Rhodri Davies became interested in collective free improvisation while doing postgraduate research into contemporary harp music at the University of Huddersfield. From 1995 he lived in London where he co-ran, with Mark Wastell, the All Angels concert series. Since 2007 Davies has lived in Gateshead, where he hosts the Hauskonzert series. As an improvisor he has recorded extensively and has worked with many musicians including The Chris Burn Ensemble, Derek Bailey’s Company, The London Improvisers Orchestra and Evan Parker’s String Project. He has run a duo with John Butcher, a trio with Lee Patterson and David Toop, and is a member of The Sealed Knot, SLW, CRANC and Common Objects. Davies also interprets contemporary composition with the chamber group Apartment House, the harp ensemble Branches and in a trio with Michael Duch and John Tilbury. New harp pieces have been composed for him by Eliane Radigue, Christian Wolff, Alison Knowles, Radu Malfatti and Yasunao Tone, among others. In 2008 he collaborated with visual artist Gustav Metzger on the project Self-Cancellation. Davies also builds wind, water and fire harp installations.
