Upcoming Performances

Browse upcoming Australian Chamber Orchestra performances, tours, festivals and special events, as well as events presented at our venue, ACO On The Pier.

  • Accessible Performance
  • ACO Families
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - ACO

ACO Families: Where to Hide a Star

1 - 11 October 2025

Experience Oliver Jeffers’ heartwarming new tale of starry wonder, magical adventure and the power of friendship – beautifully staged with live music by an ACO string quartet.
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - ACO

ACO Up Close: Danilo Pérez

19 October 2025

The Panamanian jazz pianist and composer performs at ACO On The Pier.
  • ACO On The Pier
  • ACO Families

ACO Music & Movement

20 Oct - 8 Dec 2025

Join us for weekly music classes designed for 2.5 – 5 year olds, expertly led and based on well-founded music education principles at our ACO On The Pier venue in Sydney’s Walsh Bay Arts Precinct.
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Australian String Quartet: Convergence

20 October 2025

A dramatic rollercoaster of virtuosity and emotion converges in three wildly contrasting works by Stanhope, Britten and Schubert. 

  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - ACO

ACO Up Close: Baroque Resonance with ACO & Pinchgut Opera

21 - 22 October 2025

Experience a unique collaboration between the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Pinchgut Opera, featuring renowned soprano Samantha Clarke and harpsichordist Erin Helyard.
  • ACO 2025 Season
  • ACO 50th Anniversary
  • Special Event

Mountain

27 - 30 October 2025

We’re bringing back one of our most groundbreaking, award-winning and popular cinematic collaborations for a series of limited gala performances.
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - ACO
  • Accessible Performance

ACO X CLUB Weld

7 November 2025

This extraordinary event will feature neurodiverse artists from Club Weld performing alongside ACO musicians in a vibrant musical collaboration. 

  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - ACO

Derrick Gee's Radio Hour

8 November 2025

Derrick Gee’s Radio Hour lands in Sydney — a ninety-minute mix of music, wit, and conversation, reimagining classic radio with fresh energy and intimacy.
  • ACO 2025 Season
  • ACO 50th Anniversary
  • National Concert Season

Cocteau’s Circle

8 - 22 November 2025

Join us on an adventure to Paris as we close our 50th Anniversary National Concert Season with a night of celebration and surprise.
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Bach Akademie Australia: The Complete Brandenburg Concertos

15 - 16 November 2025

Bach Akademie Australia presents all six Brandenburg Concertos in one concert.
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - ACO

Seckou Keita: The Hendrix of the Kora

21 November 2025

Experience kora virtuoso Seckou Keita, a luminary amongst African traditional musicians, perform a mesmerising mix of captivating melodies, joyous rhythms, uplifting vocals and contemplative instrumentals.
  • ACO 2025 Season
  • ACO 50th Anniversary
  • Special Event

Celebrating the Australian Chamber Orchestra

21 November 2025

Fifty years of transcending boundaries and redefining music.
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Freedman Jazz 25

22 November 2025

Hear the future of Australian jazz. The Freedman Fellowship presents a concert featuring performances by three finalists for this years award, all vying for a career changing opportunity.

  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - ACO

ACO Up Close: Le Gateau Chocolat in Raw Cacao

25 November 2025

Stepping aside from their mainstage show with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Le Gateau Chocolat comes at us at his most delicious. This is Raw Cacao.
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - ACO

ACO Up Close: Timo-Veikko Valve & AYO Momentum Ensemble

28 November 2025

ACO Principal Cello Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve leads AYO Momentum Ensemble in a lush program for cello and strings, masterfully intertwining his Finnish heritage and his Australian experience.
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Omega Ensemble: Rare Sugar

29 November 2025

Omega Ensemble presents a foot-tapping season finale featuring Nigel Westlake’s virtuosic Rare Sugar, Béla Bartók’s innovative Contrasts and a world premiere by new Australian voice Ella Macens.

  • Accessible Performance
  • ACO On The Pier
  • ACO Families
  • On The Pier - ACO

ACO Families: Carols on the Pier

18 - 22 December 2025

Celebrate the festive season with world-class classical music and all your favourite carols in a magical holiday experience for the whole family.

  • ACO On Demand

ACO On Demand

Rent individual ACO StudioCasts films, via our official streaming platform, ACO On Demand.
  • ACO 50th Anniversary
  • Special Event

The Four Seasons Film

We are thrilled to be releasing our ACO StudioCast film, The Four Seasons, on ACO On Demand.
  • ACO 50th Anniversary

LP/CD Beethoven & Brahms: Concertos for Violin and Orchestra

A landmark new album that celebrates the ACO’s remarkable legacy while also honouring Artistic Director Richard Tognetti’s extraordinary 35 years of leadership.
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2026 Season

  • National Concert Season
  • ACO 2026 Season

Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody

5 - 18 February 2026

A musical revelation starring pianist Dejan Lazić, with a world premiere from John Luther Adams.
  • ACO 2026 Season
  • Festival

TarraWarra Festival

28 Feb - 1 Mar 2026

Experience the Australian Chamber Orchestra at TarraWarra Museum of Art in Healesville, Victoria. 
  • National Concert Season
  • ACO 2026 Season

The Devil’s Violin

12 - 28 March 2026

Virtuoso Ilya Gringolts directs the ACO in a program that pushes the violin to its fiery limits.
  • National Concert Season
  • ACO 2026 Season

Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

14 - 30 May 2026

Richard Tognetti leads an ACO octet to celebrate the greatest of musical poets.
  • ACO 2026 Season
  • ACO Collective

ACO Collective: Bach, Brahms & Pärt

19 - 29 May 2026

ACO Principal Violin Sätu Vänskä directs ACO Collective, the ACO's orchestra of Emerging Artists.
  • National Concert Season
  • ACO 2026 Season

Isles of Light

13 - 23 June 2026

A genre-defying voyage from the pastoral majesty of Vaughan Williams to the experimental universe of Kate Bush, directed by British virtuoso Lawrence Power.
  • National Concert Season
  • ACO 2026 Season

From Winter’s Stillness

25 Jul - 9 Aug 2026

Trio Mediæval and Arve Henriksen join Richard Tognetti and the ACO for a soul-stirring evocation of ancient landscapes and Northern light.
  • Special Event
  • ACO 2026 Season

Mozart’s Last Symphonies

19 - 25 September 2026

Experience one of the greatest chamber orchestras in the world at its joyous and inspirational best.
  • National Concert Season
  • ACO 2026 Season

Pekka Kuusisto: Legends & Luminaries

3 - 19 October 2026

Singular artist Pekka Kuusisto makes his long-awaited return to direct the ACO in music that transcends age and time.
  • National Concert Season
  • ACO 2026 Season

Beethoven’s Pastoral

12 - 25 November 2026

Richard Tognetti directs the ACO in a thrilling season finale featuring Beethoven’s epic and transportive Sixth Symphony.
  • Special Event
  • ACO 2026 Season

Bach’s Christmas Oratorio

8 - 11 December 2026

Celebrate the festive season with Bach’s revelatory choral masterpiece.
  • ACO 2026 Season
  • ACO Collective

ACO Collective: Sound & Sense Festival

9 - 13 December 2026

The ACO's orchestra of Emerging Artists performs at Vasse Felix’s Sound & Sense Festival in Margaret River.
No productions for this season match the filter criteria.