THE BLACKHEART ORCHESTRA

The Blackheart Orchestra are award-winning British songwriters, composers and multi-instrumentalist duo Chrissy Mostyn and Richard Pilkington. The band blend musical styles in a non-conformist way seamlessly sidestepping boundaries to create their unique, highly individual, emotion-drenched music.

Combining fragility and pulsing electronica, The Blackheart Orchestra’s experimental approach combines acoustic instrumental dexterity and 80’s synthesisers with classical composition. Their music was recently used on a national brand TV commercial and their song ‘I’m Yours’ is the soundtrack for new Best Director and Best Actress winning cult sci-fi movie, Charlie and Me.

The Blackheart Orchestra can be found on stage with a multitude of instruments as they continuously change from electric and acoustic guitars, bowed guitar, piano, bass and electronic percussion to vintage synthesisers, omnichord, melodica and flugelhorn.

Their critically acclaimed album Mesmeranto entered the official rock charts at number 18 and was voted number 4 in Top 10 Albums of 2019 by New York’s Big Takeover mag. Awards include Best British Duo at London’s Exposure Music Awards, second place in the Album of the Year Category in the US Indie Music Awards, a Limelight Progressive Music Award Nomination and they were voted in the UK’s Top 4 Best New Bands. The band have drawn comparisons to Kate Bush, Ellie Goulding, London Grammar, Pink Floyd, Steve Reich and Ludovico Einaudi.