Contemporary Classical Music. And More.

About

Ensemble Matters is a London-based group dedicated to contemporary classical music and more. Our repertoire ranges from modern classics to newly commissioned works, alongside works from the common practice period worth revisiting in a new light.

We do things boldly. Performing Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire in random order and pairing works by Murail with Rachmaninoff are just right up our street. Beyond music, we love collaborating with people from other artistic fields, such as dance, film, and visual art. We run an Artist Associate scheme where artists, regardless of their fields, join us for a fixed period and bring new perspectives to our existing work.

As an official partner of Sound and Music’s Fair Access Principles, we are committed to supporting emerging composers. We host composition workshops and calls for score, in which we always ensure that we provide constructive feedback to every participant.

We have performed in various venues across London and our performances have been broadcast further afield, including the US. Click here to check out our projects.

“Questioning, eye-opening, arrived skeptical but left feeling satisfied.”

Our People Matter

Ensemble Matters is an open form. Below is a list of people with whom we have (frequently) collaborated, in roughly chronological order.

Emma Gerrett (clarinet)
Sara Augieras (dancer)
Lesly Avendaño (dancer)
Ollie Hawker (composer)
Zoe Markle (double bass)
Oona Lowther (cello)
Alex Papp (composer)
Equivalentbehaviour (venue)
Dante Bishop-Sauve (chef)
Sofia Vaisman (composer)
Sam Buttler (composer)
King’s College London (venue)
James Albany Hoyle (violin; composer)
Aina Miyagi Magnell (mezzo-soprano)
Julia Merino (mezzo-soprano)
Nelson Sinclair-Strong (clarinet)
Leah Park (piano)
Nok Him Chan (cello)
Clara Barbier Serrano (soprano)
Josh Law (viola)
June Lee (violin)
Sarah Ovenden (flute)
Kosuke Shirai (clarinet)
Yanaëlle Thiran (choreography)
Miles Chai (dancer)
Francesca Matthys (dancer)
Erlend Vestby (cello)
Thomas Ang (piano)
Nevena Atanasova (flute)

Beth Stone (founding member, flute)
Mikaela Livadiotis (founding member, piano)
Fran Cervera (founding member, clarinet)
Edward Deakins (cello)
Jane Hyeonjin Cho (violin)
Joe Howson (piano)
Isaac Prince (clarinet)
Tamaki Sugimoto (founding member, cello)
Bloomsbury Festival (presenter)
Amy Crankshaw (composer)
Alondra Ruiz-Hernandez (cross-disciplinary artist)
Sherry Shen (violin)
Francisco Negreiros (percussion)
Parisa Sabet (composer)
Kyriakos Costa (composer)
Corey de Baat (composer)
Jakob Glans (composer)
James Helgeson (composer)
Kirsten Strom (composer)
Hannah Gillingham (flute)
Eliott Bougant (violin)
Shivaangee Agrawal (dancer)
Company Concentric (dance, choreography)
Haruka Hochin (motion graphics)
Ian McNaught Davis (visual art)
Dr Christopher Bundock (researcher/lecturer)
Lena Segal (founding member, violin)
Elena Accogli (viola)
Marcella Di Garbo (soprano)
Alexandra Thomson (clarinet)
ArchiCantuor (reciter)

As I watched their recording I was more and more entranced by the sheer fizz of the occasion, wishing I could have been there.

Defining “Matters”

[noun] Elements that form life
[noun] Things worth listening
[verb] Be of relevance

We matter because we believe in the importance of music today. Amidst the quickening pace of the world, music has the unique power that demands us to pause time, wonder, and contemplate. It refines and redefines the way we see the world. It refreshes our existence. And the music that we bring to you does exactly that.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a seasoned concert-goer or a first-timer. All you have to do is to open your ears and listen. In return, we will bring you everything magical.

Friendship Matters…

(of no particular order)