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.
SUPPORT THE BSO
As a community-centered organisation , the Bendigo Symphony Orchestra
relies on the generosity of our supporters to bring music to life for
the Bendigo region.
JOIN THE 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!
BSO SCHOLARSHIPS
The BSO seeks to assist musicians — particularly, but not exclusively,
young instrumentalists — to develop the skills and confidence to
participate in orchestral music.
The BSO Scholarship Program is open to all musicians, with a focus on
those who are currently studying music or who have recently completed
their studies.
Upcoming Events
Purchase tickets to our performances:
BSO 2025 #4 - Rhapsody
2:30pm, 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
BSO 2026 #1 - Fanfare
2:30pm, Sun, 22 Feb 2026Featuring: Andrew Young, Emma Gregan, Benjamin Messenger, and Elena Katahanas (French Horns) Conducted by Luke Severn The 2026 season begins with a celebration of power, poise, and sonic identity. FANFARE ... more
BSO 2026 # 2 - Festival: Beethoven 45th Anniversary Concert
Fri, 29 May 2026 to Sun, 31 May 2026To mark its 45th anniversary, the Bendigo Symphony Orchestra presents a bold and unprecedented musical event: a three-day Beethoven Festival, uniting four orchestras to perform the complete symphonic cycle of ... more
BSO 2026 #3 - Fate
2:30pm, Sun, 13 Sep 2026Featuring: Elyane Laussade (piano) Conducted by Luke Severn FATE is a program of fire and foreboding, of beauty and defiance, with music that dares to ask what we can control, ... more
BSO 2026 #4 - Fantasy
2:30pm, Sun, 15 Nov 2026Featuring: Luke Severn (cello) Conducted by Luke Dollman The final concert of the 2026 season invites you into a world of myth, memory, and imagination, where music transforms into storytelling, ... 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.
