80 free tickets for first-time bookers
To celebrate our 80th birthday, we’re giving away 80 tickets for every concert in our 2025/26 London season to first-time bookers. If you’ve never booked for a Philharmonia concert before, that means you.
How to claim your free ticket:
- Create an account
Click Account (top right) and set up your login. - Choose your concert
Pick any London season concert still listed on this page (if the one you’re looking for is gone, the 80 free tickets are already claimed). - Select your free seat
Choose one or two seats in the pink price band of the Rear Stalls (or pink wheelchair spaces).* - Go to checkout
Your free tickets will automatically show as £0. Any extra tickets or concerts will be charged at the usual price. - Complete your booking
Finish checkout and choose e-tickets or postage. We’ll email you details of Philharmonia Social, where you can meet other first-time attenders and chat to players and staff before the concert.
*For the 1 March Queen Elizabeth Hall concert, choose any blue seat or blue wheelchair space.
*For Heavy Metal Orchestrated on 22 April, choose a green seat in the rear stalls.
We’re looking forward to sharing the incredible experience of hearing a live orchestra with you – welcome to the Philharmonia!
Runnicles conducts Bruckner 8
Donald Runnicles – conductor
- Bruckner Symphony No. 8
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Esa-Pekka Salonen and Víkingur Ólafsson
Esa-Pekka Salonen – conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano
- Adams Piano Concerto, 'After the Fall' (London premiere, Philharmonia co-commission)
- Ravel Daphnis and Chloé (complete ballet score)
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Víkingur Ólafsson celebrates Kurtág at 100
Elena Schwarz – conductor
Víkingur Ólafsson – piano
István Várdai – cello
- Kurtág Hommage à J. S. B.
- Kurtág Double Concerto, Op. 27 No. 2
- Schumann Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 60
- Kurtág Hommage à R. Sch.
- Simpson Hommage à Kurtág
- Kurtág ...quasi una fantasia... Op. 27, No. 1
- Bach Music for solo cello and solo piano
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Santtu conducts Bernstein, Copland and Gershwin
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Mark van de Wiel – clarinet
Frank Dupree – piano
- Bernstein On the Waterfront Suite
- Dove Clarinet Concerto, 'Rainbow' (World premiere, commissioned by Mark van de Wiel and the Philharmonia)
- Copland Clarinet Concerto
- Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Marin Alsop and Alisa Weilerstein
Marin Alsop – conductor
Alisa Weilerstein – cello
- Márquez Danzón No. 2
- Ortiz Cello Concerto, 'Dzonot' (London premiere)
- Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Lisa Batiashvili plays Tchaikovsky
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Lisa Batiashvili – violin
- Bacewicz Divertimento
- Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
- Walton Symphony No. 1
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Denis Kozhukhin plays Beethoven
Ruth Reinhardt – conductor
Denis Kozhukhin – piano
- Ortiz Tzam (UK premiere)
- Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'
- Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, 'Scottish'
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
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
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Nicola Benedetti plays Elgar
Cristian Măcelaru – conductor
Nicola Benedetti – violin
- Elgar Violin Concerto
- Chaminade Callirhoë Suite
- Debussy La Mer
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Kavakos conducts Dvořák, Schumann & Brahms
Leonidas Kavakos – conductor
Kian Soltani – cello
- Dvořák Vanda Overture
- Schumann Cello Concerto
- Brahms Symphony No. 1
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.
Santtu conducts a Strauss extravaganza
Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor – piano
- Strauss Don Juan
- Strauss Burleske
- Strauss Symphonia Domestica
- Strauss Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier (first sequence)
General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.