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A Conversation with Two Student Composers
07 November 2022 —
Education, Composers, Interview
Two pieces were chosen from our 2022 Composers’ Workshop to be premiered in our 2022/23 season – we caught up with Kevin and Jieun ahead of their premieres about their interest in composition and their creative process.
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Puccini Fantasy world premiere: A Conversation with Mats Lidström
13 May 2022 —
Interview, World Premiere, Composers, Concert
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 have rebranded:
looking to the future
04 February 2022 —
Interview, Orchestra, Composers, Concert
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
13 December 2021 —
Interview, Orchestra, Composers, Concert
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
15 October 2021 —
Interview, Orchestra, Composers, Concert
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
08 March 2021 —
Interview, Orchestra, Composers, Concert
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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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…
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A Conversation with Mats Lidström
26 June 2020 —
Orchestra, Composers, Interview
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…
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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…
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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…
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