Phaedra Ensemble is a London-based collective pushing the boundaries of contemporary chamber music making in bold and creative ways. Known for their innovative performances, they curate cutting-edge new music alongside modern classics from the last 50 years.

 

Their collaborations include performances with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw at the Barbican, vibraphonist Masayoshi Fujita (Erased Tapes), Mercury Award-nominated British-Asian singer Susheela Raman, as well as long-standing collaborations with UK artist The Magic Lantern and multi-sensory dance company Bittersuite, with whom they have created four large-scale immersive experiences.

 

Phaedra’s ongoing VOX project, which has included eight concerts to date, explores the radical use of the human voice in music and performance. It has led to a dozen new collaborative commissions, performed alongside works by composers such as Leo Chadburn, Jennifer Walshe, Florent Ghys, Cassandra Miller, Kevin Volans, and David Lang, among many others. Phaedra celebrates a new upcoming recording with composer Meredith Monk.

 

The 24/25 Season kicks off with a three-night run at Arcola Theatre's Grimeborn Opera Festival performing Edward Jessen's Plantation A. . . a work they developed alongside 2019 Arnolfini City Fellow Holly Thomas. They also return to the Arnolfini, Bristol, with further invitations to Music in the Round, developing a new partnership with Lotte Bettes-Dean.