ACO Music & Movement
5 May - 23 Jun 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.
2025 Season
ACO Unleashed
21 Jun - 2 Jul 2025
Celebrating 50 years of artistry and brilliance with music by Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Ravel and Kuusisto.
Australian Haydn Ensemble: Mozart's Salzburg & Linz
22 June 2025
Australian Haydn Ensemble's dear friend Erin Helyard leads this beautiful all-Mozart program from the fortepiano.
Ensemble Offspring: Divine Darkness
3 July 2025
Ensemble Offspring presents an international cast of the hottest composers working today in a divinely dark program that transcends the rituals of the concert hall.
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.
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.
Ronan Apcar with Ensemble Apex
9 August 2025
Pianist Ronan Apcar and Ensemble Apex present a showcase of Sydney composers at ACO On The Pier on the harbour.
ACO Relaxed Performance: Gershwin & Shostakovich
20 August 2025
An accessible, 50-minute concert featuring great pieces for piano and orchestra, featuring soloist Alexander Gavrylyuk.
ACO Up Close: Shostakovich, Silvestrov & Bach
23 - 25 August 2025
ACO Principal Violin Satu Vänskä leads a deep exploration of the majesty and heartache of Shostakovich and Silvestrov chamber works, set alongside the depth, candor and ecstasy of the music of JS Bach.
Australian Haydn Ensemble: Haydn's Miracle
24 August 2025
The Australian Haydn Ensemble presents a program where miracles and fantasies abound, featuring Haydn’s Miracle Symphony and Fantasia Quartet along with Schubert’s Rosamunde Quartet and Purcell’s Fantasia No. 8.
A Musical Awakening
4 - 21 September 2025
The music of Beethoven and Max Richter centres this exploration of music’s ability to nurture, heal and nourish.
ACO Collective: In the Shadow of Time with co3
17 - 23 September 2025
A meditation on the human spirit, exploring human potential and the journey from emptiness to identity.
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.
Australian String Quartet: Convergence
20 October 2025
Australian String Quartet presents a program featuring music by Mozart, Ligeti and Schubert.
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.
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
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.
Bach Akademie Australia: The Complete Brandenburg Concertos
15 - 16 November 2025
Bach Akademie Australia presents all six Brandenburg Concertos in one concert.
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 their most delicious. This is Raw Cacao.
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.
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.
ACO On Demand
Rent individual ACO StudioCasts films, via our official streaming platform, ACO On Demand.
The Four Seasons: A Music Film
We are thrilled to be releasing our ACO StudioCast film, The Four Seasons, in cinemas across Australia in March 2025.
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