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Philharmonia Orchestra announces further six-year partnership with Three Choirs Festival

Tonight at 8pm, the Philharmonia will be taking part in the Sky Arts show Musical Masterpieces. Hosted by musician and presenter Myleene Klass and leading British composer Errollyn Wallen, this series takes an enchanting exploration of classical music’s most beloved pieces.

We spoke to Leia Zhu about the violin, The Lark Ascending, and her favourite subjects at school, ahead of her solo debut with the Philharmonia in Leicester and Canterbury.

The Philharmonia Orchestra is pleased to announce its new cohort of MMSF Instrumental Fellows and Composers’ Academy Fellows.

We spoke to Jason Evans, our Principal Trumpet, about his journey of joining the Orchestra as a student, his preparations for performing alongside Seong-Jin Cho, and his experiences as a soloist.

We speak to mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill, one of our line-up of starry soloists in Verdi’s roof-raising Requiem, next Thursday at the Royal Festival Hall.

We are looking to appoint two Artists in Residence: one for our 2024/25 season and one for our 2025/26 season.

Gloucester (and the Philharmonia) are gearing up for the highly anticipated return of the Three Choirs Festival from this July 22 to 29.

Ahead of the Three Choirs Festival, we spoke to conductor and Director of Music at Gloucester Cathedral, Adrian Partington.

Philharmonia Orchestra announces Soumik Datta as Artist in Residence for the 23/24 Season

From creative workshops at Bishopsgate Institute to PANGEA: Act 1 premiering at the Royal Festival Hall’s Clore Ballroom learn all about our 2022/23 Artist in Residence Love Ssega.

Ahead of our season close, we spoke to Philharmonia President and No. 2 Horn, Kira Doherty.

Long-standing collaborator with the Philharmonia, Esther Yoo, tells us more about her relationship with the Orchestra and her preparations for a performance of Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1.

Find out about how MMSF cellist Silvestrs Kalniņš has been preparing for our performance of Stravinsky’s The Firebird.

Find out more about the lighting in Scriabin’s Prometheus from lighting designer Simon Bennison