"The top-notch chamber ensemble CHROMA" Guardian 2006 Associate Ensemble Tête à Tête opera company . . . Ensemble-in-Residence at Royal Holloway University of London

An ensemble of the highest calibre

Founded in 2997 , CHROMA is a dynamic, critically acclaimed chamber ensemble featuring some of Britain's most outstanding musicians, known for the passion it brings to contemporary works, its vivid renderings of classic pieces and its diverse programme of education work.

Following its debut at the Purcell Room CHROMA has become most closely associated with the performance of contemporary music and has forged close links with many prominent British composers through an extensive series of premières and collaborations.

Recent projects

Recent projects have included the world premières of Jonathan Dove's award-winning On Spital Fields - a Community Cantata for Spitalfields Festival, and Marcus Barcham-Stevens’ music for contemporary dance piece Tela/Bride with Lantern Dance Company. With Tête à Tête, for whom CHROMA is Associate Ensemble, recent premieres include Julian Grant’s “knitting opera” Odysseus Unwound and the six opera shorts Blind Date.

CHROMA has an active outreach and education programme, including ongoing collaborations with Spitalfields Festival and Tête à Tête opera company, and is resident at the University of London’s Royal Holloway and Bedford College.

"CHROMA are such a pleasure to work with - easy-going, friendly and fiercely committed. I am very excited by virtuosity and they have it in spades. It's a great feeling for a composer to know that whatever you write for them it will sound fantastic." Gabriel Jackson

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