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- 9 August 2022
On Saturday 6 August, NYO concluded the Open Up: Free Spirits tour with a bang at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, packed with a buzzing audience. This boundary-breaking performance, conducted by Andrew Gourlay, was so sensational that Hollywood legend Danny Elfman himself tweeted: ‘NYO was spectacular! So much energy in the house!!’
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- Performances
- Reviews
- The Orchestra
- 10 January 2022
We made it… NYO 2022 is here! We’ve started the new year with a bang with a triumphant return to the Barbican Hall and the Warwick Arts Centre.
- Performances
- Reviews
- The Orchestra
- 8 March 2021
We are delighted to share the 15 performances recorded as part of NYO’s Lift Off & Lift Up project. In what was our biggest ever digital activity, musicians came together to launch the NYO year, spending an immersive day in creative workshops, webinars, and with instrumental tutors, before performing Jigsaw by composer Dani Howard.
- NYO Inspire
- The Orchestra
- 4 March 2021
We are so delighted to share the news that NYO’s project celebrating and lifting up the voices of Black composers has won a UK Youth Award.
- Awards
- NYO Inspire
- The Orchestra
- 20 April 2020
What happens when 164 of the UK's most dedicated musicians are supposed to be performing on stage at the Southbank Centre, but instead, they're all in lockdown, hundreds of miles apart?
- NYO Inspire
- The Orchestra