Support the ACO

MEDICI PATRON
The late Amina Belgiorno-Nettis

PRINCIPAL CHAIRS

Richard Tognetti AO
Artistic Director & Lead Violin
Gaby Kennard
Peter McMullin AM & Ruth McMullin
Andrew & Andrea Roberts
Rosy Seaton & Seumas Dawes

Helena Rathbone
Principal Violin
Rod Cameron & Margaret Gibbs

Satu Vänskä
Principal Violin
David Thomas AM

Stefanie Farrands
peckvonhartel architects –
Robert Peck AM
Yvonne von Hartel AM
Rachel Peck & Marten Peck

Timo-Veikko Valve
Principal Cello
Prof Doug Jones AO & Prof Janet Walker CM

Maxime Bibeau
Principal Double Bass
Darin Cooper Foundation

CORE CHAIRS

Violin
Aiko Goto
Anthony & Sharon Lee Foundation

Ilya Isakovich
Meg Meldrum

Liisa Pallandi
The Melbourne Medical Syndicate

Maja Savnik
Alenka Tindale

Ike See
Ian Lansdown & Tricia Bell

Viola
Elizabeth Woolnough
Terry Campbell AO & Christine Campbell

Core Viola Chair
Barbara and Ralph Ward-Ambler

Cello
Melissa Barnard
Jason & Alexandra Wenderoth

Julian Thompson
The Grist & Stewart Families

GUEST CHAIRS
Brian Nixon
Principal Timpani
Mr Robert Albert AO & Mrs Libby Albert

Thank you to all our generous donors who contribute to our Learning & Engagement, Orchestra, Instruments, International Touring and New Works funds.

PATRONS

Marc Besen AC & Late Eva Besen AO
Janet Holmes à Court AC

$50,000+

Judy Crawford
Rowena Danziger AM in memory of Ken Coles AM
Kathryn Greiner AO
Connie & Craig Kimberley
Lehrer Family Charitable Foundation
The Myer Family Foundation
RØDE
Ian Wilcox & Mary Kostakidis
Anonymous

$20,000 - $49,999

Peter Griffin & Terry Swann Foundation
Philip Bacon AO
The Kedje Foundation
Guido & Michelle Belgiorno-Nettis
Richard Cobden SC
Glenn & Caroline Crane
Dr Edward Curry-Hyde & Dr Barbara Messerle
Susie Dickson
Euroz Charitable Foundation
Dr Ian Frazer AC & Mrs Caroline Frazer
Charles & Cornelia Goode Foundation
Hooper Shaw Foundation
I Kallinikos
Kerry Landman
Lorraine Logan
Patricia Mason & Paul Walker
Peter & Ruth McMullin
Naomi Milgrom AC
Tony Shepherd AO
Turnbull Foundation
Libby & Nick Wright
Anonymous (4)

$10,000 – $19,999

Mr Robert Albert AO & Mrs Libby Albert
Walter Barda & Thomas O'Neill
Steven Bardy & Andrew Patterson
Rod Cameron & Margaret Gibbs
Stephen & Jenny Charles
Chum Darvall AM
Chris & Tony Froggatt
Cass George
Suzanne Gray
John Griffiths & Beth Jackson
Liz Harbison
Kay Ilett
Key Foundation
The Sun Foundation
Anthony & Sharon Lee Foundation
Andrew Liveris AO & Paula Liveris
Janet Matton AM & Robin Rowe
Julianne Maxwell
Robert & Nancy Pallin
Bruce & Joy Reid Trust
Peter Root & Hazel Schollar
Margie Seale & David Hardy
The Jon & Caro Stewart Family Foundation
Jeanne-Claude Strong
Cameron Williams
Peter Yates AM & Susan Yates
Anonymous

$5,000 - $9,999

Jennifer Aaron
Michael Ahrens
Sophie & Stephen Allen
Joanna Baevski
The Beeren Foundation
Bill & Marissa Best
Gerard Byrne & Donna O'Sullivan
Michael & Helen Carapiet
In memory of Wilma Collie
Annie Corlett AM & Bruce Corlett AM
Carol & Andrew Crawford
Jennifer Dowling
Suellen & Ron Enestrom
Ari & Lisa Droga
Eureka Benevolent Foundation Belinda Hutchinson AM and Roger Massy-Greene AM
Penelope & Susan Field
JoAnna Fisher & Geoff Weir
Erin Flaherty & David Maloney AM
Don & Marie Forrest
Bunny Gardiner-Hill
Colin Golvan AM KC & Dr Deborah Golvan
Paul Greenfield & Kerin Brown
The Albion Foundation
Lorraine Grove
Dale & Greg Higham
Geoff & Denise Illing
Caroline Jones
Ian Kavanagh & Clive Magowan
Andrew Low
Professor Duncan Maskell & Dr Sarah Maskell
In Memory of Helen McFadyen
J A McKernan
Helen Meddings
Leanne Menegazzo
The Hon Anthe Philippides SC
Beverley Price
In memory of Stephanie Quinlan
Dr S M Richards AM & Mrs M R Richards
Greg Shalit & Miriam Faine
J Skinner
John Taberner & Grant Lang
Petrina Slaytor
Marie-Louise Theile
Wheen Family Foundation
Anna & Mark Yates
Igor Zambelli
Anonymous (6)

2,500 - $4,999

Peter & Cathy Aird
Brad Banducci & Anna Dudek
Doug & Alison Battersby
Berg Family Foundation
Brian Bothwell
Neil & Jane Burley
Alex & Elizabeth Chernov
Kaye Cleary
Elizabeth Conti
Dee de Bruyn & Michael Dixon
Martin Dolan
Anne & Thomas Dowling
Mary Fraser
Anne & Justin Gardener
Gilbert George
Jennifer & Denys Gillespie
Kay Giorgetta
Tom & Julie Goudkamp
Warren Green
Lyndsey & Peter Hawkins
Fiona Martin-Weber & Tom Hayward
Peter & Helen Hearl
Peter & Edwina Holbeach
Doug Hooley
Merilyn & David Howorth
Stephanie & Mike Hutchinson
Mark Johnson
Warwick & Ann Johnson
Angela Karpin AM
Gaby Kennard
Liz & Walter Lewin
David & Sandy Libling
Anthony & Cathy Malouf
Matthew and Kate McCann
Sue Mcdonald
P J Miller
Andrew Naylor
H. Nicolay
Roslyn Packer AC
Leslie Parsonage
Damian & Natalie Reichel
Ralph & Ruth Renard
Tiffany Rensen
John Rickard
Fé Ross
Susan & Garry Rothwell
Irene Ryan & Dean Letcher KC
Rosy Seaton & Seumas Dawes
John C Sheahan
Geoffrey Smith & Gary Singer
Tom Smyth
Clayton & Christina Thomas
Kay Vernon
Mark Wakely & Steven Alward
Janice White
Rosemary White
VPM Duigan
Anonymous (8)


$1,000 - $2,499

Annette Adair
Antoinette Albert
Geoff Alder
Jane Allen
Rae & David Allen
Maia Ambegaokar & Joshua Bishop
Marion Amies
Margaret Arstall
Daria Ball
Robin Beech
Fiona Beevor
Ruth Bell
Geoff McClellan & Jane Bitcon at the APS Foundation
Dr Catherine Brown-Watt PSM & Mr Derek Watt
Jannie Brown
Sally Bufé
Henry & Jenny Burger
Pat Burke
Glen & Cathy Butler
Dr Margaret Cameron, in memory of Dr James Cameron AM
Ray Carless & Jill Keyte
In memory of Anthony Trent
Peter Clifton
Robert Clifton
Alison Clugston-Cornes
Diana Colman
Angela & John Compton
Paul Cooper
Jennifer Crivelli
Donald Crombie AM
Ann Crook
Deborah G. Cruickshank
Emma Culley
Paul Cummins & Kevin Gummer
Michael & Wendy Davis
Joanna De Burgh
Dr Michelle Deaker
Sandra Dent
Jim & Sue Dominguez
Emeritus Professor Dexter Dunphy
Peter Evans
Robyn & Bob Evans
Dr Joanna Flynn AM
Andrew Forrest AO & Nicola Forrest AO
Robert Fraser AM
M Generowicz
Tony & Brenda Gill
Don & Mary Glue
Ian & Ruth Gough
Camilla Graves
David Greig
Ruth & Mitchell Guss
Brian & Romola Haggerty
Lesley Harland
Paul & Gail Harris
Elizabeth Hatton
Jennifer Hershon
Sue & David Hobbs
Graeme Hocking
Michael Horsburgh AM & Beverley Horsburgh
Brian & Gillian Horwood
Penelope Hughes
Valerie J Hutchinson
C Jackson & Larissa Reid
Mira Joksovic
Christopher Joseph
Jennifer & Don Katauskas
Bruce & Natalie Kellett
Professor Anne Kelso AO
Will & Karin Kemp
Robert Kenrick
Irina Kuzminsky & Mark Delaney
Delysia Lawson
Mrs Judy Lee
Geoff Lewis
Richard & Elizabeth Longes
Patricia Lynch
Joan Lyons
David Macgeorge
Julia MacGibbon
Prof Roy Macleod & Dr K Webber
The Alexandra & Lloyd Martin Family
Michael & Holly Masterman
Neil & Diane Mattes
Susan Maxwell-Stewart
Meg McDonald and John Hall
Gwen McNeill
Sandra McPhee AM & Kent McPhee
Michelle & Brett Mitchell
Malcolm Moir and Alex Shehadie
Barbara & David Mushin
Nevarc Inc
Dr G Nelson
Prof Sharon Robinson AM & Andrew Netherwood
Robert Niall & Dr Jill Sewell AM
Robyn Owens
Catherine Parr & Paul Hattaway
In memory of Robin Pease
Ian Penboss
Jonathan Phillips and Irene Sniatynskyj
Kevin Phillips
In memory of Roy & Kay Piper
Greeba Pritchard
Janice Reid
Emeritus Professor A W Roberts AM
Andrew Rosenberg
Gerry & Maurice Rousset OAM
J Sanderson
Susan Sawyer
In Memory of Lady Maureen Schubert - Felicity Schubert
Glenice Shephard
Beverley Southern
Mrs Diana & Dr Peter Southwell-Keely
Brendan Sowry
Kim & Keith Spence
Dr Charles Su & Dr Emily Lo
Team Schmoopy
Robyn Tamke
Mike Thompson
Christine Thomson
Joanne Tompkins & Alan Lawson
Ngaire Turner
Joy Wearne
GC & R Weir
Moira Westmore
Liz Williamson and the late Tony Stirton
Connie Sohn & Darren Yong
Anonymous (27)

$500 - $999

Elinor Alexander
Dr Judy Alford
Beverley Allen
Jannifer Andrews
Geoff Backshall
Carole Bailey
Tim & Gemma Banfield
Russell Baskerville
Salvia Black
Lynne & Max Booth
David Borshoff & Caroline Crabb
Katrina Burton
Pamela Caldwell
Beatrice Cameron
Rod & Kay Campbell
David Castillo
Michael Chaney AO
Richard & Elizabeth Chisholm
Stephen Chivers
Dr Jane Cook
Colin Cornish
Louise Costanzo
Evan Cranston
Nicholas Creed & Jessamine Soderstrom
Marco D'Orsogna
Jennifer Douglas
Bernard and Susie Garry
Paul Downie
In Memory of Raymond Dudley
Tammy Edwards
Elizabeth Efinger
Chris Egan
Seth Eggleston
Diane Ferrier
Ann Field
Michela & Adrian Fini
Jill Fleming
Michael Fogarty
Alex Forcke
Penny Fraser
Courtney Gibson
Scott & Amanda Gibson
Major General Steve Gower AO, AO (Mil)
Dr Barry Green
Dr Eve Gu
Peter Halas
Ariane Harold
Sara Hector & Michael Japp
Dr Penny Herbert in memory of Dunstan Herbert
Gerard & Helen Hooper
Mrs L Bertoldo Hyne
Robert & Margaret Jackson
Murray Jacob
Jacqueline Johnson
Steve & Sarah Johnston
Agu Kantsler
Roderick & Elizabeth King
Peter & Katina Law
Kate Lidbetter & Peter Kerin
Tim Lyons
Darryl Mack
Jamie Mackie
Kate Richardson & Chris Marrable
Brett & Amanda Martin
In memory of Helen Maydwell
Kate McDonald
Shirley McEwin
Margaret A McNaughton
Inara Merrick
Jo Minetti
Paula Murrell
J Norman
Robin Offler
Brenda & Masaya Okada
Giles Parker
Ian & Cat Parker
Helen Perlen
Barbara Richardson
Angela Roberts
Tim Roberts
Pam Russell
Manfred & Linda Salamon
Naomi Saporta
Robyn Scott
Margaret Seares
Jeffrey Searle
David Shearer
Janet Shelley
Patti Simpson
Kate Maybury & Jonathan Sisovic
Lesley Smith
Garry Strong
Sophie Thomas
Lia Tran
Julie & Ed Van Beem
Dianne Volker
Lynn Wadley
Fiona Wallace-Smith
Libby & Joseph Walsh
Simon & Penny Wilding
Crystal Yip
Anonymous (33)

Acknowledgements current as at 6 October 2023 for donations and gifts recorded over the last 12 months. Please contact [email protected] for any queries. 

Current Fund Supporters

LEAD PATRONS
Victoria Shorthouse 
LGT Crestone Wealth Management
Hamilton Lane

PATRONS
The Allfrey Family
Irene Ash
Nick Baker
Fiona Banks
Matt Barnett
Andrew Best
Bruce Bouchard
Brookfield Australia
Craig & Nerida Caesar
Ken Cappie-Wood
Charter Hall
The Chisholm Family
City West Housing Pty Ltd
Camilla Collins
Al and Becky Crawford
Martine Curzon
Juan Delgado
The Denham Family
James Dick
The Eary Family
Sally Evans
Glen Frost
James Graham
John & Nicolle Keith
Simon Leefe
Sam Linz
Jodi Lonstein
Hannah McEwen
Sarah McGarry
Fraser McLeish
Stuart & Helen Nash
The Observership Program
Partners Group
Ross Pooley
Denby Roberts
Samuel Terry Asset Management
SCEGGS Darlinghurst
Andrew Schwartz
Belinda Smith
Georgie Summerhayes
John Taberner & Grant Lang
Pippa Tallentire
Mark Wallis
Kathryn Wyer
Anonymous (8)

IBM
Mr Robert Albert ao & Mrs Libby Albert
Mr Guido Belgiorno-Nettis AM
Mrs Barbara Blackman AO
Mrs Roxane Clayton
Mr David Constable AM
Mr Martin Dickson AM & Mrs Susie Dickson
Mrs Alexandra Martin
Mrs Faye Parker
Mr John Taberner & Mr Grant Lang
The late Peter Weiss AO

We would like to thank the following people who have remembered the Orchestra in their wills. 

CONTINUO CIRCLE

Steven Bardy 
Greg Bates
Ruth Bell 
Dave Beswick 
Dr Catherine Brown-Watt PSM & Mr Derek Watt
Jen Butler 
Sandra Cassell 
Rowena Danziger AM & Kenneth Coles AM
Sandra Dent
Dr William F Downey 
Peter Evans 
Carol Farlow 
Suzanne Gleeson 
Stan Harvey 
David & Sue Hobbs 
Arthur Hollis & Patricia Hollis 
Penelope Hughes 
Toni Kilsby & Mark McDonald 
Mrs Judy Lee 
Daniel Lemesle 
John Mitchell 
Selwyn M Owen 
Michael Ryan & Wendy Mead
Max & Nizza Siano 
Michael Soo
Elizabeth Starr
Cheri Stevenson 
Jeanne-Claude Strong 
Dr Lesley Treleaven 
Ngaire Turner 
G C & R Weir Margaret & Ron Wright 
Peter Yates AM 
Mark Young 
Anonymous (29)

ESTATE GIFTS

The late Charles Ross Adamson 
The late Kerstin Lillemor Anderson 
The late Mrs Sibilla Baer 
The late Almuth Cornelia (Conny) Beck
The late Patricia Blau
The late Prof Janet Carr 
The late Mrs Moya Crane 
The late Gaynor Dean 
The late Colin Enderby 
The late Neil Patrick Gillies
The late Lachie Hill 
The late John Nigel Holman 
The late Dr S W Jeffrey AM 
The late Pauline Marie Johnston 
The late Mr Geoff Lee AM OAM 
The late Shirley Miller 
The late Julie Moses 
The late Geraldine Nicoll 
The late Eva Nissen 
The late Josephine Paech
The late Richard Ponder 
The late Geoffrey Francis Scharer 
The late Scott Spencer 
The late Ernest Spinner 
The late Genelle Thomson
The late Lorelle Thomson
The late Shirley June Warland
The late Joyce Winsome Woodroffe
The late Barbara Wright

ACO CHAIRMAN'S COUNCIL CURRENT MEMBERS

Guido Belgiorno-Nettis AM – Chairman, ACO
Marc Besen AC
Craig & Nerida Caesar
Andrew Cameron AM & Cathy Cameron
Michael & Helen Carapiet
Michel-Henri Carriol AM & Julie Carriol OAM
Michael Chaney AO – Chairman, Wesfarmers
Hartley & Sharon Cook
Mark Coppleson
Judy Crawford
Karine Delvallée - CEO Australia & NZ, BNP Paribas
Michael Dixon & Dee de Bruyn
Doug Elix AO & Robin Elix
John Good - Managing Director LSH Auto Australia
Tom Goudkamp OAM - Managing Director, Stacks Goudkamp
John Grill AO & Rosie Williams
Janet Holmes à Court AC
Simon & Katrina Holmes à Court
Takashi Horie - Managing Director & CEO, Mitsubishi Australia Ltd
David Mathlin
Julianne Maxwell
Michael Maxwell
Sam Meers AO
Naomi Milgrom AC
Jan Minchin – Director, Tolarno Galleries
Jim & Averill Minto
Martyn Myer AO
Gretel Packer AM
Robert Peck AM & Yvonne von Hartel AM - peckvonhartel architects
Andrew Price - Managing Partner, NSW, EY
Carol Schwartz AO & Alan Schwartz AM
The late Peter Shorthouse & Victoria Shorthouse
Georgie Summerhayes
Peter Yates AM - Chairman Investment Committee, Mutual Trust Ltd
Peter Young AM & Susan Young

ACO NEXT CURRENT MEMBERS

Danielle Asciak
Adrian Barrett
Jennifer Brittain
Marc Budge
Stephen Byrne
Justine Clarke
Este Darin-Cooper & Chris Burgess
Sally Crawford
Shevi de Soysa
Jenni Deslandes & Hugh Morrow
Anita George
Ruth Kelly
Evan Lawson
Royston Lim
Dr Nathan Lo
Pennie Loane
Paddy McCrudden
Pat Miller
Susie Sugden & Bede Moore
Lucy Myer & Justin Martin
Clare Quail
Andrew & Louise Sharpe
Nicholas Smith
Tom Smyth
Michael Southwell
Helen Telfer
Sophie Thomas
Dr Robert Winter & Halaina Winter
Thomas Wright
Anonymous (3)