The Philharmonia Orchestra has announced that it's appointing Marin Alsop as Principal Visitor Conductor, as it launches the first half of the two thousand twenty-three/twenty-four London season. Following three highly acclaimed programmes with Marin Alsop in the past year, the Orchestra was keen to forge a long-term relationship, recognising her exceptional musicianship, commitment to variety and education, and the breadth of her repertoire.

Marin Alsop said: "This appointment as Principal Visitor Conductor with the Philharmonia Orchestra is a great opportunity to deepen my relationship with these wonderful musicians and audiences. My work in London has been some of the most rewarding of my career. I'm so looking forward to working more closely with this innovative, forward-thinking orchestra to programmes and projects that draw its long history of exceptional music making and continue to embrace the new and the bold."

Alsop will connect the Philharmonia's artistic family in the two thousand twenty-three/twenty-four season, with a programme to open the Orchestra's centre-piece Let Freedom Ring series, which exemplifies her trailblazing approach to programming and musical rediscovery. For the following three seasons Alsop will be developing three distinctive projects per season with the Orchestra, which will comprise new repertoire, concert formats and modes of presentation.