Saturday 1 April 2023, 7.30pm
Over the course of four evening events, each a double-bill, eight performers present their latest works or works-in-progress in an intimate and informal setting. The programming within each set is artist-led: repertoire is only announced on the night, giving the performers the flexibility to present whatever serves them best and giving the public special insight into the performer's freshest work. We aim to stimulate your ears and your imagination by presenting a surprising collection of artists working at the experimental fringes of a variety of musical genres.
Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian / voice, harp, electronics
Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir / sound sculptures
LILJA MARÍA ÁSMUNDSDÓTTIR is an artist, composer and performer from Iceland. In her practice she often employs collaborative methods, working with artists from various fields. Her works include performative installations and sound sculptures, including the audio-visual sculpture Hulda, which was nominated for the President’s Student Innovation Award, and the sound sculpture Lurking Creature, which she developed in collaboration with the dancer Inês Zinho Pinheiro. Lilja María graduated with an MA in composition from City, University of London in 2018 and holds a B.Mus. in piano performance from Iceland University of the Arts. As of 2019, Lilja María is pursuing her PhD in composition at City, University of London, supervised by Claudia Molitor.
CEVANNE HORROCKS-HOPAYIAN is a composer, performer and multi-media artist whose work has been described as 'wide-ranging, dynamic and utterly unique' (BBC Music Magazine). Recent projects include a piece for wearable tech premiered at the BBC Proms, a show for the Royal Ballet and installations for Coventry City of Culture. Her latest recordings include Welcome Party (NMC Recordings) with the London Symphony Orchestra, featuring her British Composer Award-winning composition Muted Lines commissioned by saxophonist Trish Clowes, and Rites For Crossing Water with Crewdson (Accidental Records). She is a lecturer at the Royal Academy of Music and a Visiting Fellow of Girton College, University of Cambridge. Her practice of ‘Eye-Music’ scores, where visual structures create physical parameters for composition, has been developed through residencies at the Mahler-LeWitt studios, the Handel & Hendrix Museum and 575 Wandsworth Road with the LSO.
