Sankorfa: Cage, Reich, Takemitsu, Xenakis

An exciting percussion quartet that originally met at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Sankorfa are equally at home performing in concert halls and night clubs, as well as in delivering masterclasses and education projects. Their repertoire includes music by John Cage, Steve Reich, Toru Takemitsu, and Iannis Xenakis, alongside new commissions and also their own compositions and improvisations. They work regularly with the choreographer Rachel Birch-Lawson and the dance group Present State, and in 2006 were invited to perform as part of the Day of Percussion at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Sankorfa have also performed alongside the Canadian dancer Paul-André Fortier as part of Dance Umbrella in 2007.