Cassie Kinoshi

Cassie Kinoshi is a Mercury Prize-nominated (2019) and Ivors Academy Award-winning (2018) Berlin/London-based composer, arranger and alto-saxophonist creating multidisciplinary, genre-blending performance work. As bandleader of her eleven-piece ensemble seed., she writes for and performs with leading London improvisers. A Trinity Laban composition graduate, she has written for dance, film, theatre and visual art, with credits including Park Avenue Armory NYC (Euphoria), National Theatre (Top Girls), BalletBoyz (England on Fire), and Southbank Centre (The Nutcracker). Her commissions include the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, and Chineke! Orchestra. Currently an Artist-in-Residence at Southbank Centre (2025–28), her 2023 commission gratitude (with visuals by GURIBOSH and turntablist NikNak) premiered to a sold-out Purcell Room and was released on International Anthem in 2024. She is also active in education and community outreach via her new platform - Beatprint Soundlab.