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🎟️ Tickets for our 2025/26 Season are now on sale!
We’ve got an incredible line-up in store — and we’re so excited to share it with you.
Explore our new season at: lso.co.uk/2526
#LondonSymphonyOrchestra #ClassicalMusic
We’ve got an incredible line-up in store — and we’re so excited to share it with you.
Explore our new season at: lso.co.uk/2526
#LondonSymphonyOrchestra #ClassicalMusic
We’re hiring!🎻
The LSO is looking for a talented tutti cellist to join our cello section.
📅 Application deadline: Sunday 11 January 2026
🔗 Find out more and apply here: https://www.musicalchairs.info/jobs/52461
The LSO is looking for a talented tutti cellist to join our cello section.
📅 Application deadline: Sunday 11 January 2026
🔗 Find out more and apply here: https://www.musicalchairs.info/jobs/52461
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We’re hiring!🎻
The LSO is looking for a talented tutti cellist to join our cello section.
📅 Application deadline: Sunday 11 January 2026
🔗 Find out more and apply here: https://www.musicalchairs.info/jobs/52461
The LSO is looking for a talented tutti cellist to join our cello section.
📅 Application deadline: Sunday 11 January 2026
🔗 Find out more and apply here: https://www.musicalchairs.info/jobs/52461
LSO Discovery is looking for a Senior Programme Manager for a 12-month maternity cover role.
This senior position leads our Schools & Young People team, providing strategic direction on major projects and events.
Deadline: 12pm Friday 12 December
More info: https://bit.ly/44dO7xj
This senior position leads our Schools & Young People team, providing strategic direction on major projects and events.
Deadline: 12pm Friday 12 December
More info: https://bit.ly/44dO7xj
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
LSO Discovery is looking for a Senior Programme Manager for a 12-month maternity cover role.
This senior position leads our Schools & Young People team, providing strategic direction on major projects and events.
Deadline: 12pm Friday 12 December
More info: https://bit.ly/44dO7xj
This senior position leads our Schools & Young People team, providing strategic direction on major projects and events.
Deadline: 12pm Friday 12 December
More info: https://bit.ly/44dO7xj
Out now: Shostakovich’s Complete Symphonies! 🎵💿
LSO Live presents Symphonies Nos 1–15, the conclusion of a nine-year symphony cycle project with Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda.
Listen to the album today:
lnk.to/Shostakovich...
LSO Live presents Symphonies Nos 1–15, the conclusion of a nine-year symphony cycle project with Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda.
Listen to the album today:
lnk.to/Shostakovich...
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Out now: Shostakovich’s Complete Symphonies! 🎵💿
LSO Live presents Symphonies Nos 1–15, the conclusion of a nine-year symphony cycle project with Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda.
Listen to the album today:
lnk.to/Shostakovich...
LSO Live presents Symphonies Nos 1–15, the conclusion of a nine-year symphony cycle project with Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda.
Listen to the album today:
lnk.to/Shostakovich...
Applications are now open for the next round of LSO Conservatoire Scholarships! 🥳🎶
The scheme supports exceptional musicians facing financial barriers in their postgraduate journey.
To find out more and see if you, or someone you know, is eligible to apply, visit: https://bit.ly/3JKFqDX
The scheme supports exceptional musicians facing financial barriers in their postgraduate journey.
To find out more and see if you, or someone you know, is eligible to apply, visit: https://bit.ly/3JKFqDX
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Applications are now open for the next round of LSO Conservatoire Scholarships! 🥳🎶
The scheme supports exceptional musicians facing financial barriers in their postgraduate journey.
To find out more and see if you, or someone you know, is eligible to apply, visit: https://bit.ly/3JKFqDX
The scheme supports exceptional musicians facing financial barriers in their postgraduate journey.
To find out more and see if you, or someone you know, is eligible to apply, visit: https://bit.ly/3JKFqDX
LSO x LUX🎶
Happy release day to #Rosalía🔥
We worked together across her new album Lux with conductor Daníel Bjarnason
Give it a listen and let us know your thoughts!⬇️
Happy release day to #Rosalía🔥
We worked together across her new album Lux with conductor Daníel Bjarnason
Give it a listen and let us know your thoughts!⬇️
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
LSO x LUX🎶
Happy release day to #Rosalía🔥
We worked together across her new album Lux with conductor Daníel Bjarnason
Give it a listen and let us know your thoughts!⬇️
Happy release day to #Rosalía🔥
We worked together across her new album Lux with conductor Daníel Bjarnason
Give it a listen and let us know your thoughts!⬇️
'[Stravinsky] really threw everything he could but the kitchen sink for this piece' 🧑🍳🐦🔥
Ryan Bancroft delves into all things Stravinsky's Firebird! 🎼
Come and listen to it live at the Barbican: https://www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/shostakovich-gubaidulina-and-stravinsky-30-oct-25/
Ryan Bancroft delves into all things Stravinsky's Firebird! 🎼
Come and listen to it live at the Barbican: https://www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/shostakovich-gubaidulina-and-stravinsky-30-oct-25/
October 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
'[Stravinsky] really threw everything he could but the kitchen sink for this piece' 🧑🍳🐦🔥
Ryan Bancroft delves into all things Stravinsky's Firebird! 🎼
Come and listen to it live at the Barbican: https://www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/shostakovich-gubaidulina-and-stravinsky-30-oct-25/
Ryan Bancroft delves into all things Stravinsky's Firebird! 🎼
Come and listen to it live at the Barbican: https://www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/shostakovich-gubaidulina-and-stravinsky-30-oct-25/
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! 🗞️
Do you love Stravinsky's Firebird as much as we do? We've got five reasons to love this magnificent piece ahead of our Stravinsky concerts on the 29th and 30th of October with Ryan Bancroft! 🐦🔥
Do you love Stravinsky's Firebird as much as we do? We've got five reasons to love this magnificent piece ahead of our Stravinsky concerts on the 29th and 30th of October with Ryan Bancroft! 🐦🔥
Five Reasons to Love Stravinsky's The Firebird | London Symphony Orchestra
Timmy Fisher looks back at the ballet that launched Igor Stravinsky as one of the most important, and controversial 20th-century composers.
www.lso.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! 🗞️
Do you love Stravinsky's Firebird as much as we do? We've got five reasons to love this magnificent piece ahead of our Stravinsky concerts on the 29th and 30th of October with Ryan Bancroft! 🐦🔥
Do you love Stravinsky's Firebird as much as we do? We've got five reasons to love this magnificent piece ahead of our Stravinsky concerts on the 29th and 30th of October with Ryan Bancroft! 🐦🔥
Curious about Prokofiev’s Symphony No 4? Dive into our new release with a listening guide! 🎧
We asked Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda for his favourite moments from the symphony to listen out for. Watch the video to find out more:
We asked Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda for his favourite moments from the symphony to listen out for. Watch the video to find out more:
Prokofiev Symphony No 4 listening guide with Gianandrea Noseda
Curious about Prokofiev's Symphony No 4? Don't worry, Gianandrea Noseda has got you covered! 🎧
We asked our Principal Guest Conductor for some of his favourite moments from the symphony to listen out for. From glorious melodies to an addictive perpet...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Curious about Prokofiev’s Symphony No 4? Dive into our new release with a listening guide! 🎧
We asked Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda for his favourite moments from the symphony to listen out for. Watch the video to find out more:
We asked Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda for his favourite moments from the symphony to listen out for. Watch the video to find out more:
On Sunday, we explored sound in motion – from Alex Paxton’s bold imagination to Sibelius’ Nordic clarity, via Poul Ruders’ adrenaline-fuelled guitar concerto and Thomas Adès’ elemental Aquifer. Sean Shibe was electrifying as guitar soloist 🔥
Photos: Mark Allan
Photos: Mark Allan
October 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
On Sunday, we explored sound in motion – from Alex Paxton’s bold imagination to Sibelius’ Nordic clarity, via Poul Ruders’ adrenaline-fuelled guitar concerto and Thomas Adès’ elemental Aquifer. Sean Shibe was electrifying as guitar soloist 🔥
Photos: Mark Allan
Photos: Mark Allan
The new single from Shostakovich's Complete Symphonies is out today! 🎵
Ahead of the album release, we asked Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda for a story or two about the cryptic composer, as he worked with musicians who personally knew Shostakovich. Watch the video to learn more:
Ahead of the album release, we asked Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda for a story or two about the cryptic composer, as he worked with musicians who personally knew Shostakovich. Watch the video to learn more:
Gianandrea Noseda on working with Shostakovich's musicians
A tale of Shostakovich and a bottle of vodka...🍾
Our Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda knows a story or two about the cryptic composer, having worked with musicians who personally knew Shostakovich. Watch the video to hear one of those stor...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The new single from Shostakovich's Complete Symphonies is out today! 🎵
Ahead of the album release, we asked Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda for a story or two about the cryptic composer, as he worked with musicians who personally knew Shostakovich. Watch the video to learn more:
Ahead of the album release, we asked Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Noseda for a story or two about the cryptic composer, as he worked with musicians who personally knew Shostakovich. Watch the video to learn more:
'It’s the most extraordinary, desolate work.' ❄️
Conductor and composer Thomas Adès tells us why he can’t resist the music of Sibelius – and we couldn’t agree more!
What do you hear in the music of Sibelius?
Conductor and composer Thomas Adès tells us why he can’t resist the music of Sibelius – and we couldn’t agree more!
What do you hear in the music of Sibelius?
Thomas Adès on the music of Jean Sibelius
YouTube video by London Symphony Orchestra
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October 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
'It’s the most extraordinary, desolate work.' ❄️
Conductor and composer Thomas Adès tells us why he can’t resist the music of Sibelius – and we couldn’t agree more!
What do you hear in the music of Sibelius?
Conductor and composer Thomas Adès tells us why he can’t resist the music of Sibelius – and we couldn’t agree more!
What do you hear in the music of Sibelius?
LSO St Luke's is officially OPEN!❤️
Today we are proud to announce we have re-opened LSO St Luke’s following its transformation with state-of-the-art facilities for performance, recording and community engagement.
Read more: www.lso.co.uk/lso-st-lukes-re-opens-following-8-million-refurbishment
Today we are proud to announce we have re-opened LSO St Luke’s following its transformation with state-of-the-art facilities for performance, recording and community engagement.
Read more: www.lso.co.uk/lso-st-lukes-re-opens-following-8-million-refurbishment
October 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
LSO St Luke's is officially OPEN!❤️
Today we are proud to announce we have re-opened LSO St Luke’s following its transformation with state-of-the-art facilities for performance, recording and community engagement.
Read more: www.lso.co.uk/lso-st-lukes-re-opens-following-8-million-refurbishment
Today we are proud to announce we have re-opened LSO St Luke’s following its transformation with state-of-the-art facilities for performance, recording and community engagement.
Read more: www.lso.co.uk/lso-st-lukes-re-opens-following-8-million-refurbishment
Meet the two composers, Laila Arafah and Yunho Jeong, who have been commissioned to write for the LSO in 2026/27🎶✍️
Learn more: https://bit.ly/46Ois7v
Learn more: https://bit.ly/46Ois7v
October 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Meet the two composers, Laila Arafah and Yunho Jeong, who have been commissioned to write for the LSO in 2026/27🎶✍️
Learn more: https://bit.ly/46Ois7v
Learn more: https://bit.ly/46Ois7v
This World Mental Health Day we're thinking about what music brings us the most peace 🧘
💆 What piece of music makes you feel the most calm?
🎧 Wind down with our Relax playlist:
https://lnk.to/LSORelax
💆 What piece of music makes you feel the most calm?
🎧 Wind down with our Relax playlist:
https://lnk.to/LSORelax
October 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This World Mental Health Day we're thinking about what music brings us the most peace 🧘
💆 What piece of music makes you feel the most calm?
🎧 Wind down with our Relax playlist:
https://lnk.to/LSORelax
💆 What piece of music makes you feel the most calm?
🎧 Wind down with our Relax playlist:
https://lnk.to/LSORelax
🎶 'The music in some form was brewing away all the time, bubbling up'
Listen to the brilliant Thomas Adès chatting all things his life and music on BBC Sounds now! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002kgrj 🎧
🎟️ Adès conducts us later this month - see you at the Barbican.
https://bit.ly/4mWLPt1
Listen to the brilliant Thomas Adès chatting all things his life and music on BBC Sounds now! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002kgrj 🎧
🎟️ Adès conducts us later this month - see you at the Barbican.
https://bit.ly/4mWLPt1
October 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🎶 'The music in some form was brewing away all the time, bubbling up'
Listen to the brilliant Thomas Adès chatting all things his life and music on BBC Sounds now! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002kgrj 🎧
🎟️ Adès conducts us later this month - see you at the Barbican.
https://bit.ly/4mWLPt1
Listen to the brilliant Thomas Adès chatting all things his life and music on BBC Sounds now! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002kgrj 🎧
🎟️ Adès conducts us later this month - see you at the Barbican.
https://bit.ly/4mWLPt1
🎧Get inside the music with our brand new playlist: The LSO Mixtape.
Every month one of the season’s featured artists will curate this playlist with their concert themes and the music that inspires their artistry.
Listen now for music from composer and conductor Thomas Adès:
lnk.to/LSOMixtape27
Every month one of the season’s featured artists will curate this playlist with their concert themes and the music that inspires their artistry.
Listen now for music from composer and conductor Thomas Adès:
lnk.to/LSOMixtape27
October 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🎧Get inside the music with our brand new playlist: The LSO Mixtape.
Every month one of the season’s featured artists will curate this playlist with their concert themes and the music that inspires their artistry.
Listen now for music from composer and conductor Thomas Adès:
lnk.to/LSOMixtape27
Every month one of the season’s featured artists will curate this playlist with their concert themes and the music that inspires their artistry.
Listen now for music from composer and conductor Thomas Adès:
lnk.to/LSOMixtape27
New album coming 24 October: Prokofiev Symphony No 4 with Gianandrea Noseda!
Did you know Prokofiev composed two versions of his Fourth Symphony? Completed 17 years after the original, the revision expands the music to create an entirely new work.
Listen to the single today:
lnk.to/Prokofiev427
Did you know Prokofiev composed two versions of his Fourth Symphony? Completed 17 years after the original, the revision expands the music to create an entirely new work.
Listen to the single today:
lnk.to/Prokofiev427
October 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
New album coming 24 October: Prokofiev Symphony No 4 with Gianandrea Noseda!
Did you know Prokofiev composed two versions of his Fourth Symphony? Completed 17 years after the original, the revision expands the music to create an entirely new work.
Listen to the single today:
lnk.to/Prokofiev427
Did you know Prokofiev composed two versions of his Fourth Symphony? Completed 17 years after the original, the revision expands the music to create an entirely new work.
Listen to the single today:
lnk.to/Prokofiev427
On this day in 1882 Karol Szymanowski was born!🎂
Here we are performing the Polish composer's wild Harnasie Ballet, written between 1923 and 1931. What's your favourite Szymanowski work?
#LondonSymphonyOrchestra
Here we are performing the Polish composer's wild Harnasie Ballet, written between 1923 and 1931. What's your favourite Szymanowski work?
#LondonSymphonyOrchestra
October 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
On this day in 1882 Karol Szymanowski was born!🎂
Here we are performing the Polish composer's wild Harnasie Ballet, written between 1923 and 1931. What's your favourite Szymanowski work?
#LondonSymphonyOrchestra
Here we are performing the Polish composer's wild Harnasie Ballet, written between 1923 and 1931. What's your favourite Szymanowski work?
#LondonSymphonyOrchestra
On International Music Day, we turn to Beethoven. His message was simple - music can bring us all together. What better way to mark the day? 🎶💛
Here we are playing one of the most iconic moments in all of Beethoven's music.
Here we are playing one of the most iconic moments in all of Beethoven's music.
October 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
On International Music Day, we turn to Beethoven. His message was simple - music can bring us all together. What better way to mark the day? 🎶💛
Here we are playing one of the most iconic moments in all of Beethoven's music.
Here we are playing one of the most iconic moments in all of Beethoven's music.
Vaughan Williams Symphonies Nos 5 & 9 is out now! 💿🚨
Hear English music at its finest with the newest release from Sir Antonio Pappano’s Vaughan Williams symphony cycle.
Enjoy the clip from Symphony No 9, and head to your streaming platform to listen to the album today: lnk.to/VaughanWilli...
Hear English music at its finest with the newest release from Sir Antonio Pappano’s Vaughan Williams symphony cycle.
Enjoy the clip from Symphony No 9, and head to your streaming platform to listen to the album today: lnk.to/VaughanWilli...
September 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Vaughan Williams Symphonies Nos 5 & 9 is out now! 💿🚨
Hear English music at its finest with the newest release from Sir Antonio Pappano’s Vaughan Williams symphony cycle.
Enjoy the clip from Symphony No 9, and head to your streaming platform to listen to the album today: lnk.to/VaughanWilli...
Hear English music at its finest with the newest release from Sir Antonio Pappano’s Vaughan Williams symphony cycle.
Enjoy the clip from Symphony No 9, and head to your streaming platform to listen to the album today: lnk.to/VaughanWilli...
We’re excited to welcome our new LSO Conservatoire Scholarships cohort! 🌟 This programme helps talented musicians from all backgrounds focus on their studies, while being supported by mentors from the LSO.
Meet the ten brilliant Scholars and discover their stories: https://bit.ly/46giAfH
Meet the ten brilliant Scholars and discover their stories: https://bit.ly/46giAfH
September 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We’re excited to welcome our new LSO Conservatoire Scholarships cohort! 🌟 This programme helps talented musicians from all backgrounds focus on their studies, while being supported by mentors from the LSO.
Meet the ten brilliant Scholars and discover their stories: https://bit.ly/46giAfH
Meet the ten brilliant Scholars and discover their stories: https://bit.ly/46giAfH
When Shostakovich meets Rossini 🤔
Did you know that Shostakovich was a master of musical quotes? Here’s a clip from his Symphony No 15, guess the quote in the comments!
Listen to the newest single from our upcoming album of Shostakovich’s Complete Symphonies:
lnk.to/Shostakovich...
Did you know that Shostakovich was a master of musical quotes? Here’s a clip from his Symphony No 15, guess the quote in the comments!
Listen to the newest single from our upcoming album of Shostakovich’s Complete Symphonies:
lnk.to/Shostakovich...
September 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
When Shostakovich meets Rossini 🤔
Did you know that Shostakovich was a master of musical quotes? Here’s a clip from his Symphony No 15, guess the quote in the comments!
Listen to the newest single from our upcoming album of Shostakovich’s Complete Symphonies:
lnk.to/Shostakovich...
Did you know that Shostakovich was a master of musical quotes? Here’s a clip from his Symphony No 15, guess the quote in the comments!
Listen to the newest single from our upcoming album of Shostakovich’s Complete Symphonies:
lnk.to/Shostakovich...
Lovely interview with our Artist Portait Seong-Jin Cho on Presto Music talking about his forthcoming concerts with us at the Barbican and LSO St Luke's!
www.prestomusic.com/classical/ar...
www.prestomusic.com/classical/ar...
Seong-Jin Cho on the LSO, Ravel and the Chopin Competition
As his Artist Portrait series with the London Symphony Orchestra gets underway, the South Korean pianist discusses his relationship with the city, the new concerto by his compatriot Donghoon Shin whic...
www.prestomusic.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Lovely interview with our Artist Portait Seong-Jin Cho on Presto Music talking about his forthcoming concerts with us at the Barbican and LSO St Luke's!
www.prestomusic.com/classical/ar...
www.prestomusic.com/classical/ar...
This season LSO Discovery has some exciting opportunities for teachers and schools. 🏫
📣 Last spaces for Music in the Classroom—supporting London teachers to deliver high-quality music. More info: https://www.lso.co.uk/learn-and-discover/activities-for-schools-and-teachers/teacher-training
📣 Last spaces for Music in the Classroom—supporting London teachers to deliver high-quality music. More info: https://www.lso.co.uk/learn-and-discover/activities-for-schools-and-teachers/teacher-training
September 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This season LSO Discovery has some exciting opportunities for teachers and schools. 🏫
📣 Last spaces for Music in the Classroom—supporting London teachers to deliver high-quality music. More info: https://www.lso.co.uk/learn-and-discover/activities-for-schools-and-teachers/teacher-training
📣 Last spaces for Music in the Classroom—supporting London teachers to deliver high-quality music. More info: https://www.lso.co.uk/learn-and-discover/activities-for-schools-and-teachers/teacher-training
The LSO is seeking a new Managing Director.
With LSO St Luke’s reopening and global partnerships growing, we’re ready for a visionary leader to guide our next chapter.
📅 Apply by Monday 13 October, 9am BST
🔗 https://bit.ly/3I2MVoP
With LSO St Luke’s reopening and global partnerships growing, we’re ready for a visionary leader to guide our next chapter.
📅 Apply by Monday 13 October, 9am BST
🔗 https://bit.ly/3I2MVoP
September 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The LSO is seeking a new Managing Director.
With LSO St Luke’s reopening and global partnerships growing, we’re ready for a visionary leader to guide our next chapter.
📅 Apply by Monday 13 October, 9am BST
🔗 https://bit.ly/3I2MVoP
With LSO St Luke’s reopening and global partnerships growing, we’re ready for a visionary leader to guide our next chapter.
📅 Apply by Monday 13 October, 9am BST
🔗 https://bit.ly/3I2MVoP