Effective period / Period of releases: 1973 - 2014

Members: Lionel Handy, Rebecca Hirsch, Tristan Fry, Helen Tunstall, Paul Archibald, Andy Crowley, Miffy Hirsch, Roger Chase, Alan Civil, John Wilbraham, Simon Haram, Martin Allen, Melinda Maxwell, Adrian Bradbury, Andrew Parker (2), James Watson (2), Joan Atherton, Mark Van De Wiel, David Alberman, Sebastian Bell, Edward Beckett, Corin Long, Louise Hopkins, Lynda Houghton, David Purser, Galina Solodchin, Caroline Dearnley, Zoe Martlew, Michael Thompson (2), Donald McVay, Christopher Van Kampen, Jane Atkins, Clio Gould, Shelagh Sutherland, James Holland, Jeremy Williams (2), Gareth Hulse, John Orford, Enno Senft, Fiona Ritchie, David Hockings, James Boyd, Anthony Chidell, Denis Wick, Eric Crees, Michael Collins (3), John Constable, Elizabeth Wexler, Paul Silverthorne, Simon Wills (2), John Chimes, Roger Birnstingl, Byron Fulcher, Gareth Brady, Anssi Karttunen, Gervase de Peyer, John Wallace (4), Valentin Garvie, Robin McGee, Antony Pay, Nona Liddell, Janet Craxton, Howard Snell, Harold Lester, Jennifer Ward Clarke, Jonathan Morton, Bryn Lewis, Catherine Edwards, Nick Reader, Martin Gatt, James Anderson (6), Roger Fallows, Michael Harris (6), Karen Jones (3), Hale Hambleton, Kevin Nutty, Timothy Lines, Miranda Fulleylove, Simon Smith (6), Keith Millar, Joseph Sanders, Michael Cox (3), Andriy Viytovych, Timothy Gill, Janet Crouch, John Jenkins (6), Joy Farrall, Simon Blendis, Stephen Maw, Hilary Jane Parker, Peter Blake (6), Michael Whight, Robert Holliday, Torbjörn Hultmark, Charlotte Reid, Markus Van Horn, Alistair Mackie, Christian Barraclough, Richard Waters (5), Adam Wynter, Zoe Matthews, Siwan Rhys, Daniel Finney (3), Kenneth Essex (2)

The London Sinfonietta is an English chamber orchestra based in London, founded in 1968 by Nicholas Snowman and David Atherton. The ensemble specialises in contemporary music and works across a wide range of genres. Artistic directors have been:

David Atherton from 1968-1973
Michael Vyner from 1972-1989
Paul Crossley from 1988-1994
Markus Stenz from 1994-1998
Oliver Knussen from 1998-2002
Gillian Moore from 1998-2006