Cassie Kinoshi is a Berlin/London-based composer, arranger, and alto saxophonist, nominated for the Mercury Prize (2019) and awarded an Ivors Academy Award (2018). She leads the eleven-piece ensemble seed., blending contemporary classical, jazz, and improvisation. Her compositions span dance, theatre, film, and visual art, with commissions including the London Symphony Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, BBC Philharmonic, and Chineke! Orchestra.
She is currently Artist-in-Residence at the Southbank Centre (2025–2028). Cassie’s 2023 commission gratitude, an audio-visual performance featuring turntablist NikNak and the London Contemporary Orchestra, premiered at the Purcell Room and was released in 2024 by Chicago label International Anthem.
