Qantas is proud to be a sponsor of the following Arts:
Art Gallery of NSW
The Yiribana Gallery, within the Art Gallery of NSW houses the largest permanent exhibition of indigenous Australian and Torres Strait artwork in world.
Qantas is proud to sponsor Yiribana Gallery at the Art Gallery of NSW.
Australia Business Arts Foundation
The Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) promotes private sector engagement with the arts. AbaF connects business, the arts, donors and foundations through three programs:
- Partnering
- Volunteering
- Giving
Since 2001, Qantas has sponsored the 'QantasLink Regional Award' in the AbaF Awards. Qantas' support for this award allows AbaF to recognise and honour regional business arts partnerships, promote best practice in smaller, regional partnerships and inspire other regional arts organisations and businesses to form relationships.
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra (Paul Dyer, Artistic Director) is one of Australia's premium arts companies, offering a superior concert experience in the City of Sydney. The orchestra is made up of Australia's leading specialists in the performance of baroque and classical music on period instruments, presenting programs that are energetic and passionate yet always accessible. In addition, the orchestra presents for its audiences the finest guest artists from Australia and around the world.
The orchestra is based at the City Recital Hall Angel Place, where it offers six different programs throughout the year. The venue offers not only Sydney's best acoustic, but also a convenient central location (50m from Martin Place) with parking available underneath the building. All concerts start at 7pm and finish at 9pm, allowing ample time to round off the evening with post-concert dinner.
Australian Chamber Orchestra
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), founded in 1975, is a talented ensemble known for presenting exciting performances of the highest standard to audiences around the world. The ACO's unique artistic style encompasses not only the masterworks of the classical repertoire, but innovative cross-art form projects and a vigorous commissioning program.
Under the inspiring leadership of Artistic Director and Lead Violin, Richard Tognetti, the ACO has performed as a flexible and versatile 'ensemble of soloists', on modern and period instruments, as a small chamber group, as a small symphony orchestra and as an electro-acoustic collective. As Australia's only professional national orchestra, the ACO presents seven concerts in cities around Australia and at least one international tour a year. The ACO's dedication and musicianship has created relationships with celebrated soloists such as Steven Isserlis, John Williams, Dawn Upshaw, Imogen Cooper, Angela Hewitt, Ivry Gitlis, Pieter Wispelwey and Emmanuel Pahud.
Qantas is proud to be the Official Airline and an Official Partner of the Australian Chamber Orchestra.
Australian Girls Choir and The National Boys Choir of Australia
Qantas has had a strong relationship with both the Australian Girls Choir and
The National Boys Choir of Australia since 1998, when members were selected to represent the Spirit of Australia in the renowned 'I Still Call Australia Home' advertising campaigns.
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Australian Youth Orchestra
The Australian Youth Orchestra is Australia's leading youth orchestra and has been nurturing the talents of young Australian musicians since 1957. Members of the orchestra, who are up to 25 years old, are selected to work with respected conductors and soloists from Australia and around the world, performing both national and overseas tours.
The Australian Youth Orchestra runs a range of programs designed to gather and nurture the most talented emerging artists in the country, from Young Symphonists to Young Australian Concert Artists. In addition, its National Music Camp is Australia's longest running music program.
Qantas has now been a sponsor of the Australian Youth Orchestra for over 10 years.
Bangarra Dance Theatre
Bangarra Dance Theatre is one of the youngest and oldest of Australia's dance companies. Its living traditions go back at least 40,000 years but it also reflects the lives and attitudes of indigenous people today. This unique company blends traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture with international contemporary dance influences to create a truly Australian dance language.
Under the artistic direction of Stephen Page since 1991, Bangarra has stunned audiences throughout Australia and the world with electric, startling and inherently spiritual dance works of immense theatrical presence.
Bangarra is committed to touring regional Australia every year under the Qantas 'Sharing the Spirit' campaign. Additionally, Bangarra tours to all main cities around Australia and in the past has undertaken international tours to the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, France, China and Japan.
Qantas is proud to partner Bangarra Dance Theatre.
Historic Houses Trust
Historic Houses Trust proudly present the Flying Boats exhibition at the Museum of Sydney between 10 May and 14 September 2008.
1938 saw the dawn of a golden age of aviation when Rose Bay became home to Sydney's first international airport, servicing the mighty flying boats - large and luxurious aircraft that alighted on water. This was an era when air travel was new, exciting and glamorous.
Featuring photographs, posters, film, models, a recreated cabin, a flying boat engine and fascinating personal stories, the exhibition presents a definitive account of this extraordinary chapter in Sydney's history.
For more information visit the Historic Houses Trust website.
Flying Boats is proudly sponsored by Qantas.
Museum of Contemporary Art
Opened in 1991, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Sydney, is Australia's premier museum dedicated to exhibiting, interpreting and collecting contemporary art from across Australia and around the world.
The MCA presents an engaging program of exhibitions and special events on art and related issues. From major thematic exhibitions and surveys of established artists, solo exhibitions of mid career artists and new work by emerging artists, painting and sculpture to new media, the MCA program covers the range and diversity of contemporary art.
The MCA aims to place the work of Australian artists, indigenous and non-indigenous, within an international context. By presenting their work alongside that of their international peers as well as bringing major international exhibitions of contemporary art to Australia, the MCA seeks to stimulate dialogue between Australia and the rest of the world. The MCA also contributes to the promotion of the work of Australian artists through national and international exhibition touring programs.
Musica Viva Australia
Musica Viva states "Our mission is to present live performances of ensemble music of the highest quality from around the world to stimulate and enrich the widest possible range of audiences."
Musica Viva Australia is the world's largest entrepreneur of fine ensemble music, presenting around 2,500 concerts each year across Australia and around the world.
Qantas is proud to sponsor Musica Viva Australia.
Opera Australia
Opera Australia is the vibrant identity for Australia's national opera company. Created in 1996 through the merger of The Australian Opera and Victoria State Opera, it is the third busiest opera company in the world. It is a company that bears proud traditions of artistic excellence and popular appeal which serve to sustain and develop the art form.
As Australia's leading performing arts company, Opera Australia gives employment to approximately 1,000 Australians per year. In 2006, the Company's 50th year, Opera Australia gave 225 performances in its subscription seasons in the Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House and the State Theatre of the Victorian Arts Centre, attended by more than 305,000 people. A further 31,500 people attended the 'Carmen' production presented by Oz Opera, Opera Australia's access and development arm, and Oz Opera's Schools Company performed to more than 63,500 primary age children in New South Wales and Victoria.
Opera Australia also produced a number of co-productions and concerts including the annual free event, Mazda Opera in the Domain in Sydney. In 2007, for the first time in a number of years, Australia Post Opera in the Bowl was presented in Melbourne. Many thousands also experienced the work of the national opera company through radio broadcasts, telecasts, DVDs and in 2006 a national tour of 'The Pirates of Penzance', which was a huge success.
In 2008 Opera Australia will present a new production of 'My Fair Lady' which will tour nationally to locations such as Canberrra and Brisbane, as well as Sydney and Melbourne.
Opera Australia has one primary aim: to enrich Australia's cultural life with exceptional opera and to present this exciting form to everyone. We need and welcome the ongoing support and endorsement of government and corporate Australia in realising these ambitions.
Sydney Dance Company
Sydney Dance Company is Australia's premier contemporary dance company. Performing both nationally and internationally each year, the company is an active proponent of Australian culture around the world.
Standing proudly on a strong foundation, emerging from a radiant past, the company is entering a new era. In 2008, the company's troupe of seventeen dancers will premiere the works of three internationally renowned guest choreographers - Meryl Tankard, Rafael Bonachela and Aszure Barton.
Adding to a repertoire acclaimed for its vivid theatricality and inventive choreography, the company will premier its seasons in Sydney at the Theatre Royal and Carriageworks and tour to Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra.
Sydney Dance Company gratefully acknowledges the support of its Official Airline, Qantas, who have been a committed sponsor for the past 29 years.
Sydney Theatre Company
Sydney Theatre Company has been Australia's leading force in quality theatre since its establishment in 1978. They perform 52 weeks a year - working across a broad spectrum from the classic repertoire to new commissions, from the very popular to the most challenging, with works appealing to a diverse audience from the keen theatre-goer to the first time attendee.
The Company regularly tours its productions throughout Australia, playing to a total audience of over 300,000 people each year. In 2008 Sydney Theatre Company's annual subscription season features 12 plays including 'The Narcissist' which is proudly presented by Qantas.
Packed to the brim with narcissists of every stripe, withering one liners and wild farce, this production from Brisbane's La Boite Theatre Company was a massive success up in Queensland and promises to roar into the Sydney Opera House on all cylinders.
To book tickets and for further information visit the STC website.
Qantas has been a committed sponsor of Sydney Theatre Company for over 7 years.
The Australian Ballet
Founded in 1962, The Australian Ballet is one of Australia's flagship arts companies, and for over four decades has been the defining face of ballet in Australia.
Each year, it performs works from the classical repertoire as well as contemporary works by major Australian and international choreographers, and new commissions that explore the development and future of this dynamic art form.
One of the busiest ballet companies in the world, The Australian Ballet annually presents approximately 200 performances in cities and regional areas around Australia, in addition to regular international touring. Recent tours include Tokyo, Shanghai, Auckland, Cardiff and a season in London for which the company won the UK Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Company.
Versatility, technical excellence and a warm, friendly style are the trademarks of The Australian Ballet, qualities that have earned it both critical and audience acclaim.
The State Library of NSW
More than any other place, the State Library of New South Wales holds the documentary record of the discovery and development of Australia and the Pacific. It is an internationally-renowned collection containing more than 5 million items with a conservative value of $1.9 billion.
Currently, more than 90% of this collection is unavailable on the worldwide web, meaning restricted access of this national asset to millions of Australians. atmitchell.com is the project that will deliver this billion-dollar collection to Australia and the world via the Internet.
Qantas is working with The Mitchell Library to bring its fascinating collections about aviation online. Titled 'Aviation in Australia' it deals with the history of flight from its infancy through to the twentieth century.
Tropfest
Founded by John Polson in 1992 in a coffee shop in Sydney's Darlinghurst, Tropfest has grown to become the world's largest short film festival, attracting an audience of over 100,000. Tropfest showcases emerging Australian talent, and has been the launching pad for some well known Australian Directors. Despite its huge success, Tropfest has remained a free to the public event. It is held outdoor on the last Sunday of February, each year.
Qantas is very proud to be a partner of Tropfest.
