Redstart:
Noura Santian,
violin
Noura Sanatian graduated from Trinity College of Music.
She teachers violin as part Southwark Music
Services 'Violin Wider
Opportunities'. Noura is a member of the London
Improvisers Orchestra. She has toured with the American
ambient band, 'Stars of the Lid'. She works
with dancers & coreographers, such as Vanessa Abreu, of the Union Dance group, where
she combines her love of improvisation with her interest in
other art forms.o
Benedict Taylor,
viola
Benedict studied viola at the Royal Northern
College of Music and Ethnomusicology at Goldsmiths. He
specialises in contemporary music, working as a free lance
viola player, in addition to teaching & composing film
music. He plays with the London Contemporary
Orchestra, and the London Sinfonietta Collective as
well as the London Improvisers Orchestra. He has worked
extensively with folk musician, Chris Sargeant, and is a
frequent collaborator with the poet Laurence Upton. He has
appeared at several prestigious music festivals, including
Aldeburgh, Huddersfield and the Cantiere Internazionale
d'Arte. Screenings of films for which he has written the music
have occurred at Venice, London,
Toronto, Mumbai & Rotterdam.
plus Noel
Taylor, clarinet.
with Eugenio Colombo, Alberto
Popolla and Furia Elettrica, Redstart in Rome,
2011
SInce forming in early 2010
the trio have performed in Berlin, Rome, Schiphorst (near
Hamburg), and several London venues - Flim Flam, Boat-ting,
Leytonstone Festival, Vortex (Mopomoso Xmas), HMS President,
Luna Fringe, The Others etc, plus performances
in Birmingham and Brighton.
They have also been the
subject of an hour long feature on Resonance FM ('Disorder at
the Border').
They have collaborated with
musicians, such as Mark Sanders, the Swiss duo 'Diatribes',
Julie Kjaer, Sharon Gal, Andrea Caputo, Japanese flautist,
Miya, and musicians from Rome.
Redstart are very open
both to further collaborations, not just with other
musicians, but also in projects with artists, dancers and
composers.
Redstart in Rome,
2011. Collaborations with Italian musicians