Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
@royalphilorchestra.bsky.social
A symphony orchestra on a journey to bring people together through the power of orchestral music, wherever they are and whatever they do.
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"When I first worked with the RPO back in 2019, I was instantly made to feel at home by the warm and welcoming atmosphere. I’m so proud to now be joining as a member of this fantastic trumpet section."
Today we're excited to welcome Kaitlin Wild as our new Sub-Principal Trumpet! 🎺
Today we're excited to welcome Kaitlin Wild as our new Sub-Principal Trumpet! 🎺
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"When I first worked with the RPO back in 2019, I was instantly made to feel at home by the warm and welcoming atmosphere. I’m so proud to now be joining as a member of this fantastic trumpet section."
Today we're excited to welcome Kaitlin Wild as our new Sub-Principal Trumpet! 🎺
Today we're excited to welcome Kaitlin Wild as our new Sub-Principal Trumpet! 🎺
Did you know that this Art Deco landmark in Kilburn once hosted Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Shirley Bassey, The Rolling Stones and Tom Jones?
Today we're performing the first concert at the Gaumont State Cinema for nearly 50 years as part of the Kilburn Music Mile Festival.
Today we're performing the first concert at the Gaumont State Cinema for nearly 50 years as part of the Kilburn Music Mile Festival.
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Did you know that this Art Deco landmark in Kilburn once hosted Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Shirley Bassey, The Rolling Stones and Tom Jones?
Today we're performing the first concert at the Gaumont State Cinema for nearly 50 years as part of the Kilburn Music Mile Festival.
Today we're performing the first concert at the Gaumont State Cinema for nearly 50 years as part of the Kilburn Music Mile Festival.
Yesterday at St Paul's Cathedral @johnrutter.bsky.social conducted the premiere of his I'll Make Me a World with mezzo-soprano Melanie Marshall, baritone Jonathan Brown and The Bach Choir.
We also performed John's The Gift of Life, as well as Vaughan Williams' Symphony No.5.
📷 Duncan Wood
We also performed John's The Gift of Life, as well as Vaughan Williams' Symphony No.5.
📷 Duncan Wood
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Yesterday at St Paul's Cathedral @johnrutter.bsky.social conducted the premiere of his I'll Make Me a World with mezzo-soprano Melanie Marshall, baritone Jonathan Brown and The Bach Choir.
We also performed John's The Gift of Life, as well as Vaughan Williams' Symphony No.5.
📷 Duncan Wood
We also performed John's The Gift of Life, as well as Vaughan Williams' Symphony No.5.
📷 Duncan Wood
Want to hear a world premiere by our Artist Laureate @johnrutter.bsky.social in the stunning surroundings of @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social?
Sound-only seats for Wednesday 5 November are available to book for just £15: rpo.co.uk/soundonlystpauls
Sound-only seats for Wednesday 5 November are available to book for just £15: rpo.co.uk/soundonlystpauls
October 31, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Want to hear a world premiere by our Artist Laureate @johnrutter.bsky.social in the stunning surroundings of @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social?
Sound-only seats for Wednesday 5 November are available to book for just £15: rpo.co.uk/soundonlystpauls
Sound-only seats for Wednesday 5 November are available to book for just £15: rpo.co.uk/soundonlystpauls
And that's a wrap on our tour to Spain! We had a fantastic final concert in Madrid's Auditorio Nacional de Música with Vasily Petrenko and Simon Trpčeski, who played Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.3, and we also performed Guinovart's La Vida Secreta and Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka 🩰
#RPOonTour
#RPOonTour
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
And that's a wrap on our tour to Spain! We had a fantastic final concert in Madrid's Auditorio Nacional de Música with Vasily Petrenko and Simon Trpčeski, who played Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.3, and we also performed Guinovart's La Vida Secreta and Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka 🩰
#RPOonTour
#RPOonTour
Stage Team Move A Piano Down Stairs, c.2025, digital, smartphone
📷 The backstage crew of Valencia's Palau de la Música
📷 The backstage crew of Valencia's Palau de la Música
October 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Stage Team Move A Piano Down Stairs, c.2025, digital, smartphone
📷 The backstage crew of Valencia's Palau de la Música
📷 The backstage crew of Valencia's Palau de la Música
Thank you to everyone who came to our sold-out concert in Madrid's Auditorio Nacional de Música last night with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko and pianist Mao Fujita!
We're back here tonight with Simon Trpčeski for the final concert of our Spain tour. #RPOonTour
📷 Rafa Martin/Ibermusica
We're back here tonight with Simon Trpčeski for the final concert of our Spain tour. #RPOonTour
📷 Rafa Martin/Ibermusica
October 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Thank you to everyone who came to our sold-out concert in Madrid's Auditorio Nacional de Música last night with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko and pianist Mao Fujita!
We're back here tonight with Simon Trpčeski for the final concert of our Spain tour. #RPOonTour
📷 Rafa Martin/Ibermusica
We're back here tonight with Simon Trpčeski for the final concert of our Spain tour. #RPOonTour
📷 Rafa Martin/Ibermusica
Our season at Southbank Centre with Vasily Petrenko in spring/summer 2026 is now on sale!
From the raw power of Shostakovich's Tenth, the cosmic visions of Wagner's Parsifal, and Scriabin's ecstatic Third Symphony, we'll make music that speaks directly to you.
rpo.co.uk/rpoxvp
📷 Frances Marshall
From the raw power of Shostakovich's Tenth, the cosmic visions of Wagner's Parsifal, and Scriabin's ecstatic Third Symphony, we'll make music that speaks directly to you.
rpo.co.uk/rpoxvp
📷 Frances Marshall
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Our season at Southbank Centre with Vasily Petrenko in spring/summer 2026 is now on sale!
From the raw power of Shostakovich's Tenth, the cosmic visions of Wagner's Parsifal, and Scriabin's ecstatic Third Symphony, we'll make music that speaks directly to you.
rpo.co.uk/rpoxvp
📷 Frances Marshall
From the raw power of Shostakovich's Tenth, the cosmic visions of Wagner's Parsifal, and Scriabin's ecstatic Third Symphony, we'll make music that speaks directly to you.
rpo.co.uk/rpoxvp
📷 Frances Marshall
Thank you to everyone who came to Barcelona's @palaumusicacat.bsky.social to support us last night!
Tonight we'll be in the Auditorio de Zaragoza with Simon Trpčeski - see you there! 🎺 #RPOonTour
Tonight we'll be in the Auditorio de Zaragoza with Simon Trpčeski - see you there! 🎺 #RPOonTour
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to Barcelona's @palaumusicacat.bsky.social to support us last night!
Tonight we'll be in the Auditorio de Zaragoza with Simon Trpčeski - see you there! 🎺 #RPOonTour
Tonight we'll be in the Auditorio de Zaragoza with Simon Trpčeski - see you there! 🎺 #RPOonTour
😍 This evening we're performing Grieg, Sibelius and Albert Guinovart in the stunning @palaumusicacat.bsky.social, Barcelona, with Vasily Petrenko and pianist Mao Fujita 🎹 #RPOonTour
📷 Rebecca Rimmington, Sali-Wyn Ryan, Richard Ion
📷 Rebecca Rimmington, Sali-Wyn Ryan, Richard Ion
October 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
😍 This evening we're performing Grieg, Sibelius and Albert Guinovart in the stunning @palaumusicacat.bsky.social, Barcelona, with Vasily Petrenko and pianist Mao Fujita 🎹 #RPOonTour
📷 Rebecca Rimmington, Sali-Wyn Ryan, Richard Ion
📷 Rebecca Rimmington, Sali-Wyn Ryan, Richard Ion
Have you spotted one of our bus ads when out and about in London? 👀🚌 Give us a shout below!
October 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Have you spotted one of our bus ads when out and about in London? 👀🚌 Give us a shout below!
Yesterday we arrived at Valencia's Palau de la Música for the first stop on our tour to Spain with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko 🎶
Today we'll be in Barcelona's @palaumusicacat.bsky.social with pianist Mao Fujita!
#RPOonTour 🇪🇸
📷 Andrea Goytre
Today we'll be in Barcelona's @palaumusicacat.bsky.social with pianist Mao Fujita!
#RPOonTour 🇪🇸
📷 Andrea Goytre
October 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Yesterday we arrived at Valencia's Palau de la Música for the first stop on our tour to Spain with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko 🎶
Today we'll be in Barcelona's @palaumusicacat.bsky.social with pianist Mao Fujita!
#RPOonTour 🇪🇸
📷 Andrea Goytre
Today we'll be in Barcelona's @palaumusicacat.bsky.social with pianist Mao Fujita!
#RPOonTour 🇪🇸
📷 Andrea Goytre
Did you know that Poulenc performed his Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra with Benjamin Britten at the Royal Albert Hall in 1945?
October 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Did you know that Poulenc performed his Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra with Benjamin Britten at the Royal Albert Hall in 1945?
Still buzzing from our concert on Tuesday 💙🩷
It was incredible to bring Mahler's First Symphony to so many of you at the Royal Albert Hall with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko, as well as Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with the Philharmonia Chorus and treble Edward Scholes.
📷 Andy Paradise
It was incredible to bring Mahler's First Symphony to so many of you at the Royal Albert Hall with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko, as well as Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with the Philharmonia Chorus and treble Edward Scholes.
📷 Andy Paradise
October 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Still buzzing from our concert on Tuesday 💙🩷
It was incredible to bring Mahler's First Symphony to so many of you at the Royal Albert Hall with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko, as well as Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with the Philharmonia Chorus and treble Edward Scholes.
📷 Andy Paradise
It was incredible to bring Mahler's First Symphony to so many of you at the Royal Albert Hall with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko, as well as Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with the Philharmonia Chorus and treble Edward Scholes.
📷 Andy Paradise
Does this tune sound familiar to you too? 🤔
Our Principal Double Bass Jason Henery shows off a solo from Mahler's First Symphony, which we'll be bringing to the Royal Albert Hall tonight, along with Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Puccini's Preludio sinfonico.
Our Principal Double Bass Jason Henery shows off a solo from Mahler's First Symphony, which we'll be bringing to the Royal Albert Hall tonight, along with Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Puccini's Preludio sinfonico.
October 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Does this tune sound familiar to you too? 🤔
Our Principal Double Bass Jason Henery shows off a solo from Mahler's First Symphony, which we'll be bringing to the Royal Albert Hall tonight, along with Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Puccini's Preludio sinfonico.
Our Principal Double Bass Jason Henery shows off a solo from Mahler's First Symphony, which we'll be bringing to the Royal Albert Hall tonight, along with Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and Puccini's Preludio sinfonico.
Today's the day! 🥳
We're opening our 2025–26 season with Music Director Vasily Petrenko tonight at the Royal Albert Hall with Mahler's monumental Symphony No.1 - we can't wait to see you all there!
We're opening our 2025–26 season with Music Director Vasily Petrenko tonight at the Royal Albert Hall with Mahler's monumental Symphony No.1 - we can't wait to see you all there!
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Today's the day! 🥳
We're opening our 2025–26 season with Music Director Vasily Petrenko tonight at the Royal Albert Hall with Mahler's monumental Symphony No.1 - we can't wait to see you all there!
We're opening our 2025–26 season with Music Director Vasily Petrenko tonight at the Royal Albert Hall with Mahler's monumental Symphony No.1 - we can't wait to see you all there!
Only four days to go until our series of Mahler symphonies this season with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko begins at the Royal Albert Hall!
Here's a clip from when we performed Mahler's Symphony No.3 at the Royal Albert Hall back in 2023 🎻
Here's a clip from when we performed Mahler's Symphony No.3 at the Royal Albert Hall back in 2023 🎻
October 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Only four days to go until our series of Mahler symphonies this season with our Music Director Vasily Petrenko begins at the Royal Albert Hall!
Here's a clip from when we performed Mahler's Symphony No.3 at the Royal Albert Hall back in 2023 🎻
Here's a clip from when we performed Mahler's Symphony No.3 at the Royal Albert Hall back in 2023 🎻
We visited some stunning natural scenery last night with our Conductor-in-Residence @kevinjohnedusei.bsky.social at Cadogan Hall in Sibelius' majestic Symphony No.2, Grieg's Piano Concerto with @borisgiltburg.bsky.social, and Gabriella Smith's Field Guide, filled with the noisy abundance of life.
October 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We visited some stunning natural scenery last night with our Conductor-in-Residence @kevinjohnedusei.bsky.social at Cadogan Hall in Sibelius' majestic Symphony No.2, Grieg's Piano Concerto with @borisgiltburg.bsky.social, and Gabriella Smith's Field Guide, filled with the noisy abundance of life.
Tonight we're performing with @kevinjohnedusei.bsky.social in his first concert as our Conductor-in-Residence at Cadogan Hall, with Sibelius' Symphony No.2, Gabriella Smith's Field Guide, and Grieg's Piano Concerto with @borisgiltburg.bsky.social. We hope to see you there! 🎹🎺🎻
October 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Tonight we're performing with @kevinjohnedusei.bsky.social in his first concert as our Conductor-in-Residence at Cadogan Hall, with Sibelius' Symphony No.2, Gabriella Smith's Field Guide, and Grieg's Piano Concerto with @borisgiltburg.bsky.social. We hope to see you there! 🎹🎺🎻
This weekend, explore Mahler’s vast emotional worlds in three unforgettable performances of his choral symphonies under the baton of Vasily Petrenko from the Royal Albert Hall, the Second, Third and Eighth, streaming free of charge until Monday 13 October.
Watch now: www.rpo.co.uk/mahlerweekend
Watch now: www.rpo.co.uk/mahlerweekend
October 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This weekend, explore Mahler’s vast emotional worlds in three unforgettable performances of his choral symphonies under the baton of Vasily Petrenko from the Royal Albert Hall, the Second, Third and Eighth, streaming free of charge until Monday 13 October.
Watch now: www.rpo.co.uk/mahlerweekend
Watch now: www.rpo.co.uk/mahlerweekend
We’re thrilled to be part of Multitudes at Southbank Centre - a multi-arts festival, powered by orchestral music.
On Thu 23 Apr we're performing Messiaen's Turangalîla with Vasily Petrenko, pianist Steven Osborne and ondes Martenot player Cécile Lartigau, alongside an original film by 1927 Studios.
On Thu 23 Apr we're performing Messiaen's Turangalîla with Vasily Petrenko, pianist Steven Osborne and ondes Martenot player Cécile Lartigau, alongside an original film by 1927 Studios.
September 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We’re thrilled to be part of Multitudes at Southbank Centre - a multi-arts festival, powered by orchestral music.
On Thu 23 Apr we're performing Messiaen's Turangalîla with Vasily Petrenko, pianist Steven Osborne and ondes Martenot player Cécile Lartigau, alongside an original film by 1927 Studios.
On Thu 23 Apr we're performing Messiaen's Turangalîla with Vasily Petrenko, pianist Steven Osborne and ondes Martenot player Cécile Lartigau, alongside an original film by 1927 Studios.
Last night we kicked off our 2025–26 London season with the rocking and rolling of Symphonic Queen at the Royal Albert Hall, presented by Edith Bowman, conducted by Matthew Freeman, and featuring the Symphonic Voices. We can only hope you had as much fun as we did!
📷 Frances Marshall
📷 Frances Marshall
September 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Last night we kicked off our 2025–26 London season with the rocking and rolling of Symphonic Queen at the Royal Albert Hall, presented by Edith Bowman, conducted by Matthew Freeman, and featuring the Symphonic Voices. We can only hope you had as much fun as we did!
📷 Frances Marshall
📷 Frances Marshall
Are you a freelance creative based in Brent? Join us for the next #ViBrent Network Meeting: the Creative Freelancers’ Marketplace, a space where talent meets opportunity in #Brent.
- Showcase your work
- Meet local orgs + collaborators
- Join career workshops
- Explore Brent’s creative network
- Showcase your work
- Meet local orgs + collaborators
- Join career workshops
- Explore Brent’s creative network
September 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We've just made some exciting announcements ahead of our new season... 🎉
@johnrutter.bsky.social has been appointed our Artist Laureate, Emilia Hoving has been named our Associate Conductor, and @kevinjohnedusei.bsky.social will be our Conductor-in-Residence at Cadogan Hall for the 2025–26 Season.
@johnrutter.bsky.social has been appointed our Artist Laureate, Emilia Hoving has been named our Associate Conductor, and @kevinjohnedusei.bsky.social will be our Conductor-in-Residence at Cadogan Hall for the 2025–26 Season.
September 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We've just made some exciting announcements ahead of our new season... 🎉
@johnrutter.bsky.social has been appointed our Artist Laureate, Emilia Hoving has been named our Associate Conductor, and @kevinjohnedusei.bsky.social will be our Conductor-in-Residence at Cadogan Hall for the 2025–26 Season.
@johnrutter.bsky.social has been appointed our Artist Laureate, Emilia Hoving has been named our Associate Conductor, and @kevinjohnedusei.bsky.social will be our Conductor-in-Residence at Cadogan Hall for the 2025–26 Season.
This weekend we performed at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest with Vasily Petrenko, Alexandre Kantorow for Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2, and Bruce Liu for Rachmaninov's Paganini Variations, as well as Enescu's Symphony No.1 & Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
📷 1,2 Andrada Pavel
3,4 Andrei Gîndac
📷 1,2 Andrada Pavel
3,4 Andrei Gîndac
September 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This weekend we performed at the Enescu Festival in Bucharest with Vasily Petrenko, Alexandre Kantorow for Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2, and Bruce Liu for Rachmaninov's Paganini Variations, as well as Enescu's Symphony No.1 & Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.
📷 1,2 Andrada Pavel
3,4 Andrei Gîndac
📷 1,2 Andrada Pavel
3,4 Andrei Gîndac