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The London Shostakovich Orchestra is an orchestra based in St. Cyprian's Church on Glentworth Street in Marylebone, London, England. Founded in November 1999, its conductor is Christopher Cox and the leader is Jonathan Lee. They first performed in May 2000, and have performed around a dozen concerts to date (as of February 2007).
It was named in honor of Russian Neoclassical composer Dmitri Shostakovich, on whose compositions the orchestra places heavy emphasis. Their ultimate intention is to perform all 15 of Shostakovich's symphonies; they have so far covered symphonies Number 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, and 12. To date, only three musical pieces they have performed were not composed by Shostakovich.
The orchestra is funded by contributions from its members and money received from ticket sales.
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