
Robert Ames
@robertamesmusic
Conductor | Curator | Composer
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V excited to head to The Bridgewater Hall on Feb 13th for night one of The Hallé's three-day Philip Glass Festival: Angélique Kidjo Sings Ifé Songs. See you soon The Hallé Angelique Kidjo Royal Northern College of Music🌱 Grab tickets!: bit.ly/3CE45X3


This Thurs, Angélique Kidjo Sings Ifé Songs comes to The Bridgewater Hall for night one of The Hallé's Philip Glass Festival. Here 👇Angelique Kidjo discusses the poem she wrote for Glass, which became Ifé Songs' foundation: bit.ly/4hVuvmf 🎟️ bit.ly/3CE45X3




Had the most wonderful time recording with Ludovico Einaudi Abbey Road. His new album Summer portraits is out now. Big ❤️ francesco donadello and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. einaudi.lnk.to/TheSummerPortr…

"The strings go into a kind of arpeggio overdrive...Robert Ames conducted with faultless precision and unflagging energy" - huge thanks to The Times and The Sunday Times for this write-up of the first night of The Hallé's Philip Glass Festival with Angelique Kidjo 💚🙏 bit.ly/41hqXUE


V happy to say that you can listen to The Hallé Angelique Kidjo Sings Ifè Songs now over on BBC Sounds! Hear the full show from night one of the Philip Glass festival: ⏯️bit.ly/41triVo


Delighted to head to Brighton Festival on 9th May to conduct the unreal Anoushka Shankar & Britten Sinfonia in a live performance of Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass' seminal collaborative album PASSAGES. Grab tickets (and check out the rest of the programme): brightonfestival.org/whats-on/XiN-p…



On March 26th we're joining Hildur Gudnadottir for a specially curated programme of music from her film & TV scores, conducted by Robert Ames 💪 Look back at ‘For Petra’ from TÁR, performed at last year's BBC Proms, then grab your LDNSoundtrack tickets!: bit.ly/3XEZOd6

On 5th April, I'll be at Birmingham Symphony Hall with CBSO for NORTHERN LIGHTS, a specially-curated celebration of modern Icelandic music featuring the likes of Kjartan Sveinsson, Ólafur Arnalds, and Jónsi & Alex Somers 🌌✨💫 Tickets: cbso.co.uk/events/norther… B:Music, responsible for Symphony Hall & Town Hall


Edmund Finnis “Brother” - recorded by me and Galya Bisengalieva is now available in a limited edition Glacier White variant on Nomad 💫 Repressed due to popular demand after previously selling out! Grab it here: bit.ly/41Yx00A



From 23-25th May, you can catch Sigur Rós and I at Sydney Opera House with Sydney Symphony Orchestra 💚🌱 Tickets are on sale now! sigurros.com/tour/ Sydney Opera House Sydney Symphony Orchestra


An unbelievable night with the inimitable Hildur Gudnadottir and LCOrchestra at LDNSoundtrack last week⚡️ Huge thanks to all who came to see us, and massive kudos to LDNSoundtrack for an extraordinary inaugural festival 👊💪


Really lovely to speak to Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier for The Monthly on the far-reaching influence of the great Philip Glass! Read the article in full here 👀bit.ly/449zDPK


An incredible night at Birmingham Symphony Hall with the CBSO this Saturday for NORTHERN LIGHTS 🌌 Big thanks to B:Music, responsible for Symphony Hall & Town Hall and all who came to see us play music by Jónsi & Alex Somers, Kjartan Sveinsson, Ólafur Arnalds and Hildur Gudnadottir 🙏⚡️


Heading to Tasmania this June to team up with TasSymphony and Dark Mofo for TO THE SILENT EARTH, I FLOW 🌊 Expect music from John Luther Adams, Hildur Gudnadottir , Bryce Dessner & Richard Reed Parry, Philip Glass, Anna Meredith and maxrichtermusic . darkmofo.net.au/program/robert…



Delighted to be hitting Royal Albert Hall #BBCProms with the brilliant Anoushka Shankar & LCOrchestra to play the world premiere of 'Chapters' 💥 Excited to play a part in helping Anoushka realise her extraordinary vision 💫 🎟️ bit.ly/4cW5yWn
