Anton Lukoszevieze

Anton Lukoszevieze (born 1965) is a British-Lithuanian cellist, composer and visual artist. He is the director of the ensemble Apartment House, who are known for their advocacy of experimental and avant-garde music and frequent international performances. He is an alumnus of the Royal College of Music.

Lukoszevieze has premiered and commissioned new works for cello by many contemporary composers, including Christian Wolff, Christopher Fox, Gerhard Stäbler, Amnon Wolman, Laurence Crane, Jack Sheen, Richard Ayres, Phill Niblock, Jennifer Walshe, Julius Aglinskas, Claudia Molitor, Arturas Bumšteinas, Ričardis Kabelis, Richard Emsley, Rytis Mažulis, James Saunders, Alwynne Pritchard, Peter Eötvös, Bryn Harrison, Karlheinz Essl and Zbigniew Karkowski.

Apartment House Lukoszevieze founded Apartment House in 1995. The ensemble's name is taken from John Cage's piece Apartment House 1776. The group has a flexible line-up, changing according to the repertoire being performed. Lukoszevieze is the only constant member, although other musicians have been regular members since the ensemble's formation, such as the pianists Philip Thomas and Kerry Yong, violinists Gordon MacKay and Mira Benjamin, viola player Bridget Carey, clarinettist Heather Roche, trumpeter Jonathan Impett and percussionist Simon Limbrick. and performed at venues and festivals including Café Oto, the Serpentine Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Turner Contemporary, MaerzMusik, Wien Modern, Ultima, and Witten New Music Days.

Apartment House were awarded a Royal Philharmonic Society Award for outstanding contribution to chamber music in 2012.

In 2015, 20th anniversary celebrations for the ensemble included a broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and concerts at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and London's Wigmore Hall, with commissions from composers Egidija Medekšaite, Leo Chadburn, Martin Arnold, Jobina Tinnemans, Vitalija Glovackyte and Cassandra Miller.