Back Akademie sv. Martina v polích Czech Academy of St Martin in the Fields German Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields Spanish Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Finnish Academy of St Martin in the Fields French Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Galician האקדמיה של סנט מרטין בשדות HE Academy of St Martin in the Fields Hungarian Academy of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields Italian アカデミー室内管弦楽団 Japanese
| Academy of St Martin in the Fields | |
|---|---|
| Chamber orchestra | |
| Former name | The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Location | London, England |
| Music director | Joshua Bell |
| Website | asmf |
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields (ASMF) is an English chamber orchestra, based in London.
John Churchill, then Master of Music at the London church of St Martin-in-the-Fields, and Neville Marriner founded the orchestra as "The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields", a small, conductorless string group. The ASMF gave its first concert on 13 November 1959, in the church after which it was named. In 1988, the orchestra dropped the hyphens from its full name.