Benedict Taylor

Benedict Taylor is a British Avant-garde violist, violinist and composer.

Taylor works in contemporary composition, modern string performance and improvised music in the British and European new music world.

The central focus of his work is in new composition for live performance, film, theatre, contemporary dance, art installation, and electroacoustic composition.

In performance, he predominantly works within improvisation, new composition and 20th/21st century music.

Within his performance work there is a focus on solo performance as a creative and investigative process.

He married Indian actress Radhika Apte in 2012.

In 2013 he initiated an ongoing commission series and solo label Subverten (For Viola Solo).

The first works premiered in autumn 2013 and continue several times each year.

He has worked with a number of music organisations and ensembles including; clapTON Ensemble, re:sound, London Improvisers Orchestra, Berlin Improvisers Orchestra, Project Instrumental, Tokyo Improvisers Orchestra, Kammer Klang Players, Squib-Box, ARCO, London Sinfonietta Collective, Regular Music II.

Notable festival, venue and radio appearances include; Jazz en Nord Festival France, Tete a Tete Opera Festival, Aldeburgh Festival, Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte – Montepulciano, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Fete de la Musique Berlin, Manchester International Festival, Manchester Jazz Festival, Cheltenham Festival, BBC Radio 3, Resonance FM, Radio Libertaire/Epsilonia (Paris).