20 August 2024 News
Wesfarmers becomes ACO Principal Partner
The Principal Partnership commences with the announcement of the ACO 2025 Season, our 50th anniversary season.
16 August 2024 Music
The Enigma of JS Bach
The world wasn’t ready for Johann Sebastian Bach’s musical genius in his lifetime. Almost 300 years later, we know better.
05 August 2024 Music
9 Best Uses of Bach in Film and TV
We celebrate some iconic uses of Bach’s beautiful Baroque music on the big and small screen.
25 July 2024 Performances Musicians
ACO 2024: Meet Choreographer Rafael Bonachela
Sydney Dance Company’s Artistic Director is famous for choreographing Kylie Minogue, mixing with the fashion set, and his emotionally expressive contemporary dance. Now he is collaborating with the Australian Chamber Orchestra once again, this time for a divine exploration of JS Bach and Arvo Pärt.
22 July 2024 Musicians
The Sounds of Silence
Satu Vänskä, who this year celebrates 20 years with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, talks about the paradoxical but profound relationship between music and silence.
18 July 2024 Music
The Music of the Soul
Broadcaster and writer Stan Grant draws on his faith as he contemplates how the music of Arvo Pärt and Johann Sebastian Bach reaches toward the divine.
15 July 2024 Music
9 Greatest Pieces of Music by Arvo Pärt
We celebrate some of the most affecting works by the beloved Estonian composer.
09 July 2024 Performances
From Book to Stage: There's a Sea in My Bedroom
See how the ACO has transformed author Margaret Wild and illustrator Jane Tanner's beautiful children’s book into vivid scenes for the stage, in side-by-side comparisons of illustrations and their equivalent show moment.
04 July 2024 Musicians
Get to Know Ike See, ACO Violin
Ike shares his top-played Spotify artists, a great dining spot, and the story behind the violin he plays.
03 July 2024 Music
Musical Highlights From Silence & Rapture
We pick out some of the most sublime pieces of music by Arvo Pärt and JS Bach featured in our Silence & Rapture tour.
02 July 2024
An antidote to modern madness
How Arvo Pärt became the world's most performed living composer.
01 July 2024 Musicians
Get to Know Ilya Isakovich, ACO Violin
Ilya shares his weekend routine, the story behind the violin he plays, and what his dream job would be if he hadn't become a musician...
26 June 2024 Performances
ACO Relaxed Performances – In Your Words
What you can expect from an ACO Relaxed Performance, according to our audiences.
20 June 2024
From Book to Stage: How to Catch a Star
See how the ACO has transformed Oliver Jeffers’ beautiful children’s book into vivid scenes for the stage, in side-by-side comparisons of illustrations and their equivalent show moment.
20 June 2024 Musicians
“Nothing beats playing music with others”
We catch up with former Emerging Artists Anna da Silva Chen and Tim Yu as they experience life on the road with the Australian Chamber Orchestra together.
