Salon 58 presents London Philharmonic Orchestra in a chamber ensemble

An Evening with the London Philharmonic Orchestra: Up Close & Personal
Imagine this: the soaring strings and the palpable energy of one of the world's most celebrated orchestras, not in a vast concert hall, but in an intimate setting where every note resonates on a personal level. This is your invitation to experience the London Philharmonic Orchestra as never before.

Join us for "An Evening with the London Philharmonic Orchestra: Up Close & Personal," the inaugural concert of the "British Music, Transatlantic Impact" series in partnership with Salon 58. This is more than just a performance; it's a rare opportunity to connect with the music and the musicians on a deeper level.

LPO members Pieter Schoeman, LPO Leader and First Violin; Alice Ivy-Pemberton, LPO Co-Leader; Kristina Blaumane, LPO Principal Cello; and Benjamin Roskams, LPO Guest Principal Viola will perform an exclusive programme for this special Salon 58 event.

A Groundbreaking Collaboration
This special event marks the beginning of an exhilarating collaboration between two titans of the British music scene: the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. For the first time, these two iconic orchestras, championed by the New York-based non-profit Salon 58, will bring a curated series of world-class performances to the United States.

Become More Than an Audience Member: Be a Patron, a Partner, a Friend
Your attendance at this exclusive evening is just the beginning. By joining us, you step into a community dedicated to fostering a vibrant cultural exchange between the UK and the US. You become part of a movement to support and sustain the future of classical music.

The American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the American Friends of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields are the bedrock of this transatlantic partnership. These vital 501(c)(3) organizations make it possible for these world-renowned orchestras to tour, conduct educational outreach, and nurture the next generation of musicians.

Your Support Makes a World of Difference
By becoming a supporter, you are not just funding concerts. You are:

Championing Education: Enabling talented young American musicians to participate in masterclasses and educational programs.

Fostering New Art: Supporting the commissioning of new works from American composers and collaborations with world-class American artists.

Building Bridges: Strengthening the artistic bonds that unite us across the Atlantic and ensuring a lasting legacy of cultural exchange.

This is your chance to go behind the music, to connect with the artists and leaders of the LPO, and to play a vital role in the future of classical music. Be part of a community that believes in the transformative power of music. We look forward to welcoming you.

🎟️ Secure your tickets now for an unforgettable evening and take the first step in your journey as a champion of the arts. 🎟️

Evening Schedule
Doors open with welcome drinks & snacks: 7:00pm
Music starts: 7:30pm
Post-concert mingle: 8:30 - 9:30pm
Be part of a select audience for an evening of breathtaking artistry and engaging conversation. Mingle with fellow music lovers and even the musicians themselves after the performance.

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Uniquely ground-breaking and exhilarating to watch and hear, the London Philharmonic Orchestra has been celebrated as one of the world’s great orchestras since Sir Thomas Beecham founded it in 1932. Its mission is to create unrivalled music experiences and forge human connections with its audiences and communities, both on and off the concert platform, which it accomplishes through live performances, online, and an extensive education and community programme.

With its primary home in London’s Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, it is at the beating heart of London’s cultural life. The LPO also has residencies at venues across the UK, and tours internationally, including the USA, with a passionate commitment to fostering transatlantic cultural exchange.

The American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (AFLPO) was founded in September 1968 as the London Philharmonic Society (U.S.A.) Inc. In 2006, the name was changed to the American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The AFLPO’s mission is to support the Orchestra’s international touring program, educational projects, and a wide array of musical activities in both London and the United States. Funds raised by the AFLPO help the Orchestra initiate and strengthen existing programs and maintain its high standard of musical excellence. The AFLPO is a 501(c)3 organization, dedicated to supporting the LPO’s education activities, such as the Orchestra’s work with talented young American musicians and the coaching of students from the Fiorello H. La Guardia High School for Music & Art and the Performing Arts. Support of the American Friends of the LPO also enables the Orchestra to commission new works from American composers, collaborate with world-class American artists, share live and digital LPO performances with US audiences, nurture exceptional future American talent, and provide a prestigious platform in the UK on which to showcase and celebrate extraordinary US musicians.

The American Friends of the LPO will play a vital role in the sharing of the unique power of music across that Atlantic over the coming year, by supporting mesmerising performances by Terence Blanchard and Jonathon Heyward, and the showcasing of the work of John Adams and Duke Ellington, at their London home on the Southbank. The AFLPO’s vision and generosity also supports the positions of native New-Yorkers, Karina Canellakis, the LPO’s Principal Guest Conductor, and Alice Ivy-Pemberton, the LPO’s Co-Leader, and will enable LPO chamber performances in New York and Los Angeles later this Autumn, alongside the planning of another US tour in 2027.

Each year, the AFLPO hosts events that aim to enlighten and educate and, as a supporter of the AFLPO, you have an opportunity to engage in these special events, whilst driving lasting social and cultural impact by sustaining the LPO’s special relationship with America and fostering transformative UK/US cultural exchange.

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LPO members Pieter Schoeman, LPO Leader and First Violin; Alice Ivy-Pemberton, LPO Co-Leader; Kristina Blaumane, LPO Principal Cello; and Benjamin Roskams, LPO Guest Principal Viola will perform an exclusive programme for this special Salon 58 event.

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PIETER SCHOEMAN – Leader (First Violin)

Pieter Schoeman was appointed Leader of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 2008, having previously been Co-Leader since 2002. He is also a Professor of Violin at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance.

Pieter has performed worldwide as a soloist and recitalist in such famous halls as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Moscow’s Rachmaninov Hall, Capella Hall in St Petersburg, Staatsbibliothek in Berlin, Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and London’s Royal Festival Hall. As a chamber musician he regularly appears at London’s prestigious Wigmore Hall. His chamber music partners have included Anne-Sophie Mutter, Veronika Eberle, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Boris Garlitsky, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Martin Helmchen and Julia Fischer.

Pieter has performed numerous times as a soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Highlights have included an appearance as both conductor and soloist in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at the Royal Festival Hall, the Brahms Double Concerto with Kristina Blaumane, Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 2, and the Britten Double Concerto with Alexander Zemtsov, which was recorded and released on the LPO Label to great critical acclaim.

Pieter has appeared as Guest Leader with the BBC, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Lyon and Baltimore symphony orchestras; the Rotterdam and BBC Philharmonic orchestras; and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

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ALICE IVY-PEMBERTON – LPO Co-Leader

Alice Ivy-Pemberton joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra as Co-Leader in February 2023.

Praised by The New York Times for her ‘sweet-toned playing’, Alice has performed as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician to international acclaim. While growing up in New York City and studying with Nurit Pacht, Alice made a nationally televised Carnegie Hall debut aged ten, and was a finalist at the Menuhin International Competition at the age of 12.

Alice earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Itzhak Perlman and Catherine Cho as a fully-funded recipient of the Kovner Fellowship. During her studies she won Juilliard’s Violin Concerto Competition, performed extensively with the New York Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra, and led orchestras under the baton of Barbara Hannigan, Xian Zhang and Matthias Pintscher. Upon graduating in 2022 she was awarded the Polisi Prize and a Benzaquen Career Advancement Grant in recognition of ‘tremendous talent, promise, creativity, and potential to make a significant impact in the performing arts’.

An avid chamber musician, Alice has collaborated with Itzhak Perlman, Anthony Marwood, Gil Shaham and members of the Belcea, Doric, Juilliard and Brentano string quartets, and performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Festival appearances include Music@Menlo, Moritzburg and Yellow Barn. Also a passionate advocate for new music and its social relevance, Alice created Drowning Monuments, a noted multimedia project on climate change that brought together five world premieres for solo violin.

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KRISTINA BLAUMANE – LPO Principal Cello

Kristina Blaumane was born in Riga and graduated from the Latvian Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. She has been invited to play as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician around the world.

She has performed as soloist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica, Britten Sinfonia, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Sofia Soloists, Netherlands Wind Ensemble and Dalarna Sinfonietta, as well as all the main orchestras in Latvia.

As a chamber musician she has worked in partnership with such renowned artists as Isaac Stern, Gidon Kremer, Yo-Yo Ma, Yuri Bashmet, Leif Ove Andsnes, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Bruno Giuranna, Misha Maisky, Nikolaj Znaider, Tatyana Grindenko and Oleg Maisenberg, among others, and has performed at festivals such as Lockenhaus, Gstaad, Salzburg, Verbier, Basel, Jerusalem, Utrecht, Spitalfields, Cheltenham, Aldeburgh, Homecoming and Crescendo.

Kristina is a keen promoter of new music. She has given a number of world premieres and several works are dedicated to her, among them cello concertos by Dobrinka Tabakova, Kristaps Pētersons, Pēteris Plakidis and Artem Vassiliev. Kristina appears as a soloist on the ECM debut disc of composer Dobrinka Tabakova, which reached number 2 in the UK classical charts and received a Grammy nomination.

Kristina has also recorded for the Onyx, Quartz and BMG labels. Kristina is a winner of many awards including the Latvian Philharmonic Young Musician of the Year, the Latvian television competition ‘Alternativa’, Carmel International Competition, Musicians Benevolent Fund and Lord Mayor’s Prize. She is a two-time laureate of the Great Music Award, the highest prize given by the Latvian State in the field of music (2005 & 2007).

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BENJAMIN ROSKAMS – LPO Guest Principal Viola

Benjamin Roskams is an accomplished violinist and violist. He began playing the violin at the age of nine in Cardiff where he studied with Harry Cawood before winning a scholarship to study with Lydia Mordkovitch and Emanuel Hurwitz at the Royal Academy of Music, where he was awarded B-Mus.Hons (1st class). Benjamin continued his studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with David Takeno on scholarship and then with Professor Ilya Grubert at the Amsterdam Conservatoire, also seeking inspiration from Ivry Gitlis in Paris.

Equally at home on the viola, he is also a member of the award winning Artea Quartet, having performed at venues such as the Conway Hall, Purcell Room and Wigmore Hall as well as appearances on BBC Radio3 “In Tune” and a chamber music prom concert broadcast from the V&A on the BBC. The Artea Quartet recently recorded a disc of late Schubert as well as participating in a highly acclaimed CD box set featuring the complete quartets of Mendelssohn for Champs Hill Records. Other collaborations have led to recording the Korngold sextet for South African label TwoPianists Records.

As an experienced orchestral musician he has led the Dutch National Ballet as well as acting as guest deputy concertmaster of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Holland Symfonia. In the UK he works regularly with the LSO, LPO (most recently as guest principal viola) and Philharmonia Orchestra as well as being a member of the BBC Symphony Orchestra 1st violin section. Benjamin is an assistant professor at the Royal College of Music in London.

He is a keen collector of violin bows and is indebted to Albert Cooper’s family for the generous loan of the c.1720 Giuseppe Guarneri filius Andreae violin on which he plays.

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London Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Music

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