Dmitri Ensemble

Britain's Dmitri Ensemble is organized around the idea of a core string ensemble that brings on other musicians as needed according to the repertory being performed. The group is closely identified with contemporary music. The group's founder was conductor Graham Ross, who remained in that post as of the early 2020s. The Dmitri Ensemble is especially well known for its recordings, the first of which featured James MacMillan's cantata Seven Last Words from the Cross. The Dmitri Ensemble has performed various world premieres, including an album of Ralph Vaughan Williams' never-before-recorded Folk Songs of the Four Seasons (2010). In 2020, the Dmitri Ensemble recorded the album Stabat, featuring music by Arvo Pärt, Peteris Vasks, and MacMillan. The group returned in 2022 with Ice Land: The Eternal Music, a program of contemporary Icelandic music recorded with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.