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Wednesday 29th Oct - 7:30 PM
The Australian Chamber Orchestra are bringing back one of their most groundbreaking, award-winning and popular cinematic collaborations for a series of limited gala performances.

Llewellyn Series: Cottis Conducts the Planets

Wednesday 5th Nov - 7:30 PM, Thursday 6th Nov - 7:30 PM

Jessica Cottis conducts The Planets: expansive, spine-tingling music inspired by stars, celestial spheres and the cosmos.

Llewellyn Series: Cottis Conducts the Planets

Wednesday 5th Nov - 7:30 PM, Thursday 6th Nov - 7:30 PM

Jessica Cottis conducts The Planets: expansive, spine-tingling music inspired by stars, celestial spheres and the cosmos.

Piotr Anderszewski

Friday 21st Nov - 7:00 PM

Iconoclastic pianist Piotr Anderszewski brings his intelligence, restless curiosity and joy to piano repertoire from Brahms and Bach.

Cocteau’s Circle

Saturday 22nd Nov - 7:30 PM
Join the Australian Chamber Orchestra on an adventure to Paris as they close their 50th Anniversary National Concert Season with a night of celebration and surprise.

The Imperfects - Together Again

Sunday 23rd Nov - 7:00 PM

We’re all imperfect.

Chat 10 Looks 3 Live

Friday 5th Dec - 7:30 PM

How does the annual Canberra Chat 10 Looks 3 show come around so fast every year?  We are once again coming up to our end-of-year Christmas extravaganza, which means…

THE FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS

Thursday 15th Jan - 7:30 PM

The original buoy band from Cornwall is sailing into Australia for the very first time!

Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody

Wednesday 18th Feb - 7:30 PM

When Rachmaninoff first performed his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, it had the audience in raptures.

The Best of Bill Bryson

Sunday 22nd Feb - 7:30 PM

Join Bill Bryson as he shares the major advances of science uncovered in his complete rewrite of the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century…

A Winter's Journey

Friday 27th Feb - 7:00 PM

British tenor Allan Clayton and Australian pianist Kate Golla set out once again on A Winter’s Journey in the internationally acclaimed production that reimagines…

The Devil’s Violin

Saturday 28th Mar - 7:30 PM

Virtuoso Ilya Gringolts directs the Australian Chamber Orchestra in a program that pushes the violin to its fiery limits.

Beethoven's Ghost

Thursday 7th May - 7:00 PM

What makes a great piano trio? Is it celebrity? Is it longevity? Or is it serendipity? Three magnificent musicians, brought together at the right time and the right place?

Schubert’s Fantasy & Octet

Saturday 16th May - 7:30 PM

Richard Tognetti leads an Australian Chamber Orchestra octet to celebrate the greatest of musical poets.

Isles Of Light

Saturday 13th Jun - 7:30 PM

A genre-defying voyage from the pastoral majesty of Vaughan Williams to the experimental universe of Kate Bush, directed by British virtuoso Lawrence Power.

Doric String Quartet & Lloyd Van't Hoff

Friday 19th Jun - 7:00 PM

Thomas Adès' Alchymia has been hailed as ‘simply one of the best chamber music compositions of our time’ (Guardian).

From Winter’s Stillness

Saturday 25th Jul - 7:30 PM

Trio Mediæval and Arve Henriksen join Richard Tognetti and the ACO for a soul-stirring evocation of ancient landscapes and Northern light.

Nicolas Altstaedt & Thomas Dunford

Thursday 13th Aug - 7:00 PM

In the intricate weave of sounds that make up a baroque ensemble, the lute is central.

Suzanne Vega Flying with Angels Tour

Sunday 20th Sep - 7:30 PM

Suzanne Vega will perform a career-spanning show including favorites like “Tom’s Diner”, “Luka”, “Marlene On The Wall”, and many more, plus songs from her latest album, Flying…

Mozart’s Last Symphonies

Friday 25th Sep - 7:30 PM

Experience one of the greatest chamber orchestras in the world at its joyous and inspirational best.

Paul Lewis: Mozart+

Friday 9th Oct - 7:00 PM

Musica Viva Australia is thrilled to welcome back the inimitable Paul Lewis to the stage.

Pekka Kuusisto: Legends & Luminaries

Saturday 17th Oct - 7:30 PM

Singular artist Pekka Kuusisto makes his long-awaited return to direct the Australian Chamber Orchestra in music that transcends age and time.

Latvian Radio Choir & Genevieve Lacey

Saturday 14th Nov - 7:00 PM

The Latvian Radio Choir spread their wings and fly with Australia’s own recorder queen, Genevieve Lacey.

Acknowledgment of Country

The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.