British contemporary composer Des Oliver has lived his life with a huge love for music, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was delighted when Des wrote a brand new piece for our Noisy Kids: Heroes and Villains concert series for little ones!
Wednesday 19 May 2021 saw the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra return to Cadogan Hall for the first in a series of three socially distanced summertime concerts. Welcoming live audiences for the first time in over half a year, the Orchestra performed a programme of Mendelssohn and Beethoven with conductor Tito Muñoz and pianist Alexandra Dariescu.
As the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra continues to work its way through one of the most challenging periods of its 75-year history, we give grateful thanks to our family of supporters. There are many ways you can help support the Orchestra, including joining our thriving Chair Partner programme as an individual or a corporate sponsor. Read on to find out what being an RPO Chair Partner means to two of our supporters: The Gabrán Family and Adam Calderwood of Calderwood Wealth Management.
Amongst delivering many other virtual projects this spring, RPO Resound was thrilled deliver an in-person project at Phoenix Arch School in Brent with a team of RPO musicians. Read what trumpet player Adam Wright (pictured above at a pre-Covid-19 RPO Resound project) had to say about the rush of being back in the room with participants.
