Experience the fantastical and the unexpected when AYO’s Summer Music Festival returns to Adelaide in 2026. Led by internationally renowned conductors Alan Buribayev and Andrea Quinn, AYO alum Glenn Christensen (QSO) and under the guidance of NMC Creative Director, Monica Curro (MSO), this vibrant celebration of song, dance and storytelling features everything from ballet and orchestral suites to contemporary Australian works.

Hear Beethoven, Stravinsky, Ravel, Rossini and Borodin alongside avant-garde pantomimes, Kung-Fu fighters, Ancient Greek comedies and choral masterpieces. For the first time in AYO National Music Camp history, two choral works – Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances and Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe Suite 2 – will be performed by a 100-strong choir while Composer-in-Residence, Dr Thomas Green, has been inspired by the fluidity and accuracy of Chow Gar Tong Long and Yang style Tai Chi. Hear over 200 AYO musicians bring stories to life, prepare to be transported to new sonic realms and be moved by music at its best.