Garth Knox is a violist and composer born in Ireland and raised in Scotland. He studied with Frederic Riddle at London’s Royal College of Music before building a career spanning early music and contemporary repertoire. Pierre Boulez invited him to join the Ensemble InterContemporain in 1983. As a member of the Arditti Quartet from 1990 to 1998, he worked closely with composers including Ligeti, Kurtág, Berio, Xenakis, and Stockhausen. His subsequent solo career has included premieres, collaborations in theatre and dance, and exploration of the viola d’amore. Knox’s Viola Spaces develops contemporary string techniques through concert studies. Based in Paris, he also serves as Visiting Professor of viola at the Royal Academy of Music.