Davies is one of the few harpists working in the field of new, experimental and improvised music and is widely acclaimed for developing a new voice for the harp. He has been based in London since 1995 and regularly performs in the US, Japan, Canada and Europe.
His regular groups include Broken Consort, Q-02, Common Objects, Cranc, Portable, Apartment House, The Sealed Knot and a trio with David Toop and Lee Patterson.
He has performed and recorded with diverse artists such as: Derek Bailey, B J Cole, Philip Corner, The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Luc Ferrari, Evan Parker, Christian Marclay, Sachiko M, Otomo Yoshihide and John Zorn.
He also performs and researches contemporary music and is part-time lecturer at Huddersfield University. He has commissioned new works for the harp by: Carole Finer, Catherine Kontz, Michael Maierhof, Michael Parsons, Tim Parkinson, Mieko Shiomi, Yasunao Tone and John Lely.
EVENTS in 2007
with Rhodri Davies
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