BBC PROMS 2026: From rehearsal to that audience reaction🥹🤍 #BBC #BBCProms #RoyalAlbertHall #ASMF
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London Orchestra committed to the musical freedom of its players, and the sharing of joyful, inspiring, performances ✨ Music Director - Joshua Bell
"This has been my desert island piece since I was a little girl." Now Stella Chen is bringing it to life in person, for the first time. Join her and ASMF on: ✨ September 23rd at Lincoln Cathedral ✨ September 25th at the Academy's home, Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Link in bio for tickets.
Meet Anna, one of our 2026 Associate Fellows🎻 We're looking for 2 early career violinists ready to work with the ASMF, get one-to-one coaching, and programme your own chamber concert. Applications close 19 August. #classicalmusic #orchestra #earlycareers #musicians #asmf
Ten seconds to brighten your day. The Jean Françaix Quartet mid-rehearsal during our Australia 2023 tour. No filter, just brilliant players and infectious energy✨
That sound…👏✨ A little taste of the applause from our 2023 BBC Proms performance… and next Sunday, we’re back. #ClassicalMusic #Orchestra #TheBBC #BBCProms #ASMF
A view from above 🎻 A glimpse into rehearsal in Rheingau last month, as Anastasia Kobekina and Richard Harwood prepared Vivaldi’s Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor during our European Festivals Tour in July 2026. #ClassicalMusic #Orchestra #ASMF
Yes, the performance was just as incredible as the rehearsal🎻 Joshua Bell and ASMF's string orchestra rehearsing Mozart's Marriage of Figaro Overture, Melbourne October 2023.
Meet Kynan, one of our most recent Associate Fellows🎻 Our applications for the 2026 Associate Fellowship are still open. We're looking for 2 early career violinists ready to work with the ASMF, get one-to-one coaching, and programme your own chamber concert. Applications close 19 August.
BBC Proms 3 years ago. See you again in a few weeks, August 23rd 2026✨
Proof that the best musicians can play anywhere🎶 The Jean Françaix Quartet, on our Australia 2023 tour.
The applause says it all✨ Joshua Bell & ASMF at Bravo Vail's 39th season last month.
How ASMF began🎻 Neville Marriner, Michael Bowie and Simon Streatfeild started with an idea: a different kind of ensemble. More flexible. More collegiate. What they built became one of the world's premier chamber orchestras, founded in 1958 and still conductor-less today.
POV: you're in the audience as Joshua Bell performs with ASMF at Bravo Vail. Honoured to have returned for our fifth residency, opening the Festival's 39th season last month🎻
Our most recent fellows called this season the highlight of their musical year✨ ASMF's 2026 Associate Fellowship is open now. For 2 early career violinists: work with ASMF, get one-to-one coaching, & programme your own chamber concert. Apply here👉 www.musicalchairs.info/jobs/54846
Before the applause comes the rehearsal✨ A glimpse behind the scenes as ASMF and Joshua Bell prepare for the next stop on our 2026 European Festivals Tour. Remaining performances: 📍 23 July – Rheingau Music Festival 📍 24 July – Rheingau Music Festival 📍 25 July – Rheingau Music Festival
A rare glimpse into the stunning Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Italy, back in 2022🇮🇹✨ Catching ASMF warming up and filling this grand hall with sound before the doors open, simply beautiful.
Did you know Joshua Bell recorded the soundtrack to the iconic 2004 movie "Ladies in Lavender" with Nigel Hess? 🎬🎻 Here is a behind-the-scenes look at Joshua rehearsing this piece with ASMF in Italy back in 2022. No matter when he plays it, his performance is always unforgettable. #asmf
You can practically hear the history in these walls🎶✨ In 2023, we took the Portuguese guitar into Abbey Road Studios alongside the incredible Pedro H. da Silva to record for the "Transclassical Concertos" album. #classicalmusic #orchestra #asmf
Some of our favourite moments at Bravo! Vail happened off stage🌿 ASMF spent 3 nights at this year's festival, along with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott and Joshua Bell. Mountain air, good company, and beautiful music. 📸 Photos taken by our Associate Principal Cellist, Will Schofield
Light and voice, together✨ In 2021, this performance brought together Handel's masterpiece with light projections curated by Nina Dunn Studio. Here, baritone Benson Wilson performs "The Trumpet Shall Sound" with ASMF.
A lighter side of Beethoven🎶 Here’s the opening of the third movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2, performed by ASMF. #Beethoven #ClassicalMusic #ASMF
One of Britain's most celebrated flautists in action🎶 Can you name this Mozart piece from just a few seconds of Michael Cox's playing? #Mozart #ClassicalMusic #ASMF
We were delighted to return to the Wargrave Festival with ASMF under Tomo Keller. From first note to last, it was a night of joy, and orchestral brilliance in an intimate setting that made every moment land just a little deeper. 📸 Tim Hodges #ClassicalMusic #WargraveFestival #ASMF
2023, Brisbane. Joshua Bell and the strings running through Bach's Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor before taking the QPAC stage🎻
Some moments you just have to stop and watch. Julia Fischer in rehearsal during our 2022 Europe tour. Can you guess what she's playing?🎻
Some pieces were made for sunny days. We've put together 8 of our recordings to fill every warm moment. For warm afternoons, blue skies and days too good to stay inside. Swipe through to explore the guide, and find each piece on our Spotify via the link in bio🎵 #ClassicalMusic #ASMF
The story of ASMF begins somewhere you might not expect: a nursing home bed & a musicologist neighbour with very strong opinions. Lady Marriner & Sir David Attenborough on how Neville Marriner's meeting with Thurston Dart shaped the sound of ASMF from the very beginning. Full convo on SoundCloud.
If we could sit in orchestra rehearsals all day, we would🎻
This one never gets old. Joshua Bell performing Saint-Saëns' "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso" with the ASMF Orchestra. Filmed in 2024, still as electric as ever.
Watching this once is impossible... The precision, speed and energy of Beatrice Rana on the piano during our 2024 tour is something else🎹