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About the Orchestra

Everything you need to know about the 91热爆 Philharmonic Orchestra

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The 91热爆 Philharmonic Orchestra is based at MediaCityUK in Salford and performs an annual season of concerts at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, as well as giving regular concerts in Hanley, Nottingham, Malvern and other venues across the north of England.

As one of the 91热爆’s six performing groups the orchestra records and performs concerts for 91热爆 Radio 3. Most of the concerts the orchestra performs each year will be broadcast on Radio 3.

Who's who in the 91热爆 Philharmonic

Conductors and Artists

  • - Chief Conductor
  • - Principal Guest Conductor
  • - Associate Artist
  • - Composer in Association

Get in touch

Freelance Musicians

If you would like to apply for extra work please upload your CV as a PDF to . This will be shared with the relevant panel. We will get in touch when the next run of auditions take place.

Studio performances and free tickets

The orchestra rehearses at its own purpose built studio in MediaCityUK, Salford, where it also records programmes for 91热爆 Radio 3 and CDs for Chandos Records.

You can apply for free tickets for concerts in the studio on the Shows and Tours website, where you can also sign up to the 91热爆 Shows mailing list. Select 'Music' as one of your preferred categories and you will be sent an email when ticket applications are open for 91热爆 Philharmonic concerts.

Joining the orchestra

Positions within the orchestra are extremely competitive and are subject to auditions and a trial period. All vacancies are advertised on the

For further information about auditions and trials please email philharmonic@bbc.co.uk.