On Thurs 28 Sept 2017, violinist Pekka Kuusisto joins Finnish folk singer, Ilona Korhonen, to present a unique, modern perspective on runo-song, an ancient storytelling tradition from...
The Philharmonia Orchestra were delighted to be invited to the Classical Stage at London Mela 2013, to perform Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's composition 'Samaagam', played on the sarod by...
Journey with us from the glamour of Paris to the sun-kissed hills of Hollywood and discover how Igor Stravinsky was able to transform his art throughout his extraordinary life. One...
Julian Johnson looks at the social aspects of the changes in Vienna, and how the decline of the Austro-Hungarian empire in combination with other social changes affected the art of...
Legend of the Sky is an epic musical reimagining of the ancient Leicestershire folk legend, The Griffin of Griffydam. Join the Philharmonia Orchestra and Leicester-Shire Schools Music...
In this film from 2010, we go behind the scenes of an exciting collaborative project between the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Working with 250 primary school...
We’re thrilled to share the second instalment of violinist Pekka Kuusisto’s folk song videos from his home in Finland. This tune is a minuet from the village of Tuikka (Tjöck)...
Esa-Pekka Salonen and pianist Yefim Bronfman meet Dániel Hamar and László Porteleki from Hungary's leading folk music ensemble, Muzsikás. Muzsikás perform traditional Hungarian...
This film featuring Adrián Varela and Tim Steiner introduces 'Creative Orchestra', a Philharmonia education project which has taken place at various schools including those in Bedford...
Hungarian folk ensemble Muzsikás perform three traditional pieces for us before going onstage at the Valley of the Arts music festival in Kapolcs, Western Hungary. Muzsikás performed...
Symphonize Kingston is a collaboration between Kingston Music Service and the Philharmonia Orchestra bringing together skilled urban and classical musicians to deliver intensive, skills-enhancing...
We visit the Belvedere Gallery in Vienna and Tate Liverpool to discover why there was such an explosion in the arts in Vienna at the turn of the century.
Sign-up to our YouTube and Vimeo channels by 6 September to view our first release of the season, Universal Notes.
In a collaboration between the Philharmonia and Darbar...
The culminating concert of 'Alike in Dignity', a collaboration between the Philharmonia Orchestra and Royal Shakespeare Company in 2010, based upon Romeo and Juliet. The performance...
Over the course of three months, composer and project leader Tim Steiner and Philharmonia Orchestra musicians worked with children from five SEN schools and two youth brass bands to...
Composer and conductor Carl Davis gives insight into the process of writing his soundtrack for Rupert Julian's 1925 silent film, The Phantom of the Opera. The podcast features short...
What's a piano luthéal? We travelled to the Musée de la Musique at the Cité de la Musique in Paris to speak with Thierry Maniguet, curator, to find out about this device, invented...
The Philharmonia Orchestra has released its second exclusive piece of Virtual Reality content, Beethoven’s Fifth. Shot by Google’s VR team, the new film was conceived in partnership...
Introducing the VR Sound Stage, the latest immersive installation from the Philharmonia Orchestra. Take a seat inside our Sound Stage, put on a VR headset, and experience Beethoven...
For the first day of autumn, violinist Pekka Kuusisto shares another folk song video from his home in Finland. This sombre polska was written by Samuel Rinda-Nickola.
Pekka...
Julian Johnson speaks to Michael Molnar from the Freud Museum to find out more about the life and work of Sigmund Freud.
The Philharmonia Orchestra and Darbar have collaborated on an exciting cross-cultural music project called Universal Notes. The new piece was created in a year of workshops in India...
On Monday 25 September 2017, the Philharmonia Orchestra will release its second exclusive piece of Virtual Reality content, Beethoven’s Fifth. Shot by Google’s VR team, the new...
The Philharmonia's latest project brings the experience of the concert hall directly to you in dynamic 3D video. Step into the heart of the symphony orchestra and get the best seat...
In 1897 trams were introduced to the streets of Vienna and have remained an integral part of the city ever since. Changes in transport and other areas of technology were constantly...
Discover the roots of Sibelius’s music in this interview with violinist Pekka Kuusisto and singer Ilona Korhonen. In 1891, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius met Larin Paraske, a woman...
In this interview, composer Joby Talbot discusses his composition "Worlds, Stars, Systems, Infinity", which was commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra as part of the digital installation...
Today, 6 December 2017, Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. This latest folk song from violinist Pekka Kuusisto celebrates that most Finnish of pastimes: heating up the sauna....
Take the best seat in the house: on stage in front of Esa-Pekka Salonen.
The Philharmonia Orchestra, in partnership with Southbank Centre and technology company Inition...
Symphonize is a pioneering creative partnership between Leicester-based Soft Touch Arts and the Philharmonia Orchestra, resident at De Montfort Hall, Leicester. Symphonize aims to empower...
Sarod player Amaan Ali Khan guides us through the construction, techniques and performance on his instrument - the Sarod.
We visit the Belvedere Gallery in Vienna and Tate Liverpool to discover why there was such an explosion in the arts in Vienna at the turn of the century.
We go behind the scenes as the Orchestra records the music for the new Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Video Game.
Find out more about how music for games is composed...
“It doesn’t belong just to the Chinese, it’s kind of a present for all the people.”
Wu Wei is a virtuosic performer on the sheng, a Chinese mouth organ. Michael...
Legend of the Sky is an epic musical reimagining of the ancient Leicestershire folk legend, The Griffin of Griffydam. Join the Philharmonia Orchestra and Leicester-Shire Schools Music...
Guitarist Craig Ogden in conversation with Leicester-based sitar player Roopa Panesar. The two virtuosi compare instrumental techniques and find links between the Indian and western...
Malcolm Gillies and Esa-Pekka Salonen investigate Bartók's role as an ethnomusicologist; how he collected and notated folk music and how this inspired the music he wrote for the concert...
Conductor and Composer Carl Davis discusses 'Waterloo', Karl Grune's 1928 film, ahead of a concert with the Philharmonia Orchestra which took place in April 2010.
We visit the Belvedere Gallery in Vienna and Tate Liverpool to discover why there was such an explosion in the arts in Vienna at the turn of the century.
It’s getting properly dark in Finland as the nights close in. Violinist Pekka Kuusisto shares “Pirun Polska,” a polska for the Devil, written by Samuel Rinda-Nickola.
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Violinist Pekka Kuusisto offers up his last instalment of Finnish folk song, filmed on a snowy afternoon at his home in Finland. These two polskas tie up a series of folk songs that...
In music and painting, we tend to fix our attention on a few astonishing individuals. But the nature of Viennese culture around 1900 was one of collective energy and vision. We speak...
The Philharmonia Orchestra and Soft Touch Arts (Leicester, UK) are partners on Symphonize, a pioneering creative project aiming to empower young people in Leicester through intensive...
Philharmonia Orchestra violinist Adrián Varela and Tar Shehnai player Kirpal Singh Panesar come together to learn about each other's instrument, techniques, and ensemble playing.
"I would do this every day if I could."
Symphonize is a pioneering creative partnership between Leicester-based Soft Touch Arts and the Philharmonia Orchestra, resident...
Philharmonia Orchestra violist, Gijs Kramers, gets a special one-to-one lesson with master tabla player, Sanju Sahai. Learn all about the basics of tabla in this film, and find out...
"It needs to groove"... what happens when you put two of the brightest voices in new music together in a room?
Find out, as Claire Chase and Dai Fujikura chat about...
"It’s the best experience. It’s opened my mind because I was thinking I wasn’t going to like orchestral music and classical music, but now I like it. The way they mixed it up...
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