Garth Knox

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Garth Knox is one of the most sought after contemporary musicians of his generation. Born in Ireland he spent his childhood in Scotland, and then studied at the Royal College of Music in London where he won several prizes for viola and for chamber music. Thereafter he played with most of the leading groups in London in a mixture of all repertoires, from baroque to contemporary music. In 1983 he was invited by Pierre Boulez to become a member of the Ensemble InterContemporain in Paris, where he had the chance to do much solo playing (including concertos directed by Pierre Boulez) and chamber music, touring widely and playing in international festivals. In 1990 Garth Knox joined the Arditti String Quartet, playing in all the major concert halls of the world, working closely with and giving first performances of pieces by most of today's leading composers including Ligeti, Kurtág, Berio, Xenakis, Lachenmann, John Cage, Feldman and Stockhausen (the famous “Helicopter Quartet”) In 1998, Garth Knox left the quartet to concentrate on his solo career. As a soloist, he has given premieres by Henze (the Viola Sonata is dedicated to him), Ligeti, Schnittke, Ferneyhough, James Dillon, George Benjamin and many others. He also collaborates regularly in theatre and dance projects, and has written and performed a one-man show for children. He has recently become a pioneer of the viola d’amore, exploring its possibilities in new music, with and without electronics, and is in the process o

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Saltarello

D'Amore

Grisey: Les Espaces Acoustiques

Spectral Viola

Viola Spaces

Leonard: Book of Angels, Vol. 30

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Shsk'h Vol.05 - Solo Viola d'Amore : Garth Knox

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Xenakis: Chamber Music, 1955-90 [Disc 1]

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Goldberg's Ghost

Utopian Dances: Garth Knox (violas, composition) Magali Imbert (flutes)

L'Amour à 7 cordes

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Gérard Grisey: Les Espaces Acoustiques

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