Phillip
Granell
violin
Phillip is a versatile violinist, performer and string arranger based in London, committed to creating across the musical spectrum.
He leads and directs Phaedra ensemble, a collective built around a string quartet with a focus on new music and and creative collaboration.
2021 sees the release of their first EP O Superman as well as their upcoming debut album, featuring major works By Meredith Monk, Fred Thomas, and Fred Rzewski.
2021 has seen the release of numerous projects that he has collaborated on as string arranger and perfomer including the fourth studio album from critically acclaimed singer/songwriter The magic Lantern, the debut album of British singer James TW (Island records), and most notably, the UK NO 1 album Europiana by Jack Savoretti on EMI.
Other 2021 recording projects include albums by Arctic Monkeys (2022) Richard Ashcroft Urban Hymns & Jarv is Chanson d'ennui Tip-top
Phillip has performed extensively across the UK and Europe with artists including Bonobo, Mika Levi, Kate Tempest, Bjork, Floating Points, Idina Menzel, Trevor Horn, Susheela Raman, Mark Lockheart (Polar Bear), and many others.
He has performed live on all major BBC and commercial Radio stations with Phaedra Ensemble, Jack Savoretti, The Riot Ensemble, The Ulster Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, and Floating Points, amongst others as well as broadcasts from The Science museum performing Steve Reich's Three tales with the Ligeti quartet.
As an ensemble musician, he has performed and recorded with The Ulster Orchestra, London Contemporary Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, The Riot Ensemble, Britten Sinfonia, Heritage Orchestra, English National Ballet, London Concert Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, and with Welsh National Opera as guest leader for the 2019 UK theatre tour of Donizetti's Don Pasquale.
Working in the studio and remotely, both creatively and as a session musician is central to Phillip's activities. In 2020 he arranged and recorded strings at Abbey Road Studios for 6 tracks on Jack Savoretti's upcoming album Europiana and during lockdown worked remotely working on releases for The magic lantern, Phaedra ensemble and arranging and recording a large scale immersive listening experience for Bittersuite.
Other Recent recording projects include Nico Mulhy, Sampha, Beth Gibbons (Portishead), FourTet, Baxter Dury, Richard Ashcroft (The verve), Jonathan Jeremiah.
Recent film and TV projects include The Power (Amazon, 2022)The Last letter for your lover (2021), Rebecca (Netflix, 2020) Tin Star (Sky Atlantic 2017-2019), Howard’s End (BBC, 2017), Troy (BBC, 2018) Tolkien (2019). Session work includes Orchestrate, Isabelle Griffiths, London Contemporary Orchestra as well as co-writing the soundtrack for Channel 4 drama The Mill (2013) and numerous short films.
Theatre work includes Fiddler on The roof (2019) at The playhouse, Barnum (2018) and She Loves Me (2017) at The Menier Chocolate Factory and Cameron mackintosh's Oliver (2012). He is accustomed to onstage performing and featured as solo violinist and actor for Silent opera's adaptation of Janacek's opera Vixen performing at The Helsinki International Opera festival, Beijing International music festival (2018), and Gallerie di Piedicastello, Trento Italy (2109).
Between 2010 He formed Chancery blame with the band The Gadjo Club as lead singer and violinist, fusing songwriting with an enduring love of Eastern European Gypsy music.
He studied with Clare Thompson at TrinityLaban conservatoire where he completed his MA in performance with a distinction and was awarded the John Thompson string quartet prize as leader of the Vilaseca quartet. He also studied with Susanne Stanzeleit (LCM) (BMUS (HONS) - Music performance) and Adrian Levine (RCM) and attended masterclasses with Levon Chiligirin, Krysia Osostowicz, and the Lindsay, Maginni, Carducci and Wihan String quartets.