Tuesday 25 April 2023, 8pm
Great double-header featuring Berlin-based composer and pianist, Quentin Tolimieri and UK composer, Lawrence Dunn.
Funded by Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe
Quentin Tolimieri is a composer and pianist living in Berlin, Germany. His work has been released on the elsewhere music, Wandelweiser Records, Creative Sources and pfMENTUM record labels. In recent years he has performed on stages such as Hebbel am Ufer, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Volksbühne Berlin, Tanzquartier Wien, Württenbergischer Kunstverein, KM28, Dog Star Festival, Sanatorium of Sound Festival, and Fusion Festival, and has been a resident at GMEA Centre National de Création Musicale Albi-Tarn and Listen/Space. He holds a BFA in piano and composition from the California Institute of the Arts and an MA in composition from the University of Southampton, studying with, among others, Joe Maneri, Michael Pisaro, and Michael Finnissy.
Lawrence Dunn is a composer, pianist and percussionist born in Walthamstow, London. He trained at Trinity College of Music and later at Cambridge, and at Huddersfield with Bryn Harrison. In 2018 he was shortlisted for the Gaudeamus Award. His music has been performed by Apartment House, Ensemble Modern, Quatuor Bozzini, Plus-Minus, Slagwerk Den Haag, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, L’Instant Donné, Philip Thomas and Juliet Fraser. Music has been released on Listenpony and Huddersfield Contemporary Records. Forthcoming projects include new works for Exaudi, Proton Bern and Ensemble Mosaik. He is based in Manchester.
