Which concert venue is the home of the Northern Sinfonia?
Royal Northern Sinfonia Royal Northern Sinfonia Royal Northern Sinfonia is a British chamber orchestra, founded in Newcastle upon Tyne and currently based in Gateshead. For the first 46 years of its history, the orchestra gave the bulk of its concerts at the Newcastle City Hall. Since 2004, the orchestra has been resident at Sage Gateshead. In June 2013, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II bestowed the title 'Royal' on the orchestra, formally naming it the Royal Northern Sinfonia. Michael Hall founded the ensemble in 1958 as the first permanent professional resident chamber orchestra in Britain outside London. The ensemble gave its first concert on
Royal Northern Sinfonia as its new principal guest conductor, effective with the 2015-2016 season. The orchestra has recorded for the NMC and Naxos labels, among others. Royal Northern Sinfonia tour regularly both nationally and internationally, performing in China, Europe, South America, and South Korea. In 2017, they performed at the BBC Proms' first Prom outside of London since 1930, at Stage@TheDock in Hull. Royal Northern Sinfonia has worked with Christian Tetzlaff, Olli Mustonen, Reinhard Goebel, Katrina Canellakis, Nicholas McGegan, Sally Matthews, Karen Cargill and Elizabeth Watts, and also collaborated with Sting, Ben Folds, John Grant, Spiritualized and Mercury Rev. Royal Northern Sinfonia Royal