The Australian Chamber Orchestra has unveiled an ambitious 2023 season, delving into what it describes as new and unexpected sound worlds, intertwining the old with the new, and the revered with the undiscovered.

ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti. Photo © Georges Antoni

Announcing next year’s program, Artistic Director Richard Tognetti says, “In 2023 the ACO will celebrate in the joy of collaborating with extraordinary musicians from across the globe. This includes a national tour with Will Gregory, one-half of UK electronic music duo Goldfrapp. We will also reunite with incredible soloists and dear friends, including pianist Polina Leschenko, violinist Ilya Gringolts and Egyptian-Australian brothers Joseph and James Tawadros for concerts that traverse from the greatness of Bach, Vivaldi and Mozart to some of today’s most thrilling composers.”

2023 also promises to be a very good year for women composers.

“If we can find a female connection,” says Tognetti, “the more women the better.”

The ACO is certainly practising what it preaches, with a lineup of composers including Grażyna Bacewicz, trans woman Wendy Carlos, Delia Derbyshire, Australia’s...