New Music Players

NMP is a top UK ensemble specialising in contemporary music. Founded by British composer Ed Hughes, its commissions and many premieres have included composers such as Howard Skempton, Rolf Hind, James Wood, Michael Finnissy. NMP features some of the UK’s finest and most versatile musicians; core members are also members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden; Manchester Camerata; the English Chamber Orchestra; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Mistura and a wide variety of new/early music ensembles and jazz outfits. NMP feature on several recordings including a world première recording of five New Music Players commissions on the London Independent Records label and a disc of works by Japanese composer Jo Kondo. In 2007 they featured on a major DVD release of Ed Hughes's recent scores for two classic 1920s silent films by Sergei Eisenstein - Battleship Potemkin and STRIKE! and performed Ed Hughes's score for 'I was born but...' (Ozu, 1932) on a new BFI DVD released in January 2011. In 2013 they premiered Ed Hughes's opera 'When the Flame Dies', released on DVD/CD in November 2013.