Background - London Contemporary Orchestra

London Contemporary Orchestra draws together London’s brightest young talent to explore and promote new music to an increasingly wide audience. Formed in 2008, the LCO has worked alongside a distinguished array of composers and artists, including Matmos, Anna Meredith, the Rambert Dance Company, Biosphere, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Shiva Feshareki, Mira Calix, United Visual Artists and Foals. In 2010 the LCO was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards (Audience Development category). Recent projects include sold-out performances at the Roundhouse and The Old Vic Tunnels, Ron Arad’s Curtain Call and Mike Figgis’s Just Tell The Truth at the Royal Opera House (Deloitte Ignite 2011). LCO’s performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Sky Arts.

“…a grass-roots perspective and a wide-eyed enthusiasm that could only exist in an orchestra run by young people for young people.” Classical Music Magazine