"The idea of using the Plainsong Requiem Mass as source material for a work has interested me for some years, and it continues to do so," composer Peter Sculthorpe says of his Requiem for Cello Alone.

The genre particularly suits the richness of the cello, and ACO Principal Cello, Timo-Veikko ‘...

In this performance, ACO Principal Violin Satu Vänskä questions what happens when you combine one of Paganini’s most fiendish caprices with a character created by a Russian dramatist.

Satu’s quirky, isolation-fuelled interpretation of Paganini’s virtuosic Caprice for Violin No. 5, filmed in 2020...

ACO Principal Violin Satu Vänskä shares rare insights into her early life, learning music from a young age, and highlights in her career to date, including joining the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

In August 26, 2021, ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti and ACO Principal Violin Satu Vänskä invited us into their home for exhilarating and fiendishly virtuosic duet performances of Paganini, Ysaÿe, and Beethoven, as well as a special encore.

ACO Principal Violin Helena Rathbone and ACO Violin Aiko Goto perform vibrant and uplifting duets by Haydn and Bartók from Helena's home, in 2021.

“I created this video as an homage to my former homeland of Yugoslavia and as a way of sharing our culture, but also with the intention of making people smile and remember that we’re all in this together.”
- ACO Violin Maja Savnik

Infused with virtuosic performances of folk music, traditional ...

Principal Viola Stefanie Farrands performs her own arrangements of music by Manuel de Falla and Diego Ortiz. This spectacular video was filmed in Tasmania in 2021.

ACO cellist Melissa Barnard gives a sparkling performance of the Courante from Bach’s G Major Cello Suite, recorded on a south coast beach in New South Wales.

Melissa says of the work: “I took my cello to the beach to play some Bach… I’m not sure that Monsieur Vuillaume from Paris who made it co...

ACO Violin Ike See and ACO Cello Julian Thompson give stunning performance of Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen’s Passacaglia.

ACO Principal Bass Maxime Bibeau performs Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks’ ‘Bass Trip’ at the Sydney Opera House

Max on 'Bass Trip':

"..the piece has always resonated with me. It’s a journey that builds and builds, and is filled with raw expression mixed with beauty and warmth (while also being...

ACO Principal Cello Timo-Veikko 'Tipi' Valve performs a set of solo works by Domenico Gabrielli and Jean Sibelius.

ACO Violin Ilya Isakovich presents the 'Nocturno' from Borodin's Second String Quartet, alongside the former ACO viola Nikki Divall, ACO Cello Melissa Barnard and ACO Violin Maja Savnik.

Ilya says: "Borodin’s 'Nocturno' from the second String Quartet is a piece that holds a special place in my ...

ACO violinist Ilya Isakovich, joined by Maja Savnik, Nicole Divall and Melissa Barnard, has created a moving tribute to the great Russian composer Tchaikovsky with a performance of the Andante Cantabile from the String Quartet No. 1.

Ilya says: “While making this video I was deeply inspired by m...

ACO Principal Cello Tipi immerses us in sublime Bach, overlooked by the stunning stained glass window of Sydney's St. James' church.

He is performing the stunning Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No.1.

ACO Violin Liisa Pallandi and ACO Principal Cello Timo-Veikko ‘Tipi’ Valve give an intimate duet recital of the 'Sonata representativa', composed in around 1669 by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber. Recorded from their Sydney home in isolation.