NEWS
CURRENT / RECENT PROJECTS
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Emma-Ruth Richards.
composer
"Accomplished" - Sunday Times
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"a composer of exceptional refinement and subtlety [with] a gift for writing deeply expressive pieces [...] lucid, impassioned and compelling"
- Musical Opinion, Paul Conway
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"Highly charged and simply beautiful" - Opera North, Bachtrack
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"magic happened" - The Scotsman, Ken Walton ****
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"a composer at the top of her game"
- Musical Opinion, Paul Conway
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"The Sail of a Flame, an incisively worked song cycle, is texturally interesting, with spidery pizzicati and eerie bowed percussion" - Simon Thompson, The Times ***
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Emma-Ruth Richards is a composer born in the UK in 1985. Her music has been championed by many ensembles and soloists in the UK and abroad.
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CONCERTS
UPCOMING CONCERTS
20 October 2025
Piano Étude 1: Escape
Charles Owen, piano
Belfast International Arts Festival
23 October 2025
Piano Étude 1: Escape
Charles Owen, piano
Kettles Yard, Cambridge
Summer 2026 TBC
Three Rilke Songs
Ana Beard Fernández, soprano
Iain Hall, recorder
Casa Mendoza Recital, Cordoba, Spain
3 October 2026
8 November 2026
Three Rilke Songs
Ana Beard Fernández, soprano
Iain Hall, recorder
St Clement Danes Recital Series, London
14 November 2026
Three Rilke Songs
Ana Beard Fernández, soprano
Iain Hall, recorder
Leighton House Recital Series, London
19 November 2026
NEW WORK
Jennifer France, soprano
Lana Bode, piano
Kate Wakeling, writer
Hay Music Trust, Hay-on-Wye
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PAST CONCERTS / BROADCASTS
2025
20 Sept Hora, Rachel Roberts (viola), Hansom Hall, Leicester International Music Festival
20 Sept Duo 1, Anna-Liisa Bezrodny (violin), Jan-Erik Gustafsson (cello), Hansom Hall, Leicester
19 Sept Still Life, Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Gemma Rosefield (cello), Rachel Roberts (viola), Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester International Music Festival
18 Sept Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Nicholas Daniel, Hansom Hall, Leicester International Music Festival
17 Sept Escape Piano Etude 1, Charles Owen, Hansom Hall, Leicester International Music Festival
26 Feb Anne Hathaway (The Sail of A Flame) arr. voice, violin, piano, Lucy Schaufer (mezzo), Emma Jane Lloyd (vln.), Ben Dawson (pn.), Laidlaw Music Centre, St Andrews
2021-23
​​22 Sept 23 Red Anemones, Beatriz Elena Martínez, soprano, Sala de Teatro Luneta, Barranquilla, Colombia
15 Sept 23 Red Anemones, Beatriz Elena Martínez, soprano, Casaparte, Armenia, Colombia
2 Sept 23 Red Anemones, Beatriz Elena Martínez, soprano, Festival Mujeres en la Música Nueva Sala Otto de Greiff, Bogotá, Colombia
22 Mar 22 Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Gareth Hulse, Nash Ensemble, Wigmore Hall, London
20 Jan 22 Escape Piano Etude 1, Tamara Stefanovich, “Musiques d’aujourd’hui”, Salle de Musique de Chambre at Philharmonie Luxembourg
21 Oct 21 No One Holy Besides You, Emmanuel Chapel Choir, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
11 Mar 21 Red Anenomes, Rachael Ridout, 200 Pieces, Royal Academy of Music, London
2020
16 Oct Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Catherine Pluygers, London New Wind Festival, Janet Craxton Studios
27 Aug Tenebris Litterarum [Dark Letters], Carducci Quartet, string quartet, Presteigne Festival 2020
June Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Katherine Needleman, oboe, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
7 Jun Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Nicholas Daniel, oboe, Camerata Pacifica 'Concert at Home'
4 May 1) Ikon, 2) Interruptions (solo clarinet), Mark van der Wiel, London Sinfonietta.
26 Apr Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Nicholas Daniel, oboe, Camerata Pacifica 'Concert at Home'
18 Apr Dark Radiance, Tim Gill, cello, London Sinfonietta, LIVESTREAM
15 Mar Until a Reservoir No Longer Remains, Guy Johnston & Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London
14 Mar Until a Reservoir No Longer Remains, Guy Johnston & Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Stoller Hall, Manchester
13 Mar Until a Reservoir No Longer Remains, Guy Johnston & Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Red Brick Auditorium, Halifax Philharmonic Club
7 Mar Until a Reservoir No Longer Remains, Guy Johnston & Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Royal Academy of Music, London
3 Apr The Sail of a Flame BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lucy Schaufer (mezzo soprano) BBC RADIO 3 Broadcast
11 Jan The Sail of a Flame BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lucy Schaufer (mezzo soprano), Thomas Dausgaard (cond.), Glasgow City Halls
2019
3 Nov Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Sound Scotland Festival, St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen
31 Oct Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
21 Jul Dark Radiance, Ovidui Marinescu (cello), Carnegie Hall, New York
10 Jul Violated Blossoms, Cheltenham Festival, Elizabeth Karani (soprano) and Gabriel Cabezas (cello)
8 Jun Traffick (exerpt) National Opera Studios, Michael McCarthy (dir.), RADA Studios, London
7 Jun Traffick (exerpt) National Opera Studios, Michael McCarthy (dir.), RADA Studios, London
April Soul Cry [de Stamparare], Christa Garvey (oboe), University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
10 Feb No One Holy Besides You, Emmanuel Chapel Choir, Emmanuel College, Cambridge
CONTACT
For hire or purchase of scores please contact Dan Goren or Sam Roberts at Composers Edition:
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You can contact Emma-Ruth personally by using the form here or to enquire about private teaching, in-person piano lessons, or education work please contact:
Tel: +44(0)7977 487907
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Bedfordshire, United Kingdom