2025/26 Leicester season

Across five fantastic concerts, we welcome some of the most inspiring talent in the classical music world to our Leicester home.

Friends of the Philharmonia get access to priority booking from 10am on Monday 14 April. To secure your favourite seats for our 2025/26 concerts, find out more about becoming a Friend.

General booking opens at 10am on Friday 25 April.

Book 3 or 4 concerts and save 10%
Book all 5 concerts and save15%

Close up of Philharmonia violins in concert
Concert

Leicester: Beethoven and Shostakovich

Nil Venditti – conductor
Anastasia Kobekina – cello

  • Beethoven Coriolan Overture
  • Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1
  • Beethoven Symphony No. 7
De Montfort Hall

Pacho Flores laughing at the camera
Concert

Leicester: Symphonie fantastique

Rafael Payare – conductor
Pacho Flores – trumpet

  • Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
  • Ortiz Trumpet Concerto, 'Altar de Bronce'
  • Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
De Montfort Hall

Bruce Liu leaning against a piano, in red lighting
Concert

Leicester: Bruce Liu plays Ravel

Ryan Bancroft – conductor
Bruce Liu – piano

  • Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
  • Ravel Piano Concerto in G
  • Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
De Montfort Hall

Kian Soltani holding a cello and looking outwards out of a window
Concert

Leicester: Leonidas Kavakos and Kian Soltani

Leonidas Kavakos – conductor
Kian Soltani – cello

  • Dvořák Vanda Overture
  • Schumann Cello Concerto
  • Brahms Symphony No. 1
De Montfort Hall

Benjamin Grosvenor standing behind a piano, looking up and to the side and smiling
Concert

Leicester: Santtu and Benjamin Grosvenor in a Strauss extravaganza

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor – piano

  • Strauss Don Juan
  • Strauss Rondo Burleske
  • Strauss Symphonia Domestica
  • Strauss Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier (first sequence)
De Montfort Hall