TV series

Philharmonia

2019 · 1 season

A tense, slow-burn backstage drama of artistic ambition and fragile egos, with a melancholic, earnest tone.

Overview: Hélène Barizet is a gifted conductor with a sulphurous reputation. Named against the advice of management and musicians, she has a season to make her place and save the orchestra. The maestro chooses Selena Riviere, a young virtuoso violinist to help her. But how to transmit when all we want is to break with the past?
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Ambition, power, identity, art
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
power
identity
art
betrayal
Places: workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild