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London Philharmonic Orchestra

London based symphony orchestra
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
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Summary

London Philharmonic Orchestra is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,293 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Spellemann Award for choir record of the year[3]
  • Genre: classical music[4]
  • Record label: Decca[5]
  • Commons category: London Philharmonic Orchestra[6]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[7]
  • Inception: 1932[8]
  • Location of formation: England[9]
  • Official website: https://www.lpo.co.uk/[10], http://www.lpo.co.uk/[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:London Philharmonic Orchestra[12]
  • Director / manager: John Willan[13]
  • Has characteristic: orchestra[14], symphony orchestra[15]
  • Start of work period: 1932[16]
  • Name: London Philharmonic Orchestra[17]
  • Social media followers: 147,360[18], 145,177[19], 151,028[20], 159,271[21]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Orchestra[22]

  • Country: GB[23]

  • Began / founded: 1932[24]

  • Genre(s): classical[25]

  • Community tags: british orchestra, classical, london, orchestra, philharmonic orchestra, symphony orchestra[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fa37018e-3557-4cb7-973f-555003c30174[27]

Why It Matters

London Philharmonic Orchestra has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did London Philharmonic Orchestra receive?

Honors received include Spellemann Award for choir record of the year[3].

Related Entities

Bernard Haitink Decca England Georg Solti Kurt Masur Malcolm Arnold Mariss Jansons Thomas Beecham United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → london-philharmonic
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: london-philharmonic, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289941547|london philharmonic (#289941547)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2aemdF
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    Aliases → —
    Director manager → —
    Country of origin → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0318670-London-Session-Orchestra, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
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