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Side-by-Side the Oxford Phil
Launched in 2019, our Side-by-Side scheme is well underway, despite a hiatus of concerts during the height of the pandemic. Now nearing the conclusion of our second season featuring Side-by-Side, we have welcomed many young musicians from in and around Oxford to play alongside our professional orchestra members, experiencing music at the highest level.
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FUNomusica: Classical Music for Kids
Earlier this month we held our third and final FUNomusica Family Concert of our 2021/22 season. After a long hiatus during the pandemic, it…
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Puccini Fantasy world premiere: A Conversation with Mats Lidström
On Thursday 19 May, the Oxford Phil will perform the world premiere of Puccini Fantasy for Cello and Orchestra, written by our very own Solo…
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OPO Outreach schools’ Project: Stringmasters!
On 8 March 2022, the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra welcomed 80 pupils – of whom 60 were from seven state primary schools in the Oxford area…
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OPO have rebranded: looking to the future
The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra now have an exciting new visual identity. This includes a new logo, OPO colour palette, website, and conce…
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RPS / ABO Salomon Prize awarded to Oxford Philharmonic violinist Jamie Hutchinson
Launched in 2012, the Salomon Prize is a joint annual award from the Royal Philharmonic Society and the Association of British Orchestras th…
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Beethoven: A Conversation with Laura Tunbridge
Could you imagine a worse 250th birthday? A quarter of a millennium after his birth in 1770, most of the musical world embarked on a hu…
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11 women composers: from the 9th century to present day
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day on 8 March 2021, we’re taking a look at the works of women composers throughout the…
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Errollyn Wallen
Classical music has a long and detailed history, which regularly includes works by some of the greatest composers ever to have lived, from B…
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Florence Price
Florence Price Classical music has a long and detailed history, which regularly includes works by some of the greatest composers ever to hav…
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Scott Joplin and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Classical music has a long and detailed history, which regularly includes works by some of the greatest composers ever to have lived, from B…
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Ignatius Sancho
Classical music has a long and detailed history, which regularly includes works by some of the greatest composers ever to have lived, from B…
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