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.
Here’s how it works:
- Click on ‘Account’ in the top right hand corner of the screen, and set up a login
- Choose one of the concerts in our London season from the list below – if a concert from our season no longer appears on this page, that’s because all 80 free tickets have been snapped up already
- Click on Rear Stalls to see the seating map with eligible tickets
- Select one or two tickets, anywhere in the pink price bands in the rear stalls, or if you are a wheelchair user, the pink wheelchair spaces in the side stalls. For the 1 March concert in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, you can choose any seat in the blue price band, or if you are a wheelchair user, the blue wheelchair spaces in the front row.
- You can select more tickets, or book for more concerts, but these will be charged at their usual price
- Click ‘Go to checkout’ and your tickets will show up as £0
- Click ‘Continue’ and complete the booking process – you can choose to receive your tickets by post, or we can send them by email two working days before the concert
- As your concert approaches, we’ll be in touch with details of Philharmonia Social – a chance for you to find out more about the orchestra, ask questions and meet other first-time attenders, before the concert, in the interval or afterwards
We’re looking forward to sharing the incredible experience of hearing a live orchestra with you – welcome to the Philharmonia!
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.