Beethoven 250
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth, Fidelio is presented as a hallmark work of the 2020 Perth Festival.
Morning Symphony Series
A thrilling classical journey.
MSWA Masters Series
WASO with the Australian String Quartet.
Morning Symphony Series
Sparkling French Flair: enchanting and seductive.
MACA Limited Classics Series
Dances with Daphnis Plus Liszt's Second Piano Concerto
MSWA Masters Series
Exquisite lyricism and raw power.
Great art and the Soviet regime. Joy and creativity can’t be held down forever, so even in the darkest decades of cruel oppression that spread from Soviet Russia through Eastern Europe in the 20th century, music bloomed and imaginations flew. Humour, black as some of it may have been, also thriv...
Special Event Classical
Here we celebrate their reign as one of the world’s most successful Broadway writing teams with two of the brightest shining stars in musical theatre today, all backed by WASO.
Australia's most recognised and beloved pianist joins his dear friends in a national tour that marks the Quartet's 25th anniversary.
Special Event Classical
Easter Oratorio will take you on an unforgettable divine journey, from a tomb of dark grief to the blazing light of joy.
Morning Symphony Series
The final masterpiece from the master of melody
MACA Limited Classics Series
Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Plus Bin Huang plays Mozart.
Naked Classics
Conductor and presenter extraordinaire Guy Noble will ignite this red hot program that expresses through music the awesome power of fire to destroy, create or illuminate a night sky in dazzling techni
Mindfulness, well-being and the restorative powers of music. Music’s ability to lift us from despair or deep pain, or at least express our response to spiritual and physical wellness, are neither new nor new age, as 12th-century composer and healer Hildegard von Bingen well understood. English v...
A world artist of musical brilliance, Joseph Nolan will be returning from his time overseas for a very special one-hour intimate morning performance.
Music on the Terrace
Hailed as “the most exciting young quartet on the block”, “the real deal” and the first Australian string quartet ever to sign with Universal Music, the masterful Orava Quartet will take your breath away with a salute to Beethoven's 250th anniversary. Having toured extensively in North...
WA Youth Orchestra
Captivating characters and an unforgettable musical score.
One of chamber music’s most illustrious partnerships can at last be heard by Australian audiences: touchingly expressive, technically spectacular, altogether unforgettable.
MACA Limited Classics Series
Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony plus Britten’s Guide to the Orchestra.
MSWA Masters Series
An unrivalled dramatic masterpiece.
MACA Limited Classics Series
Expansive wonder of Sibelius and Rautavaara.
MSWA Masters Series
Dvořák and a World Premiere.
A cappella singing of a rare kind, as 12 male voices blend in enchanting music that ranges across centuries.
Special Events Classical
Combining moving poetry, two choirs, orchestra and the platform of the Requiem mass, a history of heartbreak and horror is revealed in this monumental new work.
WA Youth Orchestra
An imaginative and immersive program that legends and legacies are made of
Special Events Classical
Bring your best voice and party spirit as we raise the roof at Perth Concert Hall with WASO’s annual barnstorm of flag-waving favourites.
Morning Symphony Series
Triumph over tyranny.
MACA Limited Classics Series
Mozart's Elvira Madigan Concerto with Petrenko's Shostakovich.
Music on the Terrace
Once every four years the Olympics of the piano is presented by the prestigious Sydney International Piano Competition. 32 young pianists from around the world travel to Sydney to battle it out and be crowned the Grand First Prize Winner, with the crème de la crème of pianists launching themselves...
Featuring Polkina Leschenko and Richard Tognetti performing Mendelssohn's Double Concerto. Polina Leschenko is already a favourite of both the Orchestra and Australian audiences from her previous collaborations with the ACO. With playing described as both exhilarating and sweet-toned, and techniqu...
Special Event Pops
Sometimes we’re dressed in black playing Mozart and sometimes we’re breeding raptors and in cosplay! We’re bringing old favourites and new surprises for our third year running.
Naked Classics
Join presenter Paul Rissmann as he explores the motivation behind four landmark works, in a playlist that ranges from classical beauty to unadulterated horror.
WASO's Summer Classics
Inspired by Grahame Baker-Smith’s poignant story FArTHER, this soaring concert for the whole family features music by Paul Rissmann set to stunning animations by Victor Craven in a concert program als
The music is (mostly) old, the players are young, and together it’s seriously brilliant!
Morning Symphony Series
Hollywood calling to Paris with love.
MSWA Masters Series
Baiba Skride's beguiling violin.
& the Kanneh-Mason Family
Sheku Kanneh-Mason shot to global fame after his mesmerising performance at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018.The winner of the BBC Young Musician award in 2016, and now one of the brightest stars in classical music, the brilliant cellist is also one of seven siblings, all instru...
Music on the Terrace
The Irwin Street Collective, featuring internationally celebrated guest artist David Greco and principal players of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra will present exquisite works for voice and chamber ensemble, performed on period instruments Proudly presented in association with UWA Conse...
MACA Limited Classics Series
Asher Fisch Discovery Concert.
The dazzling and timeless music of Bach, Vivaldi, Geminiani and Handel. Is it possible that all roads lead from La Folia? Probably the oldest known musical theme of European culture, it has resonated through the centuries, from Corelli, Liszt and Beethoven, through to the artists of today. In what...
MSWA Masters Series
Steven Osborne's sensuous Ravel.
WA Youth Orchestra
Be inspired by the spirit and sounds of Australia.
MACA Limited Classics Series
Carmina Burana plus Dances with Devils.
Music on the Terrace
On the first Saturday in October, the city of Paris lights up and celebrates White Night. Wishing to recreate this exceptional evening of art, festivities and music, Artistic Director Fiona Campbell has envisioned an opulent evening of long table dining, interspersed with a sumptuous feast of French...
Audience favourites the Eggner Trio join one of Australia’s most renowned musicians, oboist Diana Doherty, in an exciting virtuoso collaboration.
Morning Symphony Series
A symphony to encompass the whole world.
MSWA Masters Series
Elgar's Cello Concerto Plus Mahler's First Symphony.
Naked Classics
Conductor Christopher Dragon leads us through music of vivid imagery and immense power to celebrate extraordinary landscapes and mother nature’s glory and fury.
250 years of Beethoven, in six chapters and seven composers. What might link Mozart and Vaughan Williams? Schubert and George Crumb? Signposting every 50 years from Beethoven’s birth with a significant composition of each era, this is an opportunity to grasp the sheer magnitude of Beethoven’s en...
Morning Symphony Series
Young American violinist Benjamin Beilman performs Bruch’s ever-popular violin concerto, which is filled with rich harmonies, irresistible melodies and an exhilarating finale.
MACA Limited Classics Series
Bruch's Violin Concerto plus Bohemian Homelands.
MSWA Masters Series
Asher Fisch conducts The Rite of Spring.
The extraordinary French baroque ensemble pairs with Australian soprano Siobhan Stagg in a program fit for 18th-century royalty.
Beethoven 250
A playful spirit awakens with passion, wit and charm. In this concert we begin the journey with the wistful youth and romance of the first concerto, and the beauty of his third.
A playful spirit awakens with passion, wit and charm
“He has fingers that seem as though they were made to create rainbows.”The Los Angeles Times.Beethoven’s ground-breaking piano concertos established him as one of the greatest of all composers. Performing the full cycle is the dazzling Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov, one of the finest of his ...
Beethoven 250
An explosive dialogue between soloist and orchestra. In this concert we continue our journey through Beethoven's piano concertos with the second and triumphant fourth.
Beethoven 250
Performing the full cycle is the dazzling Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov, one of the finest of his generation.
Presented by St George's Cathedral
St George's Concert Series brings Handel's Samson to Perth for the first time! Those who enjoyed Handel's Solomon at Perth Concert Hall in 2018 will not want to miss another of the composer's great, dramatic oratorios, telling the legendary story of Samson and Delilah. Samson requires a large and r...