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Ways to experience the ACO

Experience the Australian Chamber Orchestra through live concerts, international tours, acclaimed recordings, ACO StudioCasts films, videos and other content on ACO On Demand, and through education and outreach initiatives at our ACO Pier 2/3 venue and beyond.
The Australian Chamber Orchestra lives and breathes music, making waves around the world for its explosive performances that redefine orchestral music. With their fearless leader of 35 years, Artistic Director Richard Tognetti, in 2025 the Orchestra celebrates 50 years of invention, disruption and unforgettable music-making.

“The Australian Chamber Orchestra is uniformly high-octane, arresting and never ordinary.” — The Australian

 

The ACO performs more than 100 concerts each year, with programs that embrace celebrated classics alongside new commissions and ground-breaking collaborations, working with artists and musicians who share their ideology: from Emmanuel Pahud, Steven Isserlis, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Pekka Kuusisto, Nicolas Altstaedt and William Barton, to Jonny Greenwood, Neil Finn and Meow Meow; to visual artists and film makers such as Bill Henson, Shaun Tan, Jane Campion, and Jennifer Peedom, who co-create unique, hybrid productions for which the ACO has become renowned.

The ACO has its own streaming platform, ACO On Demand, which hosts the Orchestra’s award-winning cinematic concert films, ACO StudioCasts, alongside live concert streams. The Orchestra also has an active recording program. Its recordings of Bach’s violin works won three consecutive ARIA Awards. Recent releases include Water | Night Music, the first Australian-produced classical vinyl for two decades, Beethoven 1, 2, & 3 Eroica and ARIA award-winning albums River and Indies & Idols.

In 2022 the ACO opened a new, world class venue, ACO On The Pier, continuing their dedication to creating and presenting transformative experiences for all music lovers.

Discover the ACO where you are.

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Live Performances

Watch the ACO performing in concerts and festivals in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, Wollongong and beyond, throughout Australia.
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International Tours

The ACO performs overseas often, including in the UK, USA, Japan and Hong Kong.
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ACO Recordings

The ACO is known for its catalogue of acclaimed recordings, including our ARIA Award-winning discs, River (Soundtrack), and Indies & Idols, and our vinyl release of Jonny Greenwood's Water.
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ACO On Demand

Watch the ACO wherever and whenever with our official streaming platform, home of ACO StudioCasts, ACO In Concert broadcasts, Pier 2/3 Sessions, and more.
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ACO StudioCasts

ACO StudioCasts are beautifully shot, immersive films capturing electrifying performances from the ACO with high quality audio.
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Our Venue

ACO Pier 2/3 in Sydney’s Walsh Bay Arts Precinct is the home of the ACO, and the location of our custom-built concert hall, The Neilson, and several other performance, rehearsal and entertainment spaces.
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ACO Families

We have produced a series of stage shows, concerts and events designed to offer young audiences an inspirational introduction to classical music.
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Community & Education Programs

We have a range of community and education initiatives, based at ACO Pier 2/3 and around Australia, including ACO Foundations, ACO Academy, Emerging Artists and more.
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On social media

Head to your favoured social media platform , and you’re bound to find the Australian Chamber Orchestra there. We’re on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, X, Threads and TikTok. See you there!