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.
18 July 2025 Music
Six of the best pieces by Max Richter
We celebrate some of Max Richter’s most sublime and grounding music, ahead of our concert tour, A Musical Awakening.
18 July 2025 Philanthropy
ACO 50: Subscriber Stories – Ian Lansdown
Ian Lansdown first encountered the ACO thirty years ago and has been a subscriber ever since.
16 July 2025 Music
Six of the Best Works by George Gershwin
From Rhapsody in Blue to Summertime, we celebrate some of the greatest music written by the genius American composer.
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.
03 July 2025 Musicians
On the Side: Anna da Silva Chen
ACO Musicians tell us about their other loves.
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.
13 June 2025 Philanthropy
ACO at 50: How did your ACO story begin?
We meet people from all sides of the ACO family – from musicians and ACO Foundations graduates, to long-time donors and administration staff, to discover their ACO origin stories.
12 June 2025 Performances
ACO at 50: Essence & Vitality
After violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s last-minute withdrawal, the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s essence – nimbleness, renewal and individual virtuosity – came to the fore.
02 June 2025 Philanthropy
Vale Patricia (Patsy) Hollis
Patsy Hollis led a wonderful life and left the ACO an extraordinary gift.
02 June 2025 Music Performances
Timo-Veikko Valve On Jaakko Kuusisto’s Cello Concerto
A note from ACO Principal Cello Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve on his very personal connection with Jaakko Kuusisto’s Cello Concerto.
29 May 2025 Musicians
A Golden Space: Interview with Melissa Barnard
A childhood surrounded by music led Melissa Barnard to the cello and a three-decade career with Australian Chamber Orchestra.
20 May 2025 Music Performances
How do orchestras perform with films live in concert?
ACO musicians share the secrets of what’s involved in performing film scores live in concert – and how ACO film projects differ from traditional orchestral film presentations.
15 May 2025 Philanthropy
ACO at 50: What we have achieved thanks to you
Defining ACO moments we have shaped together.
14 May 2025 Music
ACO at 50: Subscriber Stories – Freya & Josh
Discover the ACO experience through the eyes of Josh and Freya who, at 7 and 5, must be some of our youngest subscribers.
