Academy of St Martin in the Fields

🎊 JUST ANNOUNCED - ASMF 2025/26 SEASON 🎊 We are so pleased to share that our new season full of concerts, tours, workshops and other projects is now LIVE on our website! Head to asmf.org to see all that's on offer and book your tickets now! 🎫

Few composers have left a mark on the violin quite like Niccolò Paganini🎻 Hear our Music Director Joshua Bell bring Paganini’s music to life in the recording studio for his album "Paganini", available to listen to now. #Paganini #ClassicalMusic #ASMF

The one and only Stella Chen 🎻 One month on from our concert together, we're revisiting some of the moments that made the evening so special, including this performance of Beethoven’s "Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61". Discover the upcoming season and book your tickets via the link in our bio.

We have a home 🎻 We've enjoyed rehearsing at The Warehouse for decades, and now it's officially the home of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. For the first time, we will bring our rehearsals, recordings, social purpose programmes, offices, library and archive together under one roof - w…

A little musical moment of the ASMF orchestra rehearsing, ahead of our recent concert with brilliant violinist Stella Chen at St Martin-in-the-Fields 🎻

Behind-the-scenes of our Asia Tour🎻 Joshua Bell and the ASMF orchestra rehearse Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in A minor, as our tour continues across Asia. Visit the link in our bio for more information and tickets to our remaining concerts. #JoshuaBell #Dvorak #ASMF

A wonderful week in New York, made all the more special by the friends, supporters and Board members who joined us. Our sincere thanks to everyone who celebrated this milestone with us, and to Joshua Bell and Larisa Martinez, Langham Hotels & Resorts, and our friends at Hakluyt & Co🤍

ASMF took its 2026/27 Season launch to New York last week, celebrating 15 years of Joshua Bell as Music Director✨ Our thanks to everyone who joined us in New York to celebrate this special milestone.

On 27 November, Ensemble Unheard makes its debut at the National Gallery’s Piggott Theatre, bringing together people from all walks of life, including those experiencing homelessness, alongside professional musicians. 🎟️ Tickets are FREE. socialpurpose@asmf.org 🗓️ 27 Nov, 6:30pm 📍 Piggott Theatre

Tonight at St Martin-in-the-Fields✨ Award-winning vocal collective SANSARA bring their extraordinary sound to London for the UK premiere of Gavin Bryars’ cult classic Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet in a powerful choral arrangement. 📍 St Martin-in-the-Fields, London 🗓️ Friday 9 October #ASMF

A moment with Stella Chen🎻 A little glimpse of the brilliant violinist performing with ASMF at St Martin-in-the-Fields a few weeks ago. #ClassicMusic #Orchestra #LiveMusic #ASMF

Remembering Sir Neville Marriner, our founder, ten years on. Watch him at work with the orchestra he founded, and hear our principal first violinist Harvey DeSouza on what made him extraordinary: "He will never settle for anything less than 100%." Thank you, Neville. #SirNevilleMarriner #ASMF

Music in the making🎻 Tomo Keller and the ASMF string orchestra in rehearsal during our Europe 2023 Tour.

A closer listen to Eleanor Alberga. ✨ This is Alberga’s "Nightscape" with our ASMF orchestra, recorded as part of The Beacon Project, which shines a light on three female contemporary composers. #ClassicalMusic #FemaleComposers #ASMF

Rehearsing is one thing. Performing is another🎶 When you play something like Paganini alongside Joshua Bell, it's not just about hitting the right notes. It's about finding the character in them, the coquettishness, the personality that makes the piece come alive. Listen to his new album PAGANINI!

The work behind the magic. BBC Proms 2026 🎻

Where the music meets the architecture...rehearsing in a space like this, the room becomes an instrument too✨ Captured at Friedrich-von-Thiersch-Saal, during our European Festivals Tour 2026. #ClassicalMusic #Orchestra #ASMF

BBC PROMS 2026: From rehearsal to that audience reaction🥹🤍 #BBC #BBCProms #RoyalAlbertHall #ASMF

"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.