Artistic Director @12ensemble⁣ | Cellist @RuisiQuartet⁣

London, England
Joined March 2010
Back @wigmore_hall next month for our first concert as Ensemble-in-Residence. A chance to hear Vivier’s rarely performed cult-classic Zipangu, plus a new instrumental arrangement of @oliverleith’s aria from the opera Last Days 🎟️ wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on… £5 for under 35s deal
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“It feels as though Haydn’s music is the foundation upon which our quartet is built... a movement of Haydn can feel like a riddle to be solved, something to be interacted with.” – @RuisiQuartet PRE-ADD the album to your library NOW on @AppleMusic. ➡️lnk.to/BigHouse
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First glimpse of the new @RuisiQuartet album Big House on @PENTATONEmusic with new commissions by my boy @oliverleith – at Hackney, London
4 tracks from our new album Big House are now available to stream ✨ Exclusively on Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music & Deezer • Here’s an extract from @oliverleith’s ‘A different Fantasie in G minor’, a new commission for Ruisi Quartet. • Released on @PENTATONEmusic
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LAST DAYS - a new opera by @oliverleith at @RoyalOperaHouse with 12 Ensemble. Adapted from Gus Van Sant’s 2005 film loosely based on the final days of Kurt Cobain, this new opera plunges into the torment that created a modern myth. October 7-11. Tickets go on sale TOMORROW 9am
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Nirvana. Join us 14 April for an hour-long journey gliding from 11th century religious zeal to 21st century super cars in New York… Tickets 🎟 bit.ly/3uc0Jni Music by Mica Levi, Ed Finnis, @annaclyne, Andrew Norman, Hildegard von Bingen & Richard Wagner @KingsPlace
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Going live later this eve @12ensemble @LHandelFestival
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We’re back at the @wigmore_hall for a new programme of works, including the world premiere of a new string quartet written for us by @oliver_leith. Join us at 1pm, Thursday 9th December; tickets on sale now, including £5 tickets for under 35s. Link in bio
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'Musical notation is such a bad format – you lose so much by putting music into black marks on a page, so to be able to talk to the person who wrote it is liberating' – my interview with @MaxRuisi ahead of tonight's @12ensemble @BarbicanCentre concert. barbican.org.uk/digital-prog…
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A real privilege to have spent some time together and collaborated with @nickcave + @warrenellis13 on this new record. Out today to stream, vinyl May 28th open.spotify.com/album/6xWNh… – at Hackney, London
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Back to the @wigmore_hall next month with a powerful new programme... Lutosławski’s inspired ‘Musique Funebre’ is followed by Beethoven’s monumental Adagio from his late string quartet Op.132, + we end with the @IvorsAcademy award-winning ‘Honey Siren’ from composer @oliverleith – at Hackney, London
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So pleased this little idea has become a reality...
We’ll be joined by @AnnaHMeredith + @JnnyG live at the Barbican in February. Limited capacity audience + livestream tickets go on sale Friday...🖤 • @barbicancentre @annahmeredith
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Looking forward to this. Scelsi - and these players - are all brilliant.
Live from the caves today!!! 👻👻👻 youtu.be/vH0YIcaRWDI
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Tonight at 5pm: Live stream of a performance of Scelsi Trio from @eloisafleur, Zoe Matthews and me for @LCOrchestra x @SpitfireAudio with beautiful film by @nicolvizioli, down in some incredible caves... youtu.be/vH0YIcaRWDI
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Music I really really like from the most incredible-sounding concert hall streamed live in HD into your living room. For free. For everyone
We’re live from the @wigmore_hall in 2 weeks time! Join us for a live-streamed performance of a special new programme featuring some of our all-time favourite music from Bartók, @Thomas_ades, @caroshawmusic + Dowland ♥️⁣⁣ •⁣⁣ Link in bio
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VINYL RELEASE DAY - Scelsi String Trio with @galbisen + @RobAmesConducts
OUT NOW: @LCOrchestra's limited edition vinyl - Giacinto Scelsi: String Trio feat @galbisen @RobAmesConducts & @MaxRuisi Limited edition vinyl are available on our @Bandcamp - the platform are waiving their fees so it’s a great day to buy vinyl. londoncontemporaryorchestra.…
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Morning,today I got a new EP out,I made it with excellent Michelle Ussher a few years ago for an installation in AUS and now it is a new only music thing made from only ceramic shakers and ocarinas. Pls do listen or get i like it a lot.on @accidentallabel smarturl.it/oliverleith
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Thanks to @guardian for giving us Contemporary Album of the Month!!! Thanks to @sa_recordings for supporting and releasing the work and @RobAmesConducts @galbisen @MaxRuisi for forming the trio!!! Thanks to @nicolvizioli for the amazing film that accompanies it.
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Filmed in the loading bay at the @BarbicanCentre in London, the British conductorless string group @12ensemble here performs ‘Honey Siren - II. (Full like drips)’ by @oliverleith. Read the album review in @TheStradMag at bit.ly/2Tjh9qe thestrad.com/video/12-ensemb…
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