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21 August 2025 Philanthropy

ACO 50: Subscriber Stories – Susan Maxwell-Stewart
Susan Maxwell-Stewart always had a preference for indie music, until she went along to her first ACO concert in the 1990s and was blown away by the Orchestra’s ‘wild exhilarating brilliance’.
A Musical Awakening

13 August 2025 Performances

A Spectrum of Darkness and Light
ACO Principal Cello Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve and recorder virtuoso Genevieve Lacey on music as solace in dark times.
Theme and Variation Blog

01 August 2025 Music

Celebrating 40 Years of Theme & Variations

As the Australian Chamber Orchestra celebrates 50 years of shaping Australia's musical landscape, we also share a milestone with one of our most valued partners – Theme & Variations, as it marks its 40th anniversary.

American composer David Lang

29 July 2025 Music

Composer David Lang on ‘flute and echo’
The award-winning American composer on his new commission for the Australian Chamber Orchestra, flute and echo, which will be premiered by recorder virtuoso, Genevieve Lacey, during A Musical Awakening (4–21 September).
Satu Vanska

24 July 2025 Music

What does a Stradivarius violin sound like?
ACO Principal Violin Satu Vänskä explains what makes a Stradivarius violin so special, and demonstrates the unique tone of the instrument she plays at the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
ACO Academy 2025 in Sydney

22 July 2025 Performances

ACO Academy Showcase Highlights

This month, we celebrated a wonderful showcase of performances by talented school-aged string players, at the end of another inspiring instalment of our week-long ACO Academy program.

Alexander Gavrylyuk

10 July 2025 Musicians

Alexander Gavrylyuk: “I started to realise what inner freedom really means”
Ahead of his much-anticipated debut with the ACO, where he will perform Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.1, Ukrainian-Australian pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk discusses his musical memories, how moving to Australia changed his life, and why music is the strongest diplomatic tool we have.
Australian Chamber Orchestra. conducted by Richard Tognetti

24 June 2025 Philanthropy

ACO at 50: What I remember...
We hear from YOU, about what you remember most fondly from the last half-a-century of the Australian Chamber Orchestra.