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Our Players

Our core Principal Players and extended network of musicians and emerging talent are some of the finest in the world. Our Emeritus Principals now act in a coaching and advisory role after years of dedicated performances with the London Sinfonietta.

Principal Players

Michael Cox  Principal Flute
Gareth Hulse  Principal Oboe
Mark Van de Wiel  Principal Clarinet
Simon Haram  Principal Saxophone
Byron Fulcher  Principal Trombone
Jonathan Morton  Principal Violin
Paul Silverthorne  Principal Viola
Tim Gill  Principal Cello
Enno Senft  Principal Double Bass
Helen Tunstall  Principal Harp
David Hockings  Principal Percussion

If you would like information about supporting our Principal Players, please contact Evie Jones

Guest Players in the 21/22 season

Sirius Chau  flute / alto flute 
Philippa Davies  flute / piccolo / alto flute
Karen Jones  flute / piccolo / alto flute 
Helen Keen  flute 
Tom Blomfield  
oboe 
Rachel Harwood-White  
oboe 
James Hulme  
oboe 
Melinda Maxwell  
oboe 
Chris O’Neal  oboe 
Emily Stephens  
oboe 
Olivier Stankiewicz  
oboe 
Jordan Black  clarinet 
Timothy Lines  clarinet 
Katie Lockhart  clarinet
Robert Plane  clarinet 
Heather Roche  
clarinet
Amy Green  alto / baritone saxophone 
Lois Au  bassoon 
Sarah Burnett  
bassoon 
Jonathan Davies  
bassoon 
Emily Hultmark  
bassoon 
Laura Vincent  
bassoon 
Luke Whitehead  
bassoon 
Fraser Gordon  
bassoon / contrabassoon 
Graham Hobbs  bassoon / contrabassoon 
Eleanor Blakeney  horn 
Timothy Ellis  
horn 
Olivia Gandee  horn 
Roger Montgomery  horn 
Kiersten Snow Gustafson  horn 
Michael Thompson  
horn 
Zoë Tweed  
horn 
Aaron Azunda Akugbo  
trumpet 
Christian Barraclough  
trumpet 
Holly Clark  
trumpet 
Erika Curbelo  
trumpet 
Ryan Linham  
trumpet 
William Morley  
trumpet 
Ruby Orlowska  
trumpet 
Bruce Nockles  
trumpet
Andy Cole  trombone 
Ryan Hume  
trombone 
Ruth Molins  
trombone 
Peter Moore  
trombone 
Robert Moseley  
trombone     
Joe Smales  
bass trombone 
Oren Marshall  tuba 
Jonathan Riches  
tuba 
David Alberman  
violin
Nathaniel Anderson-Frank  violin 
Stephen Bryant  violin
Thomas Gould  violin 
Darragh Morgan  violin
Alexandra Wood  violin 
Thomas Aldren  violin 
Angela Antwi-Agyei  violin 
Joan Atherton  violin 
Edward Bale  violin 
Alice Barron  violin 
Judith Choi-Castro  violin 
Rebecca Dinning  violin 
Takane Fanatsu  violin 
Olivia Jago  violin 
Sophie Mather  violin 
Philippa Mo  violin 
Hilaryjane Parker  
violin 
Daniel Pioro  violin  
Charlotte Reid  
violin 
Thomas Rowan-Young  
violin 
Mandhira de Saram  violin 
Gemma Sharples  violin 
Tanya Sweiry  violin 
Elizabeth Wexler  
violin 
Liam Brolly  
viola  
Carol Ella  viola 
Tom Hankey  viola 
James Heron  viola 
Joe Ichinose  viola 
Mathew Maguire  
viola 
Zoe Matthews  
viola 
Fiona Winning  
viola 
Cecilia Bignall  
cello 
Adrian Bradbury  
cello 
Lionel Handy  
cello 
Zoe Martlew  cello 
Ben Michaels  
cello 
Sally Pendlebury  
cello 
Cameron Smith  
cello 
Tamaki Sugimoto  
cello 
Juliet Welchman  
cello 
Will Duerden  
double bass 
Katy Furmanski  double bass 
Tom Goodman  double bass 
Lynda Houghton  double bass 
Hannah Turnbull  double bass 
Markus van Horn  double bass 
Adam Wynter  double bass 
Oliver Lowe  percussion
Owen Gunnell  percussion 
Heledd Gwynant  
percussion 
Joe Richards  
percussion 
Christopher Bradley  
cimbalom 
Huw Davies  guitar
Rolf Hind  piano 
Philip Howard  
piano 
Siwan Rhys  
piano 
Clíodna Shanahan
piano 
Andrew Zolinsky  
piano     
Philip Moore 
piano
Ilona Suomalainen  accordion 
Rafal Luc  
accordion 

London Sinfonietta Academy 2023

Cara Houghton  flute
Alex Franklin  oboe
Rowan Jones  clarinet
Amy Thompson  bassoon
Sophia Elger  saxophone
Alice Knight  horn
Ruby Orlowska  trumpet
Pau Hernández Santamaria trombone
Connor Gingell  tuba
Sydney Grace Mariano  violin
Emily Trubshaw  violin
Laura Cooper  viola
Joseph Dawson  cello
Cara Dawson  harp
Toril Azzalini-Machecler  percussion
Julian Chan  piano
Declan Hickey  guitar

Emeritus Principal Players

Joan Atherton  Emeritus Principal Second Violin
John Orford  Emeritus Principal Bassoon
John Constable  Emeritus Principal Piano
Michael Thompson  Emeritus Principal Horn