Robert Ames
Robert Ames (B. 1985) is a recent graduate of the Royal Academy of Music where he studied viola with Martin Outram. An advocate of new music, Robert has worked closely with many of today’s finest composers, including Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Pierre Boulez, George Benjamin, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Jonathan Cole, and Mark-Anthony Turnage.
Robert has performed in numerous BBC broadcasts and played under some of the world’s leading conductors, including Sir Colin Davis, Christoph von Dohnányi and Sir Roger Norrington. Performances with the London Contemporary Orchestra, London Sinfonietta and London symphony orchestra include concerts at the Aldeburgh Festival, Luigi Nono: Fragments of Venice festival under Diego Masson and a performance of Grisey’s Les Espaces Acoustiques conducted by George Benjamin.
He recently performed Colin Matthew’s ‘Four Moods’ at the BBC Proms which was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and John Woolrich’s Ulysses Awakes at Latitude festival, both to critical acclaim.
Robert is artistic director of the London Contemporary Orchestra. The orchestra was recently nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Society ‘Audience Development Award’.
http://www.robertames.co.uk
Robert has performed in numerous BBC broadcasts and played under some of the world’s leading conductors, including Sir Colin Davis, Christoph von Dohnányi and Sir Roger Norrington. Performances with the London Contemporary Orchestra, London Sinfonietta and London symphony orchestra include concerts at the Aldeburgh Festival, Luigi Nono: Fragments of Venice festival under Diego Masson and a performance of Grisey’s Les Espaces Acoustiques conducted by George Benjamin.
He recently performed Colin Matthew’s ‘Four Moods’ at the BBC Proms which was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and John Woolrich’s Ulysses Awakes at Latitude festival, both to critical acclaim.
Robert is artistic director of the London Contemporary Orchestra. The orchestra was recently nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Society ‘Audience Development Award’.
http://www.robertames.co.uk
