Flying above Budapest © Patrick Flanaghan

This month saw the Orchestra go on a whistle-stop tour to central and southeastern Europe, stopping off in Wrocław, Budapest, Belgrade and Athens. Music Director Vasily Petrenko conducted performances with pianists Yunchan Lim and József Balog.

Scroll down to see photos from the trip.


Wrocław, Thursday 10 October

Our first stop was the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, Poland, where in the first half we performed Dvořák's Carnival Overture and Chopin's Piano Concerto No.2 with Van Cliburn International Piano Competition winner and international sensation Yunchan Lim. The concert closed out with Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra.


Photo (c) Sarah Bardwell


Photo (c) Sarah Bardwell


Photo (c) Sławek Przerwa


Photo (c) Sławek Przerwa

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Photo (c) Sławek Przerwa

The next morning we boarded a plane to...


Budapest, Friday 11 October

The following day we arrived at the Müpa Budapest, with Liszt's Piano Concerto No.2 in the programme performed by the Hungarian soloist, József Balog.

Photo (c) Peter Graham

 Photo (c) Rebecca Rimmington

 Photo (c) Peter Graham

 Second violin Charles Nolan. Photo (c) Sali-Wyn Ryan

Double bass Ben Wolstenholme. Photo (c) Sali-Wyn Ryan


Photo (c) Posztos Janos

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Belgrade, Saturday 12 October

The next day we landed in Belgrade, Serbia, for a sell-out concert at the Sava Centar. Beforehand, our Principal Cor Anglais Patrick Flanaghan did some sightseeing around the city...

Photo (c) Patrick Flanaghan

 Photo (c) Patrick Flanaghan

Photo (c) Patrick Flanaghan

 Photo (c) Patrick Flanaghan

Photo (c) Sarah Bardwell


Athens, Sunday 13 October

Our final gig of the tour was at the Megaron in Athens, taking the Dvořák, Chopin and Bartók for a final ride with Yunchan Lim and Vasily Petrenko.

Photo (c) Josh Cirtina

Photo (c) Adriana Iacovache-Pana

Photo (c) Sali-Wyn Ryan


 Second violins (c) Sali-Wyn Ryan


Photo (c) Spyros N. Vlassopoulos


The RPO double basses (c) Benn Cunningham

Drinks c Tom Philpott
Some of our Tours and Concerts team having a well-deserved post-concert meal out.


Thank you to everyone who made this tour possible, and to all the audiences who came to support us.

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