Born in London in 1982, Oliver Coates took up the
cello at the age of six. He went on to study at the
Royal Academy of Music in London where he received the highest score ever awarded to a student. After graduating there, he worked with
Massive Attack,
Goldie,
Ben Frost,
Micachu & the Shapes and the Icelandic postrock band
Sigur Rós. Coates also worked with the British rock band
Radiohead for their studio album
A Moon Shaped Pool, released in 2016. In the same year, he released the album
Remain Calm and his solo album entitled
Upstepping together with Levi. He also composed the music for the films
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar with
Sam Yates,
The Stranger with
Thomas M. Wright and
Aftersun with
Charlotte Wells. He worked with
Steve McQueen on his documentary
Occupied City. Coates is the main cellist of the
London Contemporary Orchestra and lives in
Glasgow, Scotland with his wife, where he also works. == Notable performances ==