Founded in 1981, The Bendigo Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is Central Victoria’s pre-eminent musical organisation. Currently led by our Artistic Director Luke Severn. BSO presents an annual concert season featuring some of Australia’s finest concert artists, we provide music of the highest level to the people of Greater Bendigo and beyond.
Join BSO
Join one of Victoria's great community orchestras. We have performed with some of Australia's top classical musicians & international talent including Teddy Tahu Rhodes, The Seraphim Trio, Elayne Laussade, Merlyn Quaife AM, Paavali Jumppanen, Charlotte Miles, Antony Grey & many more.
Our orchestral ranks are filled with local amateur & pro-amateur players, music teachers & professionals alike who all love playing the great orchestral repertoire. Please reach out if you want to play the world's most beautiful music for the Greater City of Bendigo community and beyond!
Upcoming Events
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Bendigo Symphony Orchestra: Resurrection
Sun, 24 Nov 2024MAHLER Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” (85’) In a thrilling conclusion to their 2024 concert season, Bendigo Symphony Orchestra present Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 ‘The Resurrection’ – a transcendent journey from ... more
Bendigo Symphony Orchestra: New World
Sun, 16 Mar 2025Music is a portal to new worlds. Be transported with BSO as their 2025 opening concert features John Williams’ Star Wars and Dvorak’s New World Symphony. Australian oboist Joshua Oates ... more
Bendigo Symphony Orchestra: The Planets
Sun, 15 Jun 2025Be immersed in the drama of myth and music as BSO performs two masterpieces of the orchestral repertoire. Violinist Dale Barltrop delivers passion and virtuosity in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, while ... more
Bendigo Symphony Orchestra: Yearning
Sun, 31 Aug 2025Indulge in the passion and pathos of the 19th century as BSO present works by Verdi, Brahms, and Rachmaninov. Concert pianist Amir Farid performs Rachmaninov’s stunning second piano concerto, and ... more
Bendigo Symphony Orchestra: Rhapsody
Sun, 16 Nov 2025BSO’s final 2025 concert is a colourful collision of styles. Khachaturian’s Adagio captures a tender love story, while Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue is a riotous blend of energy and schmaltz. ... more
acknowledgement of country
The Bendigo Symphony Orchestra recognises the Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung People of the Kulin Nation to be the traditional owners and custodians of the unceded land on which we gather and perform. We pay our respects to leaders and Elders past, present and emerging for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and the hopes of all Dja Dja Wurrung Peoples. We express our gratitude in the sharing of this land, our sorrow for the personal, spiritual and cultural costs of that sharing and our hope that we may walk forward together in harmony and in the spirit of healing.
