Both "globally successful musicians" and "stars of tomorrow" have been lined up to perform at the closing event, which will be titled A Symphony of British Music.
"Music has been Britain’s strongest cultural export of the last 50 years and we intend to produce an Olympic Closing Ceremony that will be a unique promotion of great British popular music," said artistic director Kim Gavin.
Today (24 Feb) Locog announced the London Symphony Orchestra will record the core orchestral soundtrack for all four Olympic and Paralympic opening and closing ceremonies.
The Orchestra has recently recorded soundtracks for Twilight: New Moon, Tamara Drewe and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Kathryn McDowell, managing director of the London Symphony Orchestra, said she was honoured at the announcement. "The London Symphony Orchestra aims to make great music available to everyone and the Olympic and Parlaympic opportunity will reach people of all ages across the world."
The worldwide broadcast of the Ceremony will start at 9pm and feature more than 4,100 performers, including 3,500 adult volunteers and 380 schoolchildren from the six east London Host Boroughs.
The 10,500 athletes who have competed in the Games will also be in attendance, and there will be an expected worldwide television audience of 750 million people.
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