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The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) has been notified that its application for support from the Cultural Recovery Fund has been successful. The grant will support the Orchestra’s wide-ranging work in education, social inclusion and community engagement – as well as its UK-wide performance programme. The Orchestra’s mission is to enrich lives at both a national and grassroots level and the grant will help the RPO to play an active and wide-ranging role in helping the country to rebuild after the pandemic – and for the arts to make a vital cultural and economic contribution to society at large.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra returns to the Royal Albert Hall for a series of three online concerts with Music Director Designate Vasily Petrenko at the helm, as part of the Royal Albert Hall’s 150th anniversary celebrations.

Sali-Wyn Ryan (Second Violin and RPO Board member) tells us about her lockdown highs, lows and hopes for the future in this month's player blog.

"As we tentatively creep out of yet another lockdown, and dare to hope that our lives can start to return to being even a little bit ‘normal’, it is an interesting time to reflect on the highs and lows of the past year. When I say highs, I mostly mean that indescribable sense of achievement at finding a Sainsbury’s delivery slot or a forgotten £20 note in a drawer! It’s perhaps not quite comparable with the final movement of Mahler’s Second Symphony but, let’s face it, during the last year we have all learnt to lower our expectations and find pleasure in much simpler pursuits.