Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

The award-winning Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is the UK’s oldest continuing professional symphony orchestra. The origins of its concert series date back to the formation of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, a concert society founded by a group of Liverpool music lovers in 1840.

Domingo Hindoyan joined the Orchestra as Chief Conductor in September 2021, taking over from Vasily Petrenko who led the Orchestra for 15 years.

Hindoyan and Petrenko join a distinguished line of musicians who have led the Orchestra during its illustrious history including Max Bruch, Sir Charles Hallé, Sir Henry Wood, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir John Pritchard, Sir Charles Groves, Walter Weller, David Atherton, Marek Janowski, Libor Kešek KBE, Petr Altrichter and Gerard Schwarz.

The Orchestra gives over 80 concerts each year in Liverpool – more than any other UK orchestra performs in their home city – and reaches more people than any other music organisation outside London. Over 350,000 people attend Liverpool Philharmonic concerts each year and 73,000 young people participate in the Youth Company and associated ensembles, attend concerts, or take part in its In Harmony programme, which uses orchestral music making to improve the life chances of children, including from the most disadvantaged parts of the city. Over 12,000 people suffering from mental health problems have also benefitted from the Orchestra’s music and mental health programme over the last 13 years.

The Orchestra is central to Liverpool’s cultural offering, being the largest music organisation and one of the largest cultural organisations in the city; Liverpool Philharmonic premiere and commission more music than any other UK orchestra. They have had over 150 works premiered and commissioned in the last 10 years. Collaborations with international artists from rock, pop, folk and dance music include Liverpool’s own Sir Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Ian Broudie and the Lightning Seeds, Echo and The Bunnymen, Cast, The Unthanks and Liverpool superclub, Cream.

The RDMR contact for this client is Rebecca