The London Salon Ensemble is Britain’s leading exponent of salon music. Its unique instrumental line-up recreates the sound of light music as it was heard in the first half of the twentieth century, an ambiance that frequently draws interest from film and television composers of today.

  The Ensemble has given recitals all over the country: at concert halls, museums, art galleries and National Trust properties. It has also performed at many of London’s most distinguished addresses, among them, the National Theatre, British Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, Somerset House, Lambeth Palace and No.11 Downing Street. Private receptions, before members of the Royal Family, have taken it to both St. James’s and Kensington Palaces. The Ensemble gives regular performances at the Royal Festival Hall, where in 1989, it was invited by London’s South Bank to perform their New Year’s Day Viennese concert. Since then, it has become an annual tradition for the Ensemble to perform their concert favourites there, with a privileged invitation in January 2000 to open their celebrations for the new Millennium. The Ensemble has also been featured in the Sunday Express Magazine and has been the subject of BBC Radio 4’s Richard Baker Compares Notes.

  In December 2000, the Ensemble was invited to perform live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on Brian Kay’s Sunday Morning (BBC Radio 3). The Ensemble was invited again, for the last and very special edition of the programme relayed live from Broadcasting House.

  The London Salon Ensemble’s recordings are heard extensively on radio and television throughout the world. The Palm Court, Music from the Age of Romance and Elegance was a prizewinner at the Music Retailer’s Association Annual Awards for Excellence 1994 and, together with Love’s Dream, were used for the CD recording of Oscar Wilde’s play Lady Windermere’s Fan for the Naxos label. In 1999, the Art Deco Café was selected as a CD of the year on Summer Review (BBC Radio 3), while The Classic Salon received outstanding reviews.

  Orient Express, the legendary journey by train from London to Constantinople is the Ensemble’s latest commercial recording.

  The Ensemble’s recordings for television include the music for BBC Television’s Queen and Country, the four part documentary celebrating the H.M. the Queen’s Golden Jubilee and Oliver Twist, Alan Bleasedale’s highly acclaimed adaptation of Dickens’ novel for ITV. The music was nominated for a BAFTA Award. Members of the Ensemble have also appeared in the film setting of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest.