musician, composer, multidisciplinary artist

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  • Mongolian Grasslands

    Mongolian Grasslands

    The grasslands might look quiet, but they are filled with lively and bustling sounds*. The grasshoppers, distant horse neighs, and the sound of flowing water have been so pure I haven’t been able to record in a long, long time. The relationship between people and nature in the grasslands goes far beyond what my experiences Read more

  • Ulaanbaatar – Dundgol Records

    Ulaanbaatar – Dundgol Records

    While wandering the streets of Ulaanbaatar, I passed by @dundgol_records. A customer standing outside told us that it’s a great bar and suggested us to go in. It’s a beautiful live music bar and I was making local friends and sharing my British bird music – treecreepers, wrens, blackcaps, and chiffchaffs – with the Mongolian locals Read more

  • 鶯 Japanese Bush Warbler

    鶯 Japanese Bush Warbler

    I got to know the Japanese Bush Warbler through the movement artist Masumi Saito. In June, for Xie Rong’s project, I wrote a piece of music for Masumi that evokes the idea of ‘mother’ for her. Masumi wished to incorporate the sound of the Japanese Bush Warbler, which signals the arrival of spring in Japan, Read more

  • Blackcaps

    Blackcaps

    Since 2021, I have developed an interest in the sounds of birds and nature. It started with gradually distinguishing the different sounds of various birds, and now I am completely fascinated by them. One of my current life goals is to understand what they are communicating (I know that research suggests they establish territories and Read more

  • New Single: Purple Dream

    New Single: Purple Dream

    I composed Purple Dream in September 2020, when the new lockdown was about to begin. The on/off isolation of the lockdowns was removing the certainties of our old lives and leaving us physically restricted. Yet the retreat from normality allowed space for new dreams and magic to flourish. A space in the quiet, away from Read more

  • New Album: Carnival of the Animals

    New Album: Carnival of the Animals

    Happy to share with you the album I released earlier this year, Carnival of The Animals, which is a collection of animal themes in classical music, featuring my piano solo transcription of Saint Saens’ Carnival of the Animals. It’s the most ‘delightful’ project I’ve ever worked on! The music expresses pure happiness with animals. Hope Read more