http://www.emilyburridge.com/
In the early nineties Emily was invited to join members of Earth Love Fund and the Gaia Foundation in a visit to the Amazon region of Brazil. A turning point in her life, The initial result being the production of her first CD Earth Songs.
Her association with Brazil developed with an invitation to perform some of "Earth Songs" at the Earth Summit in Rio 1992.
Emily started playing the 'cello at the age of five and was encouraged to perform publicly. As well as learning the classical repertoire she "made up tunes" which aided her in expressing her own emotions and feelings through the cello, the foundation of her ability to improvise.
She was later awarded a scholarship to Wells Cathedral school where she received specialist tuition from great cellists Raphael Wallfisch and Amarylis Fleming and was generally trained in both chamber and orchestral playing.
At eighteen she received a scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music in London where she was also awarded the Helen Just Concerto Prize. She was then very fortunate to receive further private tuition with William Pleeth.
She is a renowned master of her instrument, unique in her ability to improvise and cross genres of classical and contemporary music.
She is a much in demand session player, and has worked with Roger Daltrey, George Michael, Chrissie Hind, Jools Holland, Zero 7, Stereophonics and Hans Zimmer to name a few, and is featured on numerous albums and film soundtracks as a featured artist and playing within string sections. (See Sessions/CV)
Until 1990 she was working solely as a 'cellist. Certain events around this time initiated her setting up a studio and she started composing and producing. Her first commission was to write music to accompany readings of the book Sacred Elephant by Heathcote Williams.
Readings were given by the author and then the production was adopted by the actress Virginia McKenna. Emily accompanied playing the cello and synthesizers. They toured extensively within England performing for arts festivals and societies.
At this event she also came into contact with tribal people for the first time staying at the "Tribal Gathering" where she witnessed and recorded tribal singing and ritual.
This is when her appreciation of Tribal music and culture commenced. Recordings from this event are integrated into songs on "Earth Songs".
Earth Songs was published by a German independent and was released in Europe USA and Australia. Extracts from the production were used as soundtracks for videos produced by Artists United for Nature and the Body Shop.
She was then awarded a cultural grant to return to Brazil. Based on the North East Coast she spent a year researching and recording local folk music.
She also worked as a 'cellist utilising her improvisational skills recording and performing Brazilian music.
She started producing her second CD "Footsteps in the Sand" employing Manasés an eminent 12 string guitarist from the North East of Brazil and Milton Fiori a dynamic percussionist.
Footsteps in the Sand has received good reviews and is currently available online.
Whilst in Brazil she started working with Gandalf the Austrian producer and guitarist who was on tour in Brazil. On returning to Europe she spent some time in Vienna co-writing songs for his next two CD productions "Gates to Secret Realities" and "Barakaya" on which Emily is featured singing and playing the 'cello.
She also toured extensively with his band performing both as singer and cellist. Barakaya was re-released by the German label GMC in 2005. Emily Burridge's collaborative discography.
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