Founded in 1840, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) is the UK’s oldest continuing professional symphony orchestra. In 2021, Domingo Hindoyan joined the RLPO as Chief Conductor, following a distinguished line of leaders including Vasily Petrenko (now the orchestra’s Conductor Laureate), Max Bruch, Sir Charles Hallé, Sir Henry Wood, Sir Malcolm Sargent and Sir John Pritchard.

The RLPO performs over 60 concerts each season at its home, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, and other venues in the city, and appears throughout the UK and internationally.

The orchestra has given world premiere performances of works by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Sir John Tavener, Karl Jenkins, Stewart Copeland, Michael Nyman, Michael Torke, Nico Muhly, James Horner and Sir James MacMillan. The orchestra’s discography includes Vaughan Williams’ symphonies; Rachmaninov’s symphonies and orchestral works, and piano concertos with Simon Trpčeski; the symphonies of Shostakovich and Elgar; and Tchaikovsky’s symphonies and piano concertos. The RLPO’s recording of Tchaikovsky’s Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 and 5 won Recording of the Year and Orchestral Recording of the Year at the BBC Music Magazine Awards in 2017.

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