COLLABORATIONS

Britten Sinfonia is known for its collaborations across multiple art forms and genres of music, bringing vibrancy and freshness to performances and delivering exciting, thought-provoking experiences to audiences across the East of England and beyond.

We work with the most dynamic composers, conductors and soloists, and collaborate across genres including dance, opera, jazz and film.

Our recent collaborators include trumpeter Alison Balsom, sitarist Anoushka Shankar, South African cellist-vocalist Abel Selaocoe, Oud player Joseph Tawadros, Pagrav Dance Company, Opera Rara, and Amazon rainforest photographer and campaigner Sebastião Salgado.

Performing new music is in our DNA, and over 30 years Britten Sinfonia has commissioned almost 250 new works. Numerous composers with whom we worked early in their careers are now celebrated international names, including several of those who feature in our Play On launch film and supporting our appeal.

To name just a few of these composers: James MacMillan, Nitin Sawney, Sally Beamish, Helen Grime, Ryan Wigglesworth, Anna Meredith, Nico Muhly, Judith Weir, Dobrinka Tabakova, Peter Maxwell-Davies, Thomas Adès, Steve Reich, Caroline Shaw, Mark-Anthony Turnage, and Anna Meredith

Britten Sinfonia is committed to continuing this tradition by working with both established composers and exciting emerging names, through programmes such as our two annual Opus schemes to identify and develop new composing talent.