BOULEZ: SONIC STRUCTURES
BOULEZ: SONIC STRUCTURES
A tribute to Pierre Boulez in his centenary year
Queen Elizabeth Hall
We work with emerging musicians at various stages in their musical journeys, to give them experience and specialist training in understanding and playing contemporary classical music with members of the London Sinfonietta.
We deliver this work in partnership with Higher Education Institutions - during our 2025-26 season we will work with the Royal Academy of Music.
Join us for Boulez: Sonic Structures where students from the Royal Academy of Music's Manson Ensemble will play side-by-side with London Sinfonietta players.
Stay tuned for more news on new partnerships this year.
We are very grateful to the Steven R. Gerber Trust, the Barbara Whatmore Charitable Trust and the De Laszlo Foundation for their support of the London Sinfonietta’s Playing the Future programme.
London Sinfonietta Academy
From 2009 - 2023, there were 14 editions of the London Sinfonietta Academy, training 272 instrumentalists and 40 conductors. The programme focused solely on the expert playing of contemporary repertoire and many of the participants became players with the London Sinfonietta and members of other major UK and international ensembles, as well as being inspired to set up their own contemporary music chamber groups and ensembles.
Since 2021 the London Sinfonietta has been reviewing this area of work, including consulting with independent consultant, London Sinfonietta Players and Council and running an Academy Pathways year in partnership with seven higher education institutions. As of the 2024-25 season, the London Sinfonietta Academy will no longer be running. Our work in this area will continue in partnership with higher education institutions, seeking to provide something which is complementary and additional to their current contemporary music offer.
If you are interested in exploring what the London Sinfonietta could bring to your University or Music College, please contact us.
