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04 June 2024 Musicians

Get to Know Melissa Barnard, ACO Cello

Melissa shares her weekend routine, the go-to recipe that helps her unwind, and the story behind the cello she plays.

Still Life, 1662–1681, by Johann Friedrich Grueber

03 June 2024 Music

Art Masterpieces Celebrating the Beautiful Cello

The cello has been revered as a subject of beauty, emotion and virtuosity by artists for centuries. We celebrate pieces by artists from Cornelis Schut to Egon Schiele who have celebrated the instrument in their work.

27 May 2024 Musicians

Scoring a Life: Nicolas Altstaedt Interview

As one of the world’s most acclaimed cellists, Nicolas Altstaedt travels constantly – but, he says, his home is music.

24 May 2024 Musicians

Joy & Purpose: Interview with Ilya Isakovich

For violinist Ilya Isakovich, joining the Australian Chamber Orchestra was the hardest decision of his life. Twenty years on, he says it was also his best.

22 May 2024 Music Performances

Gallery: There’s a Sea in my Bedroom

Stunning moments from our ACO Families production returning in September this year.

22 May 2024 Performances

Discover the Enchanting World of Oliver Jeffers

We explore the magical creations of the Brooklyn-based visual artist and author Oliver Jeffers, who gave us How to Catch a Star.

22 May 2024 Music Performances Tours

Interview: Elena Kats-Chernin on ‘How to Catch a Star’

The award-winning Australian composer on how to create compelling music for children.

21 May 2024 Performances Music

How to stage a children’s show

We share the secrets and wonders that come with turning Oliver Jeffers’ beloved children’s book, How to Catch a Star into a magical ACO Families theatre production.

20 May 2024 Musicians

Nicolas Altstaedt: ‘The ACO has an identity of the highest creativity’

We catch up with renowned German-French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt, ahead of his appearance with the Orchestra performing works by Haydn and Tchaikovsky.

16 May 2024 Music Philanthropy

Music Creates Worlds of Possibilities for Young People

How music, and music education programs like ACO Foundations, have the power to change the lives and experiences of children for the better.

02 May 2024 Music Musicians

Omar Musa & Mariel Roberts Interview

We catch up with poet, rapper and novelist Omar Musa, and cellist Mariel Roberts, ahead of their ACO Up Close 2024 performance at ACO Pier 2/3.

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01 May 2024 Music

A guide to Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde

Our brief introduction to Gustav Mahler's Song of the Earth, his monumental song cycle and 'greatest symphony', according to conductor Leonard Bernstein.