Held every four years, the competition hosted by Musica Viva Australia has selected 14 leading international chamber ensembles to perform for the $30,000 Grand Prize as well as other prizes.
Closing its season, ACO explores the music of the New World from divine Dvořák, Feldman, Price and Walker to Bryce Dessner, John Adams and a world premiere by his son Samuel.
In this must-see concert, Finnish piano virtuoso and composer Olli Mustonen leads members of the ACO in a gloriously kaleidoscopic display of musical colour and wit.
The chamber music ensemble's 17th season is its most ambitious to date, as it brings together familiar and fresh faces for its five tours around the country.
Ahead of his latest tour with the ACO, the Finnish pianist and composer discusses the forces that have shaped some of the most popular music ever written.
Throughout the second half of the year, UKARIA will draw some of the finest Australian and international musicians to the Adelaide Hills.
Principal Violin Helena Rathbone discusses the ACO's current concert, which features a Bach family reunion.
The second half of the year features chamber performances from Helena Rathbone, Alexandra Flood, Jonathan Biss and Rahim AlHaj among others.
Despite a few odd choices in the program, this concert showed that there is always more to discover about the Bachs – even for an ensemble as steeped in them as the ACO.
The second in the series of intimate concerts with members of the ACO shines a light on cellist Timo-Veikko 'Tipi' Valve.
Across two concerts, Valve and Go showed how much extraordinary life and colour there is in Beethoven's cello sonatas.
The Sydney Opera House's Utzon Music chamber series returns in 2022, with old favourites, as well as premieres of new works from Brett Dean and Paul Stanhope.
A joyful return to the stage turned the page on a troubled season, and marked the start of exciting new era for the ACO.
