Handel’s greatest oratorio Messiah, is as impactful for audiences today as it was at its premiere more than 280 years ago.

Iridescent classics

Iridescent classics

Soul-stirring melodies

Musica Viva celebrates its 70th birthday with a gala recital tour by superstar violinist Maxim Vengerov.Join us for the most highly anticipated musical event of the year as this fabled performer marks his international comeback with an Australian visit.Hailed as the successor to the mighty Russian s...

Australia's favourite oboist, Diana Doherty, joins the West Australian Symphony Orchestra to perform Mozart's enchanting Oboe Concerto, followed by Elgar's majestic final symphony. Presented By: West Australian Symphony Orchestra PROGRAM HAYDN Symphony No.22 The PhilosopherMOZART Oboe Concerto in C ...

Brahms' Violin Concerto is impassioned, noble and deeply expressive – a perfect vehicle for one of the world's greatest violinists, Pinchas Zukerman with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Brahms' First Symphony, from its pounding timpani introduction to the blazing conclusion, is truly one o...

Husband and wife soloists, Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth, bring intimate warmth to this West Australian Symphony Orchestra concert, Brahms' Double Concerto. Lyrical, pastoral and concluding with a glorious burst of orchestral sunlight, Brahms' Second Symphony remains one of his most popular. P...

Dramatic and intimate, Brahms' mighty First Piano Concerto and poetic Third Symphony are his most personal orchestral works. Don't miss this program with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Presented by: West Australian Symphony Orchestra PROGRAM BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.1BRAHMS Symphony No.3 As...

The truly grand Second Piano Concerto, performed by acclaimed pianist Garrick Ohlsson, and the epic Fourth Symphony conclude the West Australian Symphony Orchestra's celebration of the music of Brahms. Presented by: West Australian Symphony Orchestra PROGRAM BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2BRAHMS Symphony...

Tchaikovsky's Fifth is an emotionally charged work exploring the inevitable forces of fate: passion, grief, joy, and triumph. This irresistible symphony takes you on a journey from bleakness to light and exultation with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Presented by: West Australian Symphony O...

Be moved by the overwhelming emotion and power of Tchaikovsky's most popular symphony performed by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. His irresistible Fifth takes you on a journey from bleakness to light and exultation. Presented By: West Australian Symphony Orchestra PROGRAM WAGNER Lohengrin, ...

The West Australian Symphony Orchestra presents an evening of soaring Russian melodies and passionate French flair, with Saint-Saëns' popular Second Piano Concerto providing colour and brilliance. Tchaikovsky's Winter Dreams showcases the composer’s mastery of memorable melodies and surging emoti...

Australia's favourite symphony - Dvořák's New World – is the centrepiece of this American-inspired program presented by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Aaron Copland's heroic fanfare opens the concert with grand, soaring rhetoric. Presented by: West Australian Symphony Orchestra PROGRAM ...

The exciting American violinist Jennifer Koh makes her West Australian Symphony Orchestra debut in Bernstein's Serenade. Australia's favourite symphony - Dvořák's New World – concludes this American-inspired program. Presented By: West Australian Symphony Orchestra PROGRAM COPLAND Fanfare for th...

The exceptional ability of young emerging artists and their passion for music will always create an extraordinary experience for concertgoers. In Artistry! Culmination, three outstanding young artists perform a movement of their chosen concerto alongside the UWA Symphony Orchestra in the finals of t...

This exciting English vocal ensemble makes its debut national tour with a characteristic mix of old and new, tossing early madrigals in with spectacular new works to create a delicious musical salad! Pronounced Ee far-joe-LEE-nee (‘the little beans’), the group is acclaimed for its fearless perf...

A great piano recital is chamber music in its purest form, intimate but universal. In the hands of a master such as Paul Lewis, it can be a transcendent experience, a personal sharing of ideas and emotions. Music by Brahms lies at the centre of this program. His Ballades op 10 were written when he ...

There is a special connectedness that lights up the stage when the Eggner brothers perform. The almost telepathic power of any good chamber ensemble is, with them, magically enhanced by lifelong familiarity. Christoph, Georg and Florian Eggner make a welcome return to some of their favourite concert...

Since their first Australian tour (with clarinettist Sabine Meyer), the Modigliani Quartet have gone from strength to strength, and now look well-placed to assume the mantle of the top French quartet of their generation. Elegant and masculine, the crisp articulation and rich timbres of this acclaime...

Richard Tognetti explores musical connections between east and west, pairing Vivaldi’s baroque masterpiece with original compositions by Aria Award winning Joseph Tawadros.Tawadros will present selections from his album Permission to Evaporate. Presented by: Australian Chamber Orchestra ProgramJ...

Enjoy music’s ultimate triple threat, Olli Mustonen, the Finnish virtuosic pianist; extraordinary conductor; and outstanding composer. Mustonen will perform as a soloist in Bach’s Concerto for Keyboard, direct Hindemith’s The Four Temperaments from the piano, and invite Timo-Veikko Valve to ...

This West Australian Symphony Orchestra concert features masterpieces by two musical titans. Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 is the jubilant creation of a youthful genius. Mahler's astonishingly original First Symphony forever changed symphonic music. Presented By: West Australian Symphony Orchestr...

Don't miss the West Australian Symphony Orchestra's performance of Mahler's First, a spectacular symphonic journey which traverses a vast and varied musical landscape before concluding in a blaze of triumphant, transcendent ecstasy. Presented by: West Australian Symphony Orchestra ProgramMAHLER Sy...

PLEASE NOTE:  There will be night works occurring alongside St Georges Tce until 30 May 2018. Please allow for extra travel time to arrive at Perth Concert Hall.  Ravel's mesmerising Bolero features in this dazzling Spanish-inspired program conducted by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra's ...

Perth’s own Alessandro Pittorino has just been accepted into the Masters programme at the Juilliard School of Music in Manhattan, New York. He is the first Australian organist ever to be accepted at this prestigious school where he will be under the tuition of Grammy Award winning organist, Paul...

Perth Symphonic Chorus (formerly Collegium Symphonic Chorus) under the baton of Dr Margaret Pride will present Handel’s Messiah on Saturday December 19th, 7.30pm at the Perth Concert Hall with soloists Sara Macliver (soprano), Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano), Richard Butler (tenor) and James Cl...

WASO's Principal Conductor Asher Fisch brings Brahms to life with a free talk titled Discover Brahms. Hailed as Beethoven's successor, Johannes Brahms combined his musical heritage with his romantic outlook to write music of immense expressive power and emotional depth.

Exceptional Baroque ensemble performs Monteverdi’s masterpiece. The musicians and choir of Concerto Italiano are one of the world’s most celebrated early music ensembles. Performing on 17th-century instruments, they vividly recreate the brilliant colours of Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespro della Be...

A grand symphony and a breathtaking concerto. There are few more grandly romantic works in the entire repertory than Saint-Saëns’ famous Organ Symphony which will showcase the Perth Concert Hall’s 3000-pipe organ. Following his extraordinary debut in 2010, Ning Feng and his 1721 Stradivarius vi...

An epic musical and emotional journey. To hear Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony performed live is quite simply an overwhelming experience. From an opening of brutal tragedy, Mahler sweeps through tender love song, rustic simplicity, storms and shadowy half-lights to an overwhelming, transcendent cho...

Irresistible classics including Haydn’s famous Trumpet Concerto. When The Clock Symphony was premiered in London in 1794, the enraptured audience demanded that the first two movements be encored. The press hailed “the sublime Haydn” and his new work, full of “heartfelt joy”. Directed by WA...

Simone Young leads an unforgettable spectacle of explosive orchestral power. Internationally acclaimed Australian conductor Simone Young leads WASO through two unforgettable orchestral masterpieces. From the savage menace of Mars and the noble high spirits of Jupiter, to the ethereal beauty of Neptu...

The elegant lyricism of Mozart and Brahms re-imagined.  Latvian violinist Baiba Skride has been praised for her “silken lyricism’” and “lean, brilliant sound”, qualities which are ideally suited to Mozart’s elegant Fourth Violin Concerto. This youthful work runs the breadth between virt...

2016 China Tour Farewell Concert As the West Australian Symphony Orchestra prepares for its international tour to Beijing and Shanghai there has been a change to the program that Asher Fisch and WASO will be performing. To showcase the Orchestra's musicianship on a grand scale, they will now perform...

One of the world's finest Wagnerian tenors and Bruckner’s spacious grandeur.   Principal Conductor Asher Fisch opens this concert with Wagner’s visionary Prelude to Parsifal and is then joined by one of the world’s greatest singers, Australian tenor Stuart Skelton, for a hand-picked selection...

Experience the phenomenal power of Strauss’ majestic musical sunrise. Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra became a world-wide hit thanks to Stanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Its awesome opening ‘Sunrise’ fanfare is still one of the most powerful and recognisable moments in...

WASO’s new Concertmaster debuts with an audience favourite. Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto is an eloquent work with heart-melting melodies that concludes with a brilliant display of joyful virtuosity. We are thrilled to welcome our new Concertmaster Laurence Jackson to perform this much-loved con...

Paul Dyer returns with Vivaldi’s joyous choral masterpiece. In 2015 Paul Dyer thrilled a sold-out Perth Concert Hall with an all-Baroque concert that included Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. He returns in 2016 with a spectacular choral program featuring Vivaldi’s celebrated Gloria. The concert opens w...

A passionate concerto and Elgar’s enigmatic masterpiece. Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is one of the most popular works in the repertoire. Irresistibly tuneful, it blends rustic folk-simplicity and poetic melodies with dazzling virtuoso acrobatics - a showpiece for a great violinist’s artistry...

Adversity, heroism and triumph - Beethoven’s genius revealed. The years 1802-1805 were some of the most creative yet despairing of Beethoven’s life. Brett Dean’s Testament was inspired by Beethoven’s famous ‘Heiligenstadt Testament’ of 1802, in which the great composer writes agonisingly...

Joy, tragedy and bohemian colour - a concert of contrasts. Since its triumphant first performance in Boston in 1944, Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra has been a towering classic of twentieth-century orchestral music. A vivacious, irrepressible masterpiece, brimming with orchestral colour and...

Mozart’s final, transcendent work - music for beyond this world. Mozart’s Requiem has always been the object of legend - the great composer, struggling to write one last masterpiece as he lay dying. In truth, however, this sublime music does not need a moving story to secure its reputation. Such...

Never have demons, witches and unrequited love sounded so thrilling. Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is a thrilling work inspired by a fever-dream of unrequited romantic love. With its surging, volcanic melodies and brilliant orchestral colours, Berlioz’s masterpiece revolutionised music and is ...

A grand symphony and a breathtaking concerto. There are few more grandly romantic works in the entire repertory than Saint-Saëns’ famous Organ Symphony which will showcase the Perth Concert Hall’s 3000-pipe organ. Following his extraordinary debut in 2010, Ning Feng and his 1721 Stradivarius vi...

Irresistible classics including Haydn’s famous Trumpet Concerto. When The Clock Symphony was premiered in London in 1794, the enraptured audience demanded that the first two movements be encored. The press hailed “the sublime Haydn” and his new work, full of “heartfelt joy”. Directed by WA...

Passionate and poignant - Tchaikovsky’s final symphony. Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony is one of the greatest of all Romantic works. Its richly-coloured melodies trace a tumultuous struggle with fate, as the romantic yearning and potent energy of the opening movement declines inexorably into...

Adversity, heroism and triumph - Simone Young conducts Beethoven’s Eroica. The years 1802-1805 were some of the most creative yet despairing of Beethoven’s life. Brett Dean’s Testament was inspired by Beethoven’s famous ‘Heiligenstadt Testament’ of 1802, in which Beethoven writes agonisi...

Delightful Mozart meets Bohemian Bartók - a concert of contrasts. Since its triumphant first performance in Boston in 1944, Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra has been a towering classic of twentieth-century orchestral music. A vivacious, irrepressible masterpiece, brimming with orchestral co...

2016 China Tour Farewell Concert As the West Australian Symphony Orchestra prepares for its international tour to Beijing and Shanghai there has been a change to the program that Asher Fisch and WASO will be performing. To showcase the Orchestra's musicianship on a grand scale, they will now perform...

Never have demons, witches and unrequited love sounded so thrilling. Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique is a thrilling work inspired by a fever-dream of unrequited romantic love. With its surging, volcanic melodies and brilliant orchestral colours, Berlioz’s masterpiece revolutionised music and is ...

A story powerful and profound - music that is daring and dramatic. Bach's St John Passion is a towering masterpiece, a deeply moving and intensely dramatic recounting of Christ’s betrayal, capture, trial and death. Bach illuminates this gospel story with music that is powerful and poetic, operatic...

A unique and elegant fusion of circus and live orchestral music. Dazzling the eye and the ear, the world-famous Cirque de la Symphonie will leave you breathless! Mesmerizing acrobats, jugglers, strongmen, contortionists and high-flying aerialists from around the world will perform incredible acts in...

“I think fugues are an incredible form of composition, and Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge is the pinnacle of the art form.” Maxime Bibeau – ACO Principal Double Bass The Art of Fugue was Bach’s last major project and this definitive exploration of the possibilities of counterpoint is perhaps his...

“Breathtaking imagination and startling virtuosity” - LA Times on Giovanni Sollima In 2014, ACO audiences roared their approval of the exhilarating mastery of maverick cellist and composer Giovanni Sollima’s performances across Australia. In 2016 he returns for an unmissable celebration of fi...

 “Elisabeth Leonskaja has something precious and rare” The Telegraph (UK) “ …mesmerising, breathtakingly intense.” ★★★★★ The Scotsman (UK), on Elisabeth Leonskaja  The international grand dame of the piano, Elisabeth Leonskaja, makes her long-awaited Australian debut to perfo...

“Probably the greatest chamber orchestra around today” The Guardian (UK), 2016 Relish the melodic invention and dynamic flow of two of the Baroque’s finest composers with the ACO, directed by Richard Tognetti. Bach’s Orchestral Suites propose a vibrant reminder of the beauty and influence of...

“Slava Grigoryan is a guitar player of uncommon originality and authority. Musicality, expressivity and daring … a singular talent.” The New York Times  Inspired by the stunning Rococo palace at Aranjuez in Southern Spain, Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez has become one of the most popular ...

Theatre legend Michael Gow creates an exciting new chamber opera, with music realised by Calvin Bowman and the late Alan Curtis. Voyage to the Moon combines gems from Handel and Vivaldi with rediscovered treasures from little-known 18th-century composers. Leading Australian singers, soprano Emma Mat...

Unfurl your flags and get your best voices ready! WASO presents a grand "Last Night" hurrah with popular classics, patriotic anthems and, of course, Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance. Acclaimed singers José Carbó and Jennifer Barrington share the stage with WASO, the WASO Chorus and special guest arti...

Stephen Hough is acclaimed throughout the world as a superb pianist, with a wide-ranging intellect and thoughtful spirituality. He is also a noted connoisseur of fine tea, perfume, and hats. This wonderful recital program lightly references some of these extra-musical things, offering a listening ex...

Making its first appearance in the International Concert Season, the Ensō String Quartet bring sparkling sonorities and joyous teamwork to the stage. The Ensō acknowledges two of the cornerstones of a quartet’s life in Beethoven’s beloved ‘Harp’ Quartet, and in Ravel’s amazing, and only,...

Stephen Layton is one of the leading choral directors of our time. His ‘home’ choir is at Trinity College, Cambridge, where the fresh young voices of male and female undergraduates are carefully auditioned for sought after places in what was recently named one of Gramophone magazine’s 20 Great...

There is a great depth to this Israeli string quartet’s musical heritage that lends authority to the masterworks they will perform on their national tour.  In this program we hear Beethoven in perhaps the most ‘Haydnish’ of his quartets, op 18 no 6, matched perfectly with Dvorák’s Quartet ...

In one of the most exciting classical music debuts of the year, two award-winning young stars make their first recital tour of Australia. The program reflects the equal nature of their roles. Saint-Saëns’ First Violin Sonata requires two virtuosi to bring it off: the two parts are equal in emotio...

Trio Dali is an ensemble of soloists, who come together for the love of playing chamber music. Such pleasure in performing is a pleasure for the listener, too. For this tour the Trio have chosen to open the concert with a work that demonstrates their innate but subtle expertise with Schubert’s ex...

Sensational jazz singer Katie Noonan, one of Australia's most versatile and beloved vocalists, joins the internationally-renowned Brodsky Quartet in a stunning new collaboration.  Katie Noonan and the Brodsky Quartet perform works from their upcoming album With Love and Fury, inspired by the poetry...

NEWSFLASH: Andrey Gugnin has been announced as the First Prize Winner! The Sydney International Piano Competition is one of the world's most anticipated events, where talented young pianists compete passionately for international recognition, delivering performances that will define their career. Fr...

Perth Symphonic Chorus (formerly Collegium Symphonic Chorus) under the baton of Dr Margaret Pride OAM will present Handel’s Messiah on Saturday 17th December 2016 at 7.30pm. Soloists include Jennifer Barrington (soprano), Christopher Field (counter-tenor), Paul McMahon (tenor) and Christopher Rich...

Continuing a much cherished tradition in Perth, Perth Concert Hall again hosts the Vienna Pops New Year’s Eve Champagne Concert on Saturday 31 December 2016. Join Mark Coughlan's Vienna Pops Orchestra celebrating the countdown to 2017 with an enchanting evening of charm, talent and celebrations! T...

Ludovico Einaudi returns to Australia with the release of his highly anticipated album ELEMENTS which features tracks interweaving piano, strings, percussion, guitar and electronica. Inspired by the elements of nature, mathematics, science, musical forms and works of art. His hauntingly beautiful a...

Celebrate the start of the holiday season with Australia’s leading vocal quartet. Multi ARIA Award winners The Idea of North are renowned for their beautifully distinct vocal sound and style that crosses many musical genres, from jazz to folk, gospel, pop and classical. With twelve albums in the c...

Phenomenal young Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov has been showered with praise from critics worldwide. He makes his eagerly-awaited WASO debut with Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto.  “What makes Trifonov such a phenomenon is the ecstatic quality he brings to his performances … Small wonder ...

The Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture is one of Tchaikovsky’s most popular works, full of sweeping drama and sublime, passion-drenched melodies. Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony is a joyous whirlwind of sound and rhythm. TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy OvertureBEETHOVEN Symphony No.7 Daniel C...

Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony is a joyous whirlwind of energetic sound and rhythm culminating in an exhilarating finale. Yu-Chien (Benny) Tseng, winner of the 2015 Singapore Violin Competition, performs Bruch’s ever popular Scottish Fantasy. TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy OvertureBRUCH Sc...

Sibelius’ Second Symphony is a stirring masterpiece that evokes the expansive, glacial landscape of Finland. WASO’s Concertmaster Laurence Jackson takes centre stage for a rare Perth performance of Stravinsky’s sparkling Violin Concerto.  “Jackson could not be faulted. A deluge of applause ...

WASO’s Concertmaster, Laurence Jackson, takes centre stage for a rare Perth performance of Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto. Sibelius’ stirring Second Symphony evokes the expansive, glacial landscape of Finland in this concert conducted by Principal Conductor Asher Fisch. “Jackson could not be f...

Popular violinist Pinchas Zukerman returns to WASO with his charismatic trio to perform Beethoven’s delightful Triple Concerto. As a special treat, Zukerman performs Berg’s nostalgic Violin Concerto. Conducted by Asher Fisch. BEETHOVEN Egmont: OvertureBERG Violin Concerto To the Memory of an Ang...

Stravinsky’s richly folkloric ballet suite The Firebird is preceded by Sibelius’ expressive tone poem and Debussy’s languid and impressionistic Prélude in a program full of stunning orchestral colour and dazzling instrumental virtuosity. “With the supremely-authoritative Martyn Brabbins at ...

Sibelius’ multi-faceted, expressive tone poem and Stravinsky’s richly folkloric ballet suite sit perfectly alongside Debussy’s dreamlike and seductive Prelude to the Afternoon of a faun. “With the supremely-authoritative Martyn Brabbins at the helm there was sheer, heady fun to be had…” ...

Hailed by the New York Chronicle as “the king of his instrument”, Berlin Philharmonic Principal Horn Stefan Dohr makes his WASO debut with Strauss’ blazing Second Horn Concerto. Elgar’s Second Symphony, with its astonishing orchestral colours and sheer power, is one of the twentieth-century�...

Experience the artistry of one of the world’s most poetic pianists, French-Canadian Louis Lortie. Lortie performs with elegant subtlety, sophistication and spontaneity - perfect qualities for Chopin’s lyrical First Piano Concerto. DVORAK The Water GoblinCHOPIN Piano Concerto No.1DVORAK Symphony ...

To celebrate much-loved conductor Vladimir Verbitsky’s 30 years with WASO, he leads the Orchestra in a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony, a dramatic work that takes us through mountains, encounters with Alpine fairies and a brush with mortality. TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony Vladimir ...

Since his first appearance as guest conductor of WASO in 1987, Russian-born Vladimir Verbitsky has become a much-loved figure in Perth’s musical world. To celebrate, he leads WASO and the WASO Chorus in two dramatic Russian masterpieces: Rachmaninov’s massive choral symphony The Bells and Tchaik...

One of Australia’s greatest conductors, Simone Young, celebrates two decades of performances with WASO with a work she first conducted 20 years ago with the Orchestra, Haydn’s Symphony No.99. The Financial Times puts it perfectly; “Like the best cooks, Young leaves us wanting more.” HAYDN Sy...

Simone Young takes us back to her first concert with WASO with Haydn’s Symphony No.99, before Brahms’ riotous medley of rowdy student songs, Academic Festival Overture. HAYDN Symphony No.99ANDREW SCHULTZ Maali – Concerto for oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon WORLD PREMIEREBRAHMS Variations on a...

Schumann described Schubert’s ‘Great’ C Major Symphony as the epitome of the Romantic symphony and praised its “heavenly length”. Taut and lithe, Schubert’s final symphony is an astonishing work of driving power, lyrical beauty and beguiling melodies. SCHUBERT Symphony No.9 The Great Ash...

Concerts by Eighth Blackbird celebrate the joy of the new. The closest thing classical music has to a rock band, this ensemble – described by the LA Times as a collection of ‘supermusicians’ – revels in the work of living composers, played with love, virtuosity and enjoyment. On the program ...

Schubert’s ‘Great’ C Major Symphony is justly considered his greatest symphonic achievement - an astonishing work of driving power and lyrical beauty. Impressive young Australian pianist Jayson Gillham makes his WASO debut with Schumann’s Piano Concerto. SCHUMANN Genoveva: OvertureSCHUMANN P...

Mahler’s awe-inspiring Sixth Symphony is sonically spectacular and vividly imaginative. Its legendary hammer blows are moments of raw brutality: theatrically exhilarating but emotionally devastating. Japanese-born American violinist Karen Gomyo performs Mozart’s exquisite Third Violin Concerto. ...

Composer Richard Wagner is one of the most written about people in history. His work remains shrouded in controversy and polarises classical music and opera lovers the world over. Come on an adventure with WASO’s Principal Conductor and one of the world’s foremost Wagnerians, Asher Fisch, to fin...

Composer Richard Wagner is one of the most written about people in history. His work remains shrouded in controversy and polarises classical music and opera lovers the world over. Come on an adventure with WASO’s Principal Conductor and one of the world’s foremost Wagnerians, Asher Fisch, to fin...

In an exhilarating concert of fantastical tales and exotic colours, Karin Schaupp performs Rodrigo’s popular guitar concerto, described by the composer as capturing “the fragrance of magnolias, the singing of birds, and the gushing of fountains.” RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunteRODRIGO C...

Chinese-born Australian cello virtuoso Li-Wei Qin performs Saint-Saëns’ stormy, mercurial First Cello Concerto, a virtuosic showpiece that positively erupts with unique and imaginative melodies. “… a meltingly beautiful tone, flawless centered intonation and an ironclad technique.” New York...

Vaughan Williams’ Fifth Symphony is imbued with delicate lyricism and orchestral colour. Saint-Saëns’ stormy First Cello Concerto erupts with unique and imaginative melodies and is performed by Li-Wei Qin. “… a meltingly beautiful tone, flawless centered intonation and an ironclad technique...

Asher Fisch brings his rare affinity for Schumann’s work to this performance of the composer’s compact and powerful Fourth Symphony. Szymanowski’s Concert Overture is lush, radiant and full of soaring melodies. SZYMANOWSKI Concert OvertureSCHUMANN Symphony No.4 Asher Fisch conductor (pictured)...

Schumann’s compact and powerful Fourth Symphony is conducted by the exceptional Asher Fisch. WASO’s Principal Trombone Joshua Davis premieres acclaimed Australian composer Paul Stanhope’s Trombone Concerto. SZYMANOWSKI Concert OverturePAUL STANHOPE Trombone Concerto WORLD PREMIERESCHUMANN Symp...

Pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk is acclaimed worldwide for thrilling performances of Rachmaninov’s ever-popular Second Piano Concerto, a ravishing masterpiece overflowing with lush, rich melodies. “Every time (Gavrylyuk) enchants the public with his incredible virtuosity and thought-provoking playin...

Avner Dorman’s introspective, explosive After Brahms provides the perfect gateway between our world and that of Brahms, whose poetic works for choir and orchestra themselves pave the way for Richard Strauss’ autobiographical tone poem, Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life). AVNER DORMAN After Brahms...

"Richard Tognetti is one of the most characterful, incisive and impassioned violinists to be heard today." The Daily Telegraph (UK)  Experience the soulful beauty and timeless genius of JS Bach with Richard Tognetti and the ACO. Johann Sebastian Bach is the greatest polyphonist of all time. To hea...

In a group the size of the ACO, there is nowhere to hide. It’s an ensemble of soloists. This program showcases the extraordinary talents of the ACO’s musicians. Principal Violin Satu Vänskä takes on the devilishly dazzling Harmonic Labyrinth by Locatelli, whose concerto bears the inscription �...

“My love of the music of Mozart started with the movie Amadeus. I saw that film when I was quite young and it just blew me away … melodies … so nuanced … so memorable … I couldn’t get them out of my mind.” Kristian Bezuidenhout Born in South Africa, raised in Australia, educated in the...

Introducing Mountain – an epic cinematic and musical collaboration between the ACO and BAFTA-nominated Sherpa director, Jennifer Peedom, narrated by two-time Academy Award® nominated actor Willem Dafoe. Only three centuries ago, setting out to climb a mountain would have been considered close to ...

Due to extensive delays with the orchestra’s flights, tonight’s performance of Emmanuel Pahud has been delayed. The performance is scheduled to start at approximately 8:00pm. The performance is still scheduled to run for 1 hour 45 minutes.    We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused...

Angela Hewitt is acclaimed as one of the world’s great pianists, especially adored for her interpretations of JS Bach and like-minded composers. Everything about her approach to playing music – rigorous research, faultless technique, emotional openness – serves to highlight the innate beauty i...

Exhilarating, exuberant, virtuosic: the Pacifica Quartet has won hearts around the world for its passionate performances. Treading that miraculous line between naked emotion and scrupulous musicianship, a concert with the Pacificas becomes an engrossing sensory experience for the audience. Such inte...

Three young virtuosi with countless solo prizes to their names: together, the music-making of the Sitkovetsky Trio is little short of miraculous. In their hands the piano trio becomes a miniature orchestra, making huge worlds of colour and texture from their personal, intimate musical format. Perfor...

The secret behind the love affair between this renowned ensemble and its Australian public is both the simplest and hardest thing about chamber music: the interplay between different creative personalities. Their concerts glow with warmth and friendship, a mutual affection and happiness whose effect...

Two brilliant adventurers set out across an enthralling musical landscape when they step onto the stage. This is how great artists play: with imagination, with attention to style, with flexibility of technique, and above all a great sense of being in love with the music. The tour repertoire chosen b...

Britain’s most revolutionary orchestra makes its first, widely anticipated full tour of Australia in 2017 with Musica Viva. This breaking ground Orchestra is a band of 20 expert musicians, playing on authentic instruments and led by the acclaimed violinist Rachel Podger. The wonderful, forward-loo...

The AWO’s Chamber 8 on Tour are a supergroup of Australia’s finest musicians who work and perform with the world’s greatest orchestras. These extraordinary musicians will come together for just 4 concerts in their Australian tour. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to witness music-making of t...

WASO musicians and Perth Concert Hall are proud to present a lunchtime concert of much-loved chamber music in the intimate setting of the Perth Concert Hall Corner Stage (Terrace Level).Featuring a WASO String Octet led by Laurence Jackson and WASO's oboe section. No presale tickets required. Ticket...

WASO musicians and Perth Concert Hall are proud to present a lunchtime concert of much-loved chamber music in the intimate setting of the Perth Concert Hall Corner Stage (Terrace Level). Featuring the Pinnacle String Quartet. No presale tickets required. Tickets available on the door $15.

WASO musicians and Perth Concert Hall are proud to present a lunchtime concert of much-loved chamber music in the intimate setting of the Perth Concert Hall Corner Stage (Terrace Level). Featuring the Darlington String Quartet and a WASO Brass Ensemble. No presale tickets required. Tickets available...

WAYO celebrates the best of all things French in a concert of gorgeous melodies, effortless artistry and enchanting orchestral favourites. Dukas’ Sorcerer’s Apprentice, better known as the original music from Disney’s Fantasia, promises to be a highlight of a stunning and accessible program. M...

Inspirational Russian Maestro Vladimir Verbitsky returns to Perth to spend a week mentoring the next generation of Western Australia’s finest young musicians. The program is a popular all-Russian affair featuring Rimsky-Korsakov’s fantasy-inspired magnum opus Scheherazade. BORODIN, In the Steppe...

Beginning life as a memorial to Rossini, Verdi’s Requiem is a thrilling journey of intense human emotion as dramatic as any opera. With its world famous Dies Irae, soaring melodies, musical drama and sheer passion, this 90 minute masterpiece is a once in a lifetime concert experience. WAYO is join...

Renowned for it's moving, dramatic and memorised performances of this work, the Perth Symphonic Chorus will again highlight the depths and celebrations of a libretto that delivers the Christmas message with joy and wonder. The sheer melodic inventiveness of Handel’s masterpiece allows the list...

The German Requiem is a work of gentle, personal consolation and noble spirituality. Scored for large choir, orchestra and soloists, it soars to splendid romantic expressiveness with achingly beautiful arias. Unlike other oratorios and requiems, the focus of this work is less on fire and brimstone a...

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Legendary cellist Steven Isserlis joins Richard Tognetti and the ACO for Shostakovich’s monumental First Cello Concerto along with Haydn’s ‘London’ Symphony. “Isserlis flings himself into music... he’s utterly committed to every moment” – The Washington Post When Steven Isserlis and ...

Presented by Australian Chamber Orchestra Buy as few as 3 ACO 2018 Season concerts and receive approx. 30% off the standard prices. Select the Standard, Concession or Under 30 prices, and the discounts will be automatically applied when tickets are added to the cart. See the full ACO 2018 Season at ...

The Russian violin sensation, Ilya Gringolts, directs the ACO in this dazzling virtuosic display featuring Paganini’s First Violin Concerto and Vivaldi’s Concerto for Violin and 2 Cellos featuring ACO Principal Cello Timo-Veikko Valve and ACO cellist Julian Thompson. “Where we were once conten...

Presented by Australian Chamber Orchestra For their climactic finale to the 2018 Season, Richard Tognetti and the ACO present an unmissable music event featuring Beethoven’s monumental Violin Concerto and Fifth Symphony. Richard Tognetti is one of the most characterful, incisive and impassioned vi...

Please Note:  Roadworks taking place. Click here for more info. Perth Concert Hall are thrilled to present a night of breathtaking repertoire with the world-renowned King’s Singers - recipients of two Grammy Awards, the Midem International Classical Award and recent inductees into the Gramopho...

Please Note:  Roadworks taking place. Click here for more info. Presented by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra Over two days in the outstanding acoustics of Perth Concert Hall, the West Australian Symphony Orchestra musicians and special guests present twelve concerts of superb music for ch...

The West Australian Symphony Orchestra’s favourite artists, their favourite music & everyone’s favourite Fifth Symphony! WASO marks 90 years of great music-making with special season-opening concerts. We have invited our favourite West Australian soloists to join in our celebrations, some we...

A Classical Spectacular of flag-waving favourites!Back by popular demand – and now two concerts! Australia’s favourite ‘Master of Musical Ceremonies’ Guy Noble hosts a last-night ‘Hurrah’ filled with popular classics, patriotic anthems… and the Thunderbirds March! All the glorious trad...

Presented by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra Hallelujah! Be moved and uplifted by Handel’s ever-popular oratorio Conductor Christian Curnyn leads the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, the WASO Chorus and acclaimed soloists in a stirring performance of one of the best-loved choral works. H...

PLEASE NOTE: Event will be held at GOVERNMENT HOUSE BALLROOM.New Under 30's price added $30*Since the beginning in 1989, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra has become a leading voice in the Australian cultural landscape. They have won five ARIA awards for Best Classical Album, collaborated with le...

Please Note:  Roadworks taking place. Click here for more info. Presented by Musica Viva Australia A journey through musical fairytales, Fantasia mixes the talents of legendary clarinettist Sabine Meyer with the Alliage Quintett, a unique ensemble of four saxophones and a grand piano. On this ra...

Presented by Musica Viva Australia Joyce Yang is one of the leading pianists in the newest generation of virtuosi. As the youngest competitor in the 2005 Van Cliburn Competition, she was awarded a silver medal and she has since gone on to countless other accolades and a skyrocketing career. On her f...

Presented by Musica Viva Australia Experience a terrific celebration of the violin in all its moods with Ray Chen. Born in Taiwan and raised in Brisbane, he moved to the USA in his teens to pursue intensive violin studies. Since then, Ray’s appearances as a soloist with great orchestras around the...

Presented by Musica Viva Australia In our fast-paced, throwaway society, it is a rare thing to be able to pause, to honour and appreciate the past but it is exactly this opportunity the Borodin Quartet offers its audience. Having recently celebrated their 70th anniversary, the individual players may...

Presented by Musica Viva Australia When is a trio not just a trio? When it is this one, comprising three stellar soloists. In their Southern Hemisphere debut, the matchless combined talents of Nicola Benedetti, Leonard Elschenbroich and Alexei Grynyuk will light up the stage. This is chamber music m...

PLEASE NOTE | ROAD CLOSURES - GOVERNORS AVE Please be advised that due to road works, Governors Ave will be closed on this day. Both the Perth Concert Hall and Terrace Road car parks will remain open. Terrace Rd will be accessible via Victoria Ave.  Presented by the West Australian Symphony Orchest...

Please Note:  Roadworks taking place. Click here for more info. Presented by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra Masters Series The majestic glory of the Alps and the virtuosity of Veronika Eberle. Principal Conductor Asher Fisch leads WASO through one of the most grandiose and extravagant o...

Please Note:  Roadworks taking place. Click here for more info. Presented by the West Australian Symphony Australia MACA Limited Classics Series What better way to celebrate WASO’s 90th anniversary year than with Beethoven’s majestic Ninth Symphony! This is music of life-affirming exaltation...

Please Note:  Roadworks taking place. Click here for more info. Box Office: Important changes apply from Friday 23 March. Click here for info. Presented by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra Masters Series Be transported by evocative, atmospheric masterpieces. The intoxicating colours of D...

Presented by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra Morning Symphony SeriesDan Ettinger debuts with a dramatic masterpiece.  Israeli conductor Dan Ettinger makes his WASO debut with the brilliant whirlwind of Shostakovich’s Festive Overture. Tchaikovsky’s tempestuous Fourth Symphony is an emo...

Please Note:  Roadworks taking place. Click here for more info. Box Office: Important changes apply. Click here for info. Presented by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra MACA Limited Classics Series A dazzling concerto and Tchaikovsky’s powerful ‘Fate’ symphony. Composed when he wa...

Presented by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra Morning Symphony Series Witty, jaunty and mesmerising – music by three masters.  Scottish conductor Rory Macdonald leads WASO in three colourful works. First, Stravinsky’s witty and elegant Dumbarton Oaks, a neo-classical jewel of the repert...

Please Note:  Roadworks taking place. Click here for more info. Presented by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra Masters Series A double concerto premiere and Boléro’s unstoppable energy! Three colourful works frame Carl Vine’s Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, given its world pre...

Presented by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra MACA Limited Classics Series Elegance, charm and sparkling melodies. WASO celebrates Vienna at its glittering, exuberant best in a concert of luxurious, charming music from the olde worlde capital of classical music. Be swept away by the lilting ...

IMPORTANT PARKING INFORMATION Please be advised that undercover parking in Carpark No. 7 at Perth Concert Hall is limited due to construction and drainage works. Street entry is from Terrace Road (river front).  Depending on weather conditions, additional parking is may be available on the grass...

Presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra Masters Series Asher Fisch and WASO continue their journey through Mahler’s symphonies. Praised for her innate musicality and ‘vocal radiance’, Stefanie Irányi joins WASO in the ethereal finale of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, music that describes...

WASO celebrates the 100th birthday of the composer of West Side Story. Composer, conductor, educator - Leonard Bernstein was quite simply one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth-century. Extravagantly talented and boundlessly creative, he fused genres and styles to create quintessentially Ame...

Presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra Morning Symphony Series A great wartime testament to the human spirit.  Premiered in Moscow in 1945, Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony is a powerful wartime testament which the composer described as “a symphony of the greatness of the human spirit, a s...

Presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra MACA Limited Classics Series Dvořák’s transcendent beauty and Prokofiev’s triumph over adversity. Exciting young Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández makes his WASO debut performing a cornerstone of the cello repertoire - Dvořák’s ever-popular Co...

Presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra Morning Symphony Series Exotic colours from Bartók and Rachmaninov's virtuosic Third Piano Concerto.  French pianist Cédric Tiberghien returns to WASO in an exhilarating concert featuring Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto. Fiendishly virtuosic ...

Presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra Masters Series Exotic colours from Bartók and Rachmaninov’s virtuosic Third Piano Concerto. French pianist Cédric Tiberghien returns to WASO in an exhilarating concert featuring Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto. Fiendishly virtuosic and powerfu...

Presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra MACA Limited Classics Series A sublime symphony and a rustic concerto – plus a touch of jazz. The sublime perfection of Mozart bookends this program, complemented by the irresistible 1920s rhythms and colours of Martinů’s Jazz Suite. One of his f...

Presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra MACA Limited Classics Series A cello tour de force plus colourful impressions of the sea. Superstar cellist Gautier Capuçon returns to WASO to perform Tchaikovsky’s delightful Variations on a Rococo Theme, a work that combines elegance and grace wi...

Presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra Morning Symphony Series Colourful impressions of Spain and Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances.  Acclaimed French conductor Ludovic Morlot directs two exceptional works that revel in the vivid colours of a virtuoso orchestra. Debussy’s Ibéria is ...

Presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra Masters Series A world premiere and Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances. Two of the greatest living French instrumentalists perform together for the very first time in Australia in a highlight of the WASO season - the world premiere of Swiss composer Ri...

Presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra Masters Series A poignant valediction and a monumental symphony. Bruckner’s last-completed symphony is a work of breathtaking magnificence, a monumental “cathedral of sound”. Asher Fisch and WASO take you on an astounding journey from its tremori...

Presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra Morning Symphony Series An uplifting, soul-stirring Romantic favourite.  Dvorák’s earthy and dynamic Ninth Symphony, his musical love letter to the New World, was performed at WASO’s very first concert in 1928! Ninety years later, it is still a...

Presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra MACA Limited Classics Series Asher Fisch conducts soul-stirring Romantic favourites. Dvořák’s earthy and dynamic Ninth Symphony his musical love letter to the New World, was performed at WASO’s very first concert in 1928! Ninety years later, it i...

Presented by West Australian Symphony Orchestra Masters Series Music of war and freedom from Prokofiev and Shostakovich. The most profound of Shostakovich’s ‘War Symphonies’ echoes the suffering of 1943 on a tremendous scale, ferocious and harrowing. A statement of personal grief amid mass dev...

PLEASE NOTE: CONCERTS ARE AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE BALLROOM. Please Note:  Roadworks taking place. Click here for more info. Brilliant young musicians from the UWA Conservatorium of Music join with artistic director Mark Coughlan to present a program of exciting and popular masterworks from the roman...

PLEASE NOTE: CONCERTS ARE AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE BALLROOM  Please Note:  Roadworks taking place. Click here for more info. With Government House Ballroom at its most atmospheric, this program will explore the beauty, serenity and joyfulness of the music of JS Bach, one of the world’s most rever...

PLEASE NOTE: CONCERTS ARE AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE BALLROOM Australia’s finest concert pianist and one of our long-time favourites at Government House, Piers Lane returns to present a wide-ranging program that begins with Scarlatti and Bach then moves into the world of the great romantics. Chopin’s...

PLEASE NOTE: CONCERTS ARE AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE BALLROOM Every year Music on the Terrace proudly presents a program dedicated to the best young talent in Western Australia. Amongst the most popular groups to perform in Rising Stars over the years have been the choirs of Perth Modern school, directed...

PLEASE NOTE: CONCERTS ARE AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE BALLROOM.Mozart himself conducted the first performance of this work in Vienna, and it has become a favourite in opera houses around the world. The hero Belmonte, assisted by his servant Pedrillo, attempts to rescue his beloved Konstanze from the harem ...

PLEASE NOTE: CONCERTS ARE AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE BALLROOM We welcome back our friends from the Fremantle Chamber Orchestra for another memorable and inspiring program. The concert features two of Perth’s most exciting string players, violinist Rebecca Glorie and cellist Louise McKay as soloists wit...

This performance is held atSt George's Cathedral 38 St Georges Terrace, Perthwww.perthcathedral.org Don’t miss this chance to hear two of Perth’s most talented and charismatic musicians – Baritone Andrew Foote and Pianist Mark Coughlan – in a programme of delightful and diverse repertoire. ...

Please Note:  Roadworks taking place. Click here for more info. The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra has been a leading voice in the Australian cultural landscape for nearly 30 years. They have won five ARIA Awards for Best Classical Album, collaborated with leading international talents, and ha...

Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 ‘Resurrection’ is an awe-inspiring, musical saga of life, death and transcendence. This amazing 90-minute symphony is a monumental journey that starts in the depths of despair, then channels the combined power of more than 250 musicians for an electrifying finale...

Join Principal Conductor Asher Fisch and opera stars Ekaterina Gubanova and Boaz Daniel at a FREE illustrated talk exploring Tristan und Isolde before the first concert performance on Thursday 16 August 2018. This is a free but ticketed event. For more information contact the Box Office on (08...

Hailed by ABC Classic FM as ‘an extraordinary musician’, by BBC Radio 3 Record Review as 'magnificent' and by Gramophone as ‘perceptive and intensely musical’, there is a reason why Joseph Nolan is widely acknowledged as one of the world's greatest organists. Joseph has played in concerts ...

Renowned British cellist Natalie Clein plays with a unique combination of passion and delicacy. It’s as though the cello becomes her voice, and she is simply telling us a story through music and emotion.  Boasting the well-travelled resume of a world-class musician, she has forged a distinguished...

An unforgettable multimedia concert experience; marvellous pianism set against an enthralling background of international artworks.

The leading British string quartet of its generation; the Dorics meet every artistic challenge with a captivating blend of sophistication and passion.

Founded in the fifteenth century, the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge is arguably the world’s most famous choir and the pre-eminent representative of the British church music tradition.

Perhaps the most celebrated string quartet ever to emerge from the USA, the Emerson String Quartet is making its first Australian tour in over 19 years.

Early music has rarely sounded as chic or brilliant! This French ensemble combine flute, violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord - to rewrite the rule-book on period-instrument concerts.

A new classical supergroup of four leading European soloists, this ensemble is sweeping through the northern hemisphere like a breath of fresh air – and now brings its dazzling energy to Perth.

This event is currently sold out. Please check back later. Richard Tognetti opens ACO’s 2019 Season with a program that will reach celestial heights. The famed Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir joins them in a celebration of Bach and Arvo Pärt. Ethereal and otherworldly, this is music by two to...

Experience an unforgettable night of boundless musicality when American jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis makes his Australian Chamber Orchestra debut.

The Australian Chamber Orchestra explores Bach's genius with an impressive line-up featuring Richard Tognetti, Erin Helyard, Brett Dean and ACO Principal Cello, Timo-Veikko Valve.

Following an unforgettable performance of Mahler 2 at the Perth Concert Hall, the Western Australian Youth Orchestra will once again present a feast of popular programmatic works reflecting the many colours of Europe. Experience the majestic wonders and splendour of Respighi’s Pines of Rome, the f...

Join us in celebrating our end of year Summer Prelude ensembles concert. Showcasing WA Youth Orchestras’ very talented junior ensembles. Sinfonietta, Collegium, Flute Choir and Philharmonic, will present a variety of works led by conductors Jeanette Teh, Grace Ah-quee, Christie Sullivan and WAYO�...

Following the success of the inaugural Favourites concert WASO open their 2019 season with a new celebration of talented West Australian musicians. This year WASO has invited Paul O’Neill, James Clayton and Shuan Hern Lee to perform their favourite works in a concert bursting with classical hi...

Andreas Ottensamer has held the coveted position of Principal Clarinet of the Berlin Philharmonic since 2011. Through his orchestral work, concerto, recital and chamber music performances, he is now one of the most in-demand clarinettists on the planet. He brings his sensitive artistry and l...

Asher Fisch leads a trio of richly melodic works. The great Russian violinist Vadim Gluzman performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with WASO.

Armenian-born cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan and Estonian conductor Hendrik Vestmann join WASO for a Russian spectacular.

Lyricism, drama and two favourite guest artists. Spanish pianist Javier Perianes and conductor Simone Young return to WASO with a program of Beethoven and Bruckner.

In an unmissable trading of places WASO Principal Conductor Asher Fisch and Danish violinist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider switch roles as Maestro and soloist!

Two dream-filled French works frame a world premiere conducted by one of the stars of the new generation, Fabien Gabel.

Please note: Building works on Terrace Road forecourt are taking place. Respighi’s Pines of Rome is a stunning symphonic panorama of the landscapes of the Eternal City. Featuring an orchestra of nearly 100 musicians, this vivid orchestral showpiece is one of the most spectacular displays of ...

Please note: Paving works are currently occurring at the Hall. For information on pedestrian a access, please click here. In his WASO debut Jaime Martín conducts an all-Russian concert bursting with colour, imagination and devilish flair.Rachmaninov’s show-stopping Rhapsody on a Theme of Pag...

Seductive melodies and a little magic. Australian conductor Nicholas Carter and award-winning violinist Sergei Dogadin join WASO for this mystical concert.

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider returns to WASO to perform Elgar’s Violin Concerto on the same extraordinary instrument the great Fritz Kreisler used for the Concerto's premiere over a century ago.

An exhilarating and heroic triumph. Plus, the premiere of Iain Grandage's new Concerto written especially for WASO's Principal Cor anglais, Leanne Glover.

To hear our 3000-pipe organ in all its glory is an experience in itself; to hear it in the exhilarating finale of Saint-Saëns’ grandly romantic Third Symphony is completely unforgettable!

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Asher Fisch's WASO debut, we go back to where it all began as he conducts Verdi’s transcendent and monumental Requiem.

Please note: Building works on Terrace Road forecourt are taking place. Few ballet scores are as beloved as Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. Journey with Asher Fisch to the land of the Sugar Plum Fairy and hear all of your Nutcracker favourites including the fiery Trepak, Waltz of the Flowers and...

English conductor Mark Wigglesworth has an enviable reputation as a musician of immense artistic integrity and is renowned for his masterly interpretations. His commanding control and passionate insight will bring Elgar’s dramatic First Symphony to life, a work that was instantly hailed...

Australian conductor Nicholas Carter, Principal Conductor of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, returns to WASO with this romantic tour-de-force.

Irresistible passion and virtuoso acrobatics. Russian violinist Vadim Gluzman performs this perennially popular masterpiece with WASO.

Lauded for his deeply informed and intelligent musicianship, Russian conductor Dima Slobodeniouk makes his WASO debut with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

In an unmissable trading of places WASO Principal Conductor Asher Fisch and Danish violinist Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider switch roles as Maestro and soloist!

Inspired by unrequited romantic love, Berlioz’s radical masterpiece Symphonie fantastique is full of passions, dreams and phantoms – a lovesick musician’s hallucinatory fantasies.

Asher Fisch conducts works originally conceived for keyboard that were transformed by great composers into the orchestral masterpieces we know and love.

Bring your best voice and party spirit as WASO raises the roof at the Perth Concert Hall with a grand ‘Hurrah’ of flag-waving favourites.

Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion was first heard on Good Friday, 1727. Almost three centuries later this musical masterpiece stands as one of the pillars of Western sacred music. Monumental yet deeply affecting, powerful yet intimate and personal, this performance will have you at the...

WASO is joined on stage by some of Australia’s most talented young and emerging artists from the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) to bring Shostakovich’s Symphony No.7 to life.

Virtuoso violinist and living legend Nigel Kennedy, returns to Australia this January to perform works of his much loved Johann Sebastian Bach and George Gershwin, including the immortal Summertime, Porgy and Bess and Rhapsody in Blue, as well as Kennedy’s own composition The Magician of Lublin. N...

Renowned pianist Mark Coughlan will officially launch the hand-crafted Fazioli piano with pieces that show off its mellow singing quality and luxuriant sound.

Ben Sheen is Associate Organist and Assistant Director of Music at St Thomas Fifth Avenue, and winner of the prestigious Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition.

Formed by the principal string players of the multi ARIA Award-winning Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, the Brandenburg Quartet has become Australia’s most imaginative period instrument ensemble. Drawn from across the country, and performing exclusively on gut strings, the group explores little...

Please note road closures Due to Opera in the Park at Supreme Court Gardens, Governors Avenue between Terrace Road and Riverside Drive will be closed between 5pm and 11pm. Please plan your journey ahead.       Visit the City of Perth website for more info. Gershwin’s “An American in Paris...

Superb music for chamber ensembles and chamber orchestra. Celebrate some of the most exquisite music written for chamber ensembles over two days in the beautiful and intimate Government House Ballroom. Enjoy the endless talents of WASO’s own chamber ensembles performing seven distinctive concerts ...

Classical Symphony with the UWA Symphony Orchestra, featuring Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. We are delighted to welcome back the brilliant young musicians from the UWA Conservatorium of Music. The UWA Symphony Orchestra will present Mozart’s beautiful clarinet concerto performed by Ashley Smith, ...

A program dedicated to the best young talent in Western Australia, performed in the exquisite Government House Ballroom.

The Perth piano community presents a fun-filled afternoon of solos, duets, trios, quartets and more, played on two magnificent Fazioli pianos.

Some of Perth’s best voices join forces to present this diverse and engaging musical program at Government House Ballroom.

Doyen of the harp and celebrated as one of the world’s leading harpists, Alice Giles performs at Government House Ballroom.

A violinist of international renown, Laurence concludes the 2019 Music on the Terrace season with a program that shows off the lyrical, poetic quality of the violin.

Join star Australian conductor Benjamin Northey as he guides and inspires the WA Youth Orchestra on stage at the Perth Concert Hall.

Presented by Perth Symphonic ChorusHandel’s Messiah is a musical rite of passage for the Christmas season. Directed by Perth’s own brilliant choral director Dr Margaret Pride OAM, solos reign supreme in the Baroque-era oratorio featuring the illustrious soloists, mezzo-soprano, Fiona Campbell, s...

The youngest winner of the International Chopin Competition, YUNDI LI is coming to Perth! Hailed by over 10 million fans worldwide as the most flamboyant, original, and talented virtuoso on the planet, pianist Yundi is a true virtuoso with over 19.75 million followers in China alone.After a sold-ou...

We have been formally notified by Australian Chamber Orchestra that Arvo Pärt & Shostakovich on Wednesday 1 April has been cancelled.Please read their formal statement here.All ticket holders will be receiving an email shortly.Great art and the Soviet regime.  Joy and creativity can’t be h...

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The exceptional ability of young emerging artists and their passion for music will always create an extraordinary experience for concertgoers. In Main Stage: Culmination the outstanding ability of our young emerging artists is celebrated as four young performers compete in the finals of the prestig...

“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 ...

From Vivaldi to Gershwin and Ravel, we’ve pulled out all the stops, so come on down, grab a drink and relax with the perfect addition to your summer soundtrack.

A thrilling classical journey.

WASO with the Australian String Quartet.

Sparkling French Flair: enchanting and seductive.

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Exquisite lyricism and raw power.

Performing the full cycle is the dazzling Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov, one of the finest of his generation.

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.

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.

Easter Oratorio will take you on an unforgettable divine journey, from a tomb of dark grief to the blazing light of joy.

The final masterpiece from the master of melody

Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Plus Bin Huang plays Mozart.

A dazzling music revolution.

Supercharged symphony explodes with optimisim

A dazzling music revolution

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

Conductor Christopher Dragon leads us through music of vivid imagery and immense power to celebrate extraordinary landscapes and mother nature’s glory and fury.

Joyful and Bewitching.

Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony plus Britten’s Guide to the Orchestra.

Joyful and bewitching.

An unrivalled dramatic masterpiece.

WASO back in full force.

If you’ve ever paid a visit to Heirisson Island at dusk, you’ll know that feeling when you hear the call of the swan; awestruck, contented, inspired.

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Expansive wonder of Sibelius and Rautavaara.

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Dvořák and a World Premiere.

Please note: This event has been rescheduled from it's original date in July to November. Bring your best voice and party spirit as we raise the roof at Perth Concert Hall with WASO’s annual barnstorm

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Melodies new and old.

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Steven Osborne's sensuous Ravel. Acclaimed Scottish pianist Steven Osborne makes his much-anticipated WASO debut with Ravel’s piano concerto, a joyous work of jazz-inspired rhythms, lyrical beauty and exhilarating vitality. We burst open this concert with a colourful tribute to the eternal city ...

Acclaimed Scottish pianist Steven Osborne makes his much-anticipated WASO debut with Ravel’s piano concerto, a joyous work of jazz-inspired rhythms, lyrical beauty and exhilarating vitality.

A man, a piano, and you: experience the sublime finesse of this legendary American solo recitalist in beautiful, intimate programs.

Australia's most recognised and beloved pianist joins his dear friends in a national tour that marks the Quartet's 25th anniversary.

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'Miraculous playing' - BBC Radio 3 Record Review 'Nolan cannot be matched for his combination of vivid virtuosity, towering technique and inspired interpretative intensity (Widor cycle)’ - GramophoneCatch this world-renowned organist virtuoso, hailed by ABC Classics as an ‘extraordinary musicia...