ACO Principal Cello Timo-Veikko 'Tipi' Valve and pianist Aura Go perform Beethoven's Sonata for Cello & Piano No.5 in D Major (I. Allegro con brio) in The Studio at ACO Pier 2/3.

This work features on Tipi & Aura's recording, Beethoven Cello Sonatas, on the ABC Classic label. 👉 https://snd.clic...

Recorded live at Sydney Opera House on Sunday 17 November, 2019.

Richard Tognetti conducts and violin-directs the Orchestra and guest musicians in Dvořák's Symphony No. 8 at the Sydney Opera House. Recorded live on Sunday 17 November, 2019.

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DVORÁK - Symphony No.8 in G major, Op.88 36
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The Australian Chamber Orchestra brings its trademark passion and virtuosity to the music of Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909) in this recording of Asturias (Leyenda), featuring brilliant Australian guitarist Slava Grigoryan.

Asturias (Leyenda) has been described as ‘pure Andalusian flamenco’ – and yet ...

Richard Tognetti directs the Australian Chamber Orchestra in an explosive performance of Beethoven's electrifying Violin Concerto, paired with the monumental Fifth Symphony. This performance was filmed live at Sydney Opera House in 2018.

★★★★★ “The expanded ACO achieved revealing clarity that gl...

Principal Viola Stefanie Farrands performs her own arrangements of music by Manuel de Falla and Diego Ortiz. This spectacular video was filmed in Tasmania in 2021.

The ACO has acquired its third extraordinary 'Golden Age' Stradivarius violin, the 1732 'ex-Dollfus' Stradivarius, on loan from an anonymous benefactor.

Helena describes the opportunity to be the custodian of the ‘ex-Dollfus’ Stradivarius as a dream come true: “It is an unbelievably wonderful pr...

The Australian Chamber Orchestra presents the first Australian-produced classical vinyl for two decades, featuring the world-premiere recording of Water by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood.

Water was written following Greenwood’s stint as the ACO’s Composer in Residence in 2012. Its inspirati...

Richard Tognetti directs the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and special guests from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) and from around the world, in an excerpt from the first movement of Mozart's Symphony No.35 in D major, K.385 'Haffner'.

This Pier 2/3 Session was filmed during rehe...

Immerse yourself in the exquisite 'Andante Cantabile' from Tchaikovsky's Serenade, performed by soloist ACO Principal Cello Timo-Veikko Valve with the ACO - part of our cinematic ACO StudioCasts film of the same name.

Rent the full 'Tchaikovsky's Serenade' film here: https://www.acoondemand.com...

ACO Originals is a series of releases dedicated to new works commissioned by the ACO and recorded live in concert.

Missy Mazzoli’s Dark with Excessive Bright was commissioned for Principal Bass Maxime Bibeau in celebration of his 20th year with the orchestra. 'I was inspired in no small part by ...

Richard Tognetti directs the Australian Chamber Orchestra in sublime music by some of the greatest composers in history. Recorded live at ACO Pier 2/3 during our Opening Festival in April 2022, this concert features works by Hildegard of Bingen, Barbara Strozzi, JS Bach, Schubert, Beethoven and T...

Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, The National’s Bryce Dessner, and American singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens were all influenced by great composers. In this album, recorded live in concert in 2019, the ACO performs their music alongside the source of their inspiration: Polish nationals Witold Lutosła...

Pianist Polina Leschenko joins Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, rehearsing the sublime second movement of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2.

**HYPNOSIS – the induction of a state of consciousness in which a person apparently loses the power of voluntary action and is highly responsive to suggestion or direction. Its use in therapy, typically to recover suppressed memories or to allow modifications of behaviour, has been revived but is...