We are committed to achieving the highest musical as well as dancing standards, and some of the country’s top musicians form our orchestra.
Since Dame Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin founded the company in 1950, English National Ballet has always been committed to making live music a vital part in the Company’s UK performances.
Led by Music Director, Gavin Sutherland, our critically acclaimed orchestra is one of the largest of its kind in Europe.
the orchestra means businessThe Arts Desk
Suspended above and behind the stage and conducted by Gavin Sutherland, English National Ballet Philharmonic plays each of Tchaikovsky’s notes with tenderness and every crescendo with a soul-stirring thrill. I felt as if I had never heard this music before.Sunday Express on Swan Lake in-the-round
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VideoWhy Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring terrifies
VideoKate, Anne and Gareth discuss Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet
VideoGavin Sutherland on Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde
VideoOrchestrating Akram Khan’s Giselle
Video360° View from the Orchestra Pit
Music director
Associate Conductor
GUEST CONDUCTORS
Gerry Cornelius
Principal Guest Conductor
MEMBERS
Violin 1
Matthew Scrivener
Leader
Rachel Allen
Co-Leader
Emil Chakalov
Anne Martin
Ruth Knell
Linda McLaren
Fiona Chesterman
Edward Brenton
Violin 2
Alain Petitclerc
Section Principal
Susan Croot
Theodor Küng
Charlotte Howes
Catherine Smart
Stephen Dinwoodie
Viola
Alexandros Koustas
Section Principal
David Danford
Linda Kidwell
Elizabeth Sharpe
Cello
Double Bass
Jeremy Gordon
Section Principal
Dominic Black
Catherine Ricketts
Flute II/Piccolo
Helen Keen
Oboe
Gareth Hulse
Section Principal
Jennifer Brittlebank
Clarinet
Derek Hannigan
Section Principal
Paul Allen
Bassoon
John McDougall
Section Principal
Howard Legge
French Horn
Mark Johnson
Section Principal
Alexandra Carr
Richard Dilley
Duncan Fuller
Trumpet
Andrew Mitchell
Section Principal
Patricia Reid
Trombone
Andrew Connington
Section Principal
Michael Crowther
Bass Trombone
Leslie Storey
Section Principal
Tuba
Martin Knowles
Section Principal
Harp
Isobel Frayling-Cork
Section Principal
Timpani
Kate Eyre
Section Principal
Percussion
Austin Beattie
Section Principal
