Scottish musician Scottish musician Ian Cape started his musical life by tapping on the pews in his local church. After years of pestering his long-suffering parents, he began studying drum kit aged 9, playing with several rock bands shortly thereafter. Percussion lessons with Pam Dow at the Junior Department of the then Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama culminated in a bursary to the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Following the record-breaking success of the re-orchestrated 25th Anniversary tour of Les Miserables, Ian joined the London production in 2011. He combines this with a varied diet of other music. Classical work includes the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Rambert Ballet, Aurora and the Hallé.

Ian has also enjoyed many projects with the BBC Concert Orchestra, highlights including performances with Cynthia Enrivo, Sam Smith, Roachford, and recording for Eurovision. Other commercial work includes Queen and their guitarist Brian May, singers Kerry Ellis, Alison Moyet and Lemar, the pits of London's West End and of numerous touring productions, and shaking/hitting/scraping things for assorted films/adverts/video games/TV projects. Ian has provided film consultancy and percussion supervision services to Warner, and coached Anya Taylor-Joy for screen.

His musical endeavours have resulted in numerous interesting experiences including playing aeroplane engines in Bologna, tom-toms (instead of timps) in Damascus, and the vacuum cleaner, dressed as a budding housewife. Ian was also the percussionist for Christian Forshaw's Sanctuary project for many years.

He can be heard on the double disc release of Sondheim Old Friends: A Celebration, an all-star gala event that included the talents of Bonnie Langford, Julia Mackenzie, Hannah Waddingham, Dame Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Damian Lewis, Petula Clark amongst many others. The performance was also recorded and released on BBC TV.

In collaboration with Acoustic Percussion, Ian has released a line of signature mallets developed with the music theatre/contemporary/studio percussionist in mind. Ian is also endorsed by both Vater Percussion and Aquarian Drumheads.

In his spare time, Ian enjoys hiking, climbing, learning Swedish and cooking. He is married to timpanist/percussionist Erika Öhman, and splits his time between London and Cheshire, where he enjoys spending time with his young family.

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