An engaging travelogue…with plenty of freewheeling spirit” - The Guardian, about the albumMusical Wanderlust

“Sensitive, joyous, highly virtuosic, and with a great choice of sound colours” - Kulturzeitschrift

“Baroque meets Bridgerton” - Göttinger Tagblatt

Murders, drinking songs, Cinderella stories, European tours, serene polyphony and candlelit rituals all feature in the evocative and story driven programmes of Apollo’s Cabinet. Winners of the Royal Overseas League Mixed Ensemble prize, Utrecht Oude Muziek Competiton and the Göttingen International Händel Competition, the group offer a signature mix of acting, dancing, poetry and drama to bring historical performance to modern audiences. They have furthermore won the Brian Nisbet Prize for their fusion of Music and Poetry, audience and first prize at #GeneraciónSMADE in Spain, the F. J. Aumann Prize for innovation and new discoveries in Baroque music at the International Biber Competition in Austria, first prize at the Maurizio Pratola Competition, Italy, the Friends prize at the York Early Music International Young Artists Competition, second prize at the CIMA competition in Loire Valley, France, and last but not least won the Potsdam Lunchtime Concert Competition in Germany.

Performance highlights to date include concerts at the London Handel Festival, Konzerthaus Vienna, Felix! Festival Köln, The Georgian Concert Society Edinburgh (as part of a tour supported by Tunnell Trust) , AMUZ Antwerpen, OudeMuziek Fabulous Fringe,  :alpenarte Schwarzenberg and the Brighton Early Music Festival. 

“The best programme the festival has seen in the last five years” - Vorarlberger Nachrichten, about “Musical Wanderlust” at :alpenarte festival

The ensemble is dedicated to educational outreach for children as well as adults, and members have designed and offered workshops and educational concerts in collaboration with the Royal Opera House, Centre for Young Musicians, Brighton Early Music Festival, English National Opera, ZAMUS Cologne and Wigmore Hall. They have recently joined Live Music Now, a long-established music charity founded by Yehudi Menuhin. 

Highlights this upcoming season include performances at Thüringer Bachwochen, AMIA Strasbourg, Cambridge Early Music and Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci. Furthermore, the ensemble will be recording their third and fourth albums, and have just commissioned a new composition for their programme ‘Elements’.

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Winners of the Tunnell Trust Award 2022/23

Winners of the Maurizio Pratola Competition 2022

Continuo Foundation Grant Awardees

Winners of the York International Young Artists Competition Friends Prize 2024

Winners of the International Biber Wettbewerb F.J. Aumann Prize for Innovation and New Discoveries 2023

Winners of the 1st Prize at International Van Wassenaer Competition 2024

Winners of the 1st prize and audience prize at #generacionSMADE 2023

Winners of 1st Prize + Music&Space prize at Göttingen Händel Competition 2022

Winners of the 2nd prize at CIMA International Concours 2024

Angel Early Music Grant Awardees

Winners of the Royal Overseas League Ensemble Prize 2024

Winners of the Royal Overseas League Ensemble Prize 2024

REMArkable ensemble 2022/23

Winners of the Brian Nisbet Early Music Prize 2019