“Innovative as always” Britten Sinfonia creates impactful and inspirational musical experiences, whether through its adventurous programming and innovative formats – such as its immersive Surround Sound Playlist – or its projects created especially for school pupils, hospital patients and local communities.
The Guardian 2025
Britten Sinfonia creates impactful and inspirational musical experiences through its adventurous programming and innovative formats – such as its immersive Surround Sound Playlist – and through its projects created especially for school pupils, hospital patients and local communities.
Rooted in the East of England, where it is the only professional orchestra working throughout the region, Britten Sinfonia also has a national and international reputation as one of today’s finest ensembles.
“Innovative as always” (Guardian, 2025), it is equally renowned for the remarkable breadth of its collaborations – from Steve Reich, Mahan Esfahani and Sarah Connolly to Anoushka Shankar, Jacob Collier and Pagrav Dance Company – and for its nurturing of new compositional voices: over three decades, Britten Sinfonia has premiered more than 250 new works.
Britten Sinfonia’s main concert activity is in London, Saffron Walden, Cambridge and Norwich, and it also performs out east in Bury St Edmunds, Ely, Peterborough and Chelmsford.
The orchestra often performs at London’s Wigmore Hall and appears at UK festivals including Aldeburgh, Brighton, Norfolk & Norwich and the BBC Proms. Its prolific discography features many award winning recordings on labels such as Harmonia Mundi, Chandos, Warner and Hyperion.
