Monday 23 February 2015 sees the release of the long awaited album Final Symphony: Nobuo Uematsu's music from the video games Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X in new arrangements by Masashi Hamauzu, Jonne Valtonen and Roger Wanamo.

ROBY LAKATOS ENSEMBLE AND THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PERFORM AN EVENING OF GYPSY-INSPIRED MUSIC CONDUCTED BY KRISTJAN JÄRVI

Thursday 5 March 2015
Barbican Hall, London

The London Symphony Orchestra is joined by leading Romani violinist Roby Lakatos and his Ensemble on 5 March in Dance of the Gypsy Violin, a concert featuring music which explores the violin’s wilder side through an array of Hungarian and Gypsy-inspired tunes, conducted by Kristjan Järvi. The programme will include Brahms’ Rondo alla zingarese, Kodály’s Háry János Suite, Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen and more.

Two new members of the LSO have joined us so far in 2015: Alexander Edmundson, joining the Horn section, and Daniel Newell, joining the trumpet section. Both have the title of Co-Principal (No 3) in their respective sections, and join their colleagues Tim Jones, Angela Barnes and Jonathan Lipton (horns) and Philip Cobb and Gerry Ruddock (trumpets). Meet them below:

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS AN INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN FESTIVAL FEATURING TWELVE OF THE WORLD’S GREAT VIOLINISTS 
April – June 2015

The London Symphony Orchestra’s remarkable International Violin Festival, which begins on 8 April and runs for three months, brings together twelve stars of the violin world and showcases a form that has long captivated audiences – the violin concerto.