Founded in 2005 under the leadership of principal conductor Nicholas Collon, the Aurora Orchestra has long established itself as one of Europe's leading chamber orchestras.

Winner of major awards including three Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards, an ECHO Klassik, and a Classical:NEXT Innovation Award, Aurora boasts an extraordinary range of collaborations across different art forms and musical genres, from Sarah Connolly, Ian Bostridge, and Leonidas Kavakos to Wayne McGregor, Edmund de Waal, and Björk.

In recent years, Aurora has further advanced its trademark of performing concerts from memory and is considered the first orchestra in the world to perform entire symphonies in this way—without sheet music on stage. Since 2016, Aurora has been designing its own concert series, “Orchestral Theatre,” which encompasses various musical genres and art forms. The orchestral experiences created in this way revolutionize the concert format and open up exciting new ways for both long-established and new concertgoers to experience orchestral music. Aurora is based in London and is the resident orchestra at King's Place and the Southbank Centre. The orchestra also tours the UK and internationally each season.

By challenging preconceptions about what an orchestra can and should do on stage, Aurora inspires people of all ages and backgrounds to develop a passion for orchestral music. As part of an award-winning creative learning program, Aurora regularly offers workshops and storytelling concerts for families, schools, and young people, as well as children with special needs and disabilities. In 2022, Aurora launched Aurora Classroom, a groundbreaking online learning platform for elementary schools that includes the first feature film for young children, a wide range of resources to support teachers in conducting music activities in the classroom, and tailored activities for special needs institutions.