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.
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.
01 May 2024 Music
A guide to Alma Mahler-Werfel's Drei Lieder
Our brief introduction to Alma Mahler-Werfel's three songs, in the context of her life and other works.
01 May 2024 Music
A guide to Richard Wagner's Siegfried Idyll
Our brief introduction to Richard Wagner's exquisite tone poem, Siegfried Idyll, composed in 1870.
01 May 2024 Philanthropy
Richard Tognetti: Help us bring the music
Music brings us together. Please help us bring the music. Consider making a tax-deductible donation to the ACO today.
26 April 2024 Music News
Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
Make their day with music experiences from the Australian Chamber Orchestra – either in the form of a night out to the concert hall, or with gifts to be enjoyed from the comfort of home.
23 April 2024 Music Performances
The Heldentenor and the Mezzo-soprano
Silence, mind-maps and discipline: how singers Catherine Carby and Stuart Skelton manage the fierce emotional and physical challenges of performing Mahler’s monumental Song of the Earth.
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.
