Concerts & Events

Nicola Benedetti holding violin and looking towards the side, standing in a corridor
Concert

Nicola Benedetti plays Elgar

Cristian Măcelaru conductor  
Nicola Benedetti – violin  

  • Elgar Violin Concerto
  • Chaminade Callirhoë Suite
  • Debussy La Mer
Royal Festival Hall

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

Santtu, credit Marco Borggreve
Concert

Forged in Sound: Heavy Metal Orchestrated

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Plus special guests

Royal Festival Hall

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Lucy Drever and the Philharmonia Orchestra on stage during an Orchestra Unwrapped concert
Schools concert

Leicester: Orchestra Unwrapped

Mert Yalniz – 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)
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

Small-ensemble performance

Music of Today: Composers' Academy

Musicians to be announced

Composers to be announced

Royal Festival Hall

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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

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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
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.

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

Benjamin Grosvenor sat at the piano, facing the camera
Concert

Basingstoke: 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)
The Anvil, Basingstoke

Benjamin Grosvenor standing by a piano
Concert

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)
Royal Festival Hall

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

Philharmonia playing in concert hall in Mikkeli
Concert

Mikkeli Music Festival 2026

Santtu-Matias Rouvali – conductor
Erkki Lasonpalo – conductor
Gabriela Montero – piano
Silja Aalto – soprano
Lilja Haatainen – violin

  • Sibelius Finlandia
  • Montero Piano Concerto No. 1, 'Latin'
  • Strauss Four Last Songs
  • Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Dvořák Symphony No. 9 'From the New World'
  • Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3, 'Organ'
  • Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Mikkeli Music Festival, Finland

String section performing in concert
Concert

Grafenegg: Beethoven and Orff with Cristian Măcelaru

Cristian Măcelaru –  conductor
Rudolf Buchbinder – piano

Nikola Hillebrand –  soprano
Nicholas Phan – tenor
Germán Olvera – baritone
Wiener Singverien
Wiener Chormädchen

  • Beethoven Fantasy for Piano, Choir and Orchestra
  • Orff Carmina Burana
Wolkenturm, Grafenegg