Emi Ferguson, flute

A recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant, Emi Ferguson is the founder of interdisciplinary ensemble Exquisite Corpse and can be heard live in concerts and festivals with groups including the Handel and Haydn Society, AMOC*, Ruckus, the New York New Music Ensemble, the Manhattan Chamber Players, and as the music director of Camerata Pacifica Baroque. Her recordings By George!, Amour Cruel, and Fly the Coop: Bach Sonatas and Preludes celebrate her fascination with reinvigorating music and instruments of the past for the present and have been called “blindingly impressive … a fizzing, daring display of personality and imagination” by The New York Times. Ferguson has spoken and performed at TEDx events and has been featured on the Discovery Channel, Amazon Prime, WQXR, and Vox talking about how music relates to our world today. With WQXR, she hosts the Young Artists Showcase and Once Upon A Composer, and created the series This Composer Is SICK!. Her book Iconic Composers  was released in 2023. Born in Japan and raised in London and Boston, she now resides in New York.