BBC Radio 3 Night Tracks live from Dartington Great Hall presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch with performances from Matthew Barley and Adrian Freedman (shakuhachi).

Music from Electric for solo cello and electronics, plus Bach, improvisations and compositions by Matthew.

Late night Brahms with Ivana Gavric.

Teaching improvisation and cello masterclass.

Solo recital at Stroud Sacred Music Festival. Including Bach, Matthew’s new compositions, improvisations and others.

Guest slot with Trees of Music string orchestra to raise awareness of the pernambuco tree used in bow making.

Evolving Spring – cello concerto by Misha Mullov-Abbado with Kuopio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mike Seal.

51% Brazil – arrangements of Brazilian jazz and others for cello and string orchestra with Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra.

Hawkwood College Residency With Viktoria Mullova and friends working on Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Concerts with Stephen de Pledge, piano, and will feature music by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Boulanger, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov.

Adjucating Finals of CMNZ National Chamber Music competition.

Workshops for Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, NZ

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand, Azul by Osvaldo Golijov for cello and orchestra.

Teaching and performing with Hugo Ticciati and O/Modernt at the Arvo Pärt Centre in Estonia

Hawkwood College Residency with Nicki Wells – voice, and Sanju Sahai – tabla

Denmark Performances Ensemble MidtVest and the Holstebro Dansekompani

York University, improvisation class, improvisation performance with Dr David Dolan, and recital of music for cello and electronics.

Dartington Great Hall, recital with Nicki Wells, voice, and Sanju Sahai, tabla and Adrian Freedman, shakuhachi

Teaching improvisation and creative music with Viktoria Mullova at the Stauffer Academia in Cremona, Italy

Residency as their first Creative Fellow

Webinar for Hugo Ticciati and students of O/Modernt in Stockholm, Sweden

Composing/Recording project in the home studio.

Wimbledon Festival recital with Viktoria Mullova.

Saffron Hall, Suffolk – 4pm recital of Beethoven and improvisations with Ivana Gavric and Tim West.

Stoutzka Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Lunchtime Beethoven recital with Ivana Gavric.

Residency at Hawkwood College to create new music with Sanju Sahai – tabla, Nicki Wells – voice and Camilo Tirado – electronics.

Friday Night Live, Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester 7.30pm Solo recital

Salisbury Medieval Hall. Concert with Howard Moody and La Folia

St John The Evangelist Church. Transcendence – Matthew curates and plays in a concert with Adrian Freedman – Shakuhachi, Nicki Wells – voice, Sukhwinder Singh – tabla, Maia Ayling – aerialist

There and Back Again – Matthew conducts Beethoven, plays Brazilian arrangements, and leads a creative music project with this adventurous Finnish orchestra.

Dartington International Summer School

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New music with Sukwinda Singh, tabla, at Saffron Hall, Suffolk.

Azul, for cello and orchestra by Osvaldo Golijov, with Jean-Claud Picard, conductor and Orchestre Symphonique de Trois Rivieres.

Complete Beethoven sonata cycle with Ivana Gavric, piano, and improvisations with Tim West, piano, at Saffron Hall, Suffolk.

Complete Beethoven sonata cycle with Denes Varjon, piano, and improvisations with Tim West, piano, at Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London.

Beethoven sonatas with Denes Varjon, piano, at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, Wales.

Stradivarius Trust celebration concert at Saffron Hall, Suffolk.

China tour of Stradivarius in Rio with Viktoria Mullova

Dartington International Summer School Concerts include complete Beethoven sonata cycle and improvisations with Ivana Gavric and Tim West, pianos, and trio concerts with Tom Gould and Tom Poster.

Beethoven sonatas at Cheltenham Festival, UK with Ivana Gavric, piano and improvisations with Tim West, piano.

Complete Beethoven sonata cycle and improvisations with Shai Wosner, piano, at Bad Kissingen festival, Germany.

Solo performance at Snape Maltings, Suffolk, showcasing new work.

Residency in Snape Maltings/Britten Pears to develop composition and newly recorded work especially with electronics.

Guest appearance at the Singing With Nightingales special festival night with Sam Lee.

Concert at Hawkwood College with Soumik Datta, Sukwinda Singh and other musicians following a week of residency. Programme of all original music created in the residency.

Concert at Hawkwood College with South African cellist Abel Selaocoe following a week of residency. Programme featuring baroque duets, original compositions, South African folk and improvisations.

Guest soloist/director for improvisation concert with Ensemble Midtvest, in Aarhus, Denmark.

Guest soloist/director for improvisation concert with Ensemble Midtvest, in Aarhus, Denmark.

Guest soloist/director for improvisation concert with Ensemble Midtvest, in Aarhus, Denmark.

Stradivarius in Rio

Stradivarius in Rio

Improvisation project with Swedish Chamber Orchestra

Walton concerto with Bristol Concert orchestra

Matthew Barley gives the world premiere of Misha Mullov-Abbado’s Cello Concerto. Also appearing alongside the BBC Concert Orchestra and Principal Conductor Bramwell Tovey are Southbank Centre resident groups Nu Civilisation Orchestra and StringTing, and together in this concert we break new ground in orchestral jazz performance. The programme also includes new and pre-existing arrangements of music by legendary jazz performer and composer Duke Ellington.

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Recital with Calefax Reed Quintet  – Antonín Dvořák Serenade for winds, Johann Sebastian Bach Fantasia and Fugue, William Walton Cello Concerto, Henry Purcell In nomine, Bach/improvisation on Cello Suites

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From ‘Zero’ to ‘Inifinity’
Music, Maths and Architecture

From the Baroque of J S Bach ‘The Submerged Cathedral’ of Claude Debussy To Le Corbusier’s city of Chandigarh.

Matthew Barley (cello), Joby Burgess (percussion), Clare Hammond (piano), Soumik Datta (sarod), Sukhvinder Singh ‘Pinky’ (tabla and vocal percussion)

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Recital with Calefax Reed Quintet – Joost Buis The Swimmer, Carola Bauckholt Zugvögel (Migratory birds), Giovanni Sollima Lamentatio, Graham Fitkin Tracking Yesterday’s England

“Presenting a striking and innovative programme in collaboration with adventurous English cellist, Matthew Barley, Calefax are a reed quintet from the Netherlands who can be defined as a classical ensemble with a pop mentality.”

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Day of Improvisation and Composition at Charters School

Trio recital with Viktoria Mullova and Stephen de Pledge. Schubert, Ravel, Fisher.

Piano Trio splendour, this programme offers a chance to hear one of the biggest names on the world stage, Viktoria Mullova, perform cornerstones of the repertoire. True music royalty, Mullova has appeared with most of the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors, and is known the world over as a violinist of exceptional versatility and musical integrity. She is joined by husband Matthew Barley and our own Stephen De Pledge in performing one of the greatest trios in the repertory, the masterpiece of Schubert’s Trio in E flat – “Heavenly lengths” as Schumann would later describe, a “Trio by Schubert passed across the musical world like some angry comet in the sky.”

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Trio recital with Viktoria Mullova and Stephen de Pledge. Schubert, Ravel, Fisher.

Piano Trio splendour, this programme offers a chance to hear one of the biggest names on the world stage, Viktoria Mullova, perform cornerstones of the repertoire. True music royalty, Mullova has appeared with most of the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors, and is known the world over as a violinist of exceptional versatility and musical integrity. She is joined by husband Matthew Barley and our own Stephen De Pledge in performing one of the greatest trios in the repertory, the masterpiece of Schubert’s Trio in E flat – “Heavenly lengths” as Schumann would later describe, a “Trio by Schubert passed across the musical world like some angry comet in the sky.”

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Trio recital with Viktoria Mullova and Stephen de Pledge. Schubert, Ravel, Fisher.

Piano Trio splendour, this programme offers a chance to hear one of the biggest names on the world stage, Viktoria Mullova, perform cornerstones of the repertoire. True music royalty, Mullova has appeared with most of the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors, and is known the world over as a violinist of exceptional versatility and musical integrity. She is joined by husband Matthew Barley and our own Stephen De Pledge in performing one of the greatest trios in the repertory, the masterpiece of Schubert’s Trio in E flat – “Heavenly lengths” as Schumann would later describe, a “Trio by Schubert passed across the musical world like some angry comet in the sky.”

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Duo recital with Stephen de Pledge. Bach, Beethoven, Takemitsu, Salina Fisher, Debussy, Schumann.

Impressionistic colours of light and shade echo across the centuries reflecting some of the most beautiful chamber music ever written for the cello.

Offering choice works of cello and piano in a programme of exquisite symmetry, from the languishing Andante in Bach’s Cello Sonata, and the mirrored reflections of Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel, to Takemitsu’s reflection on the Japanese circular idea of time in Orion.

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Duo recital with Stephen de Pledge. Bach, Beethoven, Takemitsu, Salina Fisher, Debussy, Schumann.

Impressionistic colours of light and shade echo across the centuries reflecting some of the most beautiful chamber music ever written for the cello.

Offering choice works of cello and piano in a programme of exquisite symmetry, from the languishing Andante in Bach’s Cello Sonata, and the mirrored reflections of Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel, to Takemitsu’s reflection on the Japanese circular idea of time in Orion.

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Duo recital with Stephen de Pledge. Bach, Beethoven, Takemitsu, Salina Fisher, Debussy, Schumann.

Impressionistic colours of light and shade echo across the centuries reflecting some of the most beautiful chamber music ever written for the cello.

Offering choice works of cello and piano in a programme of exquisite symmetry, from the languishing Andante in Bach’s Cello Sonata, and the mirrored reflections of Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel, to Takemitsu’s reflection on the Japanese circular idea of time in Orion.

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Melbourne Recital Hall

Trio recital Viktoria Mullova and Stephen de Pledge

Viktoria Mullova is one of her generation’s greatest violin virtuosos and one of the most versatile, with musical horizons that stretch from Baroque to jazz and world music.

Whatever she plays, she plays with integrity and passion. Hear Mullova in the intimacy of a piano trio with her husband Matthew Barley and long-time collaborator Stephen de Pledge.

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Festival appearance at Shambala festival with Adrian Freedman on Shakuhachi.

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Petworth Festival

Matthew Barley takes to the stage in the company of master tabla and sarod players Ustad Sukhvinder Singh and Soumik Datta to explore both Western and Indian works through performance and improvisation. Works by Bach, the Beatles, Tavener and Sultan Khan provide points of departure, as does Raag Bhairavi.

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Festival appearance at Give! Festival with Joseph Tawadros on Oud

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Private concert at Saffron Hall

Improvised concert with Tansy Davies (guitar, electronics) and Rolf  Wallin (electronics)

Champs Hill, recital with Stephen de Pledge

Winchester Cathedral
(album launch)
Join Matthew Barley and his ensemble, a carefully assembled collection of some of the most talented London string players, for an evening to explore The Protecting Veil by the late Sir John Tavener.

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Bach and Indian music with Viktoria Mullova (violin), Avi Avital (mandolin), Sukwinda ‘Pinky’ Singh (tabla), Soumik Datta (sarod).

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Matthew Barley and ensemble chart a roller-coaster journey through diverse and sumptuous musical landscapes. Instantly lovable jazz by Brazilian greats Jobim, Nascimento, Regina, next to Bach’s celestial chorales, linked with adventurous improvisations.

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Recital of cello and live electronics featuring the music of Professor Oded Ben-Tal

Recital with Sukwinda ‘Pinky’ Singh (tabla)

Improvisation workshops with Kuopio Symphony Orchestra

Finland Improvisation workshops at Espoo Music Institute and Sibelius Academy.

Tokyo, Opera City

Dvorak Concerto with Brno Philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Leoš Svárovský

Tokyo, Olympus Hall Hachioji

Dvorak Concerto with Brno Philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Leoš Svárovský

Niigata, Niigata prefectural civic center

Dvorak Concerto with Brno Philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Leoš Svárovský

Nagano, Nagano City arts center

Dvorak Concerto with Brno Philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Leoš Svárovský

Ibaraki, Ibaraki-Ken Bunka Center

Dvorak Concerto with Brno Philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Leoš Svárovský

Birmingham, Elgar Concert Hall

Dvorak Concerto with ProYouth Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Wissam Boustani

Canterbury, Colyer-Fergusson Hall

Dvorak Concerto with ProYouth Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Wissam Boustani

London, Blackheath Concert Halls

Dvorak Concerto with ProYouth Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Wissam Boustani

This Winter, join The Nest Collective for a unique show featuring acclaimed musicians Adrian Freedman and Matthew Barley, as they play a range of songs taking you on a semi-improvised meditative sound journey.

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Sheffield All Saints Church Eccleshall, Dvorak Concerto conducted by Chris Gayford

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London Royal Festival Hall, Dusapin double concerto At Swim-Two-Birds, with Viktoria Mullova, violin, and conducted by Andres Orozco-Estrada

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Seattle, Dusapin double concerto At Swim-Two-Birds, with Viktoria Mullova, violin, and conducted by Ludovico Morlot

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Seattle, Dusapin double concerto At Swim-Two-Birds, with Viktoria Mullova, violin, and conducted by Ludovico Morlot

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Gruber Cello Concerto with Riga Sinfonietta conducted by Normunds Sne

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Leiden, recital with Calefax Reed Quintet New works by Fitkin and Buis, and new arrangements of Purcell, Tye and Walton’s Cello Concerto

Nijmegen, recital with Calefax Reed Quintet New works by Fitkin and Buis, and new arrangements of Purcell, Tye and Walton’s Cello Concerto

Utrecht, recital with Calefax Reed Quintet New works by Fitkin and Buis, and new arrangements of Purcell, Tye and Walton’s Cello Concerto

London Kings Place 10^th Anniversary concert (private invitation only), performance of Brazilian jazz arranged for cello and string orchestra with the Matthew Barley Ensemble.

Oxford Chamber Music Festival, Holywell Music Room Kodaly Duo with Priya Mitchell violin.

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Hurstpierpoint Festival, Matthew’s group Between The Notes reunite for an evening with brilliant actor/comedian Niall Ashdown for extraordinary improvisations of music and story.

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Hurstpierpoint Festival, solo recital with improvisations, Bach, Mark O’Connor, Giovanni Sollima and Britten

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Suffolk, Thornham Magna Church, solo recital with improvisations, Bach, Mark O’Connor, Giovanni Sollima and Britten

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The Sage Gateshead Hall 2, Strad in Rio with Viktoria Mullova, Paul Clarvis and Joao Luis Noguero Pinto

Utrecht, Dom Chapel, Recital with Calefax Reed Quintet New works by Fitkin and Buis, and new arrangements of Purcell, Tye and Walton’s Cello Concerto

5 more concerts with Calefax, same programme as above.

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Brno Besedni Dum, Tan Dun The Map with Brno Philharmonic and Alan Buribayev

Chisinau solo recital and workshops

recording The Protecting Veil

Riga The Protecting Veil by Sir John Tavener with Riga Sinfonietta

Paris Orchestre National de France

Double Concerto – At Swim-Two Birds, by Pascal Dusapin with Viktoria Mullova, conducted by Pascal Rophé

Leipzig Double Concerto – At Swim-Two Birds, by Pascal Dusapin with Viktoria Mullova, conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk

Leipzig Double Concerto – At Swim-Two Birds, by Pascal Dusapin with Viktoria Mullova, conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk

Helsinki Arrangements of Brazilian jazz for cello and strings by Matthew Barley, with Helsinki Strings.

Improvisation course for Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Herning Improvisation course for Ensemble MidtVest

Herning Improvisation course for Ensemble MidtVest

Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Double Concerto by Thomas Larcher with Viktoria Mullova, conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk. Finnish premiere

Double Concerto by Thomas Larcher with Viktoria Mullova, conducted by Dima Slobodeniouk. Finnish premiere

Kingston University, London solo cello and live electronics

Helsinki, Improvisation course at the Espoo Institute of Music

London St John’s Smith Square 7.30pm for Modern Mystics at SouthBank Centre, Sir John Tavener The Protecting Veil Matthew directs the City of London Sinfonia and also presents his interactive Living Programme Notes about the Tavener in houses around Smith Square.

Saffron Hall 7.30pm, Sir John Tavener The Protecting Veil Matthew directs the City of London Sinfonia and also presents his interactive Living Programme Notes about the Tavener.

Stockholm Konserthuset main hall, HK Gruber cello concerto Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard

Örebro, HK Gruber cello concerto Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard

London, Hampstead Festival St John’s Church 7.30pm Stradivarius in Rio, Brazilian Songs with Viktoria Mullova, Paul Clarvis and Joao Luis Nogueiro Pinto

Sheffield 7.45pm Crucible Theatre Stradivarius in Rio, Brazilian Songs with Viktoria Mullova, Paul Clarvis and Joao Luis Nogueiro Pinto

Naples 8.30pm Teatro Sannazaro Stradivarius in Rio, Brazilian Songs with Viktoria Mullova, Paul Clarvis and Joao Luis Nogueiro Pinto

7.30pm Wimbledon Festival Stradivarius in Rio, Incredibly beautiful Brazilian Songs with Viktoria Mullova, Paul Clarvis and Joao Luis Nogueiro Pinto

Kassel 7pm Saint Saens concerto no. 1 with Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Fabien Gabel

Frankfurt am Mein, HR Sendesaal Saint Saens concerto no. 1 with Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Fabien Gabel

Frankfurt am Mein, HR Sendesaal Saint Saens concerto no. 1 with Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Fabien Gabel

Kassel 7pm –  Surprise Concert with Avi Avital and Manu Delago, who meet for the first time together on 25th October and begin planning this concert programme.

Kassel 11am  – Workshop with Avi Avital and Manu Delago offering insight into their brand new programme created entirely in Kassel in the days leading to their concert on 29th

Kassel  8pm – Solo recital Bach, Britten, Sollima

Kassel Residency at the Kasseler Musiktage Festival 

London Kings Place, Indian Inflections, part of the Cello Unwrapped Festival with O/Modernt, Hugo Ticciati, Sukwinder “Pinky” Singh, Soumik Datta

Oxford Chamber Music Festival with Priya Mitchell, Hugo Ticciati, Sukwinder Singh

Amsterdam Concertgebouw 14.15 Zaterdag Matinee World premiere of Double Concerto – At Swim-Two Birds, by Pascal Dusapin with Viktoria Mullova, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Markus Stenz

Berlin Konzerthaus concert with Hugo Ticciati, O Modernt orchestra, Sukwinder ‘Pinky-ji’ Singh and Soumik Datta Featuring new version of Raag Bhairavi for cello, violin, sarod, table and string orchestra.

Stockholm recording with Hugo Ticciati, O Modernt orchestra, Sukwinder ‘Pinky-ji’ Singh and Soumik Datta

Riga Festival Ad Lucem All night concert

Stockholm O Modernt Festival

Lyon Opera House Lyon Ballet, One of a Kind a full length ballet by Jiri Kylian, music by Brett Dean for on-stage solo cello and electronics

Lyon Opera House Lyon Ballet, One of a Kind a full length ballet by Jiri Kylian, music by Brett Dean for on-stage solo cello and electronics

Lyon Opera House Lyon Ballet, One of a Kind a full length ballet by Jiri Kylian, music by Brett Dean for on-stage solo cello and electronics

Lyon Opera House Lyon Ballet, One of a Kind a full length ballet by Jiri Kylian, music by Brett Dean for on-stage solo cello and electronics

Lyon Opera House Lyon Ballet, One of a Kind a full length ballet by Jiri Kylian, music by Brett Dean for on-stage solo cello and electronics

Lyon Opera House Lyon Ballet, One of a Kind a full length ballet by Jiri Kylian, music by Brett Dean for on-stage solo cello and electronics

Schloss Elmau Chamber music with Hugo Ticciati, Tom Poster, Christopher Sundqvist and Sukwinder ‘Pinky’ Singh

Schloss Elmau Chamber music with Hugo Ticciati,, Tom Poster and Christopher Sundqvist

Brno Besedni Dum Elgar cello concerto with Brno Philharmonic and Alexander Joel

Brno Besedni Dum Elgar cello concerto with Brno Philharmonic and Alexander Joel

Brno Besedni Dum Elgar cello concerto with Brno Philharmonic and Alexander Joel

London World premiere of Roxana Panufnik’s 99 Words for my Darling Children for cello and choir with Voce and Suzi Digby conducting.

Adam Chamber Music Festival

East Helsinki Music School creative music project with students and Helsinki Strings

Brno Besedni Dum, John Tavener, The Protecting Veil with Brno Philharmonic and Robert Kruzik

Brno Besedni Dum, John Tavener, The Protecting Veil with Brno Philharmonic and Robert Kruzik

Brno Besedni Dum, Tan Dun The Map with Brno Philharmonic and Alan Buribayev

Manchester Haydn Cello Concerto with David Greilsammer and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Cambridge Festival solo recital, cello and electronics

European Music Union Lecture and workshop

London, The Old Queen’s Head Nessi Gomes CD launch, guest appearance

Two Moors Festival Mix and Match, Schubert and Brahms

Manchester, Peel Hall, University of Salford UK premiere of Thomas Larcher’s cello concerto with BBC Philharmonic and Ben Gernon

Kestle Barton, Cornwall Spontonality, Improvisation week with Tim West, Julian Bliss, Tony Woods, Torbjorn Hultmark

Oxford Chamber Music Festival

Hurstpierpoint Festival, recital with Between The Notes

Royal Festival Hall, London Universal Notes for Opening of Darbar Festival

Leicestershire Shambala Festival – Lecture: What’s Music For?

North Yorkshire North York Moors Chamber Music Festival

Petworth Festival Recital with Alasdair Beatson Schumann, Janacek, Brahms, Beethoven

Haydn Concerto and creative projects with Camerata Alma Viva