Biography | City of London Sinfonia (CLS) is one of the UKs leading professional orchestras, and gives approximately one hundred performances each year in London, throughout the UK and abroad, under the artistic leadership of Stephen Layton and Michael Collins. Founded in 1971 by the late Richard Hickox CBE, we have a reputation for skilfully combined programmes, a commitment to the music of British composers and collaborations with the human voice always performed with palpable energy and spirit. |