About the Orchestra

 
Sinfonia Tamesa is one of London's leading non-professional orchestras. Consisting mainly of music graduates, semi-professional musicians and talented amateurs, Sinfonia Tamesa is known for programming adventurous, challenging repertoire alongside better-known orchestral works and in doing so aims to consistently deliver interesting, accessible concerts to the highest possible standard. The orchestra also prides itself on promoting new talent and providing a platform for up-and-coming young soloists and composers. Under the musical direction of Tom Hammond, Sinfonia Tamesa rehearses and performs at venues in and around Waterloo.

Sinfonia Tamesa's reputation for quality in performance received the BBC's stamp of approval in 2008, when it was selected to participate in the BBC2 series Maestro, under the baton of a selection of celebrity conductors. Since then the orchestra has performed several important premières including the UK premières of Nielsen's Overture to Amor og Digteren and James Francis Brown's Prospero’s Isle, and the world première of Matthew Taylor's Humoreskes for viola and orchestra.