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.
The Season features seven programs touring to venues in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Newcastle and Wollongong. Explore the Season below or download our 2025 Season brochure here.
Brahms’s Violin Concerto and Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 form an epic opener to our 50th Anniversary Season.
Newcastle City Hall
Thu 6 Feb 7.30pm
Melbourne Recital Centre
Sat 8 Feb 7.30pm
Mon 10 Feb 7.30pm
Melbourne – Arts Centre Melbourne
Sun 9 Feb 2.30pm
Sydney – City Recital Hall
Tue 11 Feb 8pm
Wed 12 Feb 7pm
Fri 14 Feb 7pm
Sat 15 Feb 7pm
Sydney Opera House
Sun 16 Feb 2pm
Brisbane – QPAC Concert Hall
Mon 17 Feb 7pm
The international cello sensation brings a kaleidoscope of rhythm and sound to his highly anticipated Australian debut.
Wollongong Town Hall
Thu 3 Apr 7.30pm
Sydney – City Recital Hall
Sat 5 Apr 7pm
Tue 8 Apr 8pm
Wed 9 Apr 7pm
Sydney Opera House
Sun 6 Apr 2pm
Canberra – Llewellyn Hall
Mon 7 Apr 7.30pm
Melbourne Recital Centre
Sat 12 Apr 7.30pm
Mon 14 Apr 7.30pm
Melbourne – Arts Centre Melbourne
Sun 13 Apr 2.30pm
Adelaide Town Hall
Tue 15 Apr 7.30pm
Explore new musical frontiers as you take a deep dive into the thrilling soundworld of the theremin, the world’s first electronic instrument.
Wollongong Town Hall
Thu 8 May 7.30pm
Sydney – City Recital Hall
Sat 10 May 7pm
Tue 13 May 8pm
Wed 14 May 7pm
Sydney Opera House
Sun 11 May 2pm
Brisbane – QPAC Concert Hall
Mon 12 May 7pm
Melbourne Recital Centre
Sat 17 May 7.30pm
Mon 19 May 7.30pm
Melbourne – Arts Centre Melbourne
Sun 18 May 2.30pm
Canberra – Llewellyn Hall
Tue 20 May 7.30pm
A Schubert odyssey directed by the electrifying violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja.
Canberra – Llewellyn Hall
Sat 21 Jun 7.30pm
Melbourne – Arts Centre Melbourne
Sun 22 Jun 2.30pm
Mon 23 Jun 7.30pm
Adelaide Town Hall
Tue 24 Jun 7.30pm
Perth – Winthrop Hall
Wed 25 Jun 7.30pm
Sydney – City Recital Hall
Sat 28 Jun 7pm
Tue 1 Jul 8pm
Wed 2 Jul 7pm
Sydney Opera House
Sun 29 Jun 2pm
Brisbane – QPAC Concert Hall
Mon 30 Jun 7pm
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.
Sydney – City Recital Hall
Fri 1 Aug 7pm
Sat 2 Aug 7pm
Tue 5 Aug 8pm
Wed 6 Aug 7pm
Sydney Opera House
Sun 3 Aug 2pm
Newcastle City Hall
Thu 7 Aug 7.30pm
Canberra – Llewellyn Hall
Sat 9 Aug 7.30pm
Melbourne – Arts Centre Melbourne
Sun 10 Aug 2.30pm
Mon 11 Aug 7.30pm
Adelaide Town Hall
Tue 12 Aug 7.30pm
Perth - Winthrop Hall
Wed 13 Aug 7.30pm
Wollongong Town Hall
Sat 16 Aug 7.30pm
Brisbane – QPAC Concert Hall
Mon 18 Aug 7pm
The music of Beethoven, Pēteris Vasks and Max Richter centres this exploration of music’s ability to nurture, heal and nourish.
Newcastle City Hall
Thu 4 Sep 7.30pm
Melbourne Recital Centre
Sat 6 Sep 7.30pm
Mon 8 Sep 7.30pm
Melbourne – Arts Centre Melbourne
Sun 7 Sep 2.30pm
Adelaide Town Hall
Tue 9 Sep 7.30pm
Perth – Winthrop Hall
Wed 10 Sep 7.30pm
Canberra – Llewellyn Hall
Sat 13 Sep 7.30pm
Brisbane – QPAC Concert Hall
Mon 15 Sep 7pm
Sydney – City Recital Hall
Tue 16 Sep 8pm
Wed 17 Sep 7pm
Fri 19 Sep 7pm
Sat 20 Sep 7pm
Sydney Opera House
Sun 21 Sep 4pm
Join us on an adventure to Paris as we close our 50th Anniversary National Concert Season with a night of celebration and surprise.
Sydney – City Recital Hall
Sat 8 Nov 7pm
Tue 11 Nov 8pm
Wed 12 Nov 7pm
Sydney Opera House
Sun 9 Nov 2pm
Brisbane – QPAC Concert Hall
Mon 10 Nov 7pm
Melbourne Recital Centre
Sat 15 Nov 7.30pm
Mon 17 Nov 7.30pm
Melbourne – Arts Centre Melbourne
Sun 16 Nov 2.30pm
Adelaide Town Hall
Tue 18 Nov 7.30pm
Canberra – Llewellyn Hall
Sat 22 Nov 7.30pm
We’re bringing back one of our most groundbreaking, award-winning and popular cinematic collaborations for a series of limited gala performances.
Brisbane – QPAC Concert Hall
Mon 27 Oct 7pm
Sydney Opera House
Tue 28 Oct 8pm
Canberra – Llewellyn Hall
Wed 29 Oct 7.30pm
Melbourne – Arts Centre Melbourne
Thu 30 Oct 7.30pm
