Philharmonia Orchestra
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
Orchestra Series
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, music director
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
Monday, October 27, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore
One of Britain’s most celebrated ensembles, the Philharmonia Orchestra returns after two decades, under the baton of its electrifying music director, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, in his highly anticipated Washington Performing Arts debut. The program begins with a new work by visionary Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, followed by Ravel’s jazzy and luminous Piano Concerto in G Major, performed by the incomparable Víkingur Ólafsson—praised for his “ferocious keyboard technique with a razor-sharp intellect that puts those gifts to powerful interpretive use” (On a Pacific Aisle).
The evening concludes with Sibelius’s majestic Fifth Symphony, an elemental and heroic work by the great Finnish composer that perfectly showcases the Philharmonia’s richness and the dynamic leadership of his compatriot, Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
Program Details
Gabriela Ortiz – Si el oxígeno fuera verde
Maurice Ravel – Piano Concerto in G Major
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82
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This performance is made possible in part by the generous support of The Law Offices of Kenneth R. Feinberg PC and Camille S. Biros.
Washington Performing Arts’s classical music performances this season are made possible in part through the generous support of Betsy and Robert Feinberg.
Special thanks to the following lead supporters of Washington Performing Arts’s mission-driven work: Jacqueline Badger Mars and Mars, Incorporated; D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities; the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; and Events DC.
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