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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Ignatius Sancho

09 October 2020 — Composers, Education, Black History Month

Classical music has a long and detailed history, which regularly includes works by some of the greatest composers ever to have lived, from B…

Getting to Know… the Orchestra

30 September 2020 — Orchestra, Education

A friendly guide to the sections of the orchestra (with special guests!) We may be a little biased, but we think classical music is awesome.

Oxford Piano Festival 2020

18 August 2020 — Piano Festival

We brought our annual Piano Festival online this year from 3-7 August, with a jam-packed week of recitals, masterclasses, Q&A’s and more…

A Conversation with Yoheved Kaplinsky

07 August 2020 — Interview, Piano Festival

Due to return to the Oxford Piano Festival this year for her fourth time as a faculty member, we spoke to pianist Yoheved Kaplinsky about he…

OP at Home Music Education Series

14 July 2020 — Orchestra, Education, Primary Education

In June 2020 we decided to release a new video series for Primary School children called ‘OP at Home,’ created by our musicians during lockd…

A Conversation with Mats Lidström

26 June 2020 — Composers, Interview, Orchestra

Mats Lidström is Solo Cello of the OPO, and a distinguished composer and teacher. Ahead of our now cancelled 28 June concert, which would ha…

Pastoral for the Planet

05 June 2020 — Composers, Orchestra

As 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, we programmed the year-long Oxford Beethoven Festival, a comprehensive celebr…

OPO Players’ Music Recommendations

26 May 2020 — Interview, Orchestra

We asked some of our musicians what they are currently listening to. Check out their answers below, and maybe you will get some musical insp…

OPO Schools Project in collaboration with the Dragon School

27 April 2020 — Outreach, Education, Primary Education

We were delighted to hold another of our regular ‘orchestral’ open days for local primary schools – this time for wind and brass – in collab…

A Conversation with Grace-Evangeline Mason

02 April 2020 — Composers, Interview

Grace-Evangeline Mason’s To Breathe Now was one of two pieces chosen through our 2019 Composers’ Workshop to be programmed into an OPO conce…

Beethoven & his Colleagues Recital Series

21 February 2020 — Composers, Orchestra, Education

Beethoven was the first composer who enjoyed rock star status. Bach, Mozart, and Haydn may have been looked upon as giants, but Beethoven wa…

Oxford Beethoven Festival: Launch Week

30 January 2020 — Concert, Orchestra

We launched our Oxford Beethoven Festival last week, starting our year-long celebration of the composer’s 250th anniversary. From performanc…

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