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.

The Nutcracker
  • ACO Families
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - ACO

ACO Families: The Nutcracker

13 - 22 December 2024

Join Clara and her Nutcracker on a magical journey in this stunning adaptation featuring live classical music and ballet.
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ACO On Demand

Rent individual ACO StudioCasts films, via our official streaming platform, ACO On Demand.
No productions for this season match the filter criteria.

2025 Season

Radical Son: Bilambiyal
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: Radical Son – Bilambiyal

4 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents the Radical Son's sophomore album at ACO On The Pier, for its 2025 program.
Chela
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: Chela

4 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents Chela at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
Perry Keyes
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: Perry Keyes: Black and White Town

5 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents Perry Keyes: Black and White Town at ACO On The Pier, for its 2025 program.
Bach Academy
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: Bach: Birth and Destiny

9 - 11 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents Bach: Birth and Destiny at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
GANNA
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: GANNA with Tal Arditi

10 - 12 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents Jazz-folk magic from Ukrainian rising star, GANNA, at ACO On The Pier as part of its 2025 program.
JDFR
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: JFDR

11 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents ethereal Icelandic art-pop, at ACO On The Pier as part of its 2025 program.
Dannielle De Andrea
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: Starfish Club: Special Edition feat. Dannielle De Andrea

11 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents Dannielle De Andrea at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
Lotte Betts-Dean
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: Lotte Betts-Dean

16 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents brilliant mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
Mary Ancheta Quartet
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: Mary Ancheta Quartet

16 - 19 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents wildly original jazz, electro-funk and R&B from Vancouver’s acclaimed Mary Ancheta Quartet, at ACO On The Pier for its 2025 program.
Parvyn
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: Parvyn

17 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents Punjabi-Australian star on the rise, Parvyn, at ACO On The Pier, for its 2025 program.
Omega Ensemble
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: Dark with Excessive Bright

18 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents the Omega Ensemble performing Missy Mazzoli's Dark with Excessive Bright at ACO On The Pier, for its 2025 program.
Setwun and the Soulstranauts
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: Setwun & The Soulstranauts Play Roy Ayers

18 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents Setwun & The Soulstranauts at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
NoSax NoClar
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: NoSax NoClar

19 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents NoSax NoClar's exhilarating form-bending French jazz at ACO On The Pier, for its 2025 program.
ACO Up Close Legacies
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: ACO Up Close: Legacies

23 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents ACO Up Close: Legacies at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
Allysha Joy
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: Allysha Joy Plays Roberta Flack

23 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents ODE TO INSPIRATION: Allysha Joy at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
Hak Baker
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: Hak Baker

24 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents “G-folk” trailblazer, Hak Baker, at ACO On The Pier as part of its 2025 program.
Ishmael Ensemble
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: Ishmael Ensemble

24 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents spiritual jazz, electronica and dub from Bristol’s finest, at ACO On The Pier as part of its 2025 program.
Ruby Jackson
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: Starfish Club: Special Edition feat. Ruby Jackson

25 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents Ruby Jackson at ACO On The Pier, as part of its 2025 program.
DOBBY
  • Festival
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Sydney Festival: DOBBY: WARRANGU; River Story

25 January 2025

Sydney Festival presents the immersive storytelling and explosive style of rapper, drummer, classical pianist and composer DOBBY, at ACO On The Pier as part of its 2025 program.
ACO 2025 Richard Tognetti Artistic Director
  • ACO 2025 Season
  • ACO 50th Anniversary
  • National Concert Season

Brahms & Beethoven

6 - 17 February 2025

Brahms’s Violin Concerto and Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 form an epic opener to our 50th Anniversary Season.
Music and Movement
  • ACO On The Pier
  • ACO Families

ACO Music & Movement

10 Feb - 31 Mar 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 StudioCasts: The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons: A Music Film

1 - 5 March 2025

We are thrilled to be releasing our ACO StudioCast film, The Four Seasons, in cinemas across Australia in March 2025.
ACO 2025 Season: TarraWarra
  • ACO 2025 Season
  • ACO 50th Anniversary
  • Festival

ACO 2025: Tarrawarra Festival

1 - 2 March 2025

Join the Richard Tognetti and the ACO for an intimate and exclusive cultural weekend at TarraWarra Museum of Art.
ACO Family Days
  • ACO Families
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - ACO

ACO Family Days

16 Mar - 15 Jun 2025

Bring the whole family to ACO On The Pier to experience a classical music concert and try a musical instrument! 
Abel Selaocoe
  • ACO 2025 Season
  • ACO 50th Anniversary
  • National Concert Season

Abel Selaocoe

3 - 15 April 2025

The international cello sensation brings a kaleidoscope of rhythm and sound to his highly anticipated Australian debut.
Luminescence Chamber Singers Gesualdo Tenebrae
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Luminescence Chamber Singers: Gesualdo Tenebrae

5 April 2025

Luminescence Chamber Singers perform Gesualdo’s 1611 Tenebrae. The first of three sets of responsories, Gesualdo’s evocation of abandonment, betrayal, and death is music of unmatched intensity.
Ensemble Offspring Lumen Machine
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Ensemble Offspring: Lumen Machine

12 April 2025

Cutting-edge technology meets extreme virtuosity when London based ‘cyborg pianist’ Zubin Kanga joins Ensemble Offspring at ACO on the Pier.
Bach to the Beach Boys and Beyond
  • ACO 2025 Season
  • ACO 50th Anniversary
  • National Concert Season

Bach to the Beach Boys and Beyond

8 - 20 May 2025

Explore new musical frontiers as you take a deep dive into the thrilling soundworld of the theremin, the world’s first electronic instrument.
Australian String Quartet
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Australian String Quartet: Rapture

12 May 2025

Australian String Quartet presents a program featuring Beethoven's String Quartet No.11 in F minor, alongside more contemporary works.
Omega Ensemble Distant World
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Omega Ensemble: Distant World

17 May 2025

The future of our planet in a world gone mad. Music by Pēteris Vasks, Jabra Latham, Arvo Pärt and a world premiere by Miriama Young, presented by Omega Ensemble. 
Death and the Maiden Revealed
  • ACO 2025 Season
  • ACO 50th Anniversary
  • National Concert Season

Death and the Maiden Revealed

21 Jun - 2 Jul 2025

A Schubert odyssey directed by the electrifying violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja.
Ensemble Offspring Divine Darkness
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Ensemble Offspring: Divine Darkness

3 July 2025

An international cast of the hottest composers working today, Ensemble Offspring in full force, and soprano Jane Sheldon all come together for a divinely dark program that transcends the rituals of the concert hall.
The Princess, the Pea (and the Brave Escapee)
  • ACO Families
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - ACO

ACO Families: The Princess, The Pea (and The Brave Escapee)

13 - 20 July 2025

There is the fairytale you know and love… but what isn’t known is why our brave princess was out in the middle of a storm, in the middle of a night, at the end of an adventure. This is that story.
The Princess, the Pea (and the Brave Escapee)
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - ACO
  • ACO Families
  • Schools Event

ACO Schools: The Princess, The Pea (and The Brave Escapee)

23 - 25 July 2025

ACO schools performances are the perfect introduction to live classical music for K-2 students.
Gershwin & Shostakovich
  • ACO 2025 Season
  • ACO 50th Anniversary
  • National Concert Season

Gershwin & Shostakovich

1 - 18 August 2025

A celebration of the power of music featuring Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.1 with superstar pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk.
A Musical Awakening
  • ACO 2025 Season
  • ACO 50th Anniversary
  • National Concert Season

A Musical Awakening

4 - 21 September 2025

The music of Beethoven, Pēteris Vasks and Max Richter centres this exploration of music’s ability to nurture, heal and nourish.
Australian String Quartet
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Australian String Quartet: Convergence

20 October 2025

Australian String Quartet presents a program featuring music by Mozart, Ligeti and Schubert.
Mountain
  • 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.
Cocteau's Circle
  • 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.
Omega Ensemble, Rare Sugar
  • ACO On The Pier
  • On The Pier - Presenter

Omega Ensemble: Rare Sugar

29 November 2025

Nigel Westlake’s Rare Sugar leads a vivacious program presented by Omega Ensemble, also featuring Elgar’s Piano Quintet and a world premiere from Ella Macens.
No productions for this season match the filter criteria.