Editing Philharmonia Orchestra (section)

===21st century===
In a survey of British orchestras in 2006, Morrison described the current Philharmonia as "a serious, high-quality orchestra". He praised its "astute and canny" management, and commented that the orchestra had a large, loyal following in London, and had gained additional support elsewhere in Britain by extending its touring programme while the Festival Hall was closed for renovation between 2005 and 2007.<ref>Morrison, Richard. "Orchestras: these are the champions", ''[[The Times]]'',  1 September 2006, p. 16[S]</ref> Since 2000 the orchestra has established further residencies: at [[The Anvil, Basingstoke]] (from 2001), the [[Marlowe Theatre]], [[Canterbury]] and the [[Three Choirs Festival]].<ref name=about>[https://3choirs.org/about-us/history-of-the-three-choirs-festival/philharmonia-orchestra/ "Philharmonia Orchestra"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701140244/https://3choirs.org/about-us/history-of-the-three-choirs-festival/philharmonia-orchestra/ |date=1 July 2018 }}, Three Choirs Festival, 2016, retrieved 1 July 2018</ref> Dohnányi's final tour with the orchestra as chief conductor was of the US, where they gave concerts in [[Miami]], [[Los Angeles]], [[San Francisco]] and [[Costa Mesa, California]].<ref name=pso/>

[[File:Esa-Pekka at Apple store in Berlin.jpg|thumb|upright |right|[[Esa-Pekka Salonen]],  principal conductor of the Philharmonia from 2008–2021]]
In 2008 [[Esa-Pekka Salonen]] became the Philharmonia's fifth principal conductor. He first conducted the orchestra in 1983, when he was 25, and from 1985 to 1994 he was its principal guest conductor. [[Vladimir Ashkenazy]] is the orchestra's conductor laureate; Dohnányi is its honorary conductor for life. From 2017 [[Jakub Hrůša]] and [[Santtu-Matias Rouvali]] have been the orchestra's principal guest conductors.<ref>[https://www.philharmonia.co.uk/orchestra/conductors "Conductors"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224035158/http://philharmonia.co.uk/orchestra/conductors |date=24 December 2017 }}, Philharmonia Orchestra, retrieved 4 July 2018</ref>  The orchestra's website reported in 2018 that Salonen and the orchestra had experimented in "groundbreaking ways to present music". The examples quoted were:
{{quote|the first major virtual reality production from a UK symphony orchestra; [the] RE-RITE and Universe of Sound installations, which have allowed people all over the world to conduct, play, and step inside the orchestra through audio and video projections, and [the] app for iPad, The Orchestra, which allows the user unprecedented access to the internal workings of eight symphonic works.<ref>[https://www.philharmonia.co.uk/orchestra/conductors/74/esa-pekka_salonen "Esa-Pekka Salonen"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103011605/http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/orchestra/conductors/74/esa-pekka_salonen |date=3 January 2018 }}, Philharmonia Orchestra, retrieved 4 July 2018</ref>}}

The Philharmonia performs more than 160 concerts a year, more than 35 of them at the Festival Hall. It has commissioned more than a hundred works.<ref>[https://www.philharmonia.co.uk/70th_exhibition?concertgrid=appeal "Philharmonia at 70"], Philharmonia Orchestra, retrieved 7 July 2018</ref> It also records music for films, computer games and commercial CD releases. Under Salonen the orchestra has taken part in a series of projects at the Festival Hall: "City of Light: Paris 1900–1950" (2015), "City of Dreams: Vienna 1900–1935" (2009), "Bill Viola's Tristan und Isolde" (2010), "Infernal Dance: Inside the World of Béla Bartók" (2011), "Woven Words", a centenary celebration of [[Witold Lutosławski]] (2013) and "Myths and Rituals", a five-concert festival of music by [[Igor Stravinsky]] (2015–17).<ref name=about/> In recent years the Philharmonia's extensive international touring schedule has included appearances in China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Iceland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.<ref name=about/> Since 2017, the Philharmonia has been a resident orchestra at the [[Garsington Opera]] festival.<ref>[https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2014/garsington-opera-announces-new-partnerships-rsc-philharmonia-orchestra/ "Garsington Opera partners with RSC and Philharmonia Orchestra"], ''The Stage'', 28 May 2014</ref>

Salonen concluded his principal conductorship after the 2020–2021 season,<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.philharmonia.co.uk/news/article/54/ESA-PEKKA%20SALONEN%20AND%20THE%20PHILHARMONIA%20ORCHESTRA%20ANNOUNCE%202020/21_as_salonens_final_season_as_principal_conductor_ | title=Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra announce 2020/21 as Salonen's final season as Principal Conductor & Artistic Advisor | publisher=Philharmonia Orchestra | date=4 December 2018 | access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref> and Helen Sprott stood down as its managing director.<ref>[https://www.philharmonia.co.uk/news/article/60/helen_sprott_to_step_down_as_managing_director_of_the_philharmonia_orchestra "Helen Sprott to step down as Managing Director of the Philharmonia Orchestra"], Philharmonia Orchestra, 10 May 2019</ref> [[Santtu-Matias Rouvali]] was appointed as the next principal conductor, effective with the 2021–2022 season, with an initial contract of 5 years. Salonen took the title of conductor emeritus and became an honorary member of the orchestra.<ref>[https://www.philharmonia.co.uk/news/article/62/the_philharmonia_orchestra_announces_santtu-matias_rouvali_as_its_next_principal_conductor  "The Philharmonia Announces Santtu-Matias Rouvali as its Next Principal Conductor"], Philharmonia Orchestra, 22 May 2019</ref>

In 2023 members of the orchestra were selected to play at the [[coronation of Charles III and Camilla]].<ref>{{cite web |date=16 April 2023 |title=Buckingham Palace is pleased to announce further details of the twelve new compositions that have been written for the Coronation of Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6th May 2023. |url=https://www.royal.uk/coronation-music-commissions |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416081854/https://www.royal.uk/coronation-music-commissions |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=The Royal Family}}</ref>