• “Certainly don’t regret subscribing as I have the excitement of seeing future concert treats there, in my diary!”

    Southern Highlands Subscriber, 2024

  • ★★★★ 1/2 “…AHE never fails to enchant, surprise and offer music that transcends time and space.”

    Limelight, 2024

  • “…an extended standing ovation. … the Australian Haydn Ensemble is not to be missed.”

    Carnegie Hall, New York Concert Review, 2023

  • “Australian Haydn Ensemble joy and expertise. This is their first American presence. Let it not be the end.”

    The Classical Music Network, 2023

  • ★★★★1/2 - “Led by Artistic Director Skye McIntosh, the six members of the Ensemble were in sparkling form for a programme that both moved and uplifted in equal measure."

    Limelight, 2023

  • "The Haydn Ensemble, led by director and violinist Skye McIntosh … played with crisply articulated stylishness, strong bass, and attentively unanimous ensemble playing."

    Sydney Morning Herald, 2024

  • MOZART'S SPRING

    MARCH 6 - 12
    Berry | Fri 6 March, 7pm
    Bowral | Sat 7 March, 4pm
    Sydney | Sun 8 March, 4pm
    Melbourne | Wed 11 March, 7pm
    Canberra | Thurs 12 March, 7pm


    AHE opens its 2026 season with this joyful program of string quartets including Haydn’s Bird, Mozart’s Spring and Felix Mendelssohn’s youthful quartet in E flat major.

  • BEETHOVEN'S FOURTH

    MAY 1 - 7
    Berry | Fri 1 May, 7pm
    Bowral | Sat 2 May, 4pm
    Sydney | Sun 3 May, 4pm
    Canberra | Thurs 7 May, 7pm

    AHE continues its exploration of historical chamber arrangements with William Watt’s arrangement of Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony and Cimador’s adaptation of Mozart’s Haffner.

  • DIVINE BOHEMIANS

    JULY 29 - AUGUST 2
    Melbourne | Wed 29 July, 7pm
    Canberra | Thurs 30 July, 7pm
    Berry | Fri 31 July, 7pm
    Bowral | Sat 1 Aug, 4pm
    Sydney | Sun 2 Aug, 4pm

    AHE presents a stunning program of string quartets from late 18th Century Bohemian Vienna including works dedicated to Beethoven’s Bohemian patron - Lobkowitz.

  • HAYDN'S OXFORD

    OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 8
    Berry
    | Fri 30 Oct, 7pm
    Bowral | Sat 31 Oct, 4pm
    Sydney | Mon 2 Nov, 7pm
    ‍Melbourne | Wed 4 Nov, 7pm
    Canberra | Thurs 5 Nov, 7pm
    Sydney | Sun 8 Nov, 4pm

    A feast of Haydn with the first installment of a cycle of Haydn’s London symphonies in newly commissioned historical chamber arrangements for septet including the Oxford and Drumroll.

  • 18th Century Unpacked 1

    State Library of NSW
    Friends Room
    Sydney | Thurs 5 March, 6pm

    Mozart & Haydn

    AHE unpacks Haydn’s influence on Mozart’s string quartet writing in this 1hr informal and informative event at the State Library of NSW.

  • 18th Century Unpacked 2

    State Library of NSW
    Friends Room
    Sydney | Thurs 23 July, 6pm

    Bohemian Composers in Vienna

    AHE unpacks Bohemian culture and influence in late 18th-Century Vienna in this 1hr informal and informative event at the State Library of NSW.

  • 18th Century Unpacked 3

    State Library of NSW
    Friends Room
    Sydney | Thurs 29 Oct, 6pm

    Haydn’s London Connection

    AHE unpacks what led Haydn to travel to London twice late in life, the award of an honorary doctorate from Oxford University and Haydn’s London Symphonies.

  • State Library 200th Anniversay Project

    State Library of NSW
    September 2026
    Details to be announced

    Artistic Director Skye McIntosh has been commissioned to create a new work for the State Library for performance in 2026. Details to come!

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