Meet the Philharmonia Orchestra
The Philharmonia Orchestra was founded in 1945, primarily as a recording orchestra. It is made up of more than 80 musicians giving around 40 concerts in London and over 60 concerts a year at its Residencies and other venues around the UK, in addition to its touring work all over the world. Its community and education programme brings thousands of young people into contact with the Orchestra. It is the world’s most recorded orchestra with over 1000 releases to its credit.
Conductors associated with the Orchestra include Otto Klemperer, Herbert von Karajan, Lorin Maazel, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Arturo Toscanini, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Kurt Sanderling, Riccardo Muti, Mstislav Rostropovich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Sir Charles Mackerras, Honorary Conductor for Life Christoph von Dohnányi and current Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Esa Pekka Salonen .
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- Who plays in the Orchestra
- Who works behind the scenes
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