The Sydney Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2025 Season, featuring timeless masterpieces, world premieres, and new Australian works by brilliant contemporary voices performed by classical music’s finest international and homegrown artists.
In 2025, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra will present 44 concert programs, featuring 17 Australian and 37 international artists from 18 different countries, 11 Sydney Symphony debuts, 10 programs showcasing Australian works, and seven world premieres in a season which forges new connections and welcome back old friends.
Highlights include Chief Conductor Simone Young opening the season with Mahler’s unforgettable Third Symphony (19–22 February), and concluding it with Beethoven’s beloved Ninth Symphony alongside the premiere of a new commission by acclaimed First Nations composer William Barton (26–29 November). As the first Australian and first woman to lead the Ring Cycle at the internationally renowned Bayreuth Festival in Germany earlier this year, Young will continue SSO’s multi-year Ring Cycle in concert, with its epic third instalment, Siegfried. Other key highlights include superstar pianists Lang Lang, Daniil Trifonov, and many more.
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s Chief Conductor Simone Young said: “Music is all about connection. In 2025, we invite you to delve deeper into this extraordinary music as we re-connect with great works and great artists and make new connections with rising stars and less familiar masterpieces. 2025 promises to be a year of extraordinary excitement and richness”.
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