The Cinematic Orchestra

The Cinematic Orchestra returns to Sofia with an exclusive club concert and new music

Fifteen years after their only visit to Bulgaria, The Cinematic Orchestra returns to Sofia. On October 11, 2026, the legendary British formation will perform an exclusive club concert at SOFIA LIVE CLUB at the invitation of Sofia Live Festival. In addition to iconic compositions from their catalog, the band will also present new music, which will be heard for the first time by the audience, as well as a revamped concert lineup with new musicians.

For more than two decades, the project created by Jason Swinscoe has occupied a unique place on the world music scene, blurring the boundaries between jazz, electronics, neoclassicism, downtempo, and soul. Each subsequent release of The Cinematic Orchestra expands this musical world without losing its characteristic emotional signature rich in space, cinematic imagery, and human sensitivity.

In 2019, the group returned with their fourth studio album To Believe, hailed by critics as one of their strongest works to date. In it, Jason Swinscoe and his long-time collaborator Dominic Smith work with artists such as Moses Sumney, Roots Manuva, Dorian Concept, Grey Reverend, and Heidi Vogel, creating music that combines intimacy, hope, and delicate melancholy. The album received rave reviews from The Guardian, The Independent, Q Magazine, GQ, and Bandcamp, while The Observer described it as a "triumph" in a five-star review.

Over the years, The Cinematic Orchestra has released four critically acclaimed studio albums, including Every Day and Ma Fleur, featuring one of their most recognizable compositions, To Build A Home, which has garnered hundreds of millions of listens and has become a contemporary musical classic. Alongside their albums, the band also creates impressive film soundtracks, including new music for the avant-garde masterpiece Man With A Movie Camera by Dziga Vertov, as well as music for the Disney documentary Crimson Wing. The composition Arrival of the Birds gained worldwide popularity after being featured in the film The Theory of Everything.

The Cinematic Orchestra concerts have long become a standalone artistic experience. Combining live instruments, electronic textures, impressive vocals, and a visual environment, the group has sold out venues such as the Royal Albert Hall in London, Sydney Opera House, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and Philharmonie de Paris, as well as festivals like Glastonbury, Coachella, Montreux Jazz Festival, Sonar, and Fuji Rock.

The concert at Sofia Live Club will be a rare opportunity for the audience to hear both the most beloved works of The Cinematic Orchestra and the first excerpts from their upcoming new album, which the band is working on between London, Los Angeles, and Lisbon together with a new generation of musicians and authors. Sofia is among the first stops where this new chapter will be presented to the audience.

On October 11, 2026, Sofia Live Club will become a space where jazz, electronics, and cinema will once again meet in the characteristic way of The Cinematic Orchestra, beautiful, cinematic, and deeply emotional.

A limited number of Early Bird tickets priced at €50 are available only at www.sofialivefest.com, and on July 6, the sale of regular-priced tickets starting at €55 will begin through Eventim and partner box offices.

Doors: 19:30.

Start: 21:00.

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