Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | |
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Orchestra | |
Former name | South Australian Symphony Orchestra |
Founded | 1936 |
Principal conductor | Mark Wigglesworth (designate, effective January 2025) |
Website | www |
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is a South Australian orchestra based in Adelaide, established in 1936. The orchestra's primary performance venue is the Adelaide Town Hall, but the ASO also performs in other venues. It provides the orchestral support for all productions of the State Opera of South Australia and all Adelaide performances of the Australian Ballet. It also features regularly at the Adelaide Festival, and has performed at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, WOMAdelaide and several other festivals in Adelaide.