Sydney Symphony Orchestra
An orchestra of world standing
Founded in 1932 by the Australian Broadcasting Commission, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra of world standing and one of the leading orchestras in the Asia-Pacific region. The Sydney Symphony performs approximately 150 concerts each year to an annual audience of more than 350,000. The Orchestra not only performs core symphonic repertoire but engages in collaborations with other art forms and commissions new works by Australian and international composers to ensure the vibrancy of orchestral music for generations to come.
This is an orchestra worthy of sharing the international stage with America and Europe’s finest. Limelight Magazine
2025 Season
Feel the Connection
Music is all about connection – between the notes, and amongst the musicians. But it is the connection between the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the audience that makes a performance unforgettable.
In 2025, enjoy the thrill of live music in these solo recitals featuring some of the world’s finest pianists, and concerts that shine the spotlight on different sections of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Glowing Brass in the City
Thu 20 March, 7pm
From grand entrances to triumphant finales, brass instruments are often called upon for music's most moving moments. Experience the world-class brass musicians of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in this glowing all-brass concert, with the City Recital Hall an ideal venue to experience all the glory of these gleaming instruments.
Schubert's Winterreise
Trifonov & Goerne in Recital
Wed 26 March, 7pm
Schubert’s evocative and intensely moving Winterreise follows our protagonist’s journey to forget a lost love, with one lone voice accompanied by one single piano.
Schubert's Swan Songs
Trifonov & Goerne in Recital
Sun 30 March, 2pm
Schubert’s Schwanengesang translates to ‘swan song’. Of the 600 or so songs he wrote, these last fourteen are among the most sublime.
Lise de la Salle in Recital
Mon 7 April, 7pm
Gramophone magazine calls Lise de la Salle ‘a talent in a million.’ Since her first concert at just nine years old she’s performed at many great concert houses, and now it’s your turn to see this extraordinary artist up close and personal at the City Recital Hall.
Stirring Strings in the City
Thu 22 May, 7pm
String instruments are capable of so much, from lush, sweeping crescendos to urgent, driving rhythms. Experience the full expressive potential of these beloved instruments as the strings of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra take centre stage at the City Recital Hall.
Eva Gevorgyan in Recital
Mon 7 July, 7pm
At just 20 years of age Eva Gevorgyan is a phenomenon. She’s won prizes at over 50 international piano competitions, was the youngest ever female finalist at the prestigious Chopin International Piano Competition, and her hugely engaging stage presence has won her fans all over the world.
Lyrical Woodwinds in the City
Thu 7 August, 7pm
From the piccolo to the bassoon, woodwind instruments are capable of an extraordinary range of tones, colours and textures. This concert is a rare chance to hear the woodwind musicians of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra on their own, in music by two great late-Romantic masters.
Marc-André Hamelin in Recital
Mon 15 September, 7pm
Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin is one of the world's most accomplished pianists. In his first solo recital in Sydney, he takes on two of the biggest sonatas in a concert that is a showcase of undisputed heavyweights of the piano.
Harry Bennetts performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
Thu 9 October, 7pm
Of all the great violin concertos, Beethoven’s might be the crown jewel. Sydney Symphony Associate Concertmaster Harry Bennetts takes centre stage as soloist.
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet in Recital
Mon 20 October, 7pm
Ravel’s mercurial, evocative music has a singular ability to spirit us away to exotic locations and create deeply-felt moods. It’s only fitting that we mark the 150th anniversary of his birth with a very special recital by acclaimed French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.