| Ixion
was formed in May 1987, and launched with concerts at the BMIC and
Dartington; it was from the title of an early Feldman score that the name Ixion
was chosen. The purpose in forming this ensemble was to provide an
independent platform for composers and instrumentalists. Ixion has
had five series of concerts at the Brighton Festival and at Dartington, as
well as concerts at the Bergen Festival, Huddersfield Festival, Darmstadt
Summer School, various universities and the South Bank - many of these
concerts were broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Ixion has also been
featured on BBC2 and Channel 4 television. Over the last few years, Ixion
has recorded and released several critically acclaimed CDs featuring the
music of Andrew Toovey and Michael Finnissy.
"A contemporary ensemble of first class composers and performers" (Classical music magazine) "Burningly committed, rawly emotional, expressively unconstrained, intellectually underpinned" (The Financial Times) "Ixion folk have an ardent conviction, thoroughgoing dedication, and emotional and intellectual honesty, and have recruited instrumentalists of equal fervour and professional excellence" (The Guardian) "Under the directorship of Andrew Toovey, Ixion has gained a distinctive place for itself, an 'off'-London Sinfonietta place where music is perpetually in extremis" (The Times) Ixion is: Rowland Sutherland -
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