across Australia in March 2025.
ACO 2025: Tarrawarra Festival
1 - 2 March 2025
Join the Richard Tognetti and the ACO for an intimate and exclusive cultural weekend at TarraWarra Museum of Art.
International Tour: Europe
11 - 21 March 2025
The Australian Chamber Orchestra tours to Amsterdam, Wrocław, Stuttgart and London in 2025, with celebratory concerts marking its 50th Anniversary year.
ACO Family Days
16 Mar - 15 Jun 2025
Bring the whole family to ACO On The Pier to experience a classical music concert and try a musical instrument!
ACO Up Close: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Celebrating Mozart
28 March 2025
Celebrate the pure genius and timeless appeal of Mozart’s most loved symphonies and concertos in two thrilling concerts with the internationally renowned Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
Abel Selaocoe
3 - 15 April 2025
The international cello sensation brings a kaleidoscope of rhythm and sound to his highly anticipated Australian debut.
Luminescence Chamber Singers: Gesualdo Tenebrae
5 April 2025
Luminescence Chamber Singers perform Gesualdo’s 1611 Tenebrae. The first of three sets of responsories, Gesualdo’s evocation of abandonment, betrayal, and death is music of unmatched intensity.
Ensemble Offspring: Lumen Machine
12 April 2025
Cutting-edge technology meets extreme virtuosity when London based ‘cyborg pianist’ Zubin Kanga joins Ensemble Offspring at ACO on the Pier.
Bach to the Beach Boys and Beyond
8 - 20 May 2025
Explore new musical frontiers as you take a deep dive into the thrilling soundworld of the theremin, the world’s first electronic instrument.
Australian String Quartet: Rapture
12 May 2025
Australian String Quartet presents a program featuring Beethoven's String Quartet No.11 in F minor, alongside more contemporary works.
Omega Ensemble: Distant World
17 May 2025
The future of our planet in a world gone mad. Music by Pēteris Vasks, Jabra Latham, Arvo Pärt and a world premiere by Miriama Young, presented by Omega Ensemble.
Death and the Maiden Revealed
21 Jun - 2 Jul 2025
A Schubert odyssey directed by the electrifying violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja.
Australian Haydn Ensemble: Mozart's Salzburg & Linz
22 June 2025
Australian Haydn Ensemble's dear friend Erin Helyard leads this beautiful all-Mozart program from the fortepiano.
Ensemble Offspring: Divine Darkness
3 July 2025
An international cast of the hottest composers working today, Ensemble Offspring in full force, and soprano Jane Sheldon all come together for a divinely dark program that transcends the rituals of the concert hall.
ACO Families: The Princess, The Pea (and The Brave Escapee)
13 - 20 July 2025
There is the fairytale you know and love… but what isn’t known is why our brave princess was out in the middle of a storm, in the middle of a night, at the end of an adventure. This is that story.
ACO Schools: The Princess, The Pea (and The Brave Escapee)
23 - 25 July 2025
ACO schools performances are the perfect introduction to live classical music for K-2 students.
Gershwin & Shostakovich
1 - 18 August 2025
A celebration of the power of music featuring Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.1 with superstar pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk.
Australian Haydn Ensemble: Haydn's Miracle
24 August 2025
The Australian Haydn Ensemble presents a program where Miracles and Fantasies abound, featuring Haydn’s “Miracle” Symphony and “Fantasia” Quartet along with Schubert’s “Rosamunde” Quartet and Purcell’s Fantasia No. 8.
A Musical Awakening
4 - 21 September 2025
The music of Beethoven, Pēteris Vasks and Max Richter centres this exploration of music’s ability to nurture, heal and nourish.
Australian String Quartet: Convergence
20 October 2025
Australian String Quartet presents a program featuring music by Mozart, Ligeti and Schubert.
Mountain
27 - 30 October 2025
We’re bringing back one of our most groundbreaking, award-winning and popular cinematic collaborations for a series of limited gala performances.
Cocteau’s Circle
8 - 22 November 2025
Join us on an adventure to Paris as we close our 50th Anniversary National Concert Season with a night of celebration and surprise.
Omega Ensemble: Rare Sugar
29 November 2025
Nigel Westlake’s Rare Sugar leads a vivacious program presented by Omega Ensemble, also featuring Elgar’s Piano Quintet and a world premiere from Ella Macens.
ACO On Demand
Rent individual ACO StudioCasts films, via our official streaming platform, ACO On Demand.
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