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Mahan Esfahani: Baroque Masterpieces by candlelight
09 Jul 2026 – 19:00
An evening of Baroque mastery awaits as the Oxford Philharmonic welcomes celebrated harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani.
Learn MoreMahan Esfahani: Baroque Masterpieces
10 Jul 2026 – 19:30
An evening of Baroque mastery awaits as the Oxford Philharmonic welcomes celebrated harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani.
Learn MoreThe Art of Baroque Concerto
17 Jul 2026 – 19:30
Celebrating the Art of Baroque Concerto, the Oxford Philharmonic perform a programme of youthful energy and dazzling virtuosity.
Learn MoreThe Art of Baroque Concerto by candlelight
18 Jul 2026 – 19:00
Celebrating the Art of Baroque Concerto, the Oxford Philharmonic perform a programme of youthful energy and dazzling virtuosity.
Learn MoreAlon Goldstein Masterclass
25 Jul 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreSteven Osborne
25 Jul 2026 – 19:30
The towering pianistic talent that is Steven Osborne opens the festival at Christ Church Cathedral with two standout masterpieces of the Viennese school.
Learn MoreSteven Osborne Masterclass
26 Jul 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreKathryn Stott Masterclass
26 Jul 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreIngrid Fliter
26 Jul 2026 – 19:30
Ingrid Fliter comes to the Oxford Piano Festival with a recital of the Chopin’s music in the Holywell Music Room.
Learn MoreIngrid Fliter Masterclass
27 Jul 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreKathryn Stott Masterclass
27 Jul 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MorePaul Lewis
27 Jul 2026 – 19:30
Festival favourite Paul Lewis returns with a programme framed by two of Mozart’s most appealing piano sonatas.
Learn MorePaul Lewis Masterclass
28 Jul 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreStephen Kovacevich Masterclass
28 Jul 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreIsata Kanneh-Mason
28 Jul 2026 – 19:30
Isata Kanneh-Mason, a truly exceptional pianist of huge nuance and expression, returns to this year’s festival with a recital bookended by Beethoven.
Learn MoreMomoro Ono Masterclass
29 Jul 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreRustem Hayroudinoff Masterclass
29 Jul 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreElisabeth Leonskaja
29 Jul 2026 – 19:30
An icon among pianists, Elisabeth Leonskaja, comes to the festival to traverse Schubert’s world.
Learn MoreElisabeth Leonskaja Masterclass
30 Jul 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano. The repertoire list for the masterclasses will be available to view from 17 July 2026 on our website.
Learn MoreIan Jones Masterclass
30 Jul 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreGrieg Piano Concerto
30 Jul 2026 – 19:30
The festival is thrilled to present one of the most exciting emerging instrumental talents, Greek pianist Theodosia Ntokou.
Learn MoreMarios Papadopoulos Masterclass
31 Jul 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano. The repertoire list for the masterclasses will be available to view from 17 July 2026 on our website.
Learn MoreMarios Papadopoulos Masterclass
31 Jul 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreRichard Goode
31 Jul 2026 – 19:30
A programme that fascinates on every level from pianists’ pianist, Richard Goode.
Learn MoreVanessa Latarche Masterclass
01 Aug 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreRichard Goode Masterclass
01 Aug 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreParticipants’ Recital
01 Aug 2026 – 19:30
The Festival’s participants take to the stage with fresh guidance from the world’s most esteemed pianists echoing in their ears. Be the first to hear the rising stars of the piano world in this showcase of their outstanding talent.
Learn MoreMarios Papadopoulos Masterclass
02 Aug 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreTosca
24 – 26 Sep 2026 – 19:00
Join the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra alongside international opera stars for the inaugural production of Oxford International Opera.
Learn MoreEnglish Melodies
07 Oct 2026 – 19:30
No country’s music embodies a pastoral spirit quite like England’s. Join the Orchestra for their first symphonic concert of the season.
Learn MoreFUNomusica Family Concert: Halloween Spooktacular
18 Oct 2026 – 15:00
Disguise yourself in a spooky manner and join our Master of the Ghostly Revels who will introduce music guaranteed to give you goosebumps.
Learn MoreThomas Adès conducts
22 Oct 2026 – 19:00
An evening of music framed by Elgar, the composer who has captured the essence of England in music more resonantly than any other. Elgar’s Sospiri is a love-sick Adagio while his Symphony No. 1 appears to carry the hopes of a troubled nation in music of deep longing and optimism. As the composer who has inherited Elgar’s mantle in England, Thomas Adès also conducts his own Dawn – an intense meditation on cycles of time, light and renewal and a masterpiece in miniature. In this concert, it forms the missing link before Kurtág’s Movement for Viola and Orchestra – a grippingly physical opening to a full concerto, the rest of which was scrapped.
Learn MoreTchaikovsky Five
05 Nov 2026 – 19:30
Marios Papadopoulos conducts his first concert of the season and brings with him one of the most riveting pieces in the history of the symphony.
Learn MoreMozart, Debussy and Roussel
14 Nov 2026 – 19:30
Soloists of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra come to the Holywell Music Room for flute-led chamber music that celebrates heritage while also reflecting on loss.
Learn MoreMonteverdi Vespers of 1610
21 Nov 2026 – 19:30
In the galleries of the Sheldonian Theatre, Marios Papadopoulos marshals the most majestic and timeless of sacred works.
Learn MoreDvořák Nine
02 Dec 2026 – 19:30
Marios Papadopoulos conducts Dvořák’s letter from America, alongside Maximilian Hornung performing Shor’s Cello Concerto No. 3.
Learn MoreChristmas Oratorio
08 Dec 2026 – 19:00
‘There is no more life-giving, joy-enhancing experience in Bach’s music than a great performance of the Christmas Oratorio’ wrote the composer’s biographer Sir Nicholas Kenyon.
Learn MoreLeonidas Kavakos
12 Dec 2026 – 19:00
Kavakos directs the most intimate and adventurous of Mozart’s violin concertos from the violin before laying down his instrument for Brahms’s culminating work as an orchestral composer.
Learn MoreChamber Music at Merton
17 Jan 2027 – 15:00
Benjamin Britten and Sergei Prokofiev were both exiled in America when they wrote the works performed at this concert in the TS Eliot Theatre.
Learn MoreEroica Symphony
21 Jan 2027 – 19:30
In the first of the concerts marking Beethoven’s anniversary, Marios conducts the symphony that expanded the ambition and scale of orchestral music almost overnight.
Learn MoreFUNomusica Family Concert: The Musical Paintbox
31 – 31 Jan 2027
Welcome to The Musical Paintbox, a concert where colours come to life through music.
Learn MorePastoral Symphony
05 Feb 2027 – 19:30
Marios Papadopoulos combines Beethoven’s most conciliatory piano concerto with his most idyllic symphony.
Learn MoreMartha Argerich plays Ravel
12 – 14 Feb 2027 – 19:00
The legendary Martha Argerich is the soloist in Ravel’s electrifyingly slick and slinky piano concerto after Annie Dutoit narrates the greatest musical menagerie of them all.
Learn MoreMaxim Vengerov plays Beethoven
13 Feb 2027 – 19:00
Legend among violinists, Maxim Vengerov returns for this performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.
Learn MoreTchaikovsky Four
04 Mar 2027 – 19:30
Young rising talent once again takes to the stage, as prize-winning violinist Jinzhu Li, joins the OPO in a performance of our Alexey Shor’s Violin Concerto No. 5.
Learn MoreSt John Passion
25 Mar 2027 – 19:00
The decade’s breakthrough baroque conductor Peter Whelan joins the OPO to lead this performance of Bach’s great work of suffering, redemption and hope.
Learn MoreMendelssohn Scottish Symphony
08 Apr 2027 – 19:30
The ‘truly outstanding’ pianist Vadym Kholodenko performs Schumann’s concerto, between the most bracing symphony by Schumann’s close friend Mendelssohn and fellow-Ukrainian Myroslav Skoryk’s ever-poignant Elegie.
Learn MoreSibelius Seven
22 Apr 2027 – 19:30
Profound statements from the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius frame this concert, from the mixture of anger and stoicism that characterise his cry for independence against Russian occupation.
Learn MoreChoral Symphony
06 May 2027 – 19:00
With soloists including Sir Bryn Terfel, Marios Papadopoulos conducts this epic symphony at the Sheldonian Theatre before a transfer to Carnegie Hall.
Learn MoreEncounters with Gershwin
13 May 2027 – 19:30
Following the sold-out success of this concert at Zankel Hall in New York, come and hear the Orchestra’s musicians like you’ve never heard them before!
Learn MoreElena Bashkirova plays Mozart
24 – 25 May 2027 – 19:00
A pianist with Mozart in her soul, Elena Bashkirova, perform’s his most joyous double concerto alongside Music Director Marios Papadopoulos.
Learn MoreFUNomusica Family Concert: Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
30 May 2027 – 15:00
King Alasdair, the ruler of the Magical Kingdom of Far, Far Away, is in town with his merry minstrels, the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra.
Learn MoreSteven Isserlis
03 Jun 2027 – 19:00
This performance will undoubtedly show the technical mastery of the great British cellist Steven Isserlis through composers Alexey Shor and Shostakovich.
Learn MoreGershwin and Bernstein
17 Jun 2027 – 19:30
In the 20th century, Bernstein and Gershwin proved that classical music could be revitalised when embracing popular styles, an idea showcased in this performance.
Learn MoreMahan Esfahani: Baroque Masterpieces by candlelight
Jul 09 2026 – 19:00
An evening of Baroque mastery awaits as the Oxford Philharmonic welcomes celebrated harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani.
Learn MoreMahan Esfahani: Baroque Masterpieces
Jul 10 2026 – 19:30
An evening of Baroque mastery awaits as the Oxford Philharmonic welcomes celebrated harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani.
Learn MoreThe Art of Baroque Concerto
Jul 17 2026 – 19:30
Celebrating the Art of Baroque Concerto, the Oxford Philharmonic perform a programme of youthful energy and dazzling virtuosity.
Learn MoreThe Art of Baroque Concerto by candlelight
Jul 18 2026 – 19:00
Celebrating the Art of Baroque Concerto, the Oxford Philharmonic perform a programme of youthful energy and dazzling virtuosity.
Learn MoreAlon Goldstein Masterclass
Jul 25 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreSteven Osborne
Jul 25 2026 – 19:30
The towering pianistic talent that is Steven Osborne opens the festival at Christ Church Cathedral with two standout masterpieces of the Viennese school.
Learn MoreSteven Osborne Masterclass
Jul 26 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreKathryn Stott Masterclass
Jul 26 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreIngrid Fliter
Jul 26 2026 – 19:30
Ingrid Fliter comes to the Oxford Piano Festival with a recital of the Chopin’s music in the Holywell Music Room.
Learn MoreIngrid Fliter Masterclass
Jul 27 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreKathryn Stott Masterclass
Jul 27 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MorePaul Lewis
Jul 27 2026 – 19:30
Festival favourite Paul Lewis returns with a programme framed by two of Mozart’s most appealing piano sonatas.
Learn MorePaul Lewis Masterclass
Jul 28 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreStephen Kovacevich Masterclass
Jul 28 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreIsata Kanneh-Mason
Jul 28 2026 – 19:30
Isata Kanneh-Mason, a truly exceptional pianist of huge nuance and expression, returns to this year’s festival with a recital bookended by Beethoven.
Learn MoreMomoro Ono Masterclass
Jul 29 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreRustem Hayroudinoff Masterclass
Jul 29 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreElisabeth Leonskaja
Jul 29 2026 – 19:30
An icon among pianists, Elisabeth Leonskaja, comes to the festival to traverse Schubert’s world.
Learn MoreElisabeth Leonskaja Masterclass
Jul 30 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano. The repertoire list for the masterclasses will be available to view from 17 July 2026 on our webs
Learn MoreIan Jones Masterclass
Jul 30 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreGrieg Piano Concerto
Jul 30 2026 – 19:30
The festival is thrilled to present one of the most exciting emerging instrumental talents, Greek pianist Theodosia Ntokou.
Learn MoreMarios Papadopoulos Masterclass
Jul 31 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano. The repertoire list for the masterclasses will be available to view from 17 July 2026 on our webs
Learn MoreMarios Papadopoulos Masterclass
Jul 31 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreRichard Goode
Jul 31 2026 – 19:30
A programme that fascinates on every level from pianists’ pianist, Richard Goode.
Learn MoreVanessa Latarche Masterclass
Aug 01 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreRichard Goode Masterclass
Aug 01 2026 – 14:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreParticipants’ Recital
Aug 01 2026 – 19:30
The Festival’s participants take to the stage with fresh guidance from the world’s most esteemed pianists echoing in their ears. Be the first to hear the rising stars of the piano world in this showcase of their outstanding talent.
Learn MoreMarios Papadopoulos Masterclass
Aug 02 2026 – 09:30
The remarkably talented participants of the Oxford Piano Festival receive masterclasses from some of the world’s leading authorities on piano.
Learn MoreTosca
Sep 24 2026 – 19:00
Join the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra alongside international opera stars for the inaugural production of Oxford International Opera.
Learn MoreEnglish Melodies
Oct 07 2026 – 19:30
No country’s music embodies a pastoral spirit quite like England’s. Join the Orchestra for their first symphonic concert of the season.
Learn MoreFUNomusica Family Concert: Halloween Spooktacular
Oct 18 2026 – 15:00
Disguise yourself in a spooky manner and join our Master of the Ghostly Revels who will introduce music guaranteed to give you goosebumps.
Learn MoreThomas Adès conducts
Oct 22 2026 – 19:00
An evening of music framed by Elgar, the composer who has captured the essence of England in music more resonantly than any other. Elgar’s Sospiri is a love-sick Adagio while his Symphony No. 1 appears to carry the hopes of a troubled nation in music of deep longing and optimism. As the composer who has inherited Elgar’s mantle in England, Thomas Adès also conducts his own Dawn – an intense meditation on cycles of time, light and renewal and a masterpiece in miniature. In this concert, it forms the missing link before Kurtág’s Movement for Viola and Orchestra – a grippingly physical opening to a full concerto, the rest of which was scrapped.
Learn MoreTchaikovsky Five
Nov 05 2026 – 19:30
Marios Papadopoulos conducts his first concert of the season and brings with him one of the most riveting pieces in the history of the symphony.
Learn MoreMozart, Debussy and Roussel
Nov 14 2026 – 19:30
Soloists of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra come to the Holywell Music Room for flute-led chamber music that celebrates heritage while also reflecting on loss.
Learn MoreMonteverdi Vespers of 1610
Nov 21 2026 – 19:30
In the galleries of the Sheldonian Theatre, Marios Papadopoulos marshals the most majestic and timeless of sacred works.
Learn MoreDvořák Nine
Dec 02 2026 – 19:30
Marios Papadopoulos conducts Dvořák’s letter from America, alongside Maximilian Hornung performing Shor’s Cello Concerto No. 3.
Learn MoreChristmas Oratorio
Dec 08 2026 – 19:00
‘There is no more life-giving, joy-enhancing experience in Bach’s music than a great performance of the Christmas Oratorio’ wrote the composer’s biographer Sir Nicholas Kenyon.
Learn MoreLeonidas Kavakos
Dec 12 2026 – 19:00
Kavakos directs the most intimate and adventurous of Mozart’s violin concertos from the violin before laying down his instrument for Brahms’s culminating work as an orchestral composer.
Learn MoreChamber Music at Merton
Jan 17 2027 – 15:00
Benjamin Britten and Sergei Prokofiev were both exiled in America when they wrote the works performed at this concert in the TS Eliot Theatre.
Learn MoreEroica Symphony
Jan 21 2027 – 19:30
In the first of the concerts marking Beethoven’s anniversary, Marios conducts the symphony that expanded the ambition and scale of orchestral music almost overnight.
Learn MoreFUNomusica Family Concert: The Musical Paintbox
Jan 31 2027 – 15:00
Welcome to The Musical Paintbox, a concert where colours come to life through music.
Learn MorePastoral Symphony
Feb 05 2027 – 19:30
Marios Papadopoulos combines Beethoven’s most conciliatory piano concerto with his most idyllic symphony.
Learn MoreMartha Argerich plays Ravel
Feb 12 2027 – 19:00
The legendary Martha Argerich is the soloist in Ravel’s electrifyingly slick and slinky piano concerto after Annie Dutoit narrates the greatest musical menagerie of them all.
Learn MoreMaxim Vengerov plays Beethoven
Feb 13 2027 – 19:00
Legend among violinists, Maxim Vengerov returns for this performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.
Learn MoreTchaikovsky Four
Mar 04 2027 – 19:30
Young rising talent once again takes to the stage, as prize-winning violinist Jinzhu Li, joins the OPO in a performance of our Alexey Shor’s Violin Concerto No. 5.
Learn MoreSt John Passion
Mar 25 2027 – 19:00
The decade’s breakthrough baroque conductor Peter Whelan joins the OPO to lead this performance of Bach’s great work of suffering, redemption and hope.
Learn MoreMendelssohn Scottish Symphony
Apr 08 2027 – 19:30
The ‘truly outstanding’ pianist Vadym Kholodenko performs Schumann’s concerto, between the most bracing symphony by Schumann’s close friend Mendelssohn and fellow-Ukrainian Myroslav Skoryk’s ever-poignant Elegie.
Learn MoreSibelius Seven
Apr 22 2027 – 19:30
Profound statements from the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius frame this concert, from the mixture of anger and stoicism that characterise his cry for independence against Russian occupation.
Learn MoreChoral Symphony
May 06 2027 – 19:00
With soloists including Sir Bryn Terfel, Marios Papadopoulos conducts this epic symphony at the Sheldonian Theatre before a transfer to Carnegie Hall.
Learn MoreEncounters with Gershwin
May 13 2027 – 19:30
Following the sold-out success of this concert at Zankel Hall in New York, come and hear the Orchestra’s musicians like you’ve never heard them before!
Learn MoreElena Bashkirova plays Mozart
May 24 2027 – 19:00
A pianist with Mozart in her soul, Elena Bashkirova, perform’s his most joyous double concerto alongside Music Director Marios Papadopoulos.
Learn MoreFUNomusica Family Concert: Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
May 30 2027 – 15:00
King Alasdair, the ruler of the Magical Kingdom of Far, Far Away, is in town with his merry minstrels, the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra.
Learn MoreSteven Isserlis
Jun 03 2027 – 19:00
This performance will undoubtedly show the technical mastery of the great British cellist Steven Isserlis through composers Alexey Shor and Shostakovich.
Learn MoreGershwin and Bernstein
Jun 17 2027 – 19:30
In the 20th century, Bernstein and Gershwin proved that classical music could be revitalised when embracing popular styles, an idea showcased in this performance.
Learn More
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