Rowland Sutherland
Composer/Flautist/Improviser
Flautist Rowland Sutherland enjoys an international career in many different fields of music. He regularly performs in new music and classical ensembles, jazz groups, symphony orchestras, various non-Western groups, pop outfits and as a soloist. Many of Rowland's solo contemporary flute performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, London. He has composed and arranged music for groups, ensembles and for the BBC.
He has played and recorded with some of the finest and most adventurous new music ensembles and dance companies in Britain. These include: New Music Players, Ixion, Lontano, Icebreaker, Uroboros, London Musici, Music Projects/London, Phoenix Dance, Jazz Xchange Music and Dance and Rambert Dance Company.
Rowland made his BBC Prom debut as soloist during its 2006 season performing Steve Reich, for his 70th birthday celebrations, alongside a number of top UK percussionists and vocal group Synergy at the Royal Albert Hall.
Claire Wickes
Composer/Sound Design
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Claire Wickes is a composer who collaborates regularly with filmmakers from the UK and further afield.
With a background in orchestral and classical music, Claire enjoys using her film scores to explore and extend this musical world, and often combines electronic and acoustic sound in her writing.
In 2020, Claire began an ongoing project inspired by the book Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo, which documents the stories of extraordinary women. Claire hopes to honour and celebrate these women’s stories in a creative and joyful way.
Nadine Nagen
Violinist/Improvisor
Since completing her studies at The Royal Academy of Music and Trinity Laban, Nadine has enjoyed a diverse freelance career as a Violinist playing a range of music from Classical to Jazz, Latin, folk, pop, musical theatre and rock. Nadine enjoys composing, arranging and improvising and has developed her own style of playing that fuses Classical, Jazz & Latin Music.
Nadine’s work spans from performing and recording with artists such as Phillip Glass, Elton John, Dua Lipa, The Sex Pistols and The Cure and orchestras such as Bournemouth Symphony
Orchestra and London Contemporary Orchestra, with whom she recently did an all female empowering project in Saudi Arabia.
Nadine has made appearances on BBC radio 3, Channel 4, The Brit Awards, The Oscars, Montreux Jazz Festival, Glastonbury and Wilderness festivals, and appeared on major recordings including ‘The Matrix 4’ and ‘Bob Marley & Chineke! Orchestra’.
Máté TÅ‘zsér
Hornist/Actor
Hornist Máté studied at University of Debrecen where he completed his bachelor’s degree. During his studies he performed with the Kodály Philharmonic Debrecen and the Danubia Orchestra in Budapest. He also took part in many national and international competitions, receiving awards as both a soloist and a chamber musician. After his undergraduate studies, he completed a Masters in Dresden, Germany. Máté has worked with the Freiberg theater, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra and Southbank Sinfonia. Máté also works as an actor.