They will each write a new piece for our two trips to Spain this autumn 🇪🇸 We will premiere Sofia’s work at festivalmixtur and Golnaz’s work at Festival de Música de Canarias. To find out more about both, head to riotensemble.com/cfs-2024 🎶

Call for Scores ‘24 - Commissions announced! 🎉

Firstly a huge thankyou to all composers who shared their work with us ❤️‍🔥 It’s been fantastic listening to your music and we’re thrilled to offer commissions to Sofia Jen Ouyang & Golnaz Shariatzadeh! #newmusic Call For Scores 🧵⬇️

Coming up next week: we’re back at Kettle's Yard playing a special programme of Nadia and Lili Boulanger, Edmund Finnis and Janáček - hope to see you Cambridge friends! kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/solem…

Great day in the sunny grandeur of Trinity Laban finishing off the final session of our annual Riot Ensemble project working with the composition department. ☀️

Solem Quartet If you missed them today, Solem Quartet are returning on June 13th to perform the latest in their 'Beethoven Bartók Now' series, featuring new work from British-Lebanese composer Bushra El-Turk, with kamancheh player Faraz Eshghi: thetungauditorium.com/events/solem-q…

Today is our last lunchtime concert of the season, so it's fitting that we are welcoming back ensemble-in-residence Solem Quartet joined by University of Liverpool School of the Arts music students, showcasing performer and composition students' work. Just a few tickets left: thetungauditorium.com/events/showcas…

'...these Alessandrini recordings are supremely well crafted, and the performances radiate a dedicated concern to do the music justice.'

Loved recording this disc of PatriciaAlessandrini magical chamber music. Thank you Gramophone 🩷

Looking forward to 3 upcoming concerts (one a month!) in the beautiful The Tung Auditorium :

May 8 Solem Quartet ft. School of the Arts students thetungauditorium.com/events/showcas…

June 13 Solem Quartet - Beethoven, Bartok and Dr Bushra El-Turk w Faraz Eshghi thetungauditorium.com/events/solem-q…

July w Riot Ensemble 👇🏽

Great afternoon working with Uni of Birmingham composers - thanks Ryan Latimer for having us! 🙏🏽

Can’t wait to head back to Barbican Centre to open their 24/25 season with this new opera by rolf hind based on the life of Rumi with Elaine Mitchener . Riot Ensemble Mahogany Opera Frederic Wake-Walker - Grab your tickets now !

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The songs emerged fresh-minted | #Review | Solem Quartet
Ron Simpson, The Reviews Hub
#classicalmusic through the noise
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'I have not experienced anything like it before and, when the piece ended, I felt as if I could listen for another fifty minutes'

Many thanks Niki Zohdi for sharing your thoughts on our Bára Gísladóttir premiere hcmf// last year! 💙

📸 hcmf ‘23 Arts & Events space

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Fascinating Tippett doc on BBC - great learning more about his life and music and wonderful also seeing moving performances from BBCSSO friends and interviews with the always inspiring Sally Groves - not to be missed!

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A wonderful evening with Solem Quartet and Alice Zawadzki performing Steve Reich and Kate Bush. I wept through most of 'This Woman's Work' (in a good way). Go see them immediately!

Composers 📣📣📣
Our 2024 Call for Scores is open!

For more information and to apply, click here: riotensemble.com/cfs-2024

Deadline April 14th 🎶📯🍀

#callforscores #submityourmusic #composers #newmusic

⭐️ Looking forward to sharing our Different Trains / Kate Bush arr. Will Newell prog alongside the brilliant Alice Zawadzki on tour starting tomorrow! ⭐️

March:

22 @barnesmusicfestival
27 6:30 @m3_7lw
27 9:00 @m3_7lw
28 Future Yard
29 𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖍𝖆𝖑𝖑

through the noise

Post concert smiles after the world premiere of Errollyn Wallen ‘s beautiful new Quintet yesterday in Suffolk with Shiry Rashkovsky ❤️

🎓 Head to riotensemble.com/education to read about some of our work with next generations, led by our L&P team (Adam Swayne 🕷️ Sarah Dacey 🇪🇺 Stephen Upshaw Ruth Rosales and Chrissy Kinsella) in collaboration with everyone on our #ArtisticBoard 💚

Can’t wait to play this amazing work with a special group of friends! 🌈❤️🎻 #classicalpride Barbican Centre barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/…

'It’s about exploring the potential of the initial ideas’

Composer Errollyn Wallen discusses her new string quintet featuring two violas, which was written for Shiry Rashkovsky and the Solem Quartet.

Read more here: trib.al/oEaHluh