On Saturday 14 June, musicians from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra joined students from Brent Music Service’s Junior Musician of the Year competition for a day of masterclasses focused on solo performance technique, in conjunction with the Orchestra's Community and Education team, RPO Resound.
Ahead of our performance of Victoria Borisova-Ollas' Open Ground at Cadogan Hall on Wednesday 11 June, we spoke to the composer about the story behind the piece and how she approaches writing music.
On Tuesday 20 May and Sunday 25 May our 2025 series, Lights in the Dark, continued at the Royal Albert Hall, conducted by Music Director Vasily Petrenko. Global superstar pianist Yunchan Lim performed Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2 to a sold-out auditorium before the Orchestra performed Strauss' vast Alpine Symphony, and Maxim Vengerov played Sibelius' Violin Concerto in a programme that included Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird.
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At the end of January this year eleven RPO benefactors joined the Orchestra on the first leg of its tour to Austria and Germany and attended concerts in Vienna, Hamburg, and Hannover. Our intrepid travellers were escorted by David and Henry of the RPO Development Team, and they were joined along the way by Sarah Bardwell (Managing Director) and Huw Davies (Deputy Managing Director), as well as the Orchestra’s Music Director Vasily Petrenko, who was conducting all the concerts, and Tom Philpott, the RPO’s Director of Artistic Planning and Partnerships.
