Kalenteri

A darkly humorous story of loss, love and the sweet pain of being.

This exhibition brings together artworks that explore our relationships with trees and forests.

The UK’s first public exhibition dedicated solely to gay cultural icon Tom of Finland (born Touko Laaksonen) on the centenary of his birth.

Sakari Oramo conducts the piece here alongside one of those works from history it seems obsessed with, Rossini’s William Tell overture.

The Turku Music Festival is a unique festival from Finland, celebrating music for a wide range of tastes.

The Turku Music Festival is a unique festival from Finland, celebrating music for a wide range of tastes.

Before the fire and ice of Sibelius’s striking First Symphony, Lelia Josefowicz and Dalia Stasevska bring us the UK premiere of Helen Grime’s virtuosic and dreamlike Violin Concerto.

Aurora, a commitment-phobic party animal, meets Iranian Darian one night at a hot-dog stand in Lapland.

Sakari Oramo conducts it here alongside works by Beethoven that speak of light and love brought to a world of darkness and fear, including his Fourth Piano Concerto with stunning soloist, Paul Lewis.

Take a musical journey with “the hottest conductor in Finland” (The Times), from earthy soldiers’ tales to the ecstatic heights of Sibelius.

Surrounding the zest and brilliance of Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto performed by star violinist Vilde Frang, we hear some of the most atmospheric music Sibelius ever wrote, including his blistering, ma...

Open your heart to music by Sibelius and Rachmaninoff with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Extraordinary operatic masterworks by Mozart and Mahler close our season in an evening of high stakes and drama conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Esa-Pekka Salonen opens his three-concert exploration of Greek myth in music with two contrasting works inspired by an ancient Greek creation story.

Santtu’s first programme of the season brings together two composers who knew more than most about the struggle against tyranny.

Apocalyptica are true explorers, always seeking new frontiers and uncharted territories in which to express themselves. With Cell-0, their 9th studio album, the ambitious and electric quartet have not ...

Salonen has conducted most of Sibelius’s major orchestral works during his time as Principal Conductor of the Philharmonia. As he prepares to hand over the baton at the end of this season, he revisits ...

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Strauss’s operatic tour de force, a powerful insight into the mind of a grieving daughter hell-bent on revenge.

With their focus on uninhibited enjoyment of life’s pleasures, it’s hard to believe that the works in tonight’s programme were composed under two of the twentieth century’s most oppressive regimes.

Santtu-Matias Rouvali, soon to take over as our Principal Conductor, and Carlos Ferreira, our Principal Clarinet, join forces in a triple bill of undisputed classics.

James Newton Howard composed his first film score in 1985. And over 120 films later, with a Grammy, an Emmy and eight Academy Award nominations under his belt, he’s as busy as ever. “From the first cue...

In his final London concert as Principal Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts a masterpiece close to his heart: Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe.