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!
2025 Season
Van-Anh Nguyen: Throwback Lullabies
26 March 2025
Pianist Van-Anh Nguyen releases her highly anticipated album, Throwback Lullabies, with a live album launch listening party at ACO On The Pier.
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.
ACO Relaxed Performance: Tchaikovsky & Westlake
10 April 2025
An accessible, 50-minute concert featuring music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and beloved Australian composer Nigel Westlake.
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.
The Four Seasons: A Music Film
1 May 2025
We are thrilled to be releasing our ACO StudioCast film, The Four Seasons, in cinemas across Australia in March 2025.
ACO Up Close: Reich & Golijov
3 May 2025
An Australian Chamber Orchestra string quartet celebrates two of the world's most important living composers.
ACO Music & Movement
5 May - 23 Jun 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.
Theremin & 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.
Memoir of a Snail Live in Concert
6 - 8 June 2025
Experience the poignant, heartfelt and darkly funny animated feature from director Adam Elliot, in concert with a live score performed by the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
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-4 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.
ACO Relaxed Performance: Gershwin & Shostakovich
20 August 2025
An accessible, 50-minute concert featuring great pieces for piano and orchestra, featuring soloist Alexander Gavrylyuk.
ACO Up Close: Shostakovich, Silvestrov & Bach
23 - 25 August 2025
ACO Principal Violin Satu Vänskä leads a deep exploration of the majesty and heartache of Shostakovich and Silvestrov chamber works, set alongside the depth, candor and ecstasy of the music of JS Bach.
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.
ACO Up Close: Baroque Resonance with ACO & Pinchgut Opera
21 - 22 October 2025
Experience a unique collaboration between the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Pinchgut Opera, featuring renowned soprano Samantha Clarke and harpsichordist Erin Helyard.
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.
Bach Akademie Australia: The Complete Brandenburg Concertos
15 - 16 November 2025
Bach Akademie Australia presents all six Brandenburg Concertos in one concert.
ACO Up Close: Le Gateau Chocolat in Raw Cacao
25 November 2025
Stepping aside from their mainstage show with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Le Gateau Chocolat comes at us at their most delicious. This is Raw Cacao.
ACO Up Close: Timo-Veikko Valve & AYO Momentum Ensemble
28 November 2025
ACO Principal Cello Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve leads AYO Momentum Ensemble in a lush program for cello and strings, masterfully intertwining his Finnish heritage and his Australian experience.
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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