In 2020 the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) will celebrate 250 years since the birth of the great Ludwig van Beethoven kicking off the year with the rare opportunity to hear the first three of Beethoven’s symphonies together in full, including the magnificent ‘Eroica’. Directed from the violin by Richard Tognetti, who simultaneously celebrates 30 years…
The celebrated ACO Underground, the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s cutting edge series returns, bringing with it an electrifying evening of shapeshifting music. Led by frontwoman and Principal Violinist Satu Vänskä, a stellar lineup of musicians including ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti, Slava Gregorian and the Violent Femmes’ Brian Ritchie present film-noir reimaginings of Arvo Pärt, Bach,…
In its 2019 season finale, the Australian Chamber Orchestra will more than triple in size to perform the music of Brahms and Dvořák. ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti and ACO Principal Cello Timo-Veikko Valve join forces to present Brahms’ brilliant Double Concerto, before a performance of Dvořák’s Symphony No.8 on their magnificent Golden Age instruments….