Violist Garth Knox's repertoire spans Baroque, traditional folk, and contemporary classical music, but his primary focus is the latter, with an eye to new works. A former member of Pierre Boulez's Ensemble InterContemporain and the Arditti Quartet, he released his first solo album, Works for Solo Viola, in 2000. His many collaborations include albums in the 2010s with Trio Mediæval and the Saltarello Trio.
Born in 1956 in Dublin, Ireland, Knox was raised in Scotland as the youngest of four siblings, all of whom played stringed instruments. He went on to study viola under Fred...