Photo: Dimitri Djuric
London-based Explore Ensemble – built around a core sextet which often incorporates electronics, video, and other technologies – performs, commissions and promotes new music throughout the UK and internationally. Since its founding in 2012 at the RCM by composers Nicholas Moroz and Arne Gieshoff, Explore has featured on Radio 3's New Music Show and at festivals and venues including Aldeburgh, Huddersfield and LCMF (UK), Centro Pecci (IT), Transit (Belgium), November Music (Netherlands) and Schleswig-Holstein and ZKM Karlsruhe (DE). In 2021 Explore was awarded the prestigious Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung Ensemble Prize. Described as “A gift for listeners” by the New York Times, the ensemble’s 2023 album Perfect Offering showcases works by Cassandra Miller, Lisa Illean, Rebecca Saunders and Lawrence Dunn. Since 2017 commissions have included Patricia Alessandrini, Scott McLaughlin, Joanna Bailie, Angharad Davies, Mark Fell, Neil Luck, Beatrice Dillon, Nakul Krishnamurthy, Alex Paxton, Lara Agar and more.