News, blog & video

We spoke to American soprano Julia Bullock ahead of her Philharmonia debut about her extensive work on Les Illuminations text by Arthur Rimbaud, working with Esa-Pekka Salonen and much more.

Read about trailblazer composer Florence Price, the first African American woman to gain national acclaim and whose work was almost lost forever.

The Philharmonia Orchestra and Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor Esa-Pekka Salonen are delighted to have been awarded just under £1m from the UK Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.

Ahead of our next Philharmonia Session, Hrůša conducts Dvořák, conductor Jakub Hrůša shares a tribute to Czech composers and the historical contribution of his homeland to the music world in this month’s Lockdown Listening.

Six online performances in two strands, encompassing livestreamed concerts, pre-recorded performances and radio broadcasts, as the Orchestra continues to build out its new digital performance schedule.

Read about the two pieces in our third Philharmonia Session: Vaughan Williams’ jubilant ode to the skylark’s song and Beethoven’s bold work of youth.

This month, outgoing Chair of the Philharmonia, Saul Nathan, shares his listening picks, including a bit of jazz, piano for left hand, and Lionel Richie.

In October the Philharmonia Orchestra will perform on the Royal Festival Hall stage for the first time since 15 March 2020, in the first of four live-streamed concerts as part of the Southbank Centre’s autumn Inside Out series.

Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.

This month, our incoming Chief Executive, Alexander Van Ingen shares his album picks including some you may not have heard before.

The Philharmonia will return to the Proms as part of the BBC’s series of live performances in September.

Two artists announced as the 2020/21 season participants on the Composers’ Academy emerging artists programme.

It is with enormous sadness that all remaining concerts in the Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2019/20 London Season at Southbank Centre are cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This month, John Wilson, a regular guest conductor with the Philharmonia, shares his Lockdown Listening choices.