Quinta (musician)
Quinta is the stage name of Katherine Mann, a London-based multi-instrumentalist, solo artist, composer, and session player. She plays the violin, viola, musical saw, and keyboards. Mann's father nicknamed her "Quinta" when she was a baby; he was a teacher of Latin and Greek, and she was the fifth of five children.
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Birth name | Katherine Mann |
Origin | London, England |
Occupation(s) | Instrumentalist |
Instruments |
Mann is a member of experimental arts quartet Collectress[1][2] who released their first album Mondegreen in 2014.[3] She has released two solo albums, My Sister Boudicca (2009)[4][5][6] and The Quick of the Heart (2017).[7][8]
Mann has performed with numerous other artists including as one of Bat for Lashes’ Blue Dreams on her Radiohead support tour[9][10] and as solo accompanist to Patrick Wolf on his Sundark Riverlight Acoustic World Tour.[11][12]
Since 2010, she has worked extensively with Radiohead's Philip Selway,[13][14] including on his 2014 album release Weatherhouse[15][16] and on the acclaimed score for Rambert's Merce Cunningham Event in 2014.[17][18]
Mann has composed for circus, dance, theatre and television, including for The Paper Cinema,[19][20][21] Mimbre,[22][23] Ockham's Razor[24] and Rambert[25][26] amongst others.
Mann was Rambert's 2015/16 Music Fellow,[27] British Council/PRSF China Musician-in-Residence in 2017,[28] and PRSF Composer Fund awardee in 2019.[29]
Selected discography
- Bat for Lashes – Two Suns (2009)
- Quinta – My Sister Boudicca[30] (2009)
- Philip Selway – Running Blind EP (2011)
- Philip Selway – Weatherhouse (2014)
- Collectress – Mondegreen (2014)
- Quinta – Flux: new music new dance[31][32] (2017)
- Quinta – The Quick of the Heart[33] (2017)
- Lamb – The Secret Of Letting Go (2019)
References
- "Quinta • CAST THE DICE". Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- Rutterandbennett (2018-08-09). "Exhibition with Collectress at Devonshire Collective Eastbourne". Chris Rutter and Evelyn Bennett. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- "Collectress – Mondegreen". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2009/07/quinta-%5B%5D–-my-sister-boudicca
- Mathews, Jonathan (2009-07-18). "Quinta - My Sister, Boudicca". Thefourohfive.com. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- Joseph C Seager (2009-04-16). "Quinta | My Sister, Boudicca". Leedsmusicscene.net. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- "Quinta releases second album The Quick of the Heart". CAST THE DICE. 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- "[sic] Magazine - Quinta – The Quick Of The Heart". Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- Adams, Sean (2008-05-30). "Bat for Lashes reveals her band for Radiohead supports / Music News // Drowned In Sound". Drownedinsound.com. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- CM (2012-10-22). "Live review: Patrick Wolf @ Kaserne, Basel, 21.10.12 | High Rotation". Highrotation.ch. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- "Review: Patrick Wolf @ the Tivoli | NU". Newsunlimited.com.au. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- "Radiohead's Philip Selway announces new EP | News". Nme.Com. 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- "Searching for "Kath Mann" on Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- Subscribe. "Philip Selway - Weatherhouse". DIY. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- "Philip Selway | Bella Union". bellaunion.com. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- http://palace.co, Palace-. "Rambert Event". Rambert. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- "Review: Up close and personal with Rambert". The Wonderful World of Dance Magazine. 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- "rhys". The Paper Cinema. 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- "The Paper Cinema's Odyssey". Plays to See. 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- "Paper Cinema". Exeunt Magazine. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
- "Mimbre | The Exploded Circus". Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- Mimbre Acrobats (2016-04-12), Mimbre's World, retrieved 2019-04-10
- "Ockham's Razor: Tipping Point: 5 star review by Gillian Bain". broadwaybaby.com. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- http://palace.co, Palace-. "In the Making". Rambert. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- "Scanning Through The Waves". Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- http://palace.co, Palace- (2015-08-10). "Rambert's new Music Fellow announced". Rambert. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- Music <ideasbymusic.com>. "Quinta: Musicians in Residence, China". British Council Music. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- "The Composers' Fund: Quinta". PRS for Music Foundation. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- Tartaruga. "'My Sister, Boudicca' by Quinta". Tartaruga. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- Siôn, Pwyll ap (2017-06-13). "Flux". www.gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- "Flux | NMC Recordings". www.nmcrec.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
- "The Quick of the Heart, by Quinta". Quinta. Retrieved 2019-04-10.