The Philharmonia Orchestra
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The Philharmonia Orchestra is one of the world’s great orchestras. Acknowledged as the UK’s foremost musical pioneer, with an extraordinary recording legacy, the Philharmonia leads the field for its quality of playing, and for its innovative approach to audience development, residencies, music education and the use of new technologies in reaching a global audience. Together with its relationships with the world’s most sought-after artists, most importantly its Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Philharmonia Orchestra is at the heart of British musical life.
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Today, the Philharmonia has the greatest claim of any orchestra to be the UK’s National orchestra. It is committed to presenting the same quality, live music making in venues throughout the country as it brings to London and the great concert halls of the world. In 2013/14 the Orchestra is performing more than 160 concerts, as well as recording scores for films, CDs and computer games. Under EsaPekka Salonen a series of flagship, visionary projects – City of Dreams: Vienna 1900 -1935 (2009), Bill Viola’s Tristan und Isolde (2010), Infernal Dance: Inside the World of Béla Bartók (2011)and Woven Words, a celebration of Witold Lutosławski’s centenary year – have been critically acclaimed.
For 19 years now the Orchestra’s work has been underpinned by its much admired UK and International Residency Programme, which began in 1995 with the launch of its residencies at the Bedford Corn Exchange and London’s Southbank Centre. During 2013/14 the Orchestra not only performs more than 35 concerts at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, but also celebrates its
17th year as Resident Orchestra of De Montfort Hall in Leicester and its 13th year as Orchestra in Partnership at The Anvil in Basingstoke; and enters the third year of its residencies at the new Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury and the Three Choirs Festival. The Orchestra’s extensive touring schedule this season also includes concerts in Russia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France
and Spain with Esa-Pekka Salonen and two weeks at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris performing Poulenc’s Les Dialogues des Carmelites under Jérémie Rhorer.
During its first six decades, the Philharmonia Orchestra has collaborated with most of the great classical artists of the 20th century. Conductors associated with the Orchestra include Furtwängler, Richard Strauss, Toscanini, Cantelli, Karajan and Giulini. Otto Klemperer was the first of many outstanding Principal Conductors, and other great names have included Lorin Maazel (Associate
Principal Conductor), Sir Charles Mackerras (Principal Guest Conductor), Riccardo Muti (Principal Conductor and Music Director), Kurt Sanderling (Conductor Emeritus) and Giuseppe Sinopoli (Music Director). As well as Esa-Pekka Salonen, current titled conductors are Christoph von Dohnányi (Honorary Conductor for Life) and Vladimir Ashkenazy (Conductor Laureate).
Further information on The Philharmonia can be found at the orchestra's own website www.philharmonia.co.uk
For 19 years now the Orchestra’s work has been underpinned by its much admired UK and International Residency Programme, which began in 1995 with the launch of its residencies at the Bedford Corn Exchange and London’s Southbank Centre. During 2013/14 the Orchestra not only performs more than 35 concerts at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, but also celebrates its
17th year as Resident Orchestra of De Montfort Hall in Leicester and its 13th year as Orchestra in Partnership at The Anvil in Basingstoke; and enters the third year of its residencies at the new Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury and the Three Choirs Festival. The Orchestra’s extensive touring schedule this season also includes concerts in Russia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France
and Spain with Esa-Pekka Salonen and two weeks at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris performing Poulenc’s Les Dialogues des Carmelites under Jérémie Rhorer.
During its first six decades, the Philharmonia Orchestra has collaborated with most of the great classical artists of the 20th century. Conductors associated with the Orchestra include Furtwängler, Richard Strauss, Toscanini, Cantelli, Karajan and Giulini. Otto Klemperer was the first of many outstanding Principal Conductors, and other great names have included Lorin Maazel (Associate
Principal Conductor), Sir Charles Mackerras (Principal Guest Conductor), Riccardo Muti (Principal Conductor and Music Director), Kurt Sanderling (Conductor Emeritus) and Giuseppe Sinopoli (Music Director). As well as Esa-Pekka Salonen, current titled conductors are Christoph von Dohnányi (Honorary Conductor for Life) and Vladimir Ashkenazy (Conductor Laureate).
Further information on The Philharmonia can be found at the orchestra's own website www.philharmonia.co.uk
The Philharmonia will feature in the opening Classical Extravanganza! of the 30th season of the Welsh Proms on Saturday July 18th. For full event information and repertoire, visit the events section of the website here