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Two artists announced as the 2020/21 season participants on the Composers’ Academy emerging artists programme.

It is with enormous sadness that all remaining concerts in the Philharmonia Orchestra’s 2019/20 London Season at Southbank Centre are cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This month, John Wilson, a regular guest conductor with the Philharmonia, shares his Lockdown Listening choices.

The Philharmonia Sessions will run during summer 2020.

Join us for the YouTube premiere of our film of The Planets, with an extra final movement composed specially for our installation by Joby Talbot, on Friday 19 June at 7pm UK time.

President of the Orchestra and 1st Violin Victoria Irish talks about home, recording sessions, and French dinner parties in this Lockdown Listening.

Our incoming Chair shares his musical highlights, including something a little different.

We would like to invite you to join us for a journey into Mahler’s world, as we stream this performance again on YouTube.

We pay tribute to Unsuk Chin for her tenure as Artistic Director of Music of Today, and she shares a personal message for the Orchestra.

The Philharmonia Orchestra is delighted to announce that Ben Larpent will join its senior management team in the new role of Director of Artistic Planning.

Our members have put shutdown time to creative use, creating videos to keep our community entertained online.

While we are unable to perform for you in person, cellist Steven Isserlis spoke to us about Kabalevsky’s Cello Concerto No. 2 and his relationship with the Philharmonia.