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].

ACO Learning & Engagement Endowment Fund

We thank the following donors whose visionary support has established this endowment fund.

Visionaries
$250,000+

I & C George Family Foundation 
Kathryn Greiner AO
Liz & Walter Lewin
Julianne Maxwell
Louise Myer & Martyn Myer AO
Malcolm Turnbull AC & Lucy Turnbull AO

Founders 
$100,000 to $249,999

Charlie & Doug Tynan

Ambassadors 
$50,000 to $99,999

Geoff Alder
Guido & Michelle Belgiorno-Nettis
Medich Foundation
Peter McMullin AM & Ruth McMullin
The Neilson Family
Rosy Seaton & Seumas Dawes

Patrons 
$25,000 to $49,999

Odaria & Shane Finemore
JoAnna Fisher & Geoff Weir
Patricia & Greg Karedis
Macquarie Group Foundation
Camilla & Bradley Marr
Pallion
Sandi & John Szangolies
Vanessa Tay

Supporters 
$10,000 to $24,999

Matt Allen AM
Alina Barlow
Bill & Marissa Best
Christina & Leigh Birtles
Carapiet Foundation
Champion Family Foundation
Kathryn Chiba
Hélène Coombes & Peter Coombes AM
Mark Coulter & Adam Bayes
Glenn & Caroline Crane 
Ari & Lisa Droga
Erin Flaherty & David Maloney AM
Frances & John Ingham
Mark & Christina Johnson
Andrew Liveris AO & Paula Liveris
Karl Morris
Sean & Andromeda Neale
Justin Punch
Emma & Dominic Stevens
Terry & Anne Tzaneros
Wales Family Foundation
Anonymous (1)

Friends
$5,000 to $9,999

Mark Burrows AO
Leith Conybeare
Gresham Partners
Caroline Gurney
Ian & Melissa Malouf
Andrew & Abbey McKinnon
Sam Meers AO
Naomi Milgrom AC
Rob Thomas AO
Wheen Family Foundation
Woods 5 Foundation
Anonymous (1)

Advocates
Under $5,000 

Francis Douglas KC
Rose Bay Drive in Liquor
Anonymous (2)

These acknowledgements reflect gifts received as at 1 November 2025. 

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

Ike See
Gus and Nanna Lehrer

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+

The Belalberi Foundation / P & S Crossing
Guido & Michelle Belgiorno-Nettis 
Daniel Besen AM
Rowena Danziger AM in memory of Ken Coles AM
Hooper Shaw Foundation
The KEDJE Foundation
The Myer Family Foundation
Louise Myer & Martyn Myer AO
Marion Pender
Sue Roberts
Servcorp
Cisca Spencer
David Thomas AM
Brian & Rosemary White
Anonymous (1)

$20,000 - $49,999

Peter Griffin & Terry Swann Foundation
The Calile Hotel
Dr Edward Curry-Hyde & Dr Barbara Messerle
Euroz Charitable Foundation
Dr Ian Frazer AC & Mrs Caroline Frazer
Kathryn Greiner AO
John Griffiths & Beth Jackson
Connie & Craig Kimberley
Lehrer Family Charitable Foundation
Lorraine Logan
The Sun Foundation
Susan Thacore
Turnbull Foundation
Anonymous (2)

$10,000 - $19,999

The Baker & Bevan Bequest
Walter Barda & Thomas O'Neill
Kate & Andrew Buchanan
Richard Cobden SC
Julie Ann Cox AM
Ari & Lisa Droga
Equity Trustees Charitable Foundation - The Andersen Family Bequest
Carolyn Githens
Liz Harbison
Patrick Loftus-Hills
Julianne Maxwell
James Ostroburski and Leo Ostroburski
The Hon Anthe Philippides SC
Julia Pincus & Ian Learmonth
Bruce & Joy Reid Trust
Lesley Russell & Bruce Wolpe
Margie Seale & David Hardy
Tony Shepherd AO
The Jon & Caro Stewart Family Foundation
Anthony Strachan
Jeanne-Claude Strong
Ungar Family Foundation
Anna & Mark Yates
Anonymous (1)

$5,000 - $9,999

Jennifer Aaron
Joanna Baevski
The Beeren Foundation
Jannie Brown
Gerard Byrne & Donna O'Sullivan
Bruce & Charmaine Cameron
In memory of Wilma Collie
Donus Australia Foundation Limited
Caroline & Philip Cornish
Glenn & Caroline Crane
Carol & Andrew Crawford
Donus Australia Foundation Limited
Jennifer Dowling
C Hodges & H Eager
Emeritus Professor Anne Edwards AO
Jean Finnegan
Carolyn Fletcher
Bunny Gardiner-Hill
Kerry Gardner AM
Jennifer & Denys Gillespie
Colin Golvan AM KC & Dr Deborah Golvan
Charles & Cornelia Goode Foundation
Leslie & Ginny Green
Paul Greenfield & Kerin Brown
Lorraine Grove
Anthony & Conny Harris
Annie Hawker
Peter & Helen Hearl
Linda Herd
Dale & Greg Higham
Peter & Edwina Holbeach
Stephanie & Mike Hutchinson
Geoff & Denise Illing
Caroline Jones
Julia MacGibbon
Anthony & Suzanne Maple-Brown
Patricia Mason & Paul Walker
Janet Matton AM & Robin Rowe
Peter McMullin AM & Ruth McMullin
Andrew Naylor
Leslie Parsonage
Beverley Price
In memory of Stephanie Quinlan
Ralph & Ruth Renard
Dr S M Richards AM & Mrs M R Richards
Jeffrey Searle
Greg Shalit & Miriam Faine
John C Sheahan
Sherman Foundation
Jann Skinner
Petrina Slaytor
Tom Smyth
Beverley Southern
Prof Ross Steele & Mr Alan Toohey
Marie-Louise Theile
Christine Thomson
Beverley Trivett AM & Stephen Hart
Kathy White
Anonymous (7)

$2,500 - $4,999

Peter & Cathy Aird
Sophie & Stephen Allen
Ian & Libby Anderson
Margaret Arstall
Jane Barnes
Berg Family Foundation
Brian Bothwell
The late Cathy Brown-Watt PSM & Derek Watt
Neil & Jane Burley
In loving memory of Dr James Cameron AM
Alex & Elizabeth Chernov
Renee Childs & Chris Culvenor
Angela & John Compton
Rod Constantine
Elizabeth Conti
Duncan Craib
Dr Michelle Deaker
Dr G Deutsch OAM and Mrs K Deutsch
Martin Dolan
Anne & Thomas Dowling
In Memory of Raymond Dudley
VPM Duigan
Gilbert George
Kay Giorgetta
Kitta Good
Brian & Romola Haggerty
Yvonne Harvey
Fiona Martin-Weber & Tom Hayward
Merilyn & David Howorth
Michael Hudson
Angela Karpin AM
Gaby Kennard
Jill Keyte
David & Sandy Libling
Andrew Low
Marshall Grosby & Margie Bromilow
Harold & Ellen Marshbaum
David Mathlin
Neil & Diane Mattes
Susan Maxwell-Stewart
In memory of Helen Maydwell
In Memory of Helen McFadyen
H. Nicolay
Catherine Parr & Paul Hattaway
Tiffany Rensen
Dr Trish Richardson in memory of Andy Lloyd James
Elfriede Sangkuhl
Marshall Segan
Clayton & Christina Thomas
Nick and Kate Thomas
Kay Vernon
Lyn Williams AM
Anonymous (7)

$1,000 - $2,499

Annette Adair
Antoinette Albert
Rae & David Allen
Maia Ambegaokar & Joshua Bishop
Jannifer Andrews
Margaret Andrews
Giving Culture
Greg Bates
Doug & Alison Battersby
Robin Beech
Fiona Beevor
Ruth Bell
Geoff McClellan & Jane Bitcon at the APS Foundation
Stephen Booth
Nigel and Sheena Broughton
Elizabeth Brown
Sally Bufé
Professor Eric Knight
Pat Burke
Robert Clifton
Paul Cooper
The Cowell Family
Philip & Margaret Crane
Paul Cummins & Kevin Gummer
Kathy Davidson
Michael & Wendy Davis
Sandra Dent
Theresa and Peter Dodds
Sue and Jim Dominguez
In memory of Deborah Chemke
Emeritus Professor Dexter Dunphy
Elizabeth Efinger
Ingrid and David Emery
Chris & Bob Ernst
Peter Evans
Diane Ferrier
Dr Joanna Flynn AM
FMR Resources Ltd
Patrick & Janet Forbes
Andrew Forrest AO & Nicola Forrest AO
Nicola Forrest AO
Elizabeth Foster
Robert Fraser AM
Lynne Frolich
M Generowicz
Tony & Brenda Gill
Dr Barry Green
Warren Green
Lesley Harland
Paul & Gail Harris
Alan Hauserman & Janet Nash
Lyndsey & Peter Hawkins
Gary & Susan Hearst
Jennifer Hershon
PwC on behalf of Susan Wheeldon
Doug Hooley
Dr Gerard & Helen Hooper
Michael Horsburgh AM & Beverley Horsburgh
Brian & Gillian Horwood
Carrie Howard
Penelope Hughes
Valerie J Hutchinson
TBC Mr Richard Hyde
Howard Insall SC & Brigitte Pers
Peter & Delia Ivanoff
C Jackson & Larissa Reid
Robert & Margaret Jackson
Marie Jamieson
Mira Joksovic Vanovac
Christopher Joseph
Jackie Katz
Bruce & Natalie Kellett
Professor Anne Kelso AC
Robert Kenrick
Josephine Key
Prof Bruce King
Delysia Lawson
Mrs Judy Lee
TBC Assoc Prf Dr Michele Levinson
Patricia Lynch
Joan Lyons
Prof Roy MacLeod & Dr K Webber
June K Marks
Kate Maybury & Jonathan Sisovic
Andrea McCall
Shirley McEwin
Margaret A McNaughton
P J Miller
Michelle & Brett Mitchell
Malcolm Moir & Alex Shehadie
William Monfries
Rebelle Moriarty
Frances Morris
Barbara & David Mushin
Nevarc Inc
Kathie Najar
Dr G Nelson
Mark & Fiona Newman
Robert Niall & Dr Jill Sewell AM
Jane and Paul Orton
Dr Kevin Pedemont
Ian Penboss
Kevin Phillips
Gillian Pincus
Dr Leon Pitchon
Beverly & Ian Pryer
REA Arts & Culture
Vivien Anne Reynolds
Jillian Richards-Morey
Prof Graham Rigby & Mrs Felicity Rigby
Leigh Ritchie
William Rivers
Professor Sharon Robinson AM
Barbara Minchinton & Mick Roche
Andrew Rosenberg
Fé Ross
Gerry & Maurice Rousset OAM
J Sanderson
Susan Sawyer
Stuart Schaefer
Felicity Schubert - In Memory of Lady Maureen Schubert
Margaret Seares
Janet Shelley
Nicola Shelley
Joshua and Susan Shrubb
Ann & Quinn Sloan
Lesley Smith
Dr Jonathan Phillips and Irene Sniatynskyj
Brendan Sowry
Kim & Keith Spence
Dr Charles Su & Dr Emily Lo
Team Schmoopy
Angela and David Taft
TFW See & Lee Chartered Accountants
Rob Thomas
Mike Thompson
Joanne Tompkins & Alan Lawson
Jo Topfer
Steve Ulrich
Dianne Volker
Richard Walker
Joy Wearne
GC & R Weir
Alasdair & Tracey West
Moira Westmore
Janice White
Peter Willis SC and Eleneth Woolley
TBC Gina Woodhill
Sue Zeckendorf
Anonymous (25)

$500 - $999
Elinor Alexander
Dr Judy Alford
Beverley Allen
Marion Amies
Harry Anstey
Ms Suzanne Ardagh
Elsa Atkin AM
The Hon Roslyn Atkinson AO & Prof Richard Fotheringham AM
Leith David Ayres
Geoff Backshall
Roger Bagley
John Baird in memory of Annette McClure
Marta Bassanetti
Bronwyn Bauer
Lynne Booth
TBC Lisa Brazier
TBC Anthony Brittain
Cheryl Bruce
Coll & Roger Buckle
Therese Burnett
Katrina Burton
Pamela Caldwell
Rod & Kay Campbell
Fred & Angela Chaney
Fred & Jody Chaney
Roslyn Cheney
Stephen Chivers
Jacqueline Clayton
Barry Colgan & Mairead Heaney
Dr Jane Cook
Caroline Cooper M.V.O.
Louise Costanzo
Lucy Crawford & John Cunningham
Nicholas Creed & Jessamine Soderstrom
Len Crossfield and Jean Chesson
Susan Croudace
John & Patricia Curotta
Ian Davis & Sandrine Barouh
Susanne Dawes
Andrea Dewar
Marco D'Orsogna
Jennifer Douglas
Graham Dowland
Carol Edwards
Tammy Edwards
Chris Egan
Seth Eggleston
Julie Ewington
Ann Field
Jill Fleming
Mr David Forrest
Gaye Gaylard
Luca Giacovazzi
Scott & Amanda Gibson
John Goodlad
Major General Steve Gower AO, AO (Mil)
Carole A P Grace
Catriona and Richard Graham
Yolande & Ivan Gustavino
Lyn Harding
Suzette Harding
Gerard and Gabby Hardisty
Ariane Harold
The Hon Don Harwin
Sara Hector & Michael Japp
Kingsley Herbert
Dr Penny Herbert in memory of Dunstan Herbert
Sue & David Hobbs
Louise Hogan
Professor Emeritus Andrea Hull AO
Geoffrey and Josephine Isaacs
Murray Jacob
Christine James
Karen Johnson
Margot Johnson
Steve & Sarah Johnston
Gillian Jones
Sally Jones
Fiona Kalaf
Agu Kantsler
Jo Keaney
Mrs Janette Kent
Dr Helen Kerr
C J Kinder
Karen Lang
Peter & Katina Law
Kate Lidbetter & Peter Kerin
Darryl Mack
Brett & Amanda Martin
Nicolas Mason
Alex Mazzega
Bill McCarthy
Christine McDonald
Sue McDonald
Gwen McNeill
Louise Miller
Jo Minetti
Felicia Mitchell
Tim Moore
Emma Morris
Sarah Morrisby
Helen Moylan
Paula Murrell
Sandra Nicholson and Stuart Taylor
Justin Nuich
Robin Offler
Brenda & Masaya Okada
Ritu Ooi
Willy & Mimi Packer
Giles Parker
Sally Patten & Graham Ball
Helen Perlen
Dan & Jackie Phillips
In memory of Roy, Kay & Greg Piper
Mark Powell
Sally Powell
Joanna Renkin
Dr Jan Resnick
Barbara Richardson
Kate Richardson & Chris Marrable
Morwenna Richardson
Mark Sandford
Naomi Saporta
Ian Scobie AM
Jan Seppelt
Tony Seymour
Patti Simpson
Julia Sischo
Godfrey Smith
Mrs Diana & Dr Peter Southwell-Keely
Patricia Spinks
Garry Strong
Michael Taylor
Mark Thompson
Mick Toller
Alma Toohey
Dr Lesley Treleaven
Jennifer & David Turner
Julie & Ed Van Beem
Yannis Vrodos
Fiona Wallace-Smith
Siobhan Way
Angeli Weller & David Haines
Simon & Penny Wilding
Jennifer Williams
Peter Wroth
Lawrie Zion and Zac Horvatin
Anonymous (26)

Acknowledgements current as at 2 April 2026 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

Martyn Myer AO – Chairman, ACO

Guido Belgiorno-Nettis AM & Michelle Belgiorno-Nettis

Daniel Besen AM

Craig & Nerida Caesar

Andrew Cameron AM & Cathy Cameron

Richard & Lucy Campbell

Michael & Helen Carapiet

Michel-Henri Carriol AM & Julie Carriol OAM

Michael Chaney AO – Chairman, Wesfarmers

Jane & Andrew Clifford

Hartley & Sharon Cook

Judy Crawford

Debbie Dadon AM

Michael Dixon & Dee de Bruyn

Doug Elix AO & Robin Elix

Tom Goudkamp OAM - Managing Director, Stacks Goudkamp

John Grill AO & Rosie Williams

Janet Holmes à Court AC

Simon & Katrina Holmes à Court

Takashi Horie - Company Representative for Australia, Managing Director & CEO, Mitsubishi Australia Ltd

Ian Kavanagh & Clive Magowan

Tory Maguire – Managing Director, Publishing, Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited

Fiona Martin-Weber & Tom Hayward

David Mathlin & Camilla Drover

Julianne Maxwell

Peter McGauran & Mary Capuano

Naomi Milgrom AC

Jan Minchin – Director, Tolarno Galleries

Nicolas Parrot – CEO Australia & NZ, BNP Paribas

Robert Peck AM & Yvonne von Hartel AM - peckvonhartel architects

Dan & Jackie Phillips

Carol Schwartz AO & Alan Schwartz AO

Victoria Shorthouse

Amanda & Tim Unsworth

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)