Current Donors
The ACO pays tribute to all of our generous donors who support our many activities, including our National and International touring, recordings, our National Education Program and Emerging Artists Program.
This year, our donors have generously contributed to our new Emerging Artists Program, which focuses on the development of young Australian musicians. This initiative is pivotal in securing the future of the ACO and we are extremely grateful for the support that we receive.
Emerging Artist Patrons and Education Patrons
$10,000 +
Mr Robert Albert AO & Mrs Libby Albert
Mr Michael Ball AM & Mrs Daria Ball
Steven Bardy
John & Patti David
Pamela Duncan
John Grill
Mrs Janet L Holmes à Court AC
Miss Nancy Kimpton
Prudence MacLeod
Drs Alex & Pam Reisner
Christine Rothauser
Ian Wallace & Kay Freedman
Peter Weiss AM
Robert Whyte
Anonymous (1)
Direttore
$5,000 - $9,999
The Belalberi Foundation
Mr Guido Belgiorno-Nettis AM & Mrs Michelle Belgiorno-Nettis
Liz Cacciottolo & Walter Lewin
Elizabeth & Nicholas Callinan
John & Lynnly Chalk
Rowena Danziger & Ken Coles
Ian & Caroline Frazer
Dr & Mrs E C Gray
Maurice Green AM & Christina Green
Melbourne Community Foundation - Ballandry (Peter Griffin Family) Fund
Susan Harte
Brendan & Bee Hopkins
Roger Massy-Greene & Belinda Hutchinson
Keith Kerridge
Wayne N Kratzmann
Lorraine Logan
Marianna & Tony O'Sullivan
John Rickard
Allan Rogers
Anonymous (3)
Maestro
$2,500 - $4,999
Michael Ahrens
Mr L H & Mrs M C Ainsworth
Jane Allen
Will & Dorothy Bailey Bequest
Virginia Berger
Michael Cameron
Caroline & Robert Clemente
John & Gloria Darroch
Kate Dixon
Suellen & Ron Enestrom
Bridget Faye AM
Tony & Chris Froggatt
Andrew & Hiroko Gwinnett
Nereda Hanlon & Michael Hanlon AM
Don Hart
Lindi & John Hopkins
Stephen & Michele Johns
Eleni & Bob Longwell
Hon Dr Kemeri Murray AO
Sandra & Michael Paul Endowment
Stephen & Robbie Roberts
Greg Shalit & Miriam Faine
Mrs Carol Sisson
Ms Petrina Slaytor
Dr R & Mrs R Tinning
Alastair Walton
Ralph Ward-Ambler AM & Barbara Ward-Ambler
Karen & Geoff Wilson
Sir Robert Woods
Anonymous (7)
Virtuoso
$1,000 - $2,499
Annette Adair
Peter & Cathy Aird
Andrew Andersons
Sibilla Baer
Doug & Alison Battersby
The Beeren Foundation
Ruth Bell
Bruce Beresford
Victoria Beresin
Patricia Blau
Sally Bufé
Neil Burley & Jane Munro
Mark Burrows & Juliet Ashworth
Gerard Byrne & Donna O'Sullivan
Bruce Caldwell
Drs James & Margaret Cameron
Sandra Cassell
Ann Cebon-Glass
Alex & Elizabeth Chernov
John Colvin
Leith & Darrel Conybeare
P Cornwell & C Rice
K Croft
Judy Croll
Betty Crouchley
Diana & Ian Curtis
Marie Dalziel
Michael & Wendy Davis
Design by Sergio Pty Ltd
Christopher & Kathryn Dibden
Jennifer Dowling
Ari & Lisa Droga
G & L Dunn
Professor Dexter Dunphy
Professor Peter Ebeling & Mr Gary Plover
Anne-Maree Englund
Peter Evans
H E Fairfax
Elizabeth Finnegan
Nancy & Graham Fox
Anne & Justin Gardener
Colin Golvan SC
Aiko Goto
Warren Green
Elizabeth & Peter Harbison
Carrie & Stanley Howard
Pam & Bill Hughes
Phillip Isaacs OAM
David Iverach
Angela James & Phil McMaster
Warren & Joan Johns
D & I Kallinikos
John Landers & Linda Sweeny
Bronwyn & Andrew Lumsden
Alison & Malcolm Mackinnon
Clive Magowan
Mr & Mrs Greg & Jan Marsh
Deidre & Kevin McCann
Brian & Helen McFadyen
Fran & Tony Meagher
P J Miller
Donald Morley
Nola Nettheim
The Hon Mr. Justice Barry O'Keefe AM & Mrs Janette O'Keefe
Jennie & Ivor Orchard
Anne and Christopher Page
Patagonian Enterprises Pty Ltd
James & Diane Patrick
The Purcell Family
Ralph & Ruth Renard
Mark Renehan
Warwick & Jeanette Richmond In Memory of Andrew Richmond
Em Prof A W Roberts
Julia Champtaloup & Andrew Rothery
Harry & Leigh Rundle
D N Sanders
Tony Shepherd
Diana & Brian Snape AM
Maria Sola & Malcolm Douglas
Dr Charles Su & Dr Emily Lo
Leslie C Thiess
Alden Toevs & Judi Wolf
Colin & Joanne Trumble
Ngaire Turner
Kay Vernon
Mrs M W Wells
Audrey & Michael Wilson
Nick & Jo Wormald
William Yuille
Dr Lawrie Zion
Anonymous (17)
Concertino
$500 - $999
Antoinette Ackermann
Ross Adamson
A Annand
Bruce & Diane Bargon
Greg Baxter
Andrew & Margaret Birchall
Brian Bothwell
Denise Braggett
D J Brown
Arnaldo Buch
Colleen & Michael Chesterman
Stephen Chivers
Dr B Clubb
John & Christine Collingwood
Angela & John Compton
Michael Cook
Alan Fraser Cooper
Mrs Julie Ann & Mr Laurie Cox
Money Warehouse
Lindee Dalziell
Anouk Darling
Mari Davis
Lucio Di Bartolomeo
Jane Diamond
Martin Dolan
In Memory of Raymond Dudley
M T & R L Elford
Michael Elsley & Susan Richardson
Farago Hill Wines
Mr & Mrs R J Gehrig
Mirek Generowicz
Brian Goddard
Steve Gray
Anthony Grigg & Paul Williamson
Richard W Gulley
William & Robin Hall
Matthew Handbury
Dr I J Hardingham QC
Lesley Harland
Annie Hawker
Tim Hemingway
John Hibbard
Dr & Mrs Michael Hunter
Stephanie & Michael Hutchinson
Philip & Sheila Jacobson
Davina Johnson
Bruce & Natalie Kellett
David & Angela Kent
Len La Flamme
Alf Lester
Drew Lindsay & Karl Zebel
Greg Lindsay AO & Jenny Lindsay
Joanne Frederiksen & Paul Lindwall
Penelope Little
Sydney & Airdrie Lloyd
Ashley Marshall
Peter Mason AM
Donald C Maxwell
Adrian McDonald
Judith McKernan
John Mitchell
Marie Morton
Helen & Gerald Moylan
Sharyn Munro
Ian Murray
J Norman
Graham North
Robin Offler
Graham & Glynn O'Neill
Josephine Paech
Leslie Parsonage
Anonymous
Deborah Pearson
peckvonhartel architects
Professor David Penington AC
Mr Kevin Phillips
Andrew & Deirdre Plummer
Jan Power
Keith & Joan Presswell
John & Virginia Richardson
Michael Ryan
Manfred & Linda Salamon
Garry E Scarf & Morgie Blaxill
Jeff Schwartz
Alison Scott
Edward Simpson
Mr Ted Springett
In memory of Dr Aubrey Sweet
IT
Phillip & Brenda Venton
waterproject.org (web only)
Pat & John Webb
G C & R Weir
Nick & Helen Withers
Dr Gwen Woodroofe
Woodyatt Family
Michael & Susan Yabsley
Don & Mary Ann Yeats
Anonymous (23)
International Patrons
International touring is essential to the ACO, bringing the Orchestra to new audiences winning new friends for Australian music and attracting the world's finest musicians to join the Orchestra.
In 2010, Richard Tognetti will lead an adventurous tour spanning summer festivals in the USA and Europe.
Tour Patrons
Sir Barry Humphries AO CBE
Sir Michael Parkinson CBE
Lead Patrons
$50,000 +
The Belgiorno-Nettis Family
The Bruce & Joy Reid Foundation
Mrs Janet L Holmes à Court AC
Connie & Craig Kimberley
Anonymous (1)
Major Patrons
$20,000 - $49,999
Mr Robert Albert AO & Mrs Libby Albert
Liz Cacciottolo & Walter Lewin
Rowena Danziger & Ken Coles
Mr & Mrs Robin Crawford
Mr Peter Hall
Anthony & Sharon Lee
Ian Wallace & Kay Freedman
Peter Weiss AM
Ensemble Patrons
$10,000 - $19,999
Mr Bill & Mrs Marissa Best
Jenny & Stephen Charles
Martin Dickson AM & Susie Dickson
Leslie and Ginny Green
Chris & Tony Froggatt
Ann Gamble Myer
Brendan & Bee Hopkins
PJ Jopling QC
Mr John Leece OAM and Mrs Anne Leece
Macquarie Group Foundation
Donald McGauchie
Mr Andrew Messenger
Julien and Michelle Playoust
John Taberner & Grant Lang
Michael & Eleonora Triguboff
Solo Patrons
$5,000 - $9,999
Mrs Antoinette Albert
Robert & Kay Bryan
Ross & Rona Clarke
Wendy Edwards
Chris & Judy Fullerton
Phillip Isaacs OAM
Wayne N Kratzmann
Irene Lee
Justice Jane Matthews AO
Carole & Peter Muller
Craig Ng
Graham J. Rich
Dr Gillian Ritchie
Vivienne Sharpe
Tony Shepherd
Beverley Trivett
Anonymous (1)
Patrons
$500 - $4,999
Lord Jeffrey & Lady Archer
Mary Stephen
Jon & Deb Balderstone
Isla Baring
Mr Marc Besen AO and Mrs Eva Besen AO
The Hon Mr Laurie Brereton and The Hon Justice Trisha Kavanagh
Morena Buffon & Santo Cilauro
Elizabeth & Nicholas Callinan
Edmund Capon
Joan Clemenger
Mr & Mrs R L Clifford
Paul Cochrane
Ann & Bruce Corlett
Bill and Lea Ferris
Brooke Fitzsimons
Ms Kerry Gardner
Alan & Joanna Gemes
Tom Griffith & Adrienne Cahalan
Peeyush & Shubura Gupta
Hugo & Julia Heath
Michael & Anna Joel
Ian Learmonth& Julia Pincus
Sue & Peter Lynch
peckvonhartel architects
Susan and Garry Rothwell
Carol Schwartz AM & Alan Schwartz AM
Andrew Sisson
The Earl & Countess of Stradbroke
Joy Anderson & Neil Thomas
Catherina Toh & Anthony Tobin
David Walsh
Peter and Susan Yates
Anonymous (3)