Emily Adele Williams is a cellist whose work brings together classical technique and contemporary experimental approaches.
She performs in a wide range of settings, from resonant caves and remote landscapes to traditional concert spaces, exploring how environment shapes sound and experience. Her projects include Night Diver, an audio-visual series combining processed cello and visual elements; Au Revoir Hands, an ambient pop collaboration with composer-producer Anth Lyons; and Sonder Lines, a cello duo with Rachel Morris.
Emily’s practice focuses on creating music as an immersive experience, where acoustic and electronic textures interact with space and audience in dynamic ways.

About

Emily Adele Williams is a cellist and improviser whose work bridges classical tradition and contemporary experimentation. Her practice explores how sound and space interact, often taking music beyond conventional settings into environments where acoustic qualities become part of the performance.
Emily has performed in a wide range of locations, from resonant cave systems and remote landscapes to contemporary concert spaces, creating experiences that challenge the boundaries of live performance.

Driven by a belief that music should be more than an auditory experience, her work seeks to create environments where sound and emotion intersect, inviting audiences to listen deeply and engage fully.
Her creative work takes shape through the following projects:
**Night Diver**: a solo audio-visual project that combines processed cello, layered soundscapes, and immersive projected visuals to create meditative, atmospheric experiences.
**Au Revoir Hands**: an experimental ambient pop collaboration with composer-producer Anth Lyons, blending cello with Buchla modular synthesis to craft cinematic, texturally rich sound worlds.
**Sonder Lines**: a cello duo with Rachel Morris exploring dialogue, improvisation, and responsive performance, emphasising the interplay between two voices and their environment.
Emily’s approach combines acoustic and electronic textures with a sensitivity to space, drawing on both classical foundations and experimental techniques to create music that is immersive, exploratory, and deeply connected to its environment.
Driven by a belief that music should be more than an auditory experience, Emily’s work seeks to create environments where sound and emotion intersect, inviting audiences to immerse themselves in the sound environment and encounter music beyond conventional expectations.

Music Projects

Au Revoir Hands

An experimental ambient-pop duo with composer-producer Anth Lyons, merges cello with the Buchla Music Easel synthesiser, beats, and samples. Their sound richly textured with clicks, fragmented beats, analog synth lines, and processed cello dwells at the intersection of neo-classical electronic music and avant-pop. Their album Hemispheres explores themes of navigation, voyaging, and sonic exploration across geographic and emotional distances.
Night Diver

Emily’s solo audio-visual project Night Diver centres on the cello yet expanded with shimmering layers of effected strings, sampled glass, steel, piano, and voice.

Accompanied by projected visuals of bioluminescence, deep-sea creatures, and otherworldly imagery, these performances evoke longing, stillness, and emotional immersion.
Sonder Lines

SonderLines is the cello duo Emily shares with fellow cellist Rachel Morris, blending intentional improvisation with spontaneous melodic interplay.

Their performances often drawn from natural textures, birds, wind, nature’s ambience and visual artistry to create immersive, site-responsive music that invites deep listening.

Henry The Fourth Castle Underground Chamber Nerac France

Melbourne 'The Future of Classical Music'

Outback Cello somewhere on the Nullabor plain South Australian Desert

Au Revior Hands duo recording with IMPATV

Nexus Arts Centre Adelaide South Australia

Recording session for Aqua Sounds - London

The Bunda Cliffs South Australia.
Bunda Cliffs are a dramatic stretch of coastal cliffs located on the southern edge of the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia, extending along the Great Australian Bight — The Bunda Cliffs South Australia. Bunda Cliffs are a dramatic stretch of coastal cliffs located on the southern edge of the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia, extending along the Great Australian Bight

Victorian College of Arts (VCA) Melbourne

Recording Session Vic College of Arts Melbourne with Anth on Buchla

Bush Cello at Butlers Beach on the Yorke Peninsula South Australia

Blue Mountains Stargazing Event with Charlie McMahon

Mount Aenos Kefalonia Greece - Dark Sky Event

Solo recording at the Loft in Manchester UK

Electundra Audio Visual Festival Melbourne,

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Music Projects

Au Revoir Hands

Night Diver

Sonder Lines

Performances

Press & Reviews

Emily Adele Williams