Membership benefits
Embassy Concerts
Favorable ticketing arrangements
As a member, you can exchange an unlimited number of subscription tickets free of charge, you get selected concert tickets at reduced prices, pre-purchase of tickets, etc. In addition, we offer discounted tickets for concerts with various chamber orchestras.
Touring with the orchestra
Every season we arrange tours where we follow the Oslo Philharmonic on a tour abroad, and get to experience the orchestra in Europe’s most famous concert halls. The tours are usually combined with music-related sightseeing, we have a guide and they are arranged by a professional tour operator
Exclusive member concerts
We arrange chamber concerts in collaboration with others, such as a concert at beautiful Bogstad Gård, at the National Museum etc., often in combination with a guided tour.
Open orchestra rehearsals
This is an excellent way to gain insight into how the conductors work with the music and the orchestra. And it is often a completely free concert! As one of the participants said after attending the rehearsal with Klaus Mäkelä and Leif Ove Andsnes: «I was at both the rehearsal and the concert. The greatest experience was the rehearsal
Musicians and conductor meetings
Several times each season, we invite to meetings between the orchestra’s musicians or the concert’s conductor and the members. Usually the members meet an instrument group, and the musicians talk about their instruments, answer questions and offer musical samples, to the great delight of both the musicians and the members
As a member of the
Friends of the Oslo Philharmonic, you get:
Discounts
- Up to two concert tickets per season at a reduced price, kr. 240. Tickets for the 2025-26 season can be purchased until the first concert (22.8.25) via https://ofo.no/vennene-spesial.
- Reduced ticket prices for the Oslo Philharmonic’s concerts at Oslo Concert Hall. Tickets can be purchased via no/vennerabatt-2526.
- Free or discounted concert tickets for last-day offers (e-mail address required)
And in addition
- The news blog Allegro, with articles and interviews about the orchestra, the musicians and classical music
- Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra’s seasonal programme
Exclusive opportunities
- Pre-purchase of tickets (before everyone else!) for next season
- Free exchanges and unlimited subscription ticket exchanges. All exchanges take place at the sales desk in the Concert Hall
- Exclusive concerts with friends at embassies, museums and other venues, with social gatherings
- Free participation in a selection of the Oslo Philharmonic’s rehearsals. You can find the overview of the season’s open tests HERE.
- Participation in arranged tours with the Friends in connection with the Oslo Philharmonic’s tours abroad
- Right to vote in the election of subscribers’ representatives to the Oslo Philharmonic’s Board of Directors and election of members to the Board of the Friends of the Oslo Philharmonic.