London Philharmonic Orchestra
@lporchestra.bsky.social
Sharing the wonder of classical music 🌟
Discover what we’re all about and where to find us on our website ➡ lpo.org.uk
Discover what we’re all about and where to find us on our website ➡ lpo.org.uk
Congratulations to our previous Composer-in-Residence Tania León, who has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary Classical Composition category for her work Raíces (Origins) ✨
We were delighted to give the world premiere of this piece in March 2024 🌟
We were delighted to give the world premiere of this piece in March 2024 🌟
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Congratulations to our previous Composer-in-Residence Tania León, who has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary Classical Composition category for her work Raíces (Origins) ✨
We were delighted to give the world premiere of this piece in March 2024 🌟
We were delighted to give the world premiere of this piece in March 2024 🌟
A new chapter for Future Firsts ✨
We’re delighted to begin a partnership with Purposeful Ventures over the next two years to support the evolution of our Future Firsts programme, which bridges the transition between education and the professional platform for outstanding early-career musicians 🌟
We’re delighted to begin a partnership with Purposeful Ventures over the next two years to support the evolution of our Future Firsts programme, which bridges the transition between education and the professional platform for outstanding early-career musicians 🌟
October 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A new chapter for Future Firsts ✨
We’re delighted to begin a partnership with Purposeful Ventures over the next two years to support the evolution of our Future Firsts programme, which bridges the transition between education and the professional platform for outstanding early-career musicians 🌟
We’re delighted to begin a partnership with Purposeful Ventures over the next two years to support the evolution of our Future Firsts programme, which bridges the transition between education and the professional platform for outstanding early-career musicians 🌟
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RPS Composer @robertlaidlow.bsky.social's cosmic tone poem 'Exoplanets' will receive its first performance by the @lporchestra.bsky.social on 29 November at @southbankcentre.bsky.social. A collaboration with astrophysicists, Robert translates their inspiring research into musical ideas.
My new 25 minute piece, "Exoplanets", just announced for the @lporchestra.bsky.social season - can't wait to hear it! Expect some cosmic experiments with the orchestra 🪐
29 Nov - conducted by Edward Gardner, sharing a programme with Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Bloch and Rachmaninov.
29 Nov - conducted by Edward Gardner, sharing a programme with Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Bloch and Rachmaninov.
Hello 2025/26! 🤩
Our new season of concerts in London, Brighton and Eastbourne is here for you to explore ✨ lpo.org.uk/the-london-p...
Our new season of concerts in London, Brighton and Eastbourne is here for you to explore ✨ lpo.org.uk/the-london-p...
October 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
RPS Composer @robertlaidlow.bsky.social's cosmic tone poem 'Exoplanets' will receive its first performance by the @lporchestra.bsky.social on 29 November at @southbankcentre.bsky.social. A collaboration with astrophysicists, Robert translates their inspiring research into musical ideas.
We are very sorry to hear of the death of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent.
Her dedication and love of music was and will continue to be an inspiration to us. Our thoughts are with our Patron, His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent, and her loved ones at this sad time.
Her dedication and love of music was and will continue to be an inspiration to us. Our thoughts are with our Patron, His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent, and her loved ones at this sad time.
September 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We are very sorry to hear of the death of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent.
Her dedication and love of music was and will continue to be an inspiration to us. Our thoughts are with our Patron, His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent, and her loved ones at this sad time.
Her dedication and love of music was and will continue to be an inspiration to us. Our thoughts are with our Patron, His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent, and her loved ones at this sad time.
We’re so excited to hear that our Tippett recording with Steven Osborne and Edward Gardner has been nominated for a Gramophone Award in the Concerto category 🎉
August 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We’re so excited to hear that our Tippett recording with Steven Osborne and Edward Gardner has been nominated for a Gramophone Award in the Concerto category 🎉
It’s always good to be back at the BBC Proms ✨
We had a blast performing at the Royal Albert Hall last night with our Principal Conductor Edward Gardner and mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina, who made a stunning BBC Proms debut!
We had a blast performing at the Royal Albert Hall last night with our Principal Conductor Edward Gardner and mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina, who made a stunning BBC Proms debut!
August 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It’s always good to be back at the BBC Proms ✨
We had a blast performing at the Royal Albert Hall last night with our Principal Conductor Edward Gardner and mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina, who made a stunning BBC Proms debut!
We had a blast performing at the Royal Albert Hall last night with our Principal Conductor Edward Gardner and mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina, who made a stunning BBC Proms debut!
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★★★★★ #BBCProms #AigulAkhmetshina @lporchestra.bsky.social #EdwardGardner - Liquid luxuries, and first-class service on an ocean-going programme - @boydtonkin.bsky.social on 'an almost overloaded voyage into luscious colour and texture' www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
BBC Proms: Akhmetshina, LPO, Gardner review - liquid luxuries
Water surged through this Prom from first spray to last drop. But there was nothing damp or diluted about Edward Gardner’s helmsmanship as he steered the London Philharmonic Orchestra through a succes...
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August 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
★★★★★ #BBCProms #AigulAkhmetshina @lporchestra.bsky.social #EdwardGardner - Liquid luxuries, and first-class service on an ocean-going programme - @boydtonkin.bsky.social on 'an almost overloaded voyage into luscious colour and texture' www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
Welcome to the Second Violins Coco 🤩
Coco Inman was a member of our Foyle Future First programme, which bridges the transition between education and the professional platform. We’re delighted to say that she’s now our Second Violin (No. 4) 🙌 Congrats Coco! 💖
Coco Inman was a member of our Foyle Future First programme, which bridges the transition between education and the professional platform. We’re delighted to say that she’s now our Second Violin (No. 4) 🙌 Congrats Coco! 💖
June 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Welcome to the Second Violins Coco 🤩
Coco Inman was a member of our Foyle Future First programme, which bridges the transition between education and the professional platform. We’re delighted to say that she’s now our Second Violin (No. 4) 🙌 Congrats Coco! 💖
Coco Inman was a member of our Foyle Future First programme, which bridges the transition between education and the professional platform. We’re delighted to say that she’s now our Second Violin (No. 4) 🙌 Congrats Coco! 💖
2025 applications for Recruiting Classical close on 27 June!
If you identify as Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse, head to the Black Lives in Music website to find out more about auditions for Extra Work Lists and Professional Development Workshops with some of the UK’s top orchestras.
If you identify as Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse, head to the Black Lives in Music website to find out more about auditions for Extra Work Lists and Professional Development Workshops with some of the UK’s top orchestras.
June 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
2025 applications for Recruiting Classical close on 27 June!
If you identify as Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse, head to the Black Lives in Music website to find out more about auditions for Extra Work Lists and Professional Development Workshops with some of the UK’s top orchestras.
If you identify as Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse, head to the Black Lives in Music website to find out more about auditions for Extra Work Lists and Professional Development Workshops with some of the UK’s top orchestras.
Debut Sounds is back & this year groundbreaking new music meets the power of spoken word! ✨
Mentored by Composer-in-Residence Tania León, LPO Young Composers have collaborated with poets from the Southbank Centre's New Poets Collective, with each artist creating a new work inspired by memory.
Mentored by Composer-in-Residence Tania León, LPO Young Composers have collaborated with poets from the Southbank Centre's New Poets Collective, with each artist creating a new work inspired by memory.
May 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Debut Sounds is back & this year groundbreaking new music meets the power of spoken word! ✨
Mentored by Composer-in-Residence Tania León, LPO Young Composers have collaborated with poets from the Southbank Centre's New Poets Collective, with each artist creating a new work inspired by memory.
Mentored by Composer-in-Residence Tania León, LPO Young Composers have collaborated with poets from the Southbank Centre's New Poets Collective, with each artist creating a new work inspired by memory.
LPO Music Makers supports music-making in schools in London and the South Coast, working with children aged 7–11 and their teachers. The project brings world-class musicians to schools, aiming to build teacher confidence, spark children’s creativity, and help embed music into everyday school life.
May 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
LPO Music Makers supports music-making in schools in London and the South Coast, working with children aged 7–11 and their teachers. The project brings world-class musicians to schools, aiming to build teacher confidence, spark children’s creativity, and help embed music into everyday school life.
Smiles all round ✨
We had great fun at two LPO Junior Artist: Overture days last month! Talented musicians aged 10-15 from Worthing and Eastbourne joined the LPO for a day, playing side-by-side with some of our players and getting some top tips and advice 🎶
We had great fun at two LPO Junior Artist: Overture days last month! Talented musicians aged 10-15 from Worthing and Eastbourne joined the LPO for a day, playing side-by-side with some of our players and getting some top tips and advice 🎶
May 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Smiles all round ✨
We had great fun at two LPO Junior Artist: Overture days last month! Talented musicians aged 10-15 from Worthing and Eastbourne joined the LPO for a day, playing side-by-side with some of our players and getting some top tips and advice 🎶
We had great fun at two LPO Junior Artist: Overture days last month! Talented musicians aged 10-15 from Worthing and Eastbourne joined the LPO for a day, playing side-by-side with some of our players and getting some top tips and advice 🎶
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My new 25 minute piece, "Exoplanets", just announced for the @lporchestra.bsky.social season - can't wait to hear it! Expect some cosmic experiments with the orchestra 🪐
29 Nov - conducted by Edward Gardner, sharing a programme with Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Bloch and Rachmaninov.
29 Nov - conducted by Edward Gardner, sharing a programme with Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Bloch and Rachmaninov.
Hello 2025/26! 🤩
Our new season of concerts in London, Brighton and Eastbourne is here for you to explore ✨ lpo.org.uk/the-london-p...
Our new season of concerts in London, Brighton and Eastbourne is here for you to explore ✨ lpo.org.uk/the-london-p...
April 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My new 25 minute piece, "Exoplanets", just announced for the @lporchestra.bsky.social season - can't wait to hear it! Expect some cosmic experiments with the orchestra 🪐
29 Nov - conducted by Edward Gardner, sharing a programme with Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Bloch and Rachmaninov.
29 Nov - conducted by Edward Gardner, sharing a programme with Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Bloch and Rachmaninov.
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Daphnis et Chloé with @lpchoir.bsky.social @lporchestra.bsky.social and Circa was stunning: seeing it with incredible acrobatics brought out the profound humanity of Ravel’s music. Wow!
April 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Daphnis et Chloé with @lpchoir.bsky.social @lporchestra.bsky.social and Circa was stunning: seeing it with incredible acrobatics brought out the profound humanity of Ravel’s music. Wow!
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Astonishingly acrobatics in the @lporchestra.bsky.social’s Daphnis and Chloé with Circa Ensemble. Never sensed an audience holding their collective breath so much!
April 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Astonishingly acrobatics in the @lporchestra.bsky.social’s Daphnis and Chloé with Circa Ensemble. Never sensed an audience holding their collective breath so much!
Happy Earth Day 🌏
Today we announced our brand new London season. At its centre is our beautiful planet 🌷 🌊 ⛰
Today we announced our brand new London season. At its centre is our beautiful planet 🌷 🌊 ⛰
April 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Happy Earth Day 🌏
Today we announced our brand new London season. At its centre is our beautiful planet 🌷 🌊 ⛰
Today we announced our brand new London season. At its centre is our beautiful planet 🌷 🌊 ⛰
Hello 2025/26! 🤩
Our new season of concerts in London, Brighton and Eastbourne is here for you to explore ✨ lpo.org.uk/the-london-p...
Our new season of concerts in London, Brighton and Eastbourne is here for you to explore ✨ lpo.org.uk/the-london-p...
April 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Hello 2025/26! 🤩
Our new season of concerts in London, Brighton and Eastbourne is here for you to explore ✨ lpo.org.uk/the-london-p...
Our new season of concerts in London, Brighton and Eastbourne is here for you to explore ✨ lpo.org.uk/the-london-p...
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April 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Lucky to have caught a second peerless London concert in a row. I'm now in love with Schumann's Violin Concerto, given perfect teamwork between Vilde Frang, Vladimir Jurowski and the @lporchestra.bsky.social. And how beautifully poised throughout was Schubert's Ninth in this nuanced performance.
Frang, LPO, Jurowski, RFH review - every beauty revealed
When Vladimir Jurowski returns to what used to be “his” London Philharmonic Orchestra, you’d better jump. I would have done on Wednesday had I been able to get to his heady mix of Russian and Ukrainia...
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April 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Lucky to have caught a second peerless London concert in a row. I'm now in love with Schumann's Violin Concerto, given perfect teamwork between Vilde Frang, Vladimir Jurowski and the @lporchestra.bsky.social. And how beautifully poised throughout was Schubert's Ninth in this nuanced performance.
Get ready for something special! 🤩
We’ve been working with music not-for-profit AudioActive and artists from their talent development programme Emerge to create a bold, original sound – a collaboration between our classical musicians and rising young artists from the South East.
We’ve been working with music not-for-profit AudioActive and artists from their talent development programme Emerge to create a bold, original sound – a collaboration between our classical musicians and rising young artists from the South East.
April 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Get ready for something special! 🤩
We’ve been working with music not-for-profit AudioActive and artists from their talent development programme Emerge to create a bold, original sound – a collaboration between our classical musicians and rising young artists from the South East.
We’ve been working with music not-for-profit AudioActive and artists from their talent development programme Emerge to create a bold, original sound – a collaboration between our classical musicians and rising young artists from the South East.
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This was a dark, but brilliant evening – always a treat to see Vladimir Jurowski back with the @lporchestra.bsky.social. And another chance to hear Lyatoshynsky 3 in concert! bachtrack.com/review-jurow...
White hot intensity in Jurowski’s Lyatoshynsky
The London Philharmonic welcomes back its Conductor Emeritus Vladimir Jurowski for a typically challenging programme of dark Russian and Ukrainian scores.
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April 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This was a dark, but brilliant evening – always a treat to see Vladimir Jurowski back with the @lporchestra.bsky.social. And another chance to hear Lyatoshynsky 3 in concert! bachtrack.com/review-jurow...
We have something very exciting to share… 👀✨
Meet our new Artistic Director, Jesús Herrera.
Meet our new Artistic Director, Jesús Herrera.
LPO announces new Artistic Director
The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) today announces the appointment of Spanish-born Jesús Herrera to the role of Artistic Director from June 2025.
lpo.org.uk
March 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We have something very exciting to share… 👀✨
Meet our new Artistic Director, Jesús Herrera.
Meet our new Artistic Director, Jesús Herrera.
Exciting news!
Backstage with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, our four-part documentary series with Sky Arts (produced by Love Monday TV), has been nominated for a BAFTA in the Sound: Factual category 🥳
Backstage with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, our four-part documentary series with Sky Arts (produced by Love Monday TV), has been nominated for a BAFTA in the Sound: Factual category 🥳
March 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Exciting news!
Backstage with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, our four-part documentary series with Sky Arts (produced by Love Monday TV), has been nominated for a BAFTA in the Sound: Factual category 🥳
Backstage with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, our four-part documentary series with Sky Arts (produced by Love Monday TV), has been nominated for a BAFTA in the Sound: Factual category 🥳
We're delighted to welcome Nefeli Chadouli and Wilson Ng as our newest Fellow Conductors🎉
Next season, they’ll become fully immersed in the life of the LPO, working intensively with the Orchestra, guided by our Principal Conductor Edward Gardner. We can’t wait to work with them!
Next season, they’ll become fully immersed in the life of the LPO, working intensively with the Orchestra, guided by our Principal Conductor Edward Gardner. We can’t wait to work with them!
March 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We're delighted to welcome Nefeli Chadouli and Wilson Ng as our newest Fellow Conductors🎉
Next season, they’ll become fully immersed in the life of the LPO, working intensively with the Orchestra, guided by our Principal Conductor Edward Gardner. We can’t wait to work with them!
Next season, they’ll become fully immersed in the life of the LPO, working intensively with the Orchestra, guided by our Principal Conductor Edward Gardner. We can’t wait to work with them!
We’re so grateful to everyone who’s donated so far this week to our Big Give campaign, raising money to support music making with communities along the English South East coast ✨
If you’d like to support our campaign, there are four days left to donate!
donate.biggive.org/donate/a05WS...
If you’d like to support our campaign, there are four days left to donate!
donate.biggive.org/donate/a05WS...
March 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We’re so grateful to everyone who’s donated so far this week to our Big Give campaign, raising money to support music making with communities along the English South East coast ✨
If you’d like to support our campaign, there are four days left to donate!
donate.biggive.org/donate/a05WS...
If you’d like to support our campaign, there are four days left to donate!
donate.biggive.org/donate/a05WS...