Apollo’s Cabinet

Murders, drinking songs, Cinderella stories, European tours, serene polyphony and candlelit rituals all feature in the evocative and story-driven programmes of Apollo’s Cabinet. Winners of the Royal Overseas League Mixed Ensemble prize, Utrecht Oude Muziek Competition and the Göttingen International Händel Competition, the group offers a signature mix of acting, dancing, poetry and drama to bring historical performance to modern audiences. They have furthermore won the Brian Nisbet Prize for their fusion of Music and Poetry, audience and first prize at # GeneraciónSMADE in Spain, the F. J. Aumann Prize for innovation and new discoveries in Baroque music at the International Biber Competition in Austria, first prize at the Maurizio Pratola Competition, Italy, the Friends prize at the York Early Music International Young Artists Competition, second prize at the CIMA competition in Loire Valley, France, and last but not least won the Potsdam Lunchtime Concert Competition in Germany.

Performance highlights to date include concerts at the London Handel Festival, Konzerthaus Vienna, Felix! Festival Köln, The Georgian Concert Society Edinburgh (as part of a tour supported by Tunnell Trust), AMUZ Antwerpen, OudeMuziek Fabulous Fringe, :alpenarte Schwarzenberg and the Brighton Early Music Festival.

The ensemble is dedicated to educational outreach for children as well as adults, and members have designed and offered workshops and educational concerts in collaboration with the Royal Opera House, Centre for Young Musicians, Brighton Early Music Festival, English National Opera, ZAMUS Cologne and Wigmore Hall. They have recently joined Live Music Now, a long-established music charity founded by Yehudi Menuhin.

Highlights this season include performances at Thüringer Bachwochen, AMIA Strasbourg, Cambridge Early Music and Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci. Furthermore, the ensemble will be recording their third and fourth albums, and have just commissioned a new composition for their programme “Elements”.