Sinfonia Smith Square
| Sinfonia Smith Square | |
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| Orchestra | |
| File:Sinfonia Smith Square.jpg The 2023/24 Sinfonia Smith Square Fellowship playing inside Smith Square Hall | |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Principal conductor | Simon Over |
| Website | sinfoniasmithsq |
Sinfonia Smith Square (formerly Southbank Sinfonia) is an arts organisation and orchestra formed out of the merger of Southbank Sinfonia and St John's Smith Square. The organisation primarily comprises a venue, Smith Square Hall, and a youth orchestra.[1][2]
The Sinfonia Smith Square orchestra is formed of 34 graduate musicians, who are unpaid but receive an undisclosed bursary to take part.[3] Musicians are involved roughly 3 days a week for a 40-week period.[4] The orchestra collaborates with other artists and groups, including productions of Amadeus[5] and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour[6] at the National Theatre.
On 14 May 2023 the orchestra made an appearance in a YouTube video made by Max Fosh, where he played the triangle during one of their performances of Finlandia.[7]
The orchestra was shortlisted for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Ensemble in 2016[8] and in the Concert Series and Festivals category in 2017.[9] Sinfonia Smith Square runs and promotes a festival held in the town of Anghiari (Tuscany, Italy) each July.[10]
Sinfonia Smith Square's patron is Queen Camilla.[11]
History
[edit | edit source]Southbank Sinfonia was founded in 2002 by Simon Over (the current Artistic Director of Sinfonia Smith Square) Michael Berman CBE, and Katharine Verney.[12]
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