“Imprisoned Absence” is a close collaboration between composer, Vernon C David and scientist/poet, Banafshé Larijani, exploring the symbolic imagery of the collective conscious.
Banafshé Larijani scientist/poet is the Director of the Centre for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI-Bath), University of Bath.
Spend an evening with author, journalist, critic and BBC Radio 3 broadcaster Kate Molleson for a celebration of her book Sound Within Sound.
The evening includes a discussion of Sound Within Sound and performances inspired by the composers referenced in the book.
Ligeti Quartet return The Fire Station to play a full suite of music by Anna Meredith and Steve Reich alongside new music by three of the region’s most adventurous composers, Peter Brewis, Ross Millard & Faye MacCalman.
Join the Ligeti Quartet and friends for an enticing programme of György Ligeti's music, including the incredible Poème Symphonique for 100 metronomes.
An exploration of Ligeti’s unique take on the fundamental elements of music from the playful Poème Symphonique for 100 metronomes to Bartók-inspired Quartet No.1, modernist Quartet No.2, and the uncertain harmonies and tangled textures of Ramifications.
The Ligeti Quartet performs with students from the Royal Academy of Music (RAM), in a programme focused on György Ligeti's Ramifications as part of the composer's centenary celebrations.
Anna Meredith has achieved incredible success straddling multiple musical worlds, never compromising her raw, individual style. This concert features the Ligeti Quartet’s new album Nuc, providing a survey of Meredith’s career to date, heard through her original works for string quartet. New arrangements of Meredith’s music by the Quartet's violist Richard Jones also feature, including from her award-winning electronic and dance albums.
Cover art by Eleanor Meredith and Martin McGrath
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Ligeti Quartet brings the now-vintage sound world of Steve Reich’s iconic Different Trains into the present day via the Soundscape system at Kings Place.
Alongside this poignant work the Quartet presents tracks from their new album Nuc, a collaboration with award-winning composer Anna Meredith. In addition to strings, Nuc features the sounds of synths, drum machines, birdsong, an MRI scanner, brass and hums, proving the durability of the string quartet in the twenty-first century.
Join the Ligeti Quartet in a programme celebrating the centenary of Hungarian composer György Ligeti's birth.
Join the Ligeti Quartet and Anna Meredith at Rough Trade East for a short informal performance and hear the artists talk about their collaboration for their new album Nuc.
Ligeti Quartet plays works by Guildhall undergraduate composers.
Ligeti Quartet plays works by Guildhall undergraduate composers.
BBC Radio 3’s New Music Show returns to the Fire Station with a specially recorded event featuring several new music acts, including the renowned Ligeti Quartet and the cutting edge Distractfold Ensemble.
The show recorded on this evening will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s New Music Show on Saturday 7th January 2023 at 22.00.
The Cornelius Cardew Concerts Trust (CCCT) is issuing its call for compositions 2022 dedicated to the spirit of the New which Cornelius Cardew embodied. The theme this year is "The Caravan Moves On". The instrumentation is string quartet + mezzo-soprano (Lotte Betts-Dean).
The Cornelius Cardew Concerts Trust (CCCT) is issuing its call for compositions 2022 dedicated to the spirit of the New which Cornelius Cardew embodied. The theme this year is "The Caravan Moves On". The instrumentation is string quartet + mezzo-soprano (Lotte Betts-Dean).
Ligeti Quartet play works by DKDM composers:
Tangram are curating a programme celebrating the 70th anniversary of Cage's 4'33'' by exploring the ways silence have influenced western classical music. The programme will include new works by Sun Keting and Qu Xiao-Song.
Tangram are curating a programme celebrating the 70th anniversary of Cage's 4'33'' by exploring the ways silence have influenced western classical music. The programme will include new works by Sun Keting and Qu Xiao-Song.
Conducted by the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas' (SoNA) Music Director Paul Haas and featuring the live regional premiere of the groundbreaking piece New Canons by Trevor New, the program will include a mixture of chamber orchestra and chamber music inspired by artworks in the exhibition The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse.
Inspired by Bartók’s legacy as a composer and collector of Eastern Europe folk music, KOGG conjures a world inspired by the breadth of Bartok’s explorations coupled with their own unique sound and approach.
Experimental electroacoustic duo KOGG is a collaboration between Selena Kay and Cerys Hogg. KOGG combine composition with improvisation and generative approaches. Working with real and home-made instruments, sound objects, and field recordings, they fabricate a kaleidoscopic sound world of elastic rhythms and shifting melodies.
