This week Benjamin Schmid embarks upon a tour of Australia with members of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and other rising Australian musicians – together named as the ACO2.

The tour is titled ​‘Around the World’ and the programme features works by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Barber and Berger.

Opening at Armidale Town Hall on 14 May, further performances take place in Bellingen, Mullumbimby, Gold Coast, Nambour, Moncrieff and Gladstone before closing on 27 May at the Redland Performing Arts Centre in Cleveland.