Helen Liebmann
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Helen Liebmann was a founding member (along with Simon Jeffes
) of the avant garde music group Penguin Café Orchestra
in 1973. A cellist, she studied at the Royal Academy of Music
. In addition to playing cello with a number of different ensembles, she is also a practising music therapist.
Simon Jeffes
Simon Jeffes was an English classically trained guitarist, composer and arranger. He formed, and was the core performer of, the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. He composed the ballet Still Life at the Penguin Cafe...
) of the avant garde music group Penguin Café Orchestra
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
The Penguin Cafe Orchestra was a collective of performing musicians created by classically trained British guitarist, composer and arranger Simon Jeffes...
in 1973. A cellist, she studied at the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
. In addition to playing cello with a number of different ensembles, she is also a practising music therapist.