• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: 2026 Season Opening Gala featuring Jean-Yves Thibaudet

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    What’s the greatest opening theme of all time? If your answer is Star Wars, you’ve chosen well – this is the fanfare that will launch Season 2026. Begin your year with the MSO as you listen to memorable music from John Williams. It kicks off with crashing cymbals before sending you…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: 2026 Season Opening Gala featuring Jean-Yves Thibaudet

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    What’s the greatest opening theme of all time? If your answer is Star Wars, you’ve chosen well – this is the fanfare that will launch Season 2026. Begin your year with the MSO as you listen to memorable music from John Williams. It kicks off with crashing cymbals before sending you…
    Editor's Choice María Dueñas

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: María Dueñas

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Celebrated young Spanish violinist María Dueñas makes her Australian debut in two major orchestral appearances with the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. She first joins the MSO under Chief Conductor Jaime Martín in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, paired with the Australian premiere of Melody Eötvös’s The Deciding Machine and Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra.…
    María Dueñas

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: María Dueñas

    Costa Hall, Geelong Deakin University, 1 Gheringhap St, Geelong, VIC, Australia
    Celebrated young Spanish violinist María Dueñas makes her Australian debut in two major orchestral appearances with the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. She first joins the MSO under Chief Conductor Jaime Martín in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, paired with the Australian premiere of Melody Eötvös’s The Deciding Machine and Strauss’s Also…
    Editor's Choice María Dueñas

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: María Dueñas

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Celebrated young Spanish violinist María Dueñas makes her Australian debut in two major orchestral appearances with the Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras. She first joins the MSO under Chief Conductor Jaime Martín in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, paired with the Australian premiere of Melody Eötvös’s The Deciding Machine and Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra.…

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Open Rehearsal with Ben Northey

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Take a peek behind the scenes at an open rehearsal with Principal Guest Conductor Benjamin Northey. Join us for an hour in some of the best seats in the house as Ben and the musicians of the MSO rehearse their program. You'll be able to eavesdrop on the dialogue between…
    Stravinsky & Chindamo

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Stravinsky & Chindamo

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Prepare to use your imagination in weird and wonderful ways. When French composer Maurice Ravel wrote his ethereal Pavane pour une infante défunte, he’d been dreaming of the long-lost melodies that may once have inspired a young Spanish princess to dance. Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring shares a French connection as it premiered…
    Stravinsky & Chindamo

    Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Stravinsky & Chindamo

    Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Prepare to use your imagination in weird and wonderful ways. When French composer Maurice Ravel wrote his ethereal Pavane pour une infante défunte, he’d been dreaming of the long-lost melodies that may once have inspired a young Spanish princess to dance. Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring shares a French connection as it premiered…