The London Sinfonietta is an English chamber orchestra based in London that specializes in the performance of contemporary classical music. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Chamber music is a form of Classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to a period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. Nicholas Snowman and David Atherton co-founded the orchestra in 1968. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> David Atherton OBE, (born 3 January 1944 Atherton was its first Music Director, from 1968-1973. Michael Vyner served as the Artistic Director from 1972-1989. Paul Crossley took over and served from 1988-1994. Paul Crossley (born May 17, 1944) is a British pianist Born in Yorkshire, his piano teacher was Fanny Waterman in Leeds. Markus Stenz served as Music Director from 1994-1998. Markus Stenz is a German conductor. He is currently General Music Director of the City of Cologne where he acts as chief conductor of the Cologne Opera The Artistic Director of the ensemble from 1998 - 2006 was Gillian Moore following 10 years as the ensemble's Education Officer.
The London Sinfonietta has commissioned numerous composers including Magnus Lindberg, Thomas Adès, Steve Reich and Sir Harrison Birtwistle among others. Magnus Lindberg (born June 27, 1958) is a Finnish Composer. Lindberg was born in Helsinki. Thomas Adès (born in London, 1 March 1971) is a British Composer, Pianist and conductor. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3 Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle CH (born 15 July, 1934) is a British contemporary Composer. The composer Oliver Knussen was Music Director from 1998-2002 and is now the Sinfonietta's Conductor Laureate. Oliver Knussen CBE (born June 12, 1952 in Glasgow Scotland) is a British Composer and conductor.
The London Sinfonietta is widely acknowledged as one of the world’s finest ensembles. Specialising in contemporary music, it works across a wide range of genres, performing modern classics alongside world premieres, and includes music by electronica artists as well as folk and jazz musicians. Through regular collaborations with choreographers, video artists and film-makers, the ensemble places new music at the heart of contemporary culture, reaching out to new audiences and embracing the technical challenges of pushing musical boundaries.
Since its foundation in 1968 the ensemble has been committed to commissioning and performing works by both emerging and established composers, and its list of over 200 commissions reaches from its early support of Birtwistle, Xenakis and Berio to Tansy Davies, Dai Fujikura, Jonny Greenwood, Django Bates, Kenneth Hesketh and Mark-Anthony Turnage. In recent years Tansy Davies (b Bristol 1973 has established herself at the vanguard of the new wave of young British composers A composer of Contemporary classical music born in Osaka, Japan, in 1977 Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood (born 5 November 1971) is a BAFTA and Grammy -nominated musician and composer-in-residence for the BBC best Django Bates (born October 2, 1960 in Beckenham, London, United Kingdom) is a composer virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and band Kenneth Hesketh (born Liverpool, 1968 is a British composer of contemporary classical music in numerous genres including opera orchestral chamber vocal and solo Mark-Anthony Turnage (born June 10, 1960 in Corringham Essex) is an English Composer of classical music. In August 1969 the ensemble premiered John Tavener's The Whale. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Not to be confused with John Taverner The Whale is a "dramatic Cantata " written by the English composer John Tavener in 1966 In 1970 it recorded the work for The Beatles' label Apple Records. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Apple Records is a record label founded by The Beatles in 1968 as a division of Apple Corps Ltd.
The London Sinfonietta consciously aims to blur the boundaries between an artistic experience and an educational one, acknowledging that much of its work – whether on the platform or off – embraces an element of both. This results in an innovative strand of collaborative work with young artists, enabling the ensemble to introduce its music to new audiences and partners.
London Sinfonietta concert performances are increasingly being conceived as the centrepiece of a cluster of related projects and events. These often combine new technology and new media with live music-making in both educational and performance contexts, giving a platform for artistic work inspired by the ensemble’s repertoire.
Innovative ways of promoting contemporary music to new audiences include collaborations with Warp Records (with concerts seen by over 25,000 people across Europe) and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead. Warp Records is a pioneering independent English Record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989 notable for discovering some of the most enduring artists in Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood (born 5 November 1971) is a BAFTA and Grammy -nominated musician and composer-in-residence for the BBC best Radiohead The ensemble’s young ambassadors scheme won the 2006 Royal Philharmonic Society Audience Development award for its success in bringing large and diverse audiences to performances of Luigi Nono and Iannis Xenakis among others.
The ensemble is an Associate Artist of Southbank Centre, where it performs its London season under both its Conductor Laureate Oliver Knussen and guest conductors such as Diego Masson, Pierre-André Valade, Martyn Brabbins and George Benjamin. Oliver Knussen CBE (born June 12, 1952 in Glasgow Scotland) is a British Composer and conductor. Diego Masson (born 21 June 1935 in Tossa de Mar, Spain) is a French conductor, Composer, and Percussionist Martyn Brabbins (born 1961 is a British conductor He studied at Goldsmiths College London University then with Ilya Musin at the Leningrad Conservatory George Benjamin may refer to George Benjamin (Orangeman (1799-1864 Canadian political figure George Benjamin (composer (b From 2008, the ensemble will also be resident at Kings Place, a new development in King’s Cross. Concerts in London are complemented by a busy national and international touring schedule, with a priority of taking the best of British music to venues and festivals worldwide.
An acclaimed discography includes seminal recordings of many 20th-century classics. The orchestra was featured on EMI's 1988 3-CD authentic recording of Kern and Hammerstein's Show Boat. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Show Boat is a musical in two acts with music by Jerome Kern and book (based on a novel by Edna Ferber) and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein It has recently been expanded by releases on the London Sinfonietta Label, focussing on live performances of otherwise unavailable repertoire. These CDs include a young composers series, 50th birthday tributes to Oliver Knussen, and Toru Takemitsu’s Arc and Green. Oliver Knussen CBE (born June 12, 1952 in Glasgow Scotland) is a British Composer and conductor.
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