Ryder Appleton Duo

Acclaimed for creating a unique & exciting dimension to the piano duo, Kate Ryder and David Appleton have a reputation for bringing the music of a new generation of composers to fresh audiences at major venues and festivals here in the UK and abroad. Equally at home with music by Reich & Glass to Stockhausen & beyond, their repertoire encompasses major European classics of the twentieth century, groundbreaking American and New World sounds, mesmerising Eastern influences and specially commissioned work from a cross section of leading composers.

Their work further extends to collaborations with artists from other fields including dance, film and multi-media. Their performance as part of the BMIC Cutting Edge series at The Warehouse, London, was chosen for broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and their film and live music programme Three Little Scandals was especially created for the BITE festival at the Barbican, and featured the surrealist classic Entr’acte with music by Satie, and Jean Genet’s Un Chant d'Amour with a new score by Patrick Nunn. They have also performed Stockhausen's epic masterpiece MANTRA to capacity audiences, which Paul Driver, writing in the Sunday Times, described as 'masterly… it seemed to open up a new creative future'

Recently Visiting Musicians in Residence at Goldsmiths College, University of London as well as Associate Artists at Brunel University, Appleton & Ryder are experienced educators, giving lectures & workshops for schools and universities around the UK.

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