Ian Anderson is a violist, composer and arranger based in Berlin.

Photo: Bartek Sadowski

“extraordinarily inventive and imaginative…
an aural tour de force”

Oliver Condy, Official Apple Music iTunes review
Wooden Elephant’s LANDSCAPES, KNIVES & GLUE — Radiohead’s Kid A Recycled

“The sonic soundscapes of Radiohead meet the creative genius of Bowie’s Blackstar album.”

Record of the Day
on yllwshrk’s Pyramids from debut album I AM ALADDIN

“incredible mixtures of sound and words… expressive depth… an extremely ductile orchestral fabric.”

Giorgio Cerasoli, Il Giornale Della Musica
on Wooden Elephant’s version of Moor Mother’s Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes,
performed with Beethovenorchester Bonn and Moor Mother herself

Ian Anderson’s music has been commissioned and performed by Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA, Komische Oper Berlin, Beethovenorchester Bonn, members of Concertgebouw Orchestra, and has been sountracked by AppleTV+ and Netflix.

ENSEMBLES/BANDS

Wooden Elephant
extended string quintet reimagining electronic-based popular music albums

yllwshrk
ALT-ROCK, ELECTRONICS

Sonar Quartett
CONTEMPORARY STRING QUARTET