Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | MSO |

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra are Australia's longest running Orchestra and reach millions of people every year.
Each year the MSO engages with more than 5 million people through live concerts, TV, radio and online broadcasts, international and regional tours, recordings and education programs.
The MSO is a vital presence, both onstage and in the community, in cultivating classical music in Australia. Internationally acclaimed, the Orchestra nurtures strong cultural partnerships throughout South East Asia. The MSO is the only Australian orchestra partnered with UNITEL, the world's leading distributor of classical music programs for film, television and video.
The MSO regularly attracts great artists from around the globe; including Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lang Lang, Renie Fleming and Thomas Hampson, while bringing Melbourne's finest musicians to the world through tours to China, Indonesia, Europe and the United States.
The nation's first professional orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has been the sound of the city of Melbourne since 1906. The MSO was the first Australian orchestra to perform overseas (1965) and the first to debut at Carnegie Hall (1970).
From its home at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, to free summer concerts at Melbourne's largest outdoor venue, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, to its Secret Symphony performances at unique inner-city locations, the MSO inspires a broad range of audiences with more than 160 concerts a year.
Committed to shaping and serving the city it inhabits, the MSO regularly reaches beyond the customary classical audience by collaborating with artists such as Sting, Professor Brian Cox, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Flight Facilities, Kate Miller-Heidke, Tim Minchin and Laura Mvula.
As a national ambassador for the arts and a champion of music education, the MSO campaigns for the rights of all people to access and learn music. Boasting carefully curated learning programs, a regional touring schedule, accessible concerts and free community events, the MSO provides opportunities for music lovers to be involved with the Orchestra, no matter their age or location.
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall, St Kilda Road level
General Enquiries GPO Box 9994, Melbourne, 3001
Upcoming Performances
MSO: Marvel Studios' Infinity Saga Concert Experience
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Southbank
MSO: An Evening of Fairy Tales
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Melbourne
MSO: Star Wars - The Force Awakens in Concert
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Southbank
MSO: Open Rehearsal with Elim Chan
Southbank
MSO: Grieg's Piano Concerto
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Southbank
MSO: Jams for Juniors: Mozart's Symphony No.40
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Southbank
MSO: Scheherazade
Southbank
MSO: First Voices Showcase
Southbank
MSO: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone™ in Concert
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Southbank
MSO: A Reflection in Time
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Southbank
MSO + ANAM: Masterclass with Jaime Martin
Southbank
MSO: Lang Lang in Recital
Southbank
MSO Mornings: Pictures at an Exhibition
Southbank
MSO: Ryman Healthcare Winter Gala - Lang Lang
Southbank
MSO: Mozart and the Mendelssohns
Melbourne
MSO: Yinya dana - lighting the path
Southbank
The Whitlams with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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Southbank


An Epic Cinematic Journey
Marvel Studios' Infinity Saga Concert Experience is a new film concert that takes fans on an epic on-screen cinematic journey covering twenty-three fi.. Show More..
MSO: An Evening of Fairy Tales


Since time immemorial fairy tales have been a source of fantasy and wonder for the world's greatest composers. Let your imagination run free as magical music from the worlds of bal.. Show More..
MSO: Star Wars - The Force Awakens in Concert


Thursday 22 May 2025 7:30pm at Hamer Hall
Friday 23 May 2025 7:30pm at Hamer Hall
Saturday 24 May 2025 1:00pm at Hamer Hall
Experience the magic of the latest Star Wars tr.. Show More..
MSO: Open Rehearsal with Elim Chan


Take a peek behind the scenes at an open rehearsal with conductor Elim Chan.
Join us for an hour in some of the best seats in the house as Elim and the musicians of the MSO rehe.. Show More..
MSO: Grieg's Piano Concerto


Every note in Grieg's Piano Concerto is a delight from the iconic opening to the gorgeous lyricism of the slow movement. Electrifying pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk brings stunning vi.. Show More..
MSO: Jams for Juniors: Mozart's Symphony No.40


Jams for Juniors is the perfect way to introduce babies and toddlers to the magic of music!
Children aged 0-5 and their adults can explore play and join in at these popular 30-.. Show More..
MSO: Scheherazade


Rimsky-Korsakov's sweeping symphonic suite follows the stories of One Thousand and One Nights with music as immersive as the tales spun by the storyteller Scheherazade.
Conjurin.. Show More..
MSO: First Voices Showcase


Celebrate one of MSO's most exciting artist development programs the First Voices First Nations Composer program at this showcase event.
Hear the premiere of works by First Nati.. Show More..
MSO: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone™ in Concert


Relive the film that started it all.
Watch the wand choose the wizard a troll run amok and magic mirrors in high-definition while the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performs John .. Show More..
MSO: A Reflection in Time


Symphonic powerhouses
The twentieth century produced some of the most passionate and dramatic music ever written. MSO Principal Conductor Benjamin Northey joins forces with Aust.. Show More..
MSO + ANAM: Masterclass with Jaime Martin


Before turning to conducting full time in 2013 MSO's Chief Conductor Jaime Martin spent many years as a highly regarded flautist.
This masterclass for wind musicians is a unique.. Show More..
MSO: Lang Lang in Recital


Pure piano brilliance
Experience the pure brilliance of the most adored pianist of our time in this special solo recital.
Lang Lang performs works by Chopin including an asso.. Show More..
MSO Mornings: Pictures at an Exhibition


Experience Mussorgsky's vivid musical translation of watercolours and drawings by the composer's friend Viktor Hartmann.
Mussorgsky's work was later orchestrated by Maurice Rav.. Show More..
MSO: Ryman Healthcare Winter Gala - Lang Lang


Dazzling charm and extroverted drama
The singular piano sensation of this century returns for one night only with the MSO and Chief Conductor Jaime Martin.
Lang Lang brings .. Show More..
MSO: Mozart and the Mendelssohns


Chief Conductor Jaime Martin presents a joyful program of classical and early romantic treasures.
Join us for an evening of pure musical bliss beginning with Fanny Mendelssohn'.. Show More..
MSO: Yinya dana - lighting the path


Co-presented by MSO and Short Black Opera
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO
Friday 11th July 2025 @ Hamer Hall
To mark this year's 50th anniversary of NAIDOC week Melbourne S.. Show More..
The Whitlams with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra


raft Music and Concert Lab presents
The Whitlams with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
5 - 6 September | Hamer Hall
The Whitlams joins the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in .. Show More..
❊ Web Links ❊
➼ Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | MSO
➼ www.mso.com.au
❊ Also See... ❊
➼ Hamer Hall
➼ Lime Cordiale and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
➼ Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & VB
➼ Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Classic 100 in Concert
➼ MSO + ANAM: Masterclass with Jaime Martin
➼ MSO Mornings: Pictures at an Exhibition
➼ MSO: A Reflection in Time
➼ MSO: A Reflection in Time - Relaxed Performance
➼ MSO: An Evening of Fairy Tales
➼ MSO: Bruckner and Strauss
➼ MSO: First Voices Showcase
➼ MSO: Grieg's Piano Concerto
➼ MSO: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone™ in Concert
➼ MSO: Jams for Juniors: Mozart's Symphony No.40
➼ MSO: Journey to the Americas
➼ MSO: Journeys
➼ MSO: Lang Lang in Recital
➼ MSO: Marvel Studios' Infinity Saga Concert Experience
➼ MSO: Mozart and the Mendelssohns
➼ MSO: Mozart's Great Mass
➼ MSO: Open Rehearsal with Elim Chan
➼ MSO: Ryman Healthcare Winter Gala - Lang Lang
➼ MSO: Scheherazade
➼ MSO: Star Wars - The Force Awakens in Concert
➼ MSO: Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
➼ MSO: The Music of Joe Hisaishi presented by Art of the Score
➼ MSO: Yinya dana - lighting the path
➼ The Whitlams with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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