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Gregor Riddell plays the cello and writes music.

Original projects include BirdWorld, Tre Voci and KGB.

He was a founder member of the Solstice Quartet, Living Room in London and Odysseus Piano Trio.

Alongside his own projects, he’s written music for Galya Bisengalieva, Duo TÖ, the BEAST sound system at Birmingham University, Asamisimasa, Cikada and more. Having written for the London Contemporary Orchestra, Gregor is also a principle player and has collaborated with artists including Radiohead, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Sarah Davachi, Actress and Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch.

In 2022, he arranged a solo modular synthesizer work by Qasim Naqvi for string ensemble, piano and dancers premiered at Podium Festival followed by a performance with Cikada Ensemble at Ultima Festival in September.

He recently finished mastering a record for duo project Tlön with violinist/composer Sara Övinge to be released on Jazzland Records in early 2025.

Following the release of debut album UNDA (2019) and reworks (2021) on Focused Silence, duo project BirdWorld will make their Edinburgh Fringe debut in August 2024 followed by a release of their second album ‘Nurture’ on Norwegian label Dugnad in autumn 2024.

He runs an Oslo-based online platform called SVS broadcasting adventurous music from the Nordics. 

He recently set up a versatile Oslo-based session orchestra called OBO which will perform their debut concert with Sigur Rós at Oslo Spektrum on 28th November 2024.

Gregor was born in London, studied music at Cambridge University and composition at the Royal College of Music. He works mostly between Norway and the UK and lives with his family in Oslo.

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