Joby Burgess
One of Britain’s most diverse percussionists, Joby is equally at home performing with Peter Gabriel at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and The Who at Wembley Stadium as reimagining Blade Runner at Sydney Opera House and Ibiza Classics at the Royal Albert Hall.
Known for his virtuosic performances, Joby’s solo projects Powerplant and Pioneers of Percussion have taken him from Berghain, Berlin to SESC Pompéia, São Paulo. Recent releases for Signum include Gabriel Prokofiev’s ‘Concerto for Bass Drum’, Eric Whitacre’s ‘Marimba Quartets’ and BBC Radio 3’s Album of the Week ‘A Percussionist’s Songbook’.
Often found at London’s Abbey Road and Air Studios, Joby’s playing can be heard on major film and TV scores, notably leading the percussion sections on the Black Panther and Ant-man franchises, Spirited, The Harder They Fall, Rocketman, Ad Astra, The Darkest Hour, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Doctor Who.
In demand as an educationalist, Joby created the Virtual Marimba Choir, which brought together 227 percussionists from around the world during Spring 2020.
‘a prominent figure in the alt-classical scene … Joby Burgess, the soloist coaxed all manner of sounds from the oxlike instrument, often wielding multiple sticks in each hand and even using his fingers and elbows … the words athleticism and stamina come to mind.’ New York Times
‘one of the best concertos written this century … Joby Burgess has made the Bass Drum Concerto his own, and the Ural Philharmonic under Alexei Bogorad clearly respond to the percussionists’s virtuoso treatment of an instrument that resided in the lower reaches of the orchestral hierarchy for far too long.’ Gramophone
‘Wow factor was supplied by Joby Burgess’ percussion, which exquisitely enhanced the music -hauntingly tribal at one moment and fantastically futuristic at another.’ The Upcoming
One of Britain’s most diverse percussionists, Joby is equally at home performing with Peter Gabriel at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and The Who at Wembley Stadium as reimagining Blade Runner at Sydney Opera House and Ibiza Classics at the Royal Albert Hall.
Known for his virtuosic performances, Joby’s solo projects Powerplant and Pioneers of Percussion have taken him from Berghain, Berlin to SESC Pompéia, São Paulo. Recent releases for Signum include Gabriel Prokofiev’s ‘Concerto for Bass Drum’, Eric Whitacre’s ‘Marimba Quartets’ and BBC Radio 3’s Album of the Week ‘A Percussionist’s Songbook’.
Most often to be found recording at London’s Abbey Road and Air Studios, Joby’s playing can be heard on several hundred major film and TV scores, notably leading the percussion sections on the Black Panther and Ant-man franchises, The Odyssey, Spirited, The Harder They Fall, Rocketman, Ad Astra, The Darkest Hour, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Doctor Who.
Joby’s playing can be heard on recent albums including, Rosalia’s ‘Lux’, Édith Piaf’s ‘Symphonique’, Little Simz’s ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’, Trevor Horn’s ‘Reimagines The Eighties’ and for artists ranging from Sir Paul McCartney and Max Richter to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Stewart Copeland.
Joby has built up a vast collection of percussion instruments, which he has sampled extensively for Spitfire Audio at both Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall and Abbey Road Studio One. In the field of education, Joby created the Virtual Marimba Choir, which brought together 227 percussionists from around the world during Spring 2020.
‘a prominent figure in the alt-classical scene … Joby Burgess, the soloist coaxed all manner of sounds from the oxlike instrument, often wielding multiple sticks in each hand and even using his fingers and elbows … the words athleticism and stamina come to mind.’ New York Times
‘one of the best concertos written this century … Joby Burgess has made the Bass Drum Concerto his own, and the Ural Philharmonic under Alexei Bogorad clearly respond to the percussionists’s virtuoso treatment of an instrument that resided in the lower reaches of the orchestral hierarchy for far too long.’Gramophone
‘Wow factor was supplied by Joby Burgess’ percussion, which exquisitely enhanced the music – hauntingly tribal at one moment and fantastically futuristic at another.’The Upcoming
Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer
Vicki Swan and Jonny Dyer
Vicki and Jonny are versatile multiinstrumentalists that are equally at home in any genre. Both are classically trained musicians and strong readers. Their period work stretches from Medieval historic interpretation all the way to modern folk. They are also passionate about historic dance genres from the 1650s Playford through to the 1800s Regency made more famous by the likes of Jane Austen and Bridgerton. They are both no stranger to Air-Edel, Air and Abbey Road studios. Although the instruments they play are often type-cast into medieval and viking they also find their way into more modern projects.
Vicki Swan specialises in bowed strings, from the nyckelharpa - Swedish keyed-fiddle, the sieneharpa (keyed-fiddle from1408) moraharpa (keyed-fiddle from the 1500s). She also plays the tagelharpa - a very early form of fiddle from the 1000s. She has worked on projects such as The Witcher Blood Origin (both recording and onset adviser), The Northman, The Beast Within, Stockholm Bloodbath, The Winter King (also seen as a supporting actress) and for the Games genre: Genshin Impact, RuneScape, The Home County and The Angler. Vicki has also worked with several sampling companies and there is a strong chance that any composer wanting a nyckelharpa in a score will already be using a sample pack that is Vicki. Vicki is the leading nyckelharpa player based in the UK and one of the few able to bridge the gap from the classical discipline to folk music. She is able to arrange and compose in different styles and genres. As an aside it’s Vicki that is responsible for World Nyckelharpa Day.
Full Instrument List:
Keyed-Fiddles: Modern Three-Row Chromatic nyckelharpa, Silverbasharpa, Kontrabasharpa, Moraharpa, Sienaharpa, Cello- pitched Nyckelharpa
Other Strings: Tagelharpa,Bowed Psaltery, Cittra, Double Bass
Bagpipes: English Border bagpipes (G) , Scottish Smallpipes (A, D or C), Swedish Säckpipa (E or D)
Wind: Bone Flute, Willow Flute, Irish/simple system flute, Whistles, Flageolet
Jonny Dyer specialises in ancient brass, strummed strings and keyboards. An excellent improviser he pulls in influences from baroque figured bass to jazz. He has worked on films such as The Northman, Stockholm Bloodbath, as well as recording and appearing as a supporting actor in The Winter King, Boudicca, Holy City. In the Game genre Jonny has worked on projects such as The Home Country and RuneScape. Jonny is also a composer and arranger having written and recorded full length scores for projects such as finale at the The York Viking Festival (2025 and 2024) and the plays performed at Whitby Illuminated 2021-2025) as well as other shows for English Heritage.
Full Instrument List:
Labrosones: Carnyx, Conch, Roman Cornu, Swedisg Cowhorn (Kohorn), Swedish Goat Horn (Bockhorn), Dutch Midwinter Horn, Näverlur, Roman Buisine, Trumpet
Strings: Citole, Medieval Lap Harp, Lyre, Bouzouki, Guitar
Keys: Harpsichord, Harmonium, Piano, Accordion
Vicki and Jonny are versatile multiinstrumentalists that are equally at home in any genre. Both are classically trained musicians and strong readers. Their period work stretches from Medieval historic interpretation all the way to modern folk. They are also passionate about historic dance genres from the 1650s Playford through to the 1800s Regency made more famous by the likes of Jane Austen and Bridgerton. They are both no stranger to Air-Edel, Air and Abbey Road studios. Although the instruments they play are often type-cast into medieval and viking they also find their way into more modern projects.
Vicki Swan specialises in bowed strings, from the nyckelharpa - Swedish keyed-fiddle, the sieneharpa (keyed-fiddle from1408) moraharpa (keyed-fiddle from the 1500s). She also plays the tagelharpa - a very early form of fiddle from the 1000s. She has worked on projects such as The Witcher Blood Origin (both recording and onset adviser), The Northman, The Beast Within, Stockholm Bloodbath, The Winter King (also seen as a supporting actress) and for the Games genre: Genshin Impact, RuneScape, The Home County and The Angler. Vicki has also worked with several sampling companies and there is a strong chance that any composer wanting a nyckelharpa in a score will already be using a sample pack that is Vicki. Vicki is the leading nyckelharpa player based in the UK and one of the few able to bridge the gap from the classical discipline to folk music. She is able to arrange and compose in different styles and genres. As an aside it’s Vicki that is responsible for World Nyckelharpa Day.
Full Instrument List:
Keyed-Fiddles: Modern Three-Row Chromatic nyckelharpa, Silverbasharpa, Kontrabasharpa, Moraharpa, Sienaharpa, Cello- pitched Nyckelharpa
Other Strings: Tagelharpa,Bowed Psaltery, Cittra, Double Bass
Bagpipes: English Border bagpipes (G) , Scottish Smallpipes (A, D or C), Swedish Säckpipa (E or D)
Wind: Bone Flute, Willow Flute, Irish/simple system flute, Whistles, Flageolet
Jonny Dyer specialises in ancient brass, strummed strings and keyboards. An excellent improviser he pulls in influences from baroque figured bass to jazz. He has worked on films such as The Northman, Stockholm Bloodbath, as well as recording and appearing as a supporting actor in The Winter King, Boudicca, Holy City. In the Game genre Jonny has worked on projects such as The Home Country and RuneScape. Jonny is also a composer and arranger having written and recorded full length scores for projects such as finale at the The York Viking Festival (2025 and 2024) and the plays performed at Whitby Illuminated 2021-2025) as well as other shows for English Heritage.
Full Instrument List:
Labrosones: Carnyx, Conch, Roman Cornu, Swedisg Cowhorn (Kohorn), Swedish Goat Horn (Bockhorn), Dutch Midwinter Horn, Näverlur, Roman Buisine, Trumpet
Strings: Citole, Medieval Lap Harp, Lyre, Bouzouki, Guitar
Keys: Harpsichord, Harmonium, Piano, Accordion
Lucy Shaw
Lucy Shaw plays the double bass and bass guitar. In the studio she records music for film soundtracks, TV and pop bands. Recent recordings include working with Charlie XCX, the soundtrack for KPOP Demon Hunters and both orchestral double bass and rhythm bass on Paddington in Peru. Lucy works with The Royal Opera House, Britten Sinfonia and English Chamber Orchestra. With the bass guitar Lucy has toured internationally, appeared on festival stages like Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage with Squeeze and on TV and radio. Lucy has appeared as a guest on the radio show “Add to Playlist” and she was a member of the groundbreaking theatre music company the Gogmagogs.
Lucy has composed music and written arrangements for pop bands and theatre. As an educator she has worked with the Royal Academy of Music Open Academy, Wigmore Hall learning, Trinity Laban and she has been guest professor at the RCM. Lucy is a visiting professor of the bass at the University of St. Georges, City Of London, for the Music Performance and Production course. Lucy also teaches at CYM ( Centre for Young Musicians) and LSSO (London Schools Symphony Orchestra).
Lucy Shaw plays the double bass and bass guitar. In the studio she records music for film soundtracks, TV and pop bands. Recent recordings include working with Charlie XCX, the soundtrack for KPOP Demon Hunters and both orchestral double bass and rhythm bass on Paddington in Peru. Lucy works with The Royal Opera House, Britten Sinfonia and English Chamber Orchestra. With the bass guitar Lucy has toured internationally, appeared on festival stages like Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage with Squeeze and on TV and radio. Lucy has appeared as a guest on the radio show “Add to Playlist” and she was a member of the groundbreaking theatre music company the Gogmagogs.
Lucy has composed music and written arrangements for pop bands and theatre. As an educator she has worked with the Royal Academy of Music Open Academy, Wigmore Hall learning, Trinity Laban and she has been guest professor at the RCM. Lucy is a visiting professor of the bass at the University of St. Georges, City Of London, for the Music Performance and Production course. Lucy also teaches at CYM ( Centre for Young Musicians) and LSSO (London Schools Symphony Orchestra).
Letty Stott
Letty is one of the UK’s most versatile horn players, with her performing work spanning across a huge range of genres.
Letty has provided specialist forms for film and tv, appearing as a credited solo artist for films including Gladiator II, Nosferatu and The Northman. She frequently works at recording studios including AIR, Abbey Road and Real World studios as a collaborative musician to composers and film directors, providing artistic direction and specialist knowledge about the instruments that she plays. Letty specialises in ancient forms of horn from the Ancient Greek, Iron Age and early Roman periods, with instruments including the Carnyx, Cornu, Salpinx and Lituus. She is currently undertaking a PhD in music archaeology, exploring the historical context of the instruments as well as their sound.
Letty also specialises in natural forms of horn, including conch shells and cow horns, as well as horns from across the world, including alphorns as well as the Tibetan Dung Chen, Nepalese horns and Tibetan bone trumpets.
Letty’s tv credits as a solo artist playing specialist horns include The Witcher and Dungeons and Dragons (both Netflix), Cecil the Lion (Channel 4), Digging for Britain (BBC2), and Surviving Pompeii (National Geographic, upcoming) and she regularly contributes to BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4 programmes. Letty has worked extensively in theatre, with credits including Anthony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare’s Globe), Julius Caesar (RSC) and Amadeus and Macbeth (National Theatre), both of which she performed onstage in costume. For Macbeth, Letty was also part of a research and development project to design and build instruments for the production, including surrealistic horns made from found materials (plastic, wood, metal springs), to fit with the post-apocalyptic world of the set.
Letty studied at Oxford University, Cambridge University and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she held a Junior Fellowship. Letty has performed Cornu live from Hadrian’s Wall for BBC Radio 3 Breakfast; she has played conch shells in front of the statue of Darwin at the Natural History Museum in London; and has performed on Carnyx on top of the Italian alps to launch the new All Conditions Gear (ACG) range for Nike.
Letty is one of the UK’s most versatile and creative musicians, equally at home working as a soloist, collaborator, lecturer or musical director. Her work with specialist forms of horn has led to her performing as a credited solo artist for numerous major film scores, with her intellectually rigorous approach enabling her to provide historical detail for period-accurate performance.
Letty has provided specialist forms of horn for major film scores including Gladiator II, Nosferatu, The Northman, and Isle of Man and Werewulf (upcoming). She frequently works at recording studios including AIR, Abbey Road and RAK studios as a collaborative musician to composers and film directors, providing artistic direction and specialist knowledge about the instruments that she plays.
Letty’s TV credits as a solo artist playing specialist horns include The Witcher and Dungeons and Dragons (both Netflix), Cecil the Lion (Channel 4), Digging for Britain (BBC2), and Surviving Pompeii (National Geographic, upcoming) and she regularly contributes to BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4 programmes, as well as exhibitions at the British Academy.
Letty specialises in forms of horn from the Ancient Greek, Iron Age and early Roman periods, with instruments including the Carnyx, Cornu, Salpinx and Lituus. She also plays natural horns, including conch shells and cow horns, as well as horns from across the world, including alphorns as well as the Tibetan Dung Chen, Nepalese horns and Tibetan bone trumpets.
Letty has been Artist-in-Residence at Snape Maltings, and is undertaking artistic residencies at Hawkwood Centre and EIAF Japan with jazz vocalist Yvette Riby-Williams. Letty is currently studying towards her PhD in Music Archaeology at Manchester University and National Museums Scotland, with her research focussing on copper alloy instruments of the European Iron Age and early Roman period.
Letty studied for her undergraduate degree at Oxford University, with postgraduate studies at Cambridge University where she was a Leverhulme Scholar and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she held a Junior Fellowship. Letty has performed Cornu live from Hadrian’s Wall on BBC Radio 3 Breakfast; she has played conch shells in front of the statue of Darwin at the Natural History Museum in London; and has performed on Carnyx on top of the Italian Alps working with the sports brand Nike.
Rakhi Singh
Rakhi Singh is a violinist, creative director and composer based in Manchester UK.
A founding member and co-Artistic Director of Manchester Collective, Singh has led the ensemble through a decade of bold programming and genre-defying collaborations; premiering works by Oliver Leith, Edmund Finnis, Emily Hall, Julia Wolfe, Abel Selaocoe, Alice Zawadzki, Nabihah Iqbal and Hannah Peel.
She has collaborated with some of the world's most prestigious cultural organisations including Elbphilharmonie, Southbank Centre, Concertgebouw, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, London Contemporary Orchestra, RLPO, CBSO, Hebrides Ensemble and Sinfonia Cymru.
Recent creations include Refractions, with Clarke and Melanie Lane, There is Nothing In the Sky with Vessel (BBC Philharmonic commission) Manchester Collective’s Rothko Chapel and a film for the Royal Opera House with Blackhaine.
Her recordings include Quarry (2021) and her debut album Purnima (2023) was released on Bang on a Can’s Cantaloupe Music imprint. She has released music with Hania Rani, GoGo Penguin and Kris Bowers. Born to an English mother and Indian father in rural Wales, Rakhi’s upbringing was influenced by many different cultures and traditions.
Rakhi Singh is a violinist, creative director and composer based in Manchester UK.
A founding member and co-Artistic Director of Manchester Collective, Singh has led the ensemble through a decade of bold programming and genre-defying collaborations; premiering works by Oliver Leith, Edmund Finnis, Emily Hall, Julia Wolfe, Abel Selaocoe, Alice Zawadzki, Nabihah Iqbal and Hannah Peel.
She has collaborated with some of the world's most prestigious cultural organisations including Elbphilharmonie, Southbank Centre, Concertgebouw, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, London Contemporary Orchestra, RLPO, CBSO, Hebrides Ensemble and Sinfonia Cymru.
Recent creations include Refractions, with Clarke and Melanie Lane, There is Nothing In the Sky with Vessel (BBC Philharmonic commission) Manchester Collective’s Rothko Chapel and a film for the Royal Opera House with Blackhaine.
Her recordings include Quarry (2021) and her debut album Purnima (2023) was released on Bang on a Can’s Cantaloupe Music imprint. She has released music with Hania Rani, GoGo Penguin and Kris Bowers. Born to an English mother and Indian father in rural Wales, Rakhi’s upbringing was influenced by many different cultures and traditions.
TOM POSTER
Tom Poster is a musician whose skills and passions extend well beyond the conventional role of the concert pianist. He has been described as “a marvel, [who] can play anything in any style” (The Herald), “mercurially brilliant” (The Strad), and as having “a beautiful tone that you can sink into like a pile of cushions” (BBC Music).
Tom has performed over forty concertos from Mozart to Ligeti with Aurora Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, China National Symphony, Hallé, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic and Scottish Chamber Orchestra, collaborating with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Nicholas Collon, Robin Ticciati and Yan Pascal Tortelier, or sometimes directing from the piano. He has premiered solo, chamber and concertante works by leading composers, made multiple appearances at the BBC Proms, and his exceptional versatility has put him in great demand at festivals internationally.
During the 2020 lockdown, his #UriPosteJukeBox series with Elena Urioste - featuring Tom as pianist, arranger, multi-instrumentalist, writer, backing dancer and snowman - brought a staggeringly eclectic selection of music to audiences across the world through 88 daily online performances, for which the duo won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Inspiration Award. Their subsequent recording, The Jukebox Album, received glowing reviews and a BBC Music Magazine Award.
Tom is co-founder and artistic director of Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, appointed Associate Ensemble at Wigmore Hall in 2020. With a flexible line-up featuring many of today’s most inspirational musicians, Kaleidoscope is particularly renowned for its championing of unjustly neglected gems alongside deservedly celebrated classics. Its albums for Chandos Records have been shortlisted for BBC
Music Magazine and Gramophone awards, while recent performance highlights have included debuts at the BBC Proms and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and two extensive tours of the USA.
Tom has recorded albums for BIS, Chandos, Decca, Orchid and Warner Classics, appearing as soloist and in collaboration with Elena Urioste, Alison Balsom, Guy Johnston, Britten Sinfonia and London Symphony Orchestra. He regularly features as soloist on film soundtracks, including the Oscar-nominated score for The Theory of Everything. He studied with Joan Havill at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and at King’s College, Cambridge.
Tom Poster is a musician whose skills and passions extend well beyond the conventional role of the concert pianist. He has been described as “a marvel, [who] can play anything in any style” (The Herald), “mercurially brilliant” (The Strad), and as having “a beautiful tone that you can sink into like a pile of cushions” (BBC Music).
Tom has performed over forty concertos from Mozart to Ligeti with Aurora Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, China National Symphony, Hallé, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic and Scottish Chamber Orchestra, collaborating with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Nicholas Collon, Robin Ticciati and Yan Pascal Tortelier, or sometimes directing from the piano. He has premiered solo, chamber and concertante works by leading composers, made multiple appearances at the BBC Proms, and his exceptional versatility has put him in great demand at festivals internationally.
During the 2020 lockdown, his #UriPosteJukeBox series with Elena Urioste - featuring Tom as pianist, arranger, multi-instrumentalist, writer, backing dancer and snowman - brought a staggeringly eclectic selection of music to audiences across the world through 88 daily online performances, for which the duo won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Inspiration Award. Their subsequent recording, The Jukebox Album, received glowing reviews and a BBC Music Magazine Award.
Tom is co-founder and artistic director of Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, appointed Associate Ensemble at Wigmore Hall in 2020. With a flexible line-up featuring many of today’s most inspirational musicians, Kaleidoscope is particularly renowned for its championing of unjustly neglected gems alongside deservedly celebrated classics. Its albums for Chandos Records have been shortlisted for BBC
Music Magazine and Gramophone awards, while recent performance highlights have included debuts at the BBC Proms and Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and two extensive tours of the USA.
Tom has recorded albums for BIS, Chandos, Decca, Orchid and Warner Classics, appearing as soloist and in collaboration with Elena Urioste, Alison Balsom, Guy Johnston, Britten Sinfonia and London Symphony Orchestra. He regularly features as soloist on film soundtracks, including the Oscar-nominated score for The Theory of Everything. He studied with Joan Havill at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and at King’s College, Cambridge.
Jonathan Morton
Jonathan Morton is a violinist who enjoys collaborating with musicians and artists from different traditions.
He is Artistic Director at Scottish Ensemble, where his eclectic and engaging programming has been enthusiastically praised by audiences internationally, offering fresh perspectives on familiar repertoire and championing new works. Under his leadership Scottish Ensemble has been collaborating increasingly with other art forms such as dance, visual arts, & theatre.
Recent critically acclaimed projects include 20th Century Perspectives with artist Toby Paterson, Goldberg Variations with Andersson Dance and Anno with Anna Meredith & Eleanor Meredith.
Jonathan is also Principal First Violin at London Sinfonietta, where he has been given the opportunity to work closely with many of today's leading composers and performers, including Steve Reich, Harrison Birtwistle, Mica Levi, Oliver Knussen, Marius Nesset, Tansy Davies, Jonny Greenwood, Louis Andriessen, Hannah Kendall, Martin Suckling, and Dai Fujikura.
Jonathan has been invited as a guest leader with groups such as BIT20 in Bergen, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Sinfonietta Cracovia, and Amsterdam Sinfonietta. He is committed to sharing ideas with the next generation of string players and has directed projects at the Royal Northern College of Music, the Royal College of Music, the RoyalConservatoire of Scotland, and the University of Auckland.
Jonathan regularly contributes to film & TV scores at Abbey Road Studios and Air Lyndhurst Studios, where he has been leading studio orchestras for film composers including Dario Marianelli, Rael Jones, Benjamin Wallfisch, Daniel Pemberton, Patrick Doyle, Alex Heffes, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Christian Henson, Craig Armstrong, Frank Illfman, and Hauschka.
Jonathan also plays with the Colin Currie Group, with recent performances in Europe, the USA and Japan.
Jonathan Morton is a violinist who enjoys collaborating with musicians and artists from different traditions.
He is Artistic Director at Scottish Ensemble, where his eclectic and engaging programming has been enthusiastically praised by audiences internationally, offering fresh perspectives on familiar repertoire and championing new works. Under his leadership Scottish Ensemble has been collaborating increasingly with other art forms such as dance, visual arts, & theatre.
Recent critically acclaimed projects include 20th Century Perspectives with artist Toby Paterson, Goldberg Variations with Andersson Dance and Anno with Anna Meredith & Eleanor Meredith.
Jonathan is also Principal First Violin at London Sinfonietta, where he has been given the opportunity to work closely with many of today's leading composers and performers, including Steve Reich, Harrison Birtwistle, Mica Levi, Oliver Knussen, Marius Nesset, Tansy Davies, Jonny Greenwood, Louis Andriessen, Hannah Kendall, Martin Suckling, and Dai Fujikura.
Jonathan has been invited as a guest leader with groups such as BIT20 in Bergen, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Musikkollegium Winterthur, Sinfonietta Cracovia, and Amsterdam Sinfonietta. He is committed to sharing ideas with the next generation of string players and has directed projects at the Royal Northern College of Music, the Royal College of Music, the RoyalConservatoire of Scotland, and the University of Auckland.
Jonathan regularly contributes to film & TV scores at Abbey Road Studios and Air Lyndhurst Studios, where he has been leading studio orchestras for film composers including Dario Marianelli, Rael Jones, Benjamin Wallfisch, Daniel Pemberton, Patrick Doyle, Alex Heffes, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Christian Henson, Craig Armstrong, Frank Illfman, and Hauschka.
Jonathan also plays with the Colin Currie Group, with recent performances in Europe, the USA and Japan.
SOLEM QUARTET
SOLEM QUARTET:
Praised for their “immaculate precision and spirit” (The Strad) and “cultured tone” (Arts Desk), the Solem Quartet has established itself as one of the most innovative and adventurous quartets of its generation.
The Quartet takes pride in creating original and exciting work, and bringing the string quartet genre to unexpected places; this approach has seen them collaborating with Ayanna Witter-Johnson at Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, playing Beethoven and Britten at Picturehouse Cinemas to bring Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Lobster” to life, and performing a lecture-recital of Steve Reich’s Different Trains with broadcaster Tom Service.
As proud advocates of new music, the Quartet has worked closely with many of today’s leading composers, including Thomas Adès, Edmund Finnis, and Bushra El-Turk; and in recent times, has given world premieres by Ryan Latimer, Errollyn Wallen, and Laurence Oborn’s Lakes, Mists, Bats, Daggers, and Fountains at Wigmore Hall. Equally passionate about collaboration, the Quartet has worked with artists from across genres including vocalist/composer Alice Zawadzki, filmmaker Jessie Rodger, and clarinettist/composer Mark Simpson, with whom they appeared at the Aldeburgh Festival. In 2024 the Quartet appeared at the Southbank Centre with cellist/composer Philip Sheppard as part of Sleeping at Last’s UK debut, and were featured artists on the BAFTA-nominated Blue Jean (2022) performing a score by composer Chris Roe.
The Solem Quartet are frequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and elsewhere, and have released two albums to critical acclaim; their debut album ‘The Four Quarters’ (Orchid Classics, 2021) was described as “a collagist album of constant compulsion” by The Critic, and ‘Painted Light’ (Delphian Records, 2023) received five stars from BBC Music Magazine.
Praised for their “immaculate precision and spirit” (The Strad) and “cultured tone” (Arts Desk), the Solem Quartet has established itself as one of the most innovative and adventurous quartets of its generation.
The Quartet takes pride in creating original and exciting work, and bringing the string quartet genre to unexpected places; this approach has seen them collaborating with Ayanna Witter-Johnson at Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, playing Beethoven and Britten at Picturehouse Cinemas to bring Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Lobster” to life, and performing a lecture-recital of Steve Reich’s Different Trains with broadcaster Tom Service.
As proud advocates of new music, the Quartet has worked closely with many of today’s leading composers, including Thomas Adès, Edmund Finnis, and Bushra El-Turk; and in recent times, has given world premieres by Ryan Latimer, Errollyn Wallen, and Laurence Oborn’s Lakes, Mists, Bats, Daggers, and Fountains at Wigmore Hall. Equally passionate about collaboration, the Quartet has worked with artists from across genres including vocalist/composer Alice Zawadzki, filmmaker Jessie Rodger, and clarinettist/composer Mark Simpson, with whom they appeared at the Aldeburgh Festival. In 2024 the Quartet appeared at the Southbank Centre with cellist/composer Philip Sheppard as part of Sleeping at Last’s UK debut, and were featured artists on the BAFTA-nominated Blue Jean (2022) performing a score by composer Chris Roe.
The Solem Quartet are frequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and elsewhere, and have released two albums to critical acclaim; their debut album ‘The Four Quarters’ (Orchid Classics, 2021) was described as “a collagist album of constant compulsion” by The Critic, and ‘Painted Light’ (Delphian Records, 2023) received five stars from BBC Music Magazine.
DANIEL PIORO
Daniel Pioro is a solo violinist, collaborative artist, and composer.
An ardent advocate for new and experimental music, Pioro's interest in finding new ways of listening to and creating sound, as well as developing strong collaborations with composers, artists, choreographers, dancers, and writers, has led to creative relationships ranging from musician Jonny Greenwood, to visual artist Janet Cardiff, via the dance company Ballet Black.
As concerto soloist he has appeared with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, the Hallé, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the London Contemporary Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and has most recently released a new recording of The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi with Manchester Camerata and Sir Michael Morpurgo, on Platoon.
“In his radical, bracingly open-minded approach to music-making, nothing is taken for granted.” — BBC Music Magazine
“Daniel Pioro’s playing is the sound in my head when I write for the violin.” — Jonny Greenwood
“He is perhaps the most infuriating thing to try to categorise: a dreamer.” — Gramophone Magazine
Daniel Pioro is a solo violinist, collaborative artist, and composer.
An ardent advocate for new and experimental music, Pioro's interest in finding new ways of listening to and creating sound, as well as developing strong collaborations with composers, artists, choreographers, dancers, and writers, has led to creative relationships ranging from musician Jonny Greenwood, to visual artist Janet Cardiff, via the dance company Ballet Black.
As concerto soloist he has appeared with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, the Hallé, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the London Contemporary Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and has most recently released a new recording of The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi with Manchester Camerata and Sir Michael Morpurgo, on Platoon.
“In his radical, bracingly open-minded approach to music-making, nothing is taken for granted.”
— BBC Music Magazine
“Daniel Pioro’s playing is the sound in my head when I write for the violin.”
— Jonny Greenwood
“He is perhaps the most infuriating thing to try to categorise: a dreamer.”
— Gramophone Magazine
Max Baillie
From soloist and leader-director to chamber musician, programme curator, and improviser, Max Baillie has carved a reputation as a uniquely creative musician. He has worked with artists from across the musical spectrum including Steve Reich, Mischa Maisky, Björk, John Williams, Abel Selaocoe, Thomas Adès, Bobby McFerrin, Zakir Hussain, Max Richter, Anoushka Shankar, James Thierrée, Jacob Collier, and many more.
Alongside his group Lodestar Trio with its unique Scandinavian folk versions of Bach and other Baroque music, Max plays in ZRI, a quintet inspired by the Viennese Red Hedgehog Tavern where Brahms and Schubert heard the Roma and Folk musicians play. As a member of both ensembles Max plays all over Europe. He also has an active career as a recording artist, appearing on countless film and television scores, including solo credits for Napoleon, Wonka, and most recently leading Kate Winslet’s director debut film score for her award-winning film Goodbye June.
Max was mentored by the legendary violinist Ivry Gitlis and is a graduate of the Yehudi Menuhin School. Max runs a concert series in his hometown in St Leonards on sea where he collaborates with many of his friends including Laura van der Heijden, Fred Thomas, Alice Zawadzki, Heloise Werner, Guy Johnston, and many more.
Max plays the mandolin, and was awarded first class honours in Political Philosophy at Christ’s College, Cambridge.
From soloist and leader-director to chamber musician, programme curator, and improviser, Max Baillie has carved a reputation as a uniquely creative musician. He has worked with artists from across the musical spectrum including Steve Reich, Mischa Maisky, Björk, John Williams, Abel Selaocoe, Thomas Adès, Bobby McFerrin, Zakir Hussain, Max Richter, Anoushka Shankar, James Thierrée, Jacob Collier, and many more.
Alongside his group Lodestar Trio with its unique Scandinavian folk versions of Bach and other Baroque music, Max plays in ZRI, a quintet inspired by the Viennese Red Hedgehog Tavern where Brahms and Schubert heard the Roma and Folk musicians play. As a member of both ensembles Max plays all over Europe. He also has an active career as a recording artist, appearing on countless film and television scores, including solo credits for Napoleon, Wonka, and most recently leading Kate Winslet’s director debut film score for her award-winning film Goodbye June.
Max was mentored by the legendary violinist Ivry Gitlis and is a graduate of the Yehudi Menuhin School. Max runs a concert series in his hometown in St Leonards on sea where he collaborates with many of his friends including Laura van der Heijden, Fred Thomas, Alice Zawadzki, Heloise Werner, Guy Johnston, and many more.
Max plays the mandolin, and was awarded first class honours in Political Philosophy at Christ’s College, Cambridge.