London Firebird Orchestra

Now celebrating its 15th Season, the London Firebird Orchestra was founded in 2012 with Dame Judi Dench as Patron and Marc Corbett-Weaver as Artistic Director. The orchestra supports extraordinarily talented musicians of the younger generation, who have either recently graduated or are still studying at one of the major London conservatoires, by enabling them to perform in orchestral concerts and outreach projects. The orchestra performs regularly at its main home venue St George’s Hanover Square. Every two years it performs at Kings Place and SJE Arts Oxford and it also has a residency at Middlesex University. Firebird for Schools – the orchestra’s tailor-made concert for schoolchildren – takes place annually. Firebird has also performed on several occasions at the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hal, Cadogan Hall, St Paul’s Covent Garden and the Bath Pump Room. Performances have received fantastic reviews in The Times, The Evening Standard, Classical Music Magazine, Musical Opinion Magazine, Seen & Heard International and BBC Radio London.

“The orchestra was well balanced, with a splendidly rousing and energetic final section, complete with a vivid sense of Beethovenian victory.”
Musical Opinion Magazine

The orchestra has collaborated with many internationally-renowned soloists including Jamal Aliyev, Thomas Gould, George Harliono, Aleksei Kiseliov, Jennifer Pike, Yury Revich, Leonard Schreiber and Raphael Wallfisch. Renowned conductors George Jackson and Michael Thrift conduct the concerts. The orchestra also organises an annual composition competition for young composers, with a cash prize and live performance of the composer’s winning work. Angela Slater is among the recent prize-winners.

“The most exquisite sound imaginable!”
Dame Judi Dench

Over the years, Firebird players have moved on by securing places in leading orchestras across the UK and beyond, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, the Philharmonia, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Orchestra of Opera North among many others.

For further information, please visit: LondonFirebird.com