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.
RISE: Cabaret
4 October 2026
A bold theatrical production celebrating Australia’s next generation of performers.
ACO Relaxed Performance: Northern Lights
8 October 2026
An accessible, 50-minute concert featuring music Nordic classical and folk music, presented in a relaxed, welcoming setting at ACO On The Pier in Sydney's Walsh Bay Arts Precinct.
October ACO Family Day: Vivaldi's Four Seasons
10 - 11 October 2026
Bring the whole family to ACO On The Pier to experience a 30-minute classical music concert celebrating Vivaldi's beloved Four Seasons. After the concert you can meet the musicians!
ACO X CLUB Weld Showcase
17 October 2026
This extraordinary event will feature neurodiverse artists from Club Weld performing original music developed through an ongoing creative collaboration with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Australian String Quartet: Voyager
19 October 2026
The Australian String Quartet charts a radiant course through beauty, complexity and boundary-breaking innovation in this program of music by Knox, Bartók and Beethoven.
ACO Up Close: Tomeka Reid Quartet
23 October 2026
Tomeka Reid and visionary guitarist Mary Halvorson lead an acclaimed quartet in a rare Sydney performance of fearless, boundary-pushing contemporary jazz.
Australian Haydn Ensemble: Haydn's Oxford
2 - 8 November 2026
Haydn's "London" symphonies in chamber arrangement. Far from pale imitations, these are a clever, refreshing and often revelatory take.
Sangeeta Kaur & Van-Anh Nguyen in Concert
8 November 2026
Grammy-award winning soprano Sangeeta Kaur joins Australian-Vietnamese ARIA-nominated, Universal-signed concert pianist Van-Anh Nguyen with classical & classical crossover works, operatic, musical theatre & originals.
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.
Freedman Jazz 2026
14 November 2026
Hear the future of Australian jazz as four outstanding artists vie for the prestigious $30,000 Freedman Fellowship.
ANAM: Folk Journeys
22 November 2026
Experience ANAM's professional musicians in a concert curated by Paavali Jumppanen exploring folk music and classical composers.
ARMINÉ: Come Sit With Me
27 November 2026
Mezzo-Soprano ARMINÉ brings opera and original music together for an intimate self-produced evening built to be felt, not performed.
Omega Ensemble: The Trout
28 November 2026
This season finale brings together Schubert’s Trout Quintet, Guillaume Connesson’s Sextet, and a luminous new work by Anne Cawrse. Music of flux, movement and irresistible musical energy.
ACO Up Close: Suzanne Ciani
29 November 2026
Suzanne Ciani makes music at the edge of a new world. The doyenne of electronic music, she pioneered sound design with early synthesizers in the 1970s.
ACO Up Close: Anthony Marwood with ACO Collective
7 December 2026
From a lost Mendelssohn concerto to a love letter for Clara Schumann, join British violinist Anthony Marwood and the ACO Collective for an evening of rare discoveries, connection and breathtaking playing.
Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
8 - 11 December 2026
Celebrate the festive season with Bach’s revelatory choral masterpiece, led by Richard Tognetti and Pinchgut Opera's Artistic Director, Erin Helyard.
ACO Collective: Sound & Sense Festival
11 - 13 December 2026
The ACO's orchestra of Emerging Artists performs at Vasse Felix’s Sound & Sense Festival in Margaret River.
ACO Families: The Nutcracker
12 - 21 December 2026
Join Clara and her Nutcracker on a magical journey in this stunning adaptation featuring live classical music and ballet.
LP/CD Horizon
A landmark new work inspired by Australia’s vast landscapes, Horizon is the world premiere recording by Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award–winning composer John Luther Adams.
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Nicolas Altstaedt
4 - 17 February 2027
Experience infinite possibility and extraordinary kinetic energy when the world-renowned cellist directs the ACO.
Bach's St John Passion
13 - 24 March 2027
Leading interpreters of Bach unite for this singular performance of a choral masterpiece.
Australian String Quartet: Unleashed
15 April 2027
The Australian String Quartet celebrates the fearless original vision and profound human resilience of three outstanding composers.
Arvo Pärt Masterworks
16 - 20 April 2027
The ACO is joined by the remarkable Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir for a triptych of Pärt’s most iconic works.
Alina Ibragimova Plays Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
6 - 18 May 2027
The exhilarating virtuoso returns to direct the ACO in a program full of intensity and passion.
Richard Tognetti Directs Mozart
19 - 30 June 2027
Witness alchemy at play when pianist Alexander Melnikov joins the ACO for a celebration of Classical titans.
ACO In Motion
29 Jul - 16 Aug 2027
Experience the Orchestra in full flight in this irrepressible program featuring Death and the Maiden and Different Trains.
The John Adams Almanac
2 - 18 September 2027
Music is a living tradition in this specially curated celebration from one of the world’s great composers.
Australian String Quartet: Portraits
14 September 2027
A captivating concert of characters expressed through music, performed by the Australian String Quartet.
ACO x Manchester Collective: Constellations
3 - 4 November 2027
Two of the world’s most fearless ensembles bring their shared philosophy to a program of ritual, rhythm and radical connection.
Strauss' Four Last Songs
11 - 29 November 2027
Soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha brings her magnificent voice to Strauss’ exploration of what it means to be human.
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