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15 December 2023 Musicians

ACO 2024: Meet didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton

William Barton composed and performed music in our award-winning film, River. In 2024, he joins us to take it on its long-awaited national tour of live performances.

15 December 2023 Philanthropy

A lifetime dedicated to the love of music

We meet some long-running ACO supporters, Patrick and Janet Forbes from Adelaide, as they visit our Pier 2/3 home during a visit to Sydney for Janet's 90th birthday.

08 December 2023 Musicians

ACO 2024: Meet Tenor Stuart Skelton

Stuart Skelton is one of the great tenors of our time. Here’s how the Australian singer from Sydney became famous around the world for interpreting the notoriously demanding music of Wagner and Mahler.

29 November 2023 Music

Aus Music Month: Elena Kats-Chernin interview

We reshare our interview with the brilliant Australian composer, who shares the secrets of creating compelling music for children.

16 November 2023 Music

Aus Music Month: watch the music video for ‘Hypnosis’

ACO Underground, under the new moniker Satu In The Beyond, is an electro-acoustic experimental group fronted by ACO Principal Violin Satu Vänskä that performs music as diverse as JS Bach and Vivaldi to Pussy Riot and Dolly Parton, to original songs by written by Richard Tognetti. We're celebrating Aus Music Month with the release of the music video for Richard's song 'Hypnosis'.

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14 November 2023 Music

Aus Music Month: All the Australian music in River

We celebrate the music by Australian composers featured in our award-winning film, River, which tours nationally at the beginning of 2024.

10 November 2023 News

Our new recording 'Beethoven Symphonies 1, 2 & 3 Eroica'

Richard Tognetti and the ACO present Beethoven's first three symphonies in a new live recording.

07 November 2023 Music

How did Beethoven’s Symphony No.5 become so famous?

How did Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony become one of the most famous pieces of classical music known today? We explore the history of the monumental ‘symphony of fate’.

01 November 2023 Music

Aus Music Month: ‘I spend my savings on commissioning’

ACO Principal Viola, Stefanie Farrands on commissioning new music from Australian composers.

30 October 2023 Musicians Music

Get to know pianist Polina Leschenko

A long-time ACO collaborator, Polina Leschenko is well known for her peerless Chopin, Liszt and Mendelssohn interpretations.

19 October 2023 Music

Bright Young Things

For Romantic composers Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, her younger brother Felix Mendelssohn and Frédéric Chopin, life and music were inextricable from each other.