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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Cinematic Orchestra Live at the Royal Festival Hall

December 11, 2020
Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 8XX, United Kingdom

Created in 1999 by the D.J. Jason Swinscoe, The Cinematic Orchestra fuses jazz, classical, and cutting-edge electronica for powerful performances that have sold out at Royal Albert Hall and the Sydney Opera House. Contemporary and ever-evolving, the collective often expands to a 12-piece band for live shows, becoming an epic ensemble of avant-garde sound. Though an in-person show is not possible this year, the group is holding its first-ever streamed performance at Royal Festival Hall. The lineup includes tracks from the new album To Believe, which The Guardian praised as “heartbreakingly brilliant.” —E.C.