LPO Young Composers

The London Philharmonic Orchestra Young Composers programme aims to support the progression of talented orchestral composers. Applications are now open for 2023/24!

Mentored by the LPO’s Composer-in-Residence, the Young Composers spend a season with the LPO, each creating a new work for chamber orchestra that is performed by Foyle Future First musicians and LPO players at a public showcase concert at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Applications for the LPO Young Composers Programme  are now open! The deadline to apply is 9am on Friday 27th February 2026

Find out more on the LPO website.

To be eligible to apply, composers need to:

• Be over 18 years of age and not in full-time education
• Compose at post-graduate level or beyond, or at an equivalent standard
• Be able to attend London-based dates on the scheme (c.10-12 dates over the year) and have the time to dedicate to the opportunity
• Be unpublished by a major publisher
• Have not had a work performed by a professional symphonic orchestra in concert (unless as part of an emerging composer programme or scheme)
• We are particularly interested in applications from composers from historically under-represented groups such as black, Asian or minority ethnic composers, women composers and disabled composers.