MEET  THE  ORCHESTRA

Click on the profiles below to find out more about some of the members of NLS

Owen  Leech - conductor

We have been fortunate to have Owen Leech as conductor and musical director of the North London Sinfonia, formerly the Tudor Orchestra, since December 2005.  Owen's knowledge, enthusiasm and encouragement ensures we progress, both as individual players and as an ensemble, each term.

Marina  Solarek - leader

Marina Solarek studied violin in Mannheim and Hamburg and completed her studies in London with Prof Yfrah Neamen.  She has performed regularly in Britain and abroad with her Piano Trio, the Feinstein Ensemble and the Baroque Ensemble “Kontraste”, has given concerts at the South Bank, St John’s Smith Square and St David’s Hall Cardiff and has made several broadcasts for Classic FM and BBC Radio 3.

Marina was a member of the BBC Radio Orchestra and is now leading a busy freelance career, working with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, BBC Symphony Orchestra, West End Shows and for Film and Television. 

She is the co-founder and tutor for the highly successful “Arpeggione” residential viola course which she runs together with Jacky Woods. Marina leads the North London Sinfonia and Fortismere Community Orchestra.  In her spare time she enjoys going to ballet classes in the Royal Opera House with Romayne Grigorova. She lives with her husband Martin and their daughter Natasha in north west London.

Joanne  Keithley - principal  cello

In May 2011, the orchestra was delighted to welcome Jo Keithley as Principal Cello.  After a student career glittering with distinctions, scholarships, first class honours, and multiple prizes, Jo now has an active freelance career, working with top-tier orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic and the Hallé, and as a member of the Southbank Sinfonia 2010 season, as well as performances in radio broadcasts on both BBC and Classic FM.