We believe that our framework for an even balance of music and story, in the service of universal themes of our shared experience, is vital to the future of concert music.
We therefore employ actors, projections, lights, sound, illusions, juggling, architecture, and even food to serve an iconic piece of music in a dynamic, original way. We focus on marginalised stories to make the case for the performing arts as an urgent, political act.
Partners include The Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Silkroad Ensemble, Shakespeare’s Globe, The National Symphony Orchestra, The Gesualdo Six, Fretwork, City of London Sinfonia, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, The English Concert, The United Strings of Europe, and many others ensembles and festivals.
Venues include The Kennedy Center, The Hollywood Bowl, Buckingham Palace, Washington National Cathedral, Tanglewood Music Center, The Barbican, Chicago Symphony Center, Southbank Centre, Southwark Cathedral, Wilton’s Music Hall, NYC’s United Palace, and Chautauqua.
Conductors include Andris Nelsons, Dame Jane Glover, Charles Dutoit, Bramwell Tovey, Louis Langree, Sakari Oramo, JoAnn Falletta, Trevor Pinnock, Hans Graf and Ken-David Masur. Soloists include Pekka Kuusisto, Alison Balsom, Camilla Tilling, Amanda Forsythe, Amy Dickson, and Soumik Datta. New collaborations include the puppetry masters Gyre & Gimble, composers Max Richter and Joanna Marsh, Gandini Juggling, and Iranian shadow puppeteer Hamid Rahmanian.
