Concerts & Events

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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

Kian Soltani holding a cello
Friends event

Open Rehearsal: Kavakos conducts Dvořák, Schumann & Brahms

Leonidas Kavakos – conductor
Kian Soltani – cello

  • Dvořák Vanda Overture
  • Schumann Cello Concerto
  • Brahms Symphony No. 1
Royal Festival Hall

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Insights

Philharmonia debates... Music & Mentoring

Dr Diana Salazar – host
Kira Doherty – host
Judith Webster – host

Mica Sefia – host

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Small-ensemble performance

Music of Today: Composers' Academy

Musicians to be announced

Composers to be announced

Royal Festival Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Kian Soltani holding a cello
Concert

Kavakos conducts Dvořák, Schumann & Brahms

Leonidas Kavakos – conductor
Kian Soltani – cello

  • Dvořák Vanda Overture
  • Schumann Cello Concerto
  • Brahms Symphony No. 1
Royal Festival Hall

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

Leonidas Kavakos conducting
Concert

Athens: Leonidas Kavakos and Kian Soltani

Leonidas Kavakos – conductor
Kian Soltani – cello

  • Dvořák Vanda Overture
  • Schumann Cello Concerto
  • Brahms Symphony No. 1
Megaron – Athens Concert Hall

Philharmonia Orchestra on stage at The Marlowe, Canterbury
Community performance

Philharmonia Festival in Canterbury

Multiple venues

More info No ticket required
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Friends event

Open Rehearsal in Canterbury: Alim Beisembayev plays Beethoven

Adam Hickox – conductor
Alim Beisembayev – piano

  • Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
  • Brahms Symphony No. 1
Marlowe Theatre

Headshot of conductor Adam Hickox
Concert

Canterbury: Alim Beisembayev plays Beethoven

Adam Hickox – conductor
Alim Beisembayev – piano

  • Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
  • Brahms Symphony No. 1
The Marlowe, Canterbury

Children in an auditorium with their arms in the air, as part of the Philharmonia's Orchestra Unwrapped concert
Schools concert

Bedford: Orchestra Unwrapped

Matthew Lynch – conductor
Lucy Drever – Presenter
Angie Newman – BSL Interpreter

  • Mozart Overture, Don Giovanni
  • Beethoven Symphony No. 5 (1st movement)
  • Stravinsky The Firebird Suite (1919) (Finale)
  • Elgar Enigma Variations (Theme, IV, XI, VII)
  • Ortiz Papalotes
  • Shigihara Grasswalk from Plants vs. Zombies
  • Silvestri The Avengers (Theme)
  • Bizet Carmen Suite (Les Toreadors) 
Bedford Corn Exchange

Adam Hickox leaning on a wall and looking up at the camera
Friends event

Open Rehearsal in Bedford: Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms

Adam Hickox – conductor
Alim Beisembayev – piano

Bedford Corn Exchange

Adam Hickox leaning on a wall and looking up at the camera
Concert

Bedford: Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms

Adam Hickox – conductor
Alim Beisembayev – piano

  • Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
  • Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
  • Brahms Symphony No. 1
Bedford Corn Exchange

General booking opens 10am Tuesday 29 April. Join the Friends to book today.

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Virtual Reality experience

Play along: Virtual Orchestra

Clore Ballroom, RFH, Level 2

More info No ticket required
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Opera

Garsington Opera: La traviata

Douglas Boyd – conductor
Tess Jackson – conductor (24 June & 9 July)
Louisa Muller – director
Garsington Opera Chorus

Violetta Valéry – Madison Leonard
Alfredo Germont – Oleksiy Palchykov
Giorgio Germont – Roland Wood
Gastone de Letorières – Sam Harris
Barond Douphol – Chuma Sijeqa
Doctor Grenvil – Henry Waddington, Thomas D. Hopkinson (24 June, 9, 11, 20 July)
Annina – Mathilda Bryngelsson
Flora Bervoix – Alexandria Moon
Marchese d’Obigny – Sam Young
Giuseppe – Matthew Sotillo-Cooke
Messenger – Peter Lidbetter
Flora’s servant – Sisa Mjekula

  • Verdi La traviata
Garsington Opera

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Opera

Garsington Opera: Der Rosenkavalier

Finnegan Downie Dear – conductor
Bruno Ravella – director
Garsington Opera Chorus
Garsington Opera Children’s Chorus

The Marschallin – Matilda Sterby
Baron Ochs – Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Martin Winkler 25, 27 & 29 June)
Octavian – Niamh O’Sullivan
Sophie von Faninal – Soraya Mafi
Herr von Faninal – Ben McAteer
Marianne Leitmetzerin – Gweneth Ann Rand
Valzacchi – Robert Murray
Annina – Siân Griffiths
An Italian tenor – Egor Zhuravskii
A commissar of police – Simon Wilding
The Marschallin’s major-domo – SangEup Son
Three noble daughters – Ana-Carmen Balestra, Llinos Haf Jones, Clover Kayne
A milliner – Ceferina Penny
An animal seller – Rhys Meilyr
Faninal’s major-domo – Alfred Mitchell
An innkeeper – Tomos Owen Jones
Boots – Seán Purtnell
Leopold – Samuel Collins-Webb
Cupid – Kamari-J’siah Robinson
Lackeys – Stephen Walker, Joe Matt Murphy, Benedict Munden, Ambrose Connolly
Waiters – Matthew Sotillo-Cooke, Rhys Meilyr, Sam Youg, Joshua McCullough

  • Strauss Der Rosenkavalier
Garsington Opera