Olafur Arnalds
Experimental Composer
Olafur Arnalds is a young Icelandic neo-classical composer and multi-instrumentalist, who performs across Europe and North America. He is known for his intimate, atmospheric compositions, mixing strings and piano with loops and moody electronic beats. Following, his solo albums Eulogy for Evolution (2007) and Variations of Static (2008), Olafur released the iconic Found Songs (2009), each of the 7 tracks being created and published online within 24 hours.
Clare and the Reasons
Band
Clare and the Reasons is a Brooklyn-based duo of indie pop and folk musicians, Clare and Olivier Manchon. The band published its debut album The Movie in 2007, featuring witty songs and sophisticated melodies, played on a variety of instruments, including cellos, violas, kazoos, saws, recorders and bass drums. Following the 2-year promotional tour of The Movie across Europe and the USA, the band released its second album, Arrow, in October 2009.
Kate Dimbleby
Singer
Hailed as one of the most versatile singers on the jazz and blues circuit, in September 2010 Kate Dimbleby celebrated her heroines of song with a successful five-week run of her show I'm A Woman at the New End Theatre, Hampstead. The show featured the music of legendary singers including Peggy Lee, Dolly Parton, Bessie Smith, Nina Simone and more, and received great reviews. In 2012 she is releasing Beware of Young Girls: The songs of Dory Previn.
FatCat Records
Record Label
Launched in the late 1980s, FatCat Records is an independent record label famous for its varied output of exceptional melodic music. FatCat Records represent some of the world's most exciting musicians, ranging from all forms of electronica and indie to the latest instrumental contemporary classical composers. WildKat PR are responsible for the UK press campaign for all the artists on FatCat's 130701 imprint, including Hauschka, Dustin O'Halloran, Max Richter and Jóhann Jóhannsson.
Hauschka
Prepared Pianist
Hauschka, alias Volker Bertelman, is a German pianist and composer and one of the most accomplished and creative performers of the prepared piano, exploring new sound experiences by placing objects inside the instrument. His vivid, delicate and haunting works bear the influence of John Cage and Erik Satie. Hauschka has performed around Europe as well as in the USA and Japan. Among his recordings, Room To Expand and Ferndorf particularly stand out.
Max Richter
Composer
Max Richter is a multifaceted composer who studied at the Royal Academy of Music, and with Luciano Berio in Florence. Max co-founded the ensemble Piano Circus which has commissioned and performed works by composers such as Arvo Pärt, Brian Eno and Philip Glass. Max has released several albums, including collaborations with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in Memoryhouse (2002) and musical experimentations with ringtones in 24 Postcards in Full Colour (2008). Max works widely in film music, installation and the theatre, writing the music for the Royal Ballet's production of Infra. He was named 2008 European Composer of the Year for his score to Ari Folman's Waltz With Bashir, for which he was also nominated for the Prix France Musique. Future projects include ‘Notes from the Black Sites’: a trilogy of records on the subject of a website.
Jean-Philippe Rio-Py
Pianist and Composer
Jean-Philippe Rio-Py was born in France and was drawn to music from a young age, having begun playing the piano from the age of two. He spent two years writing and playing the piano around the nightclubs of Paris before moving to England. Whilst studying music, Jean-Philippe played regularly around Oxford in such prestigious venues as the Jacqueline du Pré building. Upon graduation he signed a 10-track deal with Cutting Edge / Air Edel (the UK's leading independent music company in film, television and advertising) and performed in the Conservatory of the Royal Opera House. His second album will be released in 2012. Upcoming engagements include playing live at the exclusive club, The Box in Soho.
Sid Samberg
Composer/pianist
Since the age of six Sid Samberg has been composing and performing. His recent projects include a setting of the first Psalm written for choir and chamber ensemble, a solo trumpet work inspired by Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech and a single-movement piano concerto. He has performed internationally in New York and Chicago, Montreal, Puerto Rico, Scotland and Italy, amongst others. Sid Samberg lectures on the history of music and became the youngest person to receive an honorarium for a lecture at St. Francis College in 2004.
