Zubin Kanga is a fearless advocate of the new and unknown. For over a decade, he has been at the forefront of curating and creating interdisciplinary musical programmes which seek to explore and redefine what it means to be a performer through interactions with new technologies.
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Events
Sound Festival, Scotland
Pianist, composer and technologist Zubin Kanga performs new solo works created out of his Cyborg Soloists research project, combining the piano with malleable keyboards, interactive visuals, motion sensors, AI-integrated software and other cutting-edge technologies. Includes world premieres of works by Lara Agar, Rylan Gleave and Ben Nobuto, and a new duo with accordionist Andreas Borregaard by Neil Luck.
New works by Neil Luck, Lara Agar, Rylan Gleave and Ben Nobuto
Rafel Festival (Spain)
Zubin Kanga performs for the first time in Spain in a programme including a new work by Miguel Angel.
Miguel Angel – Perfecta Imperfecció
Claudia Molitor – I touched the twinkle on the helix of my ear
Rylan Gleave – Gulf
Ben Nobuto – The Art of Sinking
Featured Album
Cyborg Pianist (NMC Recordings)
What is the future of the piano? This is a question that pianist, composer, and technologist Zubin Kanga has explored for over a decade now and one which he investigates in his first solo release on NMC, Cyborg Pianist. Inviting some of the most inventive and forward-thinking composers of today to incorporate a host of cutting-edge technological alterations and extensions into their new works for solo piano, Kanga develops a new ‘cyborg sonic identity’ for an instrument that has remained largely unchanged for the past century. Commissioned as part of Kanga’s multi-year music and research project Cyborg Soloists, Cyborg Pianist is a treasure trove of technological innovation as six distinct compositional voices unlock new possibilities in piano composition and performance.
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Cyborg Pianist
Piano and Multimedia
This piano and multimedia programme expands the possibilities of the instrument using cutting-edge technology from Cyborg Soloists industry partners.
