ACO Families: The Nutcracker
13 - 22 December 2024
Join Clara and her Nutcracker on a magical journey in this stunning adaptation featuring live classical music and ballet.
ACO On Demand
Rent individual ACO StudioCasts films, via our official streaming platform, ACO On Demand.
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2025 Season
Sydney Festival: Radical Son – Bilambiyal
4 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents the Radical Son's sophomore album at ACO On The Pier, for its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: Chela
4 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents Chela at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: Perry Keyes: Black and White Town
5 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents Perry Keyes: Black and White Town at ACO On The Pier, for its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: Bach: Birth and Destiny
9 - 11 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents Bach: Birth and Destiny at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: GANNA with Tal Arditi
10 - 12 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents Jazz-folk magic from Ukrainian rising star, GANNA, at ACO On The Pier as part of its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: JFDR
11 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents ethereal Icelandic art-pop, at ACO On The Pier as part of its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: Starfish Club: Special Edition feat. Dannielle De Andrea
11 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents Dannielle De Andrea at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: Lotte Betts-Dean
16 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents brilliant mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: Mary Ancheta Quartet
16 - 19 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents wildly original jazz, electro-funk and R&B from Vancouver’s acclaimed Mary Ancheta Quartet, at ACO On The Pier for its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: Parvyn
17 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents Punjabi-Australian star on the rise, Parvyn, at ACO On The Pier, for its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: Dark with Excessive Bright
18 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents the Omega Ensemble performing Missy Mazzoli's Dark with Excessive Bright at ACO On The Pier, for its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: Setwun & The Soulstranauts Play Roy Ayers
18 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents Setwun & The Soulstranauts at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
Sydney Festival: NoSax NoClar
19 January 2025
Sydney Festival presents NoSax NoClar's exhilarating form-bending French jazz at ACO On The Pier, for its 2025 program.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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