22 April 2024 Music Tours
An Encounter in Five Movements
The music of Gustav Mahler creates meaning through a continuous series of startling transformations. Playwright Daniel Keene experiences his music live for the very first time.
17 April 2024 Music Performances
Reflections on Mahler in Edinburgh
The Australian Chamber Orchestra performed at the renowned Edinburgh International Festival in 2016. Artistic Director Richard Tognetti and ACO Principal Violin Satu Vänskä reflect on the experience before an Australian tour of the same music.
15 April 2024 Music Performances
ACO Musicians on the power of Mahler
Our musicians speak to the monumental power and unforgettable existentialism of the music of Gustav Mahler.
12 April 2024 Music Performances
An introduction to Mahler’s Song of the Earth
Our guide to Mahler’s orchestral song cycle, including the profound story behind the existential work.
11 April 2024 News Music
Listen to our pet-calming playlist of classical music
Classical music is proven to calm animals. We have curated a special relaxing playlist for our furry and featured friends to mark National Pet Day.
05 April 2024 News Performances
ACO Total Immersion: ‘I feel totally privileged to have been there’
Our musicians and audience members reflect on a unique and powerfully moving experience at ACO Pier 2/3.
28 March 2024 Music News
Dispatches from Penrith Youth Orchestra
Earlier this month, Australian Chamber Orchestra musicians took part in an inspiring and rewarding weekend mentoring Penrith Youth Orchestra Academy students.
28 March 2024 Musicians
Farewell to Maja Savnik: In Pictures
After nine years performing as a much-loved member of the ACO, Maja is concluding her time with the Orchestra to return to Europe with her young family. We're looking back at some of the wonderful memories she has shared with her colleagues over the years.
27 March 2024 Music
Australian Singers on the World Stage
These singers exuding star power have conquered the world’s stages. But they all started in Australia.
26 March 2024 Music News
Annabel Crabb and Richard Tognetti go way back
The Chat 10 Looks 3 host on her history with Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
26 March 2024 Music News
Leigh Sales on learning a musical instrument
“The way she taught music gave me everything I need to have it now as my greatest joy.”
23 February 2024 Music
Beethoven in three words
Australian Chamber Orchestra musicians sum up the great composer.
21 February 2024 Tours Music
A Skyful of Beethovens
Beethoven is perhaps best known for his “heroic” style, which reflects the wars of his time, but his work has many modes from improvisatory explorations to Romantic introspection. Nicholas Mathew explores the role of the piano in these works.
21 February 2024 Musicians Tours
Kristian Bezuidenhout Interview
Kristian Bezuidenhout – who returns to the Australian Chamber Orchestra to guest direct the ensemble for the first time – says he can find an expressiveness and richness in early pianos that he can’t find on contemporary instruments.
20 February 2024 Music
Gustav Klimt and Beethoven
Discover the monumental Gustav Klimt mural painted in honour of the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
