American Patrons of the Philharmonia Foundation

With over 40 years’ patronage by His Majesty King Charles III, the Philharmonia Orchestra
is one of the world’s great orchestras and musical innovators.

The Philharmonia first performed in the United States in 1955, when Herbert von Karajan led it at Carnegie Hall to mark the Orchestra’s 10th anniversary. Seventy years later, for the 80th in October 2025, Santtu-Matias Rouvali and Marin Alsop led a ten-concert coast-to-coast tour that ended on that same stage.

Santtu is only the sixth Principal Conductor in the Orchestra’s history. Principal Guest Marin Alsop, a mentee of Leonard Bernstein and one of America’s leading conductors, joined in 2023. They lead the Orchestra alongside the foremost artists of our time, among them Yuja Wang, Víkingur Ólafsson, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, and Nicola Benedetti. Santtu will be succeeded in 2028 by Manfred Honeck, Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

The Philharmonia Orchestra was founded as a recording orchestra in 1945 and remains one of the world’s great musical innovators on- and off-stage.

Patrons of the Philharmonia Foundation make ambitious performances possible, and sustain the year-round work that opens up music to the next generation of musicians and audiences:

Orchestra Unwrapped concerts for elementary school-aged children

Virtual Orchestra: Play Along, an immersive VR experience that puts young people inside the orchestra

Philharmonia Instrumental Fellowship, a year-long training programme for young musicians from backgrounds under-represented in orchestras Patrons are at home with the Philharmonia on both sides of the Atlantic: at annual recitals in New York, at rehearsals and concerts when the Orchestra tours in the US, and, of course, at Royal Festival Hall, London.

Your support sustains an 80-year heritage and enables the orchestral
experience of the future.

Concerto Patron: $5,000

• All the benefits of Overture Patron, plus: Opportunity to endow a Chair, forming a direct relationship with a world-class player and linking your name to the position**
• Attendance at Philharmonia rehearsals in the United States (subject to availability)
• Four complimentary tickets per year for any concert in the Philharmonia’s London season, including access to pre-concert receptions

Symphony Patron: $10,000

All the benefits of Concerto Patron plus:

• Opportunity to endow a Section, forming a direct relationship with Principal Players and linking your name to the Section**
• Opportunity for musicians from the Philharmonia to play at a private reception or dinner when the Orchestra is performing nearby**** Additional costs apply
  ** A minimum three-year commitment requested
  (Section endowment contributions vary)
  *** Subject to availability and additional cost