Nash Ensemble

The Nash Ensemble of London is an English chamber ensemble. It was founded by Artistic Director Amelia Freedman and Rodney Slatford in 1964, while they were students at the Royal Academy of Music, and was named after the Nash Terraces around the academy.^[1][2] The Ensemble has won awards from the Edinburgh Festival Critics and the Royal Philharmonic Society, as well as a 2002 Gramophone Award for contemporary music.^[3]

Nash Ensemble
Origin	London, England
Genres	Classical, chamber, contemporary classical
Years active	1964–present

In addition to their classical repertoire, the Ensemble performs works by numerous contemporary composers, including Richard Rodney Bennett, Harrison Birtwistle, Elliott Carter, Henri Dutilleux, Mark-Anthony Turnage, and Peter Maxwell Davies, and has given premier performances of more than 200 works.^[4]

Personnel

Current members

• Adrian Brendel (cello)^[5]
• Clifford Benson (piano)
• Philippa Davies (flute)
• Richard Hosford (clarinet)
• Gareth Hulse (oboe)
• Ursula Leveaux (bassoon)
• Duncan McTier (double bass)
• Lawrence Power (viola)
• Marianne Thorsen (violin)
• Lucy Wakeford (harp)
• Richard Watkins (horn)

Former members

• Ian Brown (piano)^[6]
• Skaila Kanga (harp)
• Malin Broman (violin)
• Roger Chase (viola)
• Robin Miller (oboe)
• Michael Collins (clarinetist) (clarinet)
• Marcia Crayford (violin)
• Mark David (trumpet)
• Catherine Edwards (organ and piano)
• Liz Layton (violin)
• Bryn Lewis (harp)
• Simon Limbrick (percussion)
• Frank Lloyd (horn)
• Judith Pearce (flute)
• Leo Phillips (violin)
• John Pigneguy (horn)
• David Purser (trombone and sackbut)
• Laura Samuel (violinist) (violin)
• Rodney Slatford (double bass)
• Christopher Van Kampen (cello; died 1997^[7])
• Paul Watkins (cello)
• James Watson (trumpet)
• Brian Wightman (bassoon)