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of the world's great orchestras, the Philharmonia Orchestra has entered
the new millennium during the most exciting and dynamic phase in its
distinguished history. The Orchestra is now in its sixth season with
renowned German maestro Christoph von Dohnányi as Principal Conductor,
who had been Principal Guest Conductor since 1995 as well as Music
Director of The Cleveland Orchestra. Under his leadership the
Philharmonia Orchestra has consolidated its central position in British
musical life, not only in London, where it is Resident Orchestra at the
Royal Festival Hall, but also in the wider community, through regional
residencies. It is now in its eighth successful year as Resident
Orchestra at Bedford Corn Exchange and its sixth season as Resident
Orchestra at Leicester's De Montfort Hall. The 2002/03 season also sees
the Philharmonia Orchestra enter its third year as Orchestra in
Partnership at The Anvil, Basingstoke. These innovative regional
residencies have provided an ideal opportunity to expand a dynamic
educational and community-based programme.
The Orchestra is extremely proud to have collaborated with such eminent conductors as Furtwängler, Richard Strauss, Toscanini, Cantelli and Karajan. Otto Klemperer was the first of many outstanding Principal and other great names have included Lorin Maazel (Associate Principal Conductor), Riccardo Muti (Principal Conductor and Music Director) Giuseppe Sinopoli (Music Director), currently, Kurt Sanderling (Conductor Emeritus) and Vladimir Ashkenazy (Conductor Laureate). This season the Orchestra is joined by a galaxy of the finest, including Charles Dutoit, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Roger Norrington, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Lorin Maazel, with world-class soloists including Martha Argerich, Joshua Bell, Evgeny Kissin, Murray Perahia, Mikhail Pletnev, András Schiff and Krystian Zimerman . In recent seasons the Philharmonia Orchestra has received two Evening Standard Awards - Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award and the Outstanding Ensemble Award - and the Royal Philharmonic Society's Large Ensemble Award. The Orchestra has also won unanimous acclaim for its innovative programming policy, at the heart of which is a commitment to performing and commissioning new music by today's leading composers, among them its new Artistic Director of the Music of Today series, Julian Anderson. The RPS awarded the Philharmonia Orchestra and SBC's joint series, Clocks and Clouds: The music of György Ligeti, its Best Concert Series (1997) and the recent Related Rocks, which presented the music of Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg, was nominated for an RPS Award. As the world's most recorded symphony orchestra with well over 1000 releases to its credit, recording continues to play a significant part in the Orchestra's activities. The Orchestra is delighted to be working increasingly with BBC Radio 3, which broadcasts at least seven Philharmonia Orchestra concerts every year, including the annual Proms performance. The Orchestra regularly records television and feature film soundtracks. Recent productions include: The Red Violin (Academy Award winner for Best Original Score, featuring Joshua Bell); Channel 4's Shackleton; Miramax's The Shipping News; and Paradise Found, due for release this year. The Philharmonia Orchestra plays a prominent role as one of UK's most energetic ambassadors. During the current season it performs in Switzerland, Italy, Russia, Japan, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Greece and Hungary, in addition to its prestigious residency at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris and its residency at The Megaron, Athens. The orchestra also opened its New York Residency at the Lincoln Center in January 2002 under Vladimir Ashkenazy and will be returning to New York for performances at Carnegie Hall with Christoph von Dohnányi in October 2003. The Philharmonia Orchestra's unparalleled international reputation continues to attract the cream of Europe's talented young players, ensuring performances of outstanding calibre. |
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