Must-See Events in 2024

With so many extraordinary concerts in 2024, it can be hard to know what to choose. To help you find your moment, we have come up with this selection of unforgettable concerts that simply must be experienced live.

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Experience the supreme musical vision of our Chief Conductor Simone Young in this superb line-up of concerts in 2024.

Discover why these pianists are considered the world’s best, as they demonstrate their flawless technique in some of the greatest music ever written.

Don’t miss these concerts with some of the world’s greatest string musicians, as they bring this superb music to life with these beautiful instruments.

Experience your cinematic favourites like never before with the Sydney Symphony at the Sydney Opera House. With the Orchestra performing the soundtrack live to screen, these concerts reveal a new side to the films you love.

There is something for everyone to enjoy 2024. From once in a lifetime epic concerts to the crystalline beauty of a solo piano; from an opera in concert to a unique performance with legendary actor John Bell, where Shakespeare’s words meet music that he inspired, you can find your moment in this season of living sound.

Featuring Chief Conductor Simone Young

Experience mastery skill of Simone Young as she brings her vision to some amazing concerts in 2024.

Simone Young conducts Mahler’s Fifth Symphony

28 February–2 March 2024

In a celebrated Sydney tradition, Chief Conductor Simone Young opens our season with one of Mahler’s sublime symphonies in a concert of passionate and electrifying music.

Schumann's Second Symphony with Simone Young

8 & 9 March 2024

Chief Conductor Simone Young presents warm, gleaming works by Robert Schumann and Peggy Glanville-Hicks.

Simone Young conducts Gurrelieder

15 & 16 March 2024

Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder is a musical tapestry of monumental scale, requiring an orchestra of 125 musicians and a chorus of more than 200. With musical forces of this size a live performance is likely to be a once in a lifetime experience.

Simone Young conducts Die Walküre

15 & 17 November 2024

Chief Conductor Simone Young leads an all-star cast in Richard Wagner’s vast, spectacular drama Die Walküre, the second instalment of his epic four-opera Ring Cycle.

World-Leading Pianists

Discover why this line-up of pianists are some of the world’s best as they bring their flawless technique to some incredible concerts.

Víkingur Ólafsson performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations

18 March 2024

In his first Australian appearances, Víkingur Ólafsson performs Bach’s complete Goldberg Variations at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall — a fitting space for a phenomenal work. And such incredible talent.

Joyce Yang performs Grieg’s Piano Concerto

18 & 19 May 2024

Grammy-nominated pianist Joyce Yang brings her ‘vivid and beautiful playing’ (New York Times) to a program that excites on every level.

Alexander Melnikov performs Shostakovich

22 & 23 June 2024

Pianist Alexander Melnikov brings his impressive Russian energy to Shostakovich’s First Piano Concerto.

Nobuyuki Tsujii & Elgar’s Enigma Variations

25 & 26 October 2024

Within this concert superstar Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii performs Rachmaninov’s most famous concerto with supreme virtuosity, revealing a beautiful and wistful world.

Ingrid Fliter performs Chopin

30 October–2 November 2024

Conducted by Eduardo Strausser, our soloist is the phenomenal Ingrid Fliter. One of the world’s most celebrated interpreters of Chopin, she lands every captivating moment.

Popular Violin & Cello Concerts

Don’t miss these concerts with some of the world’s greatest, bringing to live some superb music through these beautiful instruments.

Simone Young conducts Mahler’s Fifth Symphony with Renaud Capuçon

28 February–2 March 2024

A rising star, French composer Camille Pépin has created an enchanting expression of life’s technicolour with her with Concerto for Violin and Orchestra.

Donald Runnicles conducts the Protecting Veil with Matthew Barley

27 & 28 March 2024

English cellist Matthew Barley is the ideal soloist for this deeply touching meditation for cello and orchestra, his recent recording of it praised as a 'performance of great tenderness and eloquence' by BBC Music Magazine.

Augustin Hadelich performs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto

7 –10 August 2024

Violin sensation Augustin Hadelich returns with Mendelssohn’s exquisite Violin Concerto, led by Chief Conductor Simone Young.

Karen Gomyo performs Dvořák's Violin Concerto

14 & 15 September 2024

Stunning Canadian violinist Karen Gomyo, 'a first-rate artist of real musical command, vitality, brilliance and intensity' (The Chicago Tribune), will bring her remarkable artistry to the emotion, and draw out the down-to-earth folk melodies of Dvořák’s native Bohemia.

Live Film with the Sydney Symphony

Experience your beloved cinematic favourites like never before with the Sydney Symphony at the Sydney Opera House. These concerts reveal a new side to songs in the films you love.

Singin' in the Rain: A Symphonic Night at the Movies

12 & 13 April 2024

Experience one of the greatest movies of all time, Singin’ in the Rain, live in concert with the Sydney Symphony.

How to Train Your Dragon in Concert

24 August 2024

A winner with audiences and critics alike, DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon is a captivating and original story that combines humour, fire-breathing action, and epic adventure!

Home Alone in Concert

6–8 December 2024

A true holiday favourite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and entertaining score performed live to film by the Sydney Symphony at the Sydney Opera House.

Other Season Highlights

There are variety of experiences to choose from large scale epics to an Opera in concert to special presentations of where Shakespeare meets some of the great composers. There is something for everyone to enjoy 2024.

Simone Young conducts Gurrelieder

15 & 16 March 2024

Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder is a musical tapestry of monumental scale, requiring an orchestra of 125 musicians and a chorus of more than 200. With musical forces of this size a live performance is likely to be a once in a lifetime experience.

A Musical Tempest with John Bell

2 & 3 May 2024

Shakespeare’s plays have inspired composers for centuries, and none more so than The Tempest. A raging storm, a shipwreck, a usurping duke and an enchanted fairy: it has been fertile soil for composers including Purcell, Sibelius and Tchaikovsky.

Joyce Yang performs Grieg’s Piano Concerto

18 & 19 May 2024

Grammy-nominated pianist Joyce Yang brings her ‘vivid and beautiful playing’ (New York Times) to a program that excites on every level.

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra with Jess Gillam

18 & 19 July 2024

Jess Gillam may only be 25, but the British saxophonist is already a star.

How to Train Your Dragon in Concert

24 August 2024

A winner with audiences and critics alike, DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon is a captivating and original story that combines humour, fire-breathing action, and epic adventure!

Simone Young conducts Die Walküre

15 & 17 November 2024

Chief Conductor Simone Young leads an all-star cast in Richard Wagner’s vast, spectacular drama Die Walküre, the second instalment of his epic four-opera Ring Cycle.

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