Meg Hamilton

Millennium Award winning, classically trained violinist, violist, arranger and composer, Meg performs throughout the UK and abroad, on BBC television, live on BBC Radio 3 and 4, and at festivals including Glastonbury, Edinburgh, and the International Jewish Cultural Festival in Krakow. She is the co-founder of two popular London - based world music ensembles: She’Koyokh and the Kosmos Ensemble. With She’Koyokh she performed the world premiere of a concerto for Klezmer Ensemble at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in 2002, and won First Prize at the 2008 International Jewish Music competition at Amsterdam’s new concert hall, Muziekgebouw. Kosmos launched the Royal Festival Hall’s 2008 lunchtime Foyer concerts, and performs regularly at international classical music festivals, as well as giving outreach concerts and workshops with the support of Yehudi Menuhin’s Live Music Now! Scheme. She’Koyokh’s latest album is released on the ARC world music label; she has also recorded a CD with Kosmos, and collaborated on recordings with Oi Va Voi, Emunah, Aruba Red and many others. Recent intensive studies of Greek, Turkish, Arabic and flamenco music have led Meg to perform with the SOAS Rebetiko band, London’s Turkish classical music ensemble Nihavent, as well as with various Arabic music ensembles and the new contemporary flamenco group, La Typica.

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