Commissions | London Sinfonietta

Marius Neset

Marius Neset
Marius’s latest work Changes will be performed as part of the London Jazz Festival on 20 November 2025. In this new work, his relentless improvisations are accompanied by the pulse and precision of the London Sinfonietta’s musicians.
Ashkan Layegh

Ashkan Layegh
Ashkan is writing a new work that draws on Persian musical influences that unites his own quartet with four London Sinfonietta musicians. The piece premieres on Thursday 20 November 2025 as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival.
Gillian Walker

Gillian Walker
Gillian is writing a new participatory work for young people and ensemble which will be featured in our highly popular and successful Sound Out Schools Concert in March 2026. Performed by over 2000 young people in the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, the piece will also involve musicians from the London Sinfonietta playing alongside young players from the North London Music Hub.
James B Wilson

James B Wilson
James is writing a work for ensemble playing side-by-side with young musicians from the North London Music Hub which will be performed on Thursday 11 June 2026 as part of the celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the Southbank Centre.
Brigitta Muntendorf

Brigitta Muntendorf
Brigitta’s new work will explore the relationship between the performers and audiences, inviting the public to actively comment on and shape the direction and outcome of the piece in real time, gauging opinions and feedback along the way. Brigitta’s new work will be performed in London in the Autumn of 2026.
Lisa Illean

Lisa Illean
Many of Lisa's compositions arise out of working with non-tempered tuning systems, playing close attention to sonority, subtly unfolding harmonic forms, auditory phenomena and perspective. Now she will create a larger concert work for a future main stage event at the Southbank Centre in March 2027.
Ailís ní Ríain

Ailís ní Ríain
Ailís is writing a work for chamber ensemble and puppetry which will be performed in the summer of 2027 exploring and questioning whether we need to try and fix every and all kinds of disability. FIX will be a deliciously dark multidisciplinary and inclusive music-theatre work performed live by London Sinfonietta
Ben Nobuto

Ben Nobuto
Ben is writing a work for ensemble which will be performed in the summer of 2027.
Allison Loggins Hull

Allison Loggins Hull
Allison is writing a work for ensemble which will be performed in the autumn of 2027. One of American’s most exciting musical voices of her generation, her work often reflects Black stories, music and experience. This work will have an Afrofuturist theme inspired by the work of King Britt and his Blacktronicka project.
Sinfonietta Shorts

Sinfonietta Shorts
Sinfonietta Shorts are miniature pieces of new music from today's leading composers; commissioned, premiered and released by the London Sinfonietta.
Past commissions

Past commissions
Explore a complete list of works commissioned by or for the London Sinfonietta