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The 2026 BBC Proms season presents a rich and varied programme of music, bringing together world-renowned orchestras, choirs, conductors, and soloists for the eight-week summer festival of daily classical music at London’s Royal Albert Hall and venues across the UK.
This year's Proms lineup includes concerts from two VBPR clients: Sakari Oramo, Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the Hallé orchestra, under the baton of Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor Kahchun Wong.
22 May 2026
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Sakari Oramo trains his focus on firmly established international guest conducting relationships throughout the 2026-27 season
Conductor’s carefully constructed schedule includes world premiere of Brett Dean’s Phantoms and Sibelius with the Berliner Philharmoniker, revival of music by Heidi Sundblad-Halme, Busoni’s Piano Concerto in Hamburg, Bacewicz and Nielsen in Stockholm and concert performances of Berg’s Lulu in Cologne
19 May 2026
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Sakari Oramo combines symphonic landmarks by Britten, Brahms, Debussy, Dvořák, Mahler, Shostakovich and Stravinsky with revelatory companion pieces at this year’s BBC Proms and throughout the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s 2026-27 season.
Conductor’s repertoire explorations include the world premiere of Gwilym Simcock’s Triple Concerto, the UK premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Festen Suite, Anders Hillborg’s Viola Concerto, and a rare outing for Mendelssohn’s Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Oramo’s seventh time conducting the Last Night of the Proms with Yuja Wang and Nicky Spence as soloists.
19 May 2026
