Support the ACO

We especially thank each of our Creative Partners, whose exceptional contribution is bringing the Orchestra’s artistic vision to life.

CREATIVE PARTNERS

Judy Crawford 
Rowena Danziger AM, in memory of Ken Coles AM
Peter McMullin AM & Ruth McMullin 
Louise Myer & Martyn Myer AO
Serpentine Foundation - Rosie Williams & John Grill
Wilson Foundation - Karen Wilson & Geoff Wilson AO

Acknowledgements current as at 7 July 2025 for donations & gifts recorded over the last 12 months. For any queries, please contact [email protected].

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 Bass
Janet Matton AM & Robin Rowe
Ros Morauta

CORE CHAIRS

Violin

Aiko Goto
Anthony & Sharon Lee Foundation

Ilya Isakovich
Meg Meldrum

Liisa Pallandi
The Melbourne Medical Syndicate

Anna da Silva Chen
Alenka Tindale

Thibaud Pavlovic-Hobba
The Minta Group

Tim Yu
Barbara & Ralph Ward-Ambler

Viola

Elizabeth Woolnough
Terry Campbell AO & Christine Campbell

Cello

Melissa Barnard
Jason Wenderoth

Julian Thompson
The Stewart Family
Julie Steiner AM & Judyth Sachs

Percussion

Brian Nixon
Jo & John Millyard
Jennifer & Denys Gillespie

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

$50,000+

Guido & Michelle Belgiorno-Nettis
The Belalberi Foundation / P & S Crossing
Daniel Besen AM
Rowena Danziger AM in memory of Ken Coles AM
Dr Ian Frazer AC & Mrs Caroline Frazer
Hooper Shaw Foundation
The KEDJE Foundation
Lehrer Family Charitable Foundation
The Myer Family Foundation
Marion Pender
Servcorp
Sue Roberts
Brian & Rosemary White
Anonymous (1)

$20,000 - $49,999

Peter Griffin & Terry Swann Foundation
Richard Cobden SC
Glenn & Caroline Crane
Dr Edward Curry-Hyde & Dr Barbara Messerle
Euroz Securities Limited
Kathryn Greiner AO
Kerry Landman
Lorraine Logan
Janet Matton AM & Robin Rowe
The Sun Foundation
Susan Thacore
Turnbull Foundation
Anonymous (3)

$10,000 - $19,999

Kate & Andrew Buchanan
The Baker & Bevan Bequest
Walter Barda & Thomas O'Neill
Leigh Birtles
Dee de Bruyn & Michael Dixon
Ari & Lisa Droga
Leith Conybeare & The late Darrel Conybeare
Julie Ann Cox AM
Equity Trustees Charitable Foundation - The Andersen Family Bequest
JoAnna Fisher & Geoff Weir
Carolyn Githens
John Griffiths & Beth Jackson
Liz Harbison
Peter & Edwina Holbeach
Mark & Christina Johnson
Key Foundation
Andrew Liveris AO & Paula Liveris
Patrick Loftus-Hills
Julianne Maxwell
Julia Pincus & Ian Learmonth
Bruce & Joy Reid Trust
Margie Seale & David Hardy
Tony Shepherd AO
The Jon & Caro Stewart Family Foundation
Anthony Strachan
Jeanne-Claude Strong
Bernie Sweeney
Ungar Family Foundation
Denise A. Wadley
Peter Yates AM & Susan Yates
Anonymous (2)

$5,000 - $9,999

Jennifer Aaron
The Beeren Foundation
Bill & Marissa Best
Jannie Brown
Gerard Byrne & Donna O'Sullivan
Michael & Helen Carapiet
Bruce & Charmaine Cameron
Jenny Charles & The late Stephen Charles AO KC
David & Juliet Clarke
Christine & Michael Clough
In memory of Wilma Collie
Caroline & Philip Cornish
Carol & Andrew Crawford
Donus Australia Foundation Limited
Jennifer Dowling
Eureka Benevolent Foundation Belinda Hutchinson AM & Roger Massy-Greene AM
Suellen & Ron Enestrom
Jean Finnegan
Erin Flaherty & David Maloney AM
Bunny Gardiner-Hill
Kerry Gardner AM
Colin Golvan AM KC & Dr Deborah Golvan
Charles & Cornelia Goode Foundation
Leslie & Ginny Green
Paul Greenfield & Kerin Brown
The Albion Foundation
Lorraine Grove
Anthony & Conny Harris
Annie Hawker
Dale & Greg Higham
Geoff & Denise Illing
Caroline Jones
Julia MacGibbon
Anthony & Suzanne Maple-Brown
Patricia Mason & Paul Walker
Mr David Mathlin
J A McKernan
Peter McMullin AM & Ruth McMullin
Annabelle Mooney
Andrew Naylor
James Ostroburski & Leo Ostroburski
Leslie Parsonage
The Hon Anthe Philippides SC
Beverley Price
In memory of Stephanie Quinlan
Ralph & Ruth Renard
Dr S M Richards AM & Mrs M R Richards
Susan & Garry Rothwell
Jeffrey Searle
Greg Shalit & Miriam Faine
John C Sheahan
Sherman Foundation
Petrina Slaytor
Tom Smyth
Beverley Southern
Marie-Louise Theile
Christine Thomson
Beverley Trivett AM & Stephen Hart 
Wheen Family Foundation
Kathy White
Anna & Mark Yates
Anonymous (9)


$2,500 - $4,999

 $1,000 - $2,499

Annette Adair
Antoinette Albert
Rae & David Allen
Maia Ambegaokar & Joshua Bishop
Jannifer Andrews
Greg Bates
Doug & Alison Battersby
Robin Beech
Fiona Beevor
Ruth Bell
Geoff McClellan & Jane Bitcon at the APS Foundation
Jessica Block
Stephen Booth
Nigel & Sheena Broughton
Sally Bufé
Pat Burke
Beatrice Cameron
Andrew Cameron AM & Catherine Cameron
Richard & Lucy Campbell
Ms Georgie Capp
In memory of Deborah Chemke
Kaye Cleary
Robert Clifton
Diana Colman
The Cowell Family
Paul Cummins & Kevin Gummer
Michael & Wendy Davis
Sandra Dent
Theresa & Peter Dodds
Achim Drescher
In Memory of Raymond Dudley
Emeritus Prof Dexter Dunphy
Elizabeth Efinger
Ingrid & David Emery
Chris & Bob Ernst
Peter Evans
Diane Ferrier
Dr Joanna Flynn AM
Patrick & Janet Forbes
Elizabeth Foster
Robert Fraser AM
Lynne Frolich
M Generowicz
Tony & Brenda Gill
Giving Culture
Kitta Good
Dr Barry Green
Warren Green
Ruth & Mitchell Guss
Gerard & Gabby Hardisty
Lesley Harland
Paul & Gail Harris
Lyndsey & Peter Hawkins
Gary & Susan Hearst
Linda Herd
Jennifer Hershon
Lisa Hobbs
Amit Holckner
Doug Hooley
Michael Horsburgh AM & Beverley Horsburgh
Brian & Gillian Horwood
Carrie Howard
Anne & Graham Howe
Penelope Hughes
Valerie J Hutchinson
Howard Insall SC & Brigitte Pers
Peter & Delia Ivanoff
C Jackson & Larissa Reid
Robert & Margaret Jackson
Marie Jamieson
Mira Joksovic Vanovac
Christopher Joseph
Jackie Katz
The Hon Dr T Kavanagh Brereton & The Hon Mr L Brereton
Jillian Richards-Morey
Bruce & Natalie Kellett
Professor Anne Kelso AO
Robert Kenrick
Josephine Key
Prof Bruce King
Prof Eric Knight
James La Nauze
Delysia Lawson
Mrs Judy Lee
Patricia Lynch
Joan Lyons
Prof Roy MacLeod & Dr K Webber
June K Marks
Susan Maxwell-Stewart
Andrea McCall
Shirley McEwin
Sandra McPhee AM & Kent McPhee
P J Miller
Michelle & Brett Mitchell
Malcolm Moir & Alex Shehadie
William Monfries
Patsy Montgomery
Rebelle Moriarty
Frances Morris
Barbara & David Mushin
Nevarc Inc
Dr G Nelson
Robert Niall & Dr Jill Sewell AM
Jane & Paul Orton
Dr Kevin Pedemont
Ian Penboss
The Petrie Family
Kevin Phillips
Gillian Pincus
Dr Leon Pitchon
Fiona & Matthew Playfair
Beverly & Ian Pryer
REA Arts & Culture
Christopher Reed
Prof Graham Rigby & Mrs Felicity Rigby
Leigh Ritchie
William Rivers
Prof Sharon Robinson AM
Barbara Minchinton & Mick Roche
Andrew Rosenberg
Fé Ross
Gerry & Maurice Rousset OAM
Paul Salmeri
J Sanderson
Susan Sawyer
Stuart Schaefer
Felicity Schubert - In Memory of Lady Maureen Schubert
Peter & Ofelia Scott
Margaret Seares
Janet Shelley
Joshua & Susan Shrubb
Larissa Shumilo
Kate Maybury & Jonathan Sisovic
Ann & Quinn Sloan
Lesley Smith
Dr Jonathan Phillips & Irene Sniatynskyj
Brendan Sowry
Kim & Keith Spence
Dr Charles Su & Dr Emily Lo
Team Schmoopy
Angela & David Taft
TFW See & Lee Chartered Accountants
Rob Thomas
Mike Thompson
Joanne Tompkins & Alan Lawson
Jo Topfer
Steve Ulrich
Richard Walker
Joy Wearne
GC & R Weir
Moira Westmore
Janice White
Peter Willis SC & Eleneth Woolley
Sue Zeckendorf
Anonymous (25)

$500 - $999

Elinor Alexander
Dr Judy Alford
Beverley Allen
Marion Amies
In memory of Charles Armitage
Elsa Atkin AM
Geoff Backshall
Roger Bagley
John Baird in memory of Annette McClure
Liam Bartlett
Marta Bassanetti
Mrs L Bertoldo Hyne
Salvia Black
Lynne Booth
Cheryl Bruce
Coll & Roger Buckle
Therese Burnett
Mr Stephen Byrne
Pamela Caldwell
Howard Cearns
Fred & Angela Chaney
Fred & Jody Chaney
Roslyn Cheney
Stephen Chivers
Dr Jane Cook
Caroline Cooper M.V.O.
Rod Cornish
Dee Corser
Louise Costanzo
Philip & Margaret Crane
Lucy Crawford & John Cunningham
Nicholas Creed & Jessamine Soderstrom
Len Crossfield & Jean Chesson
Susan Croudace
John & Patricia Curotta
Philippa Davern
Ian Davis & Sandrine Barouh
Susanne Dawes
Jennifer Douglas
Ms Treffina Dowland
Carol Edwards
Chris Egan
Seth Eggleston
Noel & Margaret Eva
Julie Ewington
Ann Field
Jill Fleming
Ms Carolyn Fletcher
Mr David Forrest
Bernard & Susie Garry
Gaye Gaylard
Scott & Amanda Gibson
Dr Raymond Golzar
John Goodlad
Elizabeth Gordon-Werner
Major General Steve Gower AO, AO (Mil)
Carole A P Grace
Catriona & Richard Graham
Sheryl Grimwood
Mr Kerry Harmanis
The Hon Don Harwin
Kingsley Herbert
Dr Penny Herbert in memory of Dunstan Herbert
Anne Hesford
Jill Hickson Wran
Sue & David Hobbs
Professor Emeritus Andrea Hull AO
Geoffrey & Josephine Isaacs
Christine James
Karen Johnson
Margot Johnson
Mr Andrew Kalafatas
Mrs Myrna Kaplan
Mrs Janette Kent
Dr Helen Kerr
C J Kinder
Lionel & Judy King
Karen Lang
Assoc Prof Dr Michele Levinson
Kate Lidbetter & Peter Kerin
Darryl Mack
Luke Mader
Nicolas Mason
Bill McCarthy
Christine McDonald
Hunter McEwen & Rosemary McEwen
Margaret A McNaughton
Louise Miller
Wade Miklavs
Felicia Mitchell
Emma Morris
Sarah Morrisby
Helen Moylan
Paula Murrell
Kathie Najar
Sandra Nicholson & Stuart Taylor
Justin Nuich
Robin Offler
Brenda & Masaya Okada
Ritu Ooi
Giles Parker
Sally Patten & Graham Ball
Helen Perlen
Dan & Jackie Phillips
In memory of Roy, Kay & Greg Piper
Mark Powell
Sally Powell
Vivien Anne Reynolds
Barbara Richardson
Kate Richardson & Chris Marrable
Naomi Saporta
Ian Scobie AM
Jan Seppelt
Tony Seymour
Nicola Shelley
Mrs Suzanne Silbert
Godfrey Smith
Patricia Spinks
Garry Strong
Mark Stowell
Michael Taylor
Lily Tell & David Lester
Mick Toller
Alma Toohey
Jennifer & David Turner
Dianne Volker
Yannis Vrodos
Fiona Wallace-Smith
Helen Waterworth
Angeli Weller & David Haines
Stephen Wells & Mischa Way
Sarah Wells
Alasdair & Tracey West
Simon & Penny Wilding
Peter Wilkinson
Jennifer Williams
Mark Wilson
Lawrie Zion & Zac Horvatin
Anonymous (20)


Acknowledgements current as at 1 September 2025 for donations & gifts recorded over the last 12 months. For any queries, please contact [email protected].

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 Guido Belgiorno-Nettis AM
Mrs Barbara Blackman AO
The late Mrs Roxane Clayton
Mr David Constable AM
The late 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

Keith J Baker
Steven Bardy 
Greg Bates
Ruth Bell 
Sue Berners-Price
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 
David & Sue Hobbs 
Penelope Hughes
VJ Hutchinson
Ray & Emma Jewry
Dr Desley Kassulke
David Kellock
Toni Kilsby & Mark McDonald 
Mrs Judy Lee 
Susan Maxwell-Stewart
Brian McFadyen
John Mitchell  
Helen Moylan
Rebecca & Rob Newnham
Beverley Price
Greeba Pritchard
Michael Ryan & Wendy Mead
Kae Sato-Goodsell
Jennifer Senior OAM & Jenny McGee
Max & Nizza Siano 
Michael Soo
Elizabeth Starr
Cheri Stevenson 
Jeanne-Claude Strong 
Dr Lesley Treleaven 
Ngaire Turner 
Mary Vallentine AO
Mark Wakely in Memory of Steven Alward
G C & R Weir
Margaret & Ron Wright 
Peter Yates AM 
Mark Young 
Anonymous (49)

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 Margaret Anne Brien
The late Prof Janet Carr 
The late Mrs Moya Crane 
The late Jonathan de Burgh Persse
The late Gaynor Dean 
The late Colin Enderby 
The late Neil Patrick Gillies
The late Seila Gorman
The late Stan Harvey
The late Lachie Hill 
The late Arthur Hollis & Patricia Hollis
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 Lorraine Margaret McDermott
The late Shirley Miller 
The late Julie Moses 
The late Geraldine Nicoll 
The late Eva Nissen 
The late Selwyn Owen
The late Josephine Paech
The late Richard Ponder 
The late Cate McKean Poynton
The late Elizabeth Pamela Roberts
The late Geoffrey Francis Scharer 
The late Tonia Shand AM
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
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 - Chairman, ACO
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 & Pat Miller
Simon & Lucy Birrell
Jennifer Brittain
Justine Clarke
Sally Crawford
Donus Australia Foundation Limited
Maria Guo
The Herschell Family
Edwin Jiang
Ruth Kelly
Christian Killin
Royston Lim
Dr Nathan Lo
Pennie Loane
Paddy McCrudden
Kris McIntyre
Marina Mitrevski
Lucy Myer & Justin Martin
Kyle J. Polite 
Jess Rose
Nicholas Smith
Tom Smyth
Michael Southwell
Fiona Steffensen
Susie Sugden & Bede Moore
Helen Telfer
Sophie Thomas
Geoff & Millie Williams
Thomas Wright
Pia Zadnik
Lucy Zogg
Anonymous (3)