伦敦爱乐乐团是伦敦最古老的管弦乐团，是目前世界上著名的管弦乐团。 作为第一支造访国家大剧院的西方交响乐团，伦敦爱乐乐团将在两天的时间内演奏四个大规模的交响乐作品，指挥由世界级指挥大师库特．马祖尔担任。 　　作为世界十大交响乐团之一的伦敦爱乐乐团以其多样性和艺术的卓越著称于世。1932年托马斯 比切姆爵士创建了伦敦爱乐乐团，几十年来，众多著名的指挥家曾经担任过该乐团的首席指挥，包括：阿德里安博尔特爵士、约翰普理查德爵士、伯纳德海丁克、左尔格索尔蒂爵士、克劳斯腾斯泰德、弗朗茨韦尔泽莫斯特、库特马祖尔等等。也许缘于乐团后来的许多首席指挥并非出自英国本土，而是广泛邀请欧美大牌指挥家，才使得乐团风格趋于多样性。1992年以来，伦敦爱乐乐团一直是英国皇家节日大厅的常驻交响乐团，每年9月至次年5月，乐团都在此地演出系列音乐会。乐团以其多样性的演奏曲目为特色，演奏的作品十分广泛，包括交响乐、歌剧和电影音乐，其中以《因父之名》、《指环王》最为人熟知，尤其是为影片《指环王》一、二、三集的配乐录音，现在已经成为电影音乐的经典。 　　伦敦爱乐乐团是伦敦和世界最知名最受人敬佩的乐团之一。尽管它的兴趣极大地集中在最受欢迎的浪漫与后浪漫时期作曲家身上,但它的曲目却包括了从巴洛克到当代的整个时期,也包括了一些浪漫时期大师鲜为人知的作品。 在一年的演季中,乐团在伦敦的音乐会有两个主要系列。首先是皇家节日大厅举办的国际系列,该系列受到了艺术会议和大伦敦议会的很大部分赞助,时间安排在9月到次年5月,共要举办29场音乐会,每场音乐会各有其节目。其次是较短小、票价也较低廉的皇家节日大厅系列“轻松愉快的经典作品”。该系列共举办10场音乐会(5套节目,每套演两场)… 历史 　　1932年由托马斯·比彻姆Thomas Beecham爵士创立 　　1932年10月在伦敦女王大厅进行乐团第一次演出 　　1939年赞助商撤资，乐团由团员自己运营 　　1947年成立伦敦爱乐合唱团 　　2008年1月，伦敦爱乐乐团曾在81岁高龄的指挥大师库特·马祖尔的带领下登陆北京，成为国家大剧院开幕之初迎来的首支西方王牌乐团 历任首席指挥 1932-1939 Sir Thomas Beecham 1947-1950 Eduard van Beinum 1950-1957 Sir Adrian Boult 1958-1960 William Steinberg 1962-1966 Sir John Pritchard 1967-1979 Bernard Haitink 1979-1983 Sir Georg Solti 1983-1987 Klaus Tennstedt 1990-1996 Franz Welser-Most 2000-2007 Kurt Masur 2007至今 Vladimir Jurowski

The London Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the central institutions of the busy London concert scene, has long been recognized as one of the world's great ensembles, an assertion borne out by continued acclaim from audiences and critics alike.

When the venerable Royal Philharmonic Society faced a financial crisis in the late 1920s, Sir Thomas Beecham proposed a plan to form a permanent orchestra for the first time in the Society's 115-year history. It was proposed that the ensemble, to be called the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, would serve as the orchestra for both the BBC and the Royal Philharmonic Society. The scheme collapsed, however, when the BBC independently elected to form an orchestra of its own.

In 1932 Beecham received the Society's commitment and patronage and at last founded a permanent orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition to serving as the Society's official ensemble, the Philharmonic performed in other engagements as well, including Beecham's own series of concerts, the Courtauld-Sargent concerts, and, in summer, a Covent Garden opera series. Under Beecham's guidance the Philharmonic rapidly attained a high level of excellence and dominated the concert scene in London until World War II.

At the outbreak of the war, Beecham departed England for the United States, leaving the Philharmonic to fend for itself. Instead of dissolving the leaderless organization, the Philharmonic's members reconstituted the ensemble as co-op and chose their own management board. When the BBC evacuated the BBC Symphony Orchestra from London during the German bombings of 1940 - 41, the Philharmonic remained, taking over the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts at Queen's Hall and maintaining without interruption the Philharmonic Society's own yearly slate of eight concerts. In 1941 Queen's Hall was destroyed by bombs, leaving the immense Royal Albert Hall as London's only concert venue; consequently, both the Proms and the Philharmonic Society concerts were transferred there. The Philharmonic continued to be the official orchestra of the Royal Philharmonic Society Concerts until 1945. Beginning in that season, the Society changed its arrangement: The Philharmonic gave only three of the eight annual concerts a year, while the remaining five were divided among the BBC Orchestra, the London Symphony, the Hallé Orchestra, and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.

From the time of Beecham's departure, the Philharmonic demurred in naming a music director, engaging a string of guest conductors until the appointment of Eduard van Beinum as Principal Conductor in 1949. The withdrawal of the Philharmonic's government grant in 1951created grave financial difficulties that threated the ensemble's very existence; unable to pay its players on the basis of a year-round contract, the Philharmonic in 1957 resorted to booking and renumerating its players on a by-the-concert basis.

From this lowlight the Philharmonic's standards and financial situation slowly improved through the 1960s and 1970s, aided by the leadership and acumen of such distinguished figures as Adrian Boult, William Steinberg, John Pritchard, and Georg Solti. Among the more auspicious moments in the Philharmonic's history are its 1973 tour to China, the first ever by a Western orchestra, and its performances in South Africa in 1993 as the first orchestra to visit the country since the abolition of apartheid. In its recent history, the ensemble has performed under the leadership of Bernard Haitink, Franz Welser-Mst, and Kurt Masur. In 1990 the Philharmonic was named the official resident orchestra of the Royal Festival Hall. Since 1964 it has also served as the resident orchestra for the Glyndebourne Opera Festival.