Born near London in 1957, Phil Durrant is a multi-instrumentalist improviser/composer/sound artist who currently performs solo and group concerts. As a violinist (and member of the Butcher/Russell/Durrant trio), he was one of the key exponents of the 'group voice approach' style of improvised music. In the late 90s, his trio with Radu Malfatti and Thomas Lehn represented a shift to a more 'reductionist' approach. As an electric mandolinist, he has been performing in a trio with
Mark Wastell and
John Butcher. As a semi-modular synthesist, Phil Durrant continues to perform with
Bertrand Denzler and Burkhard Beins in Trio Sowari, as well as a duo with drummer Mark Sanders. Durrant is also a member of theinternational electronic ensemble MIMEO with Keith Rowe, Kaffe Matthews, Thomas Lehn, Rafael Toral a.o.
