Association of British Orchestras

London Contemporary Orchestra

Contact details

Suite 116
43 Bedford Street
Covent Garden
London
London
WC2E 9HA United Kingdom
LCO is one of the foremost global session orchestras for films, television programmes, video games, albums, sample libraries, commercials, live shows and production music. As well as a reputation for a stylistically-advanced approach to film scoring sessions, LCO gives composers free rein to develop and incorporate avant-garde instrumental techniques. LCO offers a unique, integrated composer-orchestra collaborative model, with the possibility of early workshops, giving composers unprecedented proximity to the players in the generation of new sounds. This model can be tailored to meet the individual needs of the composer and production. We have collaborated with numerous leading composers, artists and bands, including Hildur Guðnadóttir, Jonny Greenwood, Mica Levi, Steven Price, Volker Bertelmann, Thom Yorke, Nainita Desai, The National, Philip Glass, Radiohead, Nicholas Britell, Craig Armstrong, Son Lux, Bryce Dessner, Sigur Rós, Kris Bowers, Taylor Swift, Jerskin Fendrix, Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Matthew Herbert, Justice, The Smile and Clint Mansell. Recent credits include One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood), Bugonia (Jerskin Fendrix), Wuthering Heights (Anthony Willis), Thunderbolts* (Son Lux) and All Quiet on the Western Front (Volker Bertelmann).

Annual Conference

The next ABO conference will take place in Birmingham from 3-5 February 2027.