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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
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 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
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 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...
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 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

November 20, 2025 at 12:09 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!⬇️
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 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/
October 29, 2025 at 7:39 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
October 21, 2025 at 4:09 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
October 15, 2025 at 12:49 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
October 13, 2025 at 7:15 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
October 10, 2025 at 3:55 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
October 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
🎧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
October 6, 2025 at 10:21 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
October 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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
October 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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.
October 1, 2025 at 10:42 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...
September 26, 2025 at 10:10 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
September 22, 2025 at 11:45 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...
September 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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
September 11, 2025 at 4:45 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
September 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Jaw-dropping🎶

On this day in 1841 Antonin Dvořák was born! Known best for his Slavonic Dances, Cello Concerto and of course Ninth Symphony ‘From the New World’ which we are performing here with Jonathon Heyward

What's your favourite Dvořák piece?
September 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We’re looking for a new musical colleague! 🎶
The LSO is recruiting for a Co-Principal Double Bass to join our Orchestra.

📅 Apply by 17 September 11pm
🔗 More information: https://www.musicalchairs.info/jobs/51550
September 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
New album out 26 September 🚨💿

Chief Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano leads the LSO in the next album from his Vaughan Williams symphony cycle: the beloved Fifth and enigmatic Ninth Symphonies, perfectly captured in magnificent live performances.

Listen to the single today: lnk.to/VaughanWilli...
September 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Meet Simon Johnson, our new Principal Trombone!
We are really excited to welcome him to the Orchestra.

From the piece that first made him fall in love with the trombone to the inspirations that keep him going today — read more about Simon’s musical journey:
https://bit.ly/3Vk3zmZ

📷 :Joanne Green
September 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Are you a composer?✍️ Would you like to collaborate and explore musical ideas with LSO Musicians?🎶 Then this is the opportunity for you!

We are currently recruiting for our new Soundhub Members and Associates.

Head to lso.co.uk/soundhub for more info and share with someone who should apply!❤️
September 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM