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08 March 2023 News Musicians

Discover the life and work of Grażyna Bacewicz

This International Women’s Day, we take a moment with the music and mind one of Poland’s greatest composers.

07 March 2023 Musicians Tours

ACO Musicians' favourite seasons

Our Musicians reminisce about past times spent in their favourite seasons, ahead of our national tour of The Four Seasons.

01 March 2023 News

Introducing the 2023 ACO Emerging Artists

Meet the talented young string players who we welcome to the ACO this year as Emerging Artists.

23 February 2023 Music Musicians Performances Tours

Joseph Tawadros: About My Music

Oud virtuoso introduces us to his approach to music, and the program he and Richard Tognetti have collaborated on for The Four Seasons.

23 February 2023 Music Musicians Performances Tours

The Colours of Passion

Despite his cheerful demeanour, the music of oud master Joseph Tawadros stems from a deep inner sense of lament. Written by Yassmin Abdel-Magied Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a Sudanese diaspora writer, broadcaster and award-winning social advocate.

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21 February 2023 Music Musicians News Performances

ANAM musicians on performing with the ACO

Young Australian National Academy of Music students share what it's like performing with the ACO and ACO & ANAM Up Close director Timo-Veikko Valve.

20 February 2023 Music Musicians Performances

Revisiting a cherished project through ACO & ANAM Up Close

ACO Principal Cello Timo-Veikko 'Tipi' Valve looks forward to ACO & ANAM Up Close performances at ACO Pier 2/3 and Abbotsford.

14 February 2023 Music Performances Tours

The poems that inspired Vivaldi's Four Seasons

Four violin concertos, each with three movements evoking the colours, sensations and moods of Earth’s varied seasons with a rare viscerality. These are the words that go with them.

09 February 2023 Performances Tours

Europe’s ‘colossal souk’

Robert Dessaix explores how Venice was the bazaar of Europe for more than half a millennium.

03 February 2023 News

Australian Chamber Orchestra releases Thomas Adès: Shanty – Over the Sea

Richard Tognetti and the ACO present the latest addition to the ACO Originals series.

18 January 2023 Music Musicians Performances News

Reuniting with the Tawadros Brothers

The Four Seasons is back on tour this March!

09 January 2023 Music Musicians Performances

Interview with Composer Harry Sdraulig

Drawing from the richness of the early 20th century, rising Australian composer Harry Sdraulig reaches for passion and complexity in his work. Interview by Steve Dow.