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Farewell to Mark Ingwersen: In Pictures
After 32 years performing with the ACO, Mark is closing the lid on his time with the Orchestra and looking back over three decades of magical moments.
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A Clockwork Orange and Beyond: In Pictures
The Australian Chamber Orchestra's A Clockwork and Beyond tour met wooden instruments with electronic sounds in a thrilling program of cult music by electronics pioneers and iconic film composers.
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The joy of Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge as theatre
“If even one child leaves with a grin on their face, I know I’ve done something truly amazing.” The actors and musicians behind our award-winning show share their experiences of bringing Mem Fox's beloved book to life.
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Meet the characters in Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
’Mrs Jordan who played the organ’, ‘Mr Tippett who was crazy about cricket’ and other colourful characters are part of Mem Fox and Julie Vivas’s beloved Wilfrid world.
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Mem Fox on ACO's Wilfrid: 'I swallowed tears three times'
The Australian children's book author shares the real life story behind Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, and let's us in on why the Australian Chamber Orchestra adaptation of the popular book moved and surprised her unexpectedly.
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A portrait of ACO Violin Aiko Goto
When ACO Violin Aiko Goto arrived on a scholarship at the Juilliard School in New York, she could not speak English. Now she leads yearly workshops with groups ACO Academy students with boundless energy.
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Michael Caton reads Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
Join film, television and theatre star, Michael Caton for a reading of this touching story about friendship and precious memories written by Mem Fox and Illustrated Julie Vivas.
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ACO musicians on the uniquely visceral music of Bartók
“His music often takes on a highly intoxicating and enchanting dance-like character.”
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How the ACO is adapting a ‘Princess & the Pea’ origin story
Award-winning playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer is turning the Hans Christian Andersen classic into an inspiring stage production celebrating the small things in life.
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Redemption and Liberation
Béla Bartók has long been seen as a misfit, and his work as too difficult. But really listening to his music reveals it as intelligent, joyous and – rare for his era – deeply humane.
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