Plan your Off Season with the TSO
20 May 2025
No longer a time to hibernate, winter is one of the best times of year to visit Tasmania.
At the TSO, some of our biggest concerts of 2025 are in the coldest months, including our Dark Mofo collaboration with Robert Ames in June and our gig with pop rock duo Lime Cordiale in August.
We have four major concerts in our Federation Concert Hall Series in winter, including Peer Gynt in late June and Beethoven's Emperor in mid August, as well as two Family Concerts.
To top it off, we have two exciting one-hour concerts at 6pm, Baroque & Roll on 24 July and Obscura 2 | Electronica on 21 August.
Here's a taste of what's on offer at the TSO this Off Season.
In the Hall of the Mountain King
This concert begins with crowd favourite, Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt, Suite No 1. This famous piece opens with the blissfully serene Morning Mood, and concludes with the intensely dramatic In the Hall of the Mountain King.
Then, the TSO is joined by Tamara-Anna Cislowska performing Poulenc’s Concert champêtre, followed by Felix Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’ symphony.
On the podium is award-winning Finnish conductor Emilia Hoving, making her TSO debut.
Meet the mountain king
Electronica meets orchestra
Violinist and electronica artist Hannah Solveij joins us as curator and soloist for our second Obscura concert for the year (our first sold out, so book early!).
Expect electronic rhythms against a soaring orchestral backdrop.
Sam Weller, the 'mullet wearing super conductor shaking up the classical music world' (The Sydney Morning Herald), directs this hour of experimental music at Hobart's Odeon Theatre.
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Prepare to swoon
Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is one of the best-loved works for piano and orchestra, performed here by the TSO and acclaimed pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk.
The Russian connection continues in the second half of the concert with Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, a compilation of the most beautiful episodes from Stravinsky’s luscious ballet score.
The concert starts with the Suite No 1 from Falla’s Spanish-themed ballet The Three-Cornered Hat.
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Baroque chaos at 6pm
This is the concert for anyone who thinks orchestral music is too slow. We think the audience will love this hour of Baroque madness.
Starting with Rebel's take on the explosive creation of life on Earth, this concert also includes music from Handel’s opera Orlando, Rameau’s Suite from Zoroastre and (leaping forward in time) a piece by Australian composer Joe Chindamo.
Our viola player Will Newbery will once again be on hand with his expert insights, delivered with his usual dry humour.
Starring mezzo-soprano Caitlin Shulcup and conducted by Benjamin Bayl.
Baroque & Roll!
Indie pop meets orchestra
Get ready for a genre-bending spectacle as pop-rock duo Lime Cordiale teams up with TSO for an unforgettable concert! Experience their biggest hits like never before—lush, cinematic, and more electrifying than ever.
Experience favourite tracks like Robbery, Temper Temper, Dirt Cheap and more like never before.
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Beethoven's most brilliant work for piano
Spanish pianist Javier Perianes returns to Tasmania to play Beethoven’s incomparable ‘Emperor’, the most brilliant and symphonic of the composer's five piano concertos.
The concert opens with Through the Eye of the Pegasus, a powerful new score by contemporary Swedish composer Albert Schnelzer.
It ends with Robert Schumann's Symphony No 2, one of the great symphonies of the Romantic Age.
Under the direction of our Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Eivind Aadland, this is a truly must-see experience.
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Dark Mofo collaboration
British conductor, curator and arranger Robert Ames collaborates with the likes of Philip Glass and Taylor Swift, blending classical tradition and contemporary music.
In Hobart for this year's Dark Mofo, Ames joins with the TSO for two nights, performing his work To The Silent Earth, I Flow.
Under Ames's curation and direction, the TSO will present a symphony of abstract waterscapes – melodic streams, trickling textures, currents of creation and dissolution.
Leap into the dark
Booking multiple concerts? Create your own package with three or more concerts and enjoy savings (excludes Lime Cordiale and Dark Mofo).
See all TSO concerts happening across Tasmania here.
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