Global classical music
Central to the 2014 Proms is a celebration of classical music from around the world, with more international orchestras performing than ever before.
Nearly 50 years after the first appearance of a non-British orchestra at the Proms, 10 international orchestras appear for the first time at the festival, including musicians from China, Greece, Lapland and Singapore. Several of them will perform new repertoire from their own nations.
Some of the world’s most renowned orchestras also make welcome returns to the Proms, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich.
Global Orchestral Debuts
- China Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Long Yu (19 July)
- Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sascha Goetzel (29 July)
- Armonia Atenea (Athens) conducted by George Petrou (2 August)
- Lapland Chamber Orchestra conducted by John Storgårds (9 August)
- Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis (19 August)
- Iceland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ilan Volkov (22 August)
- Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Myung-Whun Chung (27 August)
- Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Donald Runnicles (30 August)
- Singapore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lan Shui (2 September)
- Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Han-Na Chang (7 September)
Other internationally renowned orchestras returning to the Proms
- World Orchestra for Peace conducted by Valery Gergiev (20 July)
- Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich conducted by David Zinman (21 July)
- Zurich Chamber Orchestra conducted by Sir Roger Norrington (26 July)
- European Union Youth Orchestra conducted by Semyon Bychkov (5 August)
- West–Eastern Divan Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim (20 August)
- Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek (24 August)
- Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Iván Fischer (25 & 26 August)
- Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Harding (29 August)
- Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (SWR) conducted by Sir Roger Norrington (3 September)
- Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Sir Simon Rattle (5 & 6 September)
- Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Franz Welser-Möst (7 & 8 September)
- Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Chailly (11 & 12 September)
