From Viennese classics to world premieres: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s 2025 season

A celebration of Vienna and the composers who called it home and a four-part Brahms celebration are among the highlights of the ASO’s 2025 season.
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra's 2025 season hero image. Five members of the Orchestra, three women and two men, pose casually against a blue wall with their instruments.

A three-part concert series celebrating the cultural significance of the Austrian capital, Vienna – a city associated with many great composers through the centuries, including Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven – and a deep dive into the four symphonies of Johannes Brahms are among the highlights of Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s (ASO) recently launched 2025 season.

The works of female composers, including contemporary Australians Liza Lim, Olivia Davies and Elena Kats-Chernin, as well as the late Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, also receive their due in the season, in the two-part concert series Light-Song, curated by the Brisbane-born and Berlin-based composer Cathy Milliken and presented in partnership with the 2025 Adelaide Festival.

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