2024 Season Coming Soon
We are excited to announce the launch of our 2024 Season on Wednesday 30 August. Tickets will be available from 10am online.
We are excited to announce the launch of our 2024 Season on Wednesday 30 August. Tickets will be available from 10am online.
Nicola Benedetti performs Marsalis
TICKETS FROM $42
Grammy Award-winning violinist Nicola Benedetti performs a new concerto by Wynton Marsalis, celebrating the genius of performer and composer.
TICKETS FROM $42
Grammy Award-winning violinist Nicola Benedetti performs a new concerto by Wynton Marsalis, celebrating the genius of performer and composer.
Anne-Sophie Mutter & the Music of John Williams
CINEMATIC FAVOURITES AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
This November, Chief Conductor Simone Young joins forces with star violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter in this program of music by John Williams and great Hollywood composers.
CINEMATIC FAVOURITES AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
This November, Chief Conductor Simone Young joins forces with star violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter in this program of music by John Williams and great Hollywood composers.
Beethoven 7 & Bruch's Violin Concerto
FINAL TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 15 SEPTEMBER
Experience Bruch’s most famous work and one of the greatest symphonies ever written with Beethoven’s Seventh at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. Tickets starting from $42.
FINAL TICKETS FOR FRIDAY 15 SEPTEMBER
Experience Bruch’s most famous work and one of the greatest symphonies ever written with Beethoven’s Seventh at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. Tickets starting from $42.
Upcoming Performances
What's New on Backstage News
Interviews with the world’s biggest soloists, dissecting the greatest music, and sneak peeks behind the scenes – find out everything happening at the Sydney Symphony right now.
Seven Reasons You Need to See Nicola Benedetti This September
24 August 2023
One of the greatest violinists in the world, since bursting onto the scene as a teenager Nicola Benedetti has gone onto to win countless awards, release several chart-topping albums, commission new works that expand and enrich the repertoire – and always, her live performances receive rave reviews around the world.
Meet Karen Kamensek
14 August 2023
The Grammy Award-winning conductor on Nicola Benedetti, Wynton Marsalis, and waiting for Simone Young at the stage door…
Highlights from Playerlink 2023
20 July 2023
Our 2023 Playerlink Workshop was held in Albury from 23–25 June. Browse through some of the highlights.
Ross Edwards: free spirit dreaming
11 July 2023
Ross Edwards decided he wanted to be a composer as a 13 year-old boy attending his first Sydney Symphony concert. This August, the Orchestra will celebrate Ross’s 80th birthday with a joyous celebration featuring Diana Doherty and conducted by Chief Conductor Simone Young. We sat down with Edwards to discuss the intervening years, his celebrated career and his uniquely Australian soundworld.
Javier Perianes on Beethoven’s most mystical, magical piano concerto
4 July 2023
The Spanish pianist returns to the Sydney Symphony in July for the next instalment in a multi-year Beethoven concerto cycle with Simone Young. Here he discusses Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto and what makes his artistic relationship with Simone so special.
The Sound of Black Panther
20 June 2023
The score to the 2018 film Black Panther uses the instruments and culture of many African nations to create the sound of Wakanda, the fictional, futurist country at the heart of the story. Senegalese talking drum master Massamba Diop explains how the iconic soundtrack came to life.
Regional Tour 2023
14 June 2023
And that’s a wrap on our 2023 Regional Tour! Thanks to everyone across New South Wales who gave us such a warm welcome. Take a glimpse behind the scenes in our exclusive reel.
Ray Chen and David Robertson on Tchaikovsky’s sparkling Violin Concerto
6 June 2023
The superstar Australian violinist joins forces with the Sydney Symphony’s former Chief Conductor this July to perform one of the great works of the violin repertoire. Here they discuss what makes the piece so special, and what they hope the audience will take away from these concerts.
Steven Isserlis on William Walton
31 May 2023
The acclaimed English cellist discusses William Walton’s Cello Concerto – which he counts among the greatest ever written – ahead of his performances with the Sydney Symphony and Chief Conductor Simone Young in June.
Master of the Mass
9 May 2023
Masaaki Suzuki is one of the world’s foremost interpreters of sacred music, having devoted his life to large-scale choral works by composers including Bach and Mozart. And Sydney will get to experience this incredible knowledge when the Japanese conductor leads the Sydney Symphony in an all-Mozart program in June.
Plan Your Visit
We can listen to music anywhere. But a live performance needs a space that vibrates with every note. A place that gives it room to move and expand. A stage that takes the experience to another level without taking over.
Sydney Opera House, Concert Hall
Feel the power of music in an enhanced acoustic that has transformed the experience of live symphonic music. From moments of peacefulness and quiet to thunderous finales, the renewed Concert Hall experience is a revelation.
Sydney Symphony on Demand
Catch up on our digital series. Featuring Sydney Symphony musicians performing Australian works, audience favourites and other great gems.
