LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
- 89 ALBERT EMBANKMENT
SE1 7TP LONDON
Phone: 020 7840 4200
Fax: 020 7840 4201
E-mail: Send messagewww.lpo.co.uk
Short profile:
In the 2007/08 season, the London Philharmonic Orchestra celebrated its seventy-fifth birthday, inaugurated Vladimir Jurowski as its new Principal Conductor and moved back into its splendidly restored Royal Festival Hall home. In 2008/09 the Orchestra welcomed Yannick Nézet-Séguin as its Principal Guest conductor.
Detailed description:
The London Philharmonic Orchestra is recognised as one of the world's great orchestras, and following Sir Thomas Beecham's founding tenure the ensemble's Principal Conductorship has been passed from one celebrated musician to another. It is the only symphony orchestra in the UK to combine an annual subscription concert season with regular work in the opera house - resident at both the Royal Festival Hall and Glyndebourne Festival Opera (also performing regularly in the nearby south coast towns of Brighton and Eastbourne).
Touring forms a significant part of the Orchestra's performing schedule, and it regularly appears in North America, Europe and the Far East, often headlining at major festivals and concert-hall openings. As a counterpoint to its travels, the Orchestra's membership has itself benefited from increased migratory freedoms, today including outstandingly talented musicians of varying world nationalities from Brazilian to Hungarian.
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