Quinta (musician) explained

Quinta
Birth Name:Katherine Mann
Origin:London, England
Occupation:Instrumentalist

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.

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] Ockham's Razor[23] and Rambert[24] [25] amongst others.

Mann was Rambert's 2015/16 Music Fellow,[26] British Council/PRSF China Musician-in-Residence in 2017,[27] and PRSF Composer Fund awardee in 2019.[28]

Selected discography

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Quinta • CAST THE DICE. en-GB. 2019-04-10.
  2. Web site: Exhibition with Collectress at Devonshire Collective Eastbourne. Rutterandbennett. 2018-08-09. Chris Rutter and Evelyn Bennett. en. 2019-04-10.
  3. Web site: Collectress – Mondegreen. The Line of Best Fit. en. 2019-04-10.
  4. http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2009/07/quinta-{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}–-my-sister-boudicca
  5. Web site: Quinta - My Sister, Boudicca. Mathews. Jonathan. 2009-07-18. Thefourohfive.com. 2014-04-09.
  6. Web site: Quinta | My Sister, Boudicca. Joseph C Seager. 2009-04-16. Leedsmusicscene.net. 2014-04-09. 25 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100625232407/http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10617/. dead.
  7. Web site: Quinta releases second album The Quick of the Heart. 2017-07-14. CAST THE DICE. en-GB. 2019-04-10.
  8. Web site: [sic] Magazine - Quinta – The Quick Of The Heart]. en-US. 2019-04-10.
  9. Web site: Adams . Sean . Bat for Lashes reveals her band for Radiohead supports / Music News // Drowned In Sound . Drownedinsound.com . 2008-05-30 . 2014-04-09 . 2018-07-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180731123740/http://drownedinsound.com/news/3393354 . dead .
  10. https://www.nme.com/photos/-radiohead-at-victoria-park-june-24-2008/122084/16/16
  11. Web site: CM . Live review: Patrick Wolf @ Kaserne, Basel, 21.10.12 | High Rotation . Highrotation.ch . 2012-10-22 . 2014-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413123430/http://highrotation.ch/2012/10/22/live-review-patrick-wolf-kaserne-basel-21-10-12/ . 2014-04-13 . dead .
  12. Web site: Review: Patrick Wolf @ the Tivoli | NU . Newsunlimited.com.au . 2014-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142135/http://newsunlimited.com.au/2012/09/review-patrick-wolf-the-tivoli/ . 2014-04-13 . dead .
  13. Web site: Radiohead's Philip Selway announces new EP | News. 2011-07-05. Nme.Com. 2014-04-09.
  14. Web site: Searching for "Kath Mann" on Discogs. Discogs.com. 2014-04-09.
  15. Web site: Philip Selway - Weatherhouse. Subscribe. DIY. 2 October 2014 . en. 2019-04-10.
  16. Web site: Philip Selway Bella Union. bellaunion.com. en-US. 2019-04-10.
  17. Web site: Rambert Event. Rambert. 2019-04-10.
  18. Web site: Review: Up close and personal with Rambert. 2014-07-13. The Wonderful World of Dance Magazine. en-US. 2019-04-10.
  19. Web site: rhys . The Paper Cinema . 2012-11-28 . 2014-04-09.
  20. Web site: The Paper Cinema's Odyssey . Plays to See . 2012-02-25 . 2014-04-09 . 13 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413131429/http://www.playstosee.com/page.php?sad=play&id=445 . dead .
  21. Web site: Paper Cinema . Exeunt Magazine . 2012-01-30 . 2014-04-09.
  22. Web site: Mimbre The Exploded Circus. en-GB. 2019-04-10.
  23. Web site: Ockham's Razor: Tipping Point: 5 star review by Gillian Bain. broadwaybaby.com. en. 2019-10-28.
  24. Web site: In the Making. Rambert. 2019-04-10.
  25. Web site: Scanning Through The Waves. 22 August 2016 . en-GB. 2019-04-10.
  26. Web site: Rambert's new Music Fellow announced. 2015-08-10. Rambert. 2019-04-10.
  27. Web site: Quinta: Musicians in Residence, China . British Council Music. 12 April 2017 . 2019-04-10.
  28. Web site: The Composers' Fund: Quinta. PRS for Music Foundation. en-GB. 2019-04-10.
  29. Web site: 'My Sister, Boudicca' by Quinta. Tartaruga. Tartaruga. 2019-04-10.
  30. Web site: Flux. Siôn. Pwyll ap. 2017-06-13. www.gramophone.co.uk. en. 2019-04-10.
  31. Web site: Flux NMC Recordings. www.nmcrec.co.uk. 2019-04-10. 10 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190410201251/https://www.nmcrec.co.uk/recording/flux. dead.
  32. Web site: The Quick of the Heart, by Quinta. Quinta. 2019-04-10.

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