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Violist Elijah Spies performs in spaces ranging from living rooms to large concert halls. Born in London, he first started learning the viola in group lessons at school, before beginning studies at the junior department of the Royal College of Music. He has since performed at international concert series including the BBC Proms, the Lucerne Festival, and Musikfest Berlin. Other recent highlights include appearances at the Creative Dialogues festival in Helsinki, at the Berlin Philharmonie with Ensemble Modern Orchestra, and at Festival ECLAT in Stuttgart, for the premiere of Valerio Sannicandro’s VISIO-FICTIO for amplified violas and choir.
With a particular passion for collaborating with composers and creating new music, Elijah premiered works at festivals including the Wittener Kammermusiktage, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, New Music on the Point, and Time of Music in Vitasaari, Finland. A former academist with Ensemble Modern and the Basel Sinfonietta, he has also performed chamber music with members of the JACK Quartet, Ensemble Recherche, and International Contemporary Ensemble, and recently undertook intensive string quartet lessons with György Kurtàg at the Budapest Music Center.
Since 2018, Elijah has been a performing artist for Concerts in Motion, providing solo and chamber concerts at hospital wards, retirement communities, and for isolated, homebound residents in New York. He was the featured soloist at the Queens COVID Memorial Ceremony. Elijah completed a masters degree at Musik Akademie Basel, studying with Geneviève Strosser, and holds a bachelor's degree from The Juilliard School.

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