24 January 2024 News
Introducing the ACO Emerging Artists for 2024
Meet the talented young string players who we welcome to the ACO this year as Emerging Artists.
16 January 2024 Performances Tours
A Meditation on Evanescence
Artistic Director Richard Tognetti on the nature of rivers.
12 January 2024 Performances Tours
River: One Living Organism
Director Jennifer Peedom explores the extraordinary collaboration between filmmakers and musicians that led to the making of River.
12 January 2024 News Musicians
ACO Principal Cello Timo-Veikko Valve releases Beethoven Cello Sonatas
Tipi teams up with pianist Aura Go for a monumental recording of Beethoven's Sonatas for Cello & Piano Nos. 1-5, plus works by Anton Webern.
01 January 2024 News
Rivers of Paradise
Environmental writer Huw Kingston explores why humanity needs to fight to keep our rivers alive.
01 January 2024 News
Deep Waters
Indigenous writer Tristen Harwood yarns with composer and leading didgeridoo player William Barton about the profound meanings of rivers.
19 December 2023 Musicians
ACO 2024: Meet Australian mezzo-soprano Catherine Carby
From studies in Canberra to acclaimed roles in Covent Garden: the life and work of the award-winning opera singer Catherine Carby.
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.
22 November 2023 Musicians
ACO 2024: Meet filmmaker Jennifer Peedom
Get to know the filmmaker and director behind the ACO's River and Mountain, and Netflix phenomenon, Sherpa.
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'.
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.
