Welcome to Southbank Sinfonia

Founded in 2002, Southbank Sinfonia (SbS) is an orchestra of young professionals now established as Britain’s leading orchestral academy.

Every year a new orchestra of 32 young music conservatoire graduates, each supported by bursary, is selected for a full-time programme of public performance and professional development. The unrivalled range of repertoire and activity covered in the programme provides a springboard for the players into a fast-changing music profession.

SbS seeks to develop players who are adaptable, open-minded, confident in a wide range of musical styles, and who have the desire to communicate their passion for music to audiences, young people and the next generation of musicians.

For audiences and supporters, SbS embodies youthful, enthusiastic and vibrant performances, and an organisation that is committed to the development of young talent and willing to take risks in its artistic projects.

SbS Patrons:
Sir Thomas Allen CBE
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Patricia Hodge
James Naughtie
Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury
John Anderson

Alastair Rycroft, a horn player in SbS3 practises on a hillside at Crear, Scotland

2009 orchestra. SbS7, perform at Cadogan Hall (Aubrey Kurlansky)

Vladimir Ashkenazy, SbS patron, in rehearsal with Southbank Sinfonia at LSO St. Luke's, London (David Costley-White)

2009 Orchestra, SbS7 (David Costley-White)

Simon Over, SbS Music Director (Mike Pinder)

2009 orchestra, SbS7, perform at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall (Aubrey Kurlansky)

SbS 'Carnival of the Animals' education project in Hexham, Northumberland

Elizabeth Barker (SbS7) playing in the pit of the Linbury Theatre at the Royal Opera House (Sim Canetty-Clarke)