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Schubert Five
May 16 2024 – 19:30
OPO Solo Horn Radek Baborák is both soloist and conductor in a concert culminating in the most perfectly formed work Schubert had created to date.
Learn MoreTwo Celli
May 18 2024 – 19:30
Cellists Peter Adams and Mats Lidström are joined by pianist Nicola Eimer for a programmes of Bach, Boccherini, Dvořák, Milhaud and Ireland.
Learn MoreAnne-Sophie Mutter
May 26 2024 – 19:30
Legendary violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter makes a welcome return to Oxford in what promises to be a phenomenal performance.
Learn MoreBeethoven Five
May 30 2024 – 19:30
Javier Perianes joins Marios Papadopoulos and the Orchestra for some of the most striking orchestral works of the 19th century.
Learn MoreSir Stephen Hough
Jun 20 2024 – 19:30
One of the great pianists of our time brings us one of the great piano concertos of all time, Rachmaninov’s ardent and immense Piano Concerto No. 3.
Learn MoreMischa Maisky
Jun 27 2024 – 19:30
Musical icon Mischa Maisky joins Marios Papadopoulos and the orchestra for a concert of heartfelt letters from America.
Learn MoreFUNomusica Family Concert: Music on the Menu
Jun 30 2024 – 16:00
Master chef Alasdair Malloy leads the Oxford Philharmonic on a whisk round the kitchen and gets creative with the ingredients of the orchestra.
Learn MoreBeethoven Emperor
Jul 05 2024 – 19:30
Peter Tiboris leads the Orchestra in this celebration of two very different sides to Beethoven: his Emperor Piano Concerto and Pastoral Symphony.
Learn MoreBaroque Jewels
Jul 11 2024 – 19:30
Captivating jewels from the musical baroque, from Pachelbel’s Canon and Albinoni’s Adagio, to Vivaldi’s exuberant bassoon concerto.
Learn MoreThe Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in the UK. The Orchestra’s reputation is based on the uncompromising artistic standards of its founder and music director, Marios Papadopoulos, and maintained by some of the finest musicians in the UK.
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Education & Community
With a top team of talented musicians, star soloists from across the globe, and as Orchestra in Residence at the University of Oxford, our education and community programme caters for budding musicians and music lovers of all ages.
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Marios Papadopoulos
Having begun his career as a concert pianist, Marios Papadopoulos founded the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra in 1998 and continues to this day as its Music Director and conductor.