All the world's a stage....

Part 1: Birth

Music by Rebel, Marais, Prokofiev

Part 2: Love

Eccles, Dowland, Liszt, d'Ambruis, Piazzola

Part 3: Family

Byrd, Dowland,Holbourne, Prokofiev

Part 4: Death

Gibbons, Lambert, Purcell, Byrd, Ravel

The Flutes & Frets Duo present intimate, magnetic performances that exploit the fragility and versatility of their ensemble. Their concerts feature a variety of instruments that enable them to express the colours, gesture and emotions of repertoire from the medieval era through to contemporary.

Enthusiastic about developing in knowledge, they are devoted to keeping primary sources at the core of their historically-informed approach to performance practice. Through researching and arranging music for their combination, they push the boundaries of repertoire creating imaginative and innovative programmes.

Flutes & Frets have had the pleasure of performing all over the UK and Europe. Notable concerts include the London International Early Music Festival, Alpen Classica Festival, Lichfield Festival, and performing at the National Gallery. They were chosen as an “IYAP Selected Promising Ensemble 2022” for the International Young Artist Presentation, enabling them to perform in the Early Music Festival, “Laus Polyphoniae” at AMUZ, Antwerp, Belgium. This led to being selected for an award from the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists (EFFEA) arranged by the European Festivals Association in collaboration with the Flanders Festival Antwerp in order to receive coaching from Peter Van Heyghen and perform in festival concerts in Antwerp, Krakow and York which will take place in the autumn of 2023. This year, they are an ECOS Ensemble 2023 as part of the programme of residencies of the International Early Music Festival of Sierra Espuña.

They have won numerous international competition awards including the 2023 International H.I.F. Biber Competition; 2022 “22nd LAMS Matera Award”; 2021 La Follia Nuova International Chamber Music Competition; and the International Music Competition (IMC) of Association Les Musicales Du Centre. In 2022, they were finalists in the Royal Overseas League Competition Mixed Ensembles Category and won the second prize of the Vršac International Chamber Music Festival “Music in the Vineyards”. Recently, they have been selected for the Making Music Philip and Dorothy Green Young Artist (PDGYA) Award Scheme which celebrates top young musical talent and offers them performance and workshop prospects. In 2022/23, they were a Brighton Early Music Festival (BREMF) Live! Ensemble and DEBUT Horizon Artists and can be found frequently performing at events, working with Hitched and the Alive Network agency.

Known for their onstage chemistry and interaction, they cultivate a special sound-world taking audiences on a journey through time.