Piano and Multimedia at hcmf//
St Paul's Hall, 1pm
Zubin Kanga: In Den Träumen
Alex Ho (UK, 1993) Cyborg Études (2024) World Premiere
Claudia Molitor (UK, 1974) In Den Träumen(2023) World Premiere
Alex Paxton (UK, 1990) Car-Pig (2022)
Steady State at hcmf//
Bates Mill Blending Shed, 10:30pm
Zubin Kanga performs the UK premiere of Steady State by Alexander Schubert, featuring live brain-sensor control of music and holographic video.
Transit Festival
Transit Festival
Answer Machine Tape, 1987 by Philip Venables (Belgian Premiere)
Concerto with Manchester Collective
Double-Bill at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
Manchester Collective and Zubin Kanga (Double-Bill)
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London (Double-Bill with Zubin Kanga)
Programme includes:
Laurence Osborn Schiller’s Piano (world premiere)
After Dark
Queen Elizebeth Hall Foyer, Southbank Centre, London
Works for piano, keyboards and synthesizer by Alex Groves, Tansy Davies and Zubin Kanga
Concerto with Manchester Collective
World Premiere of Schiller's Piano by Laurence Osborn with Manchester Collective (RNCM)
Fever Dreams
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Programme includes:
Laurence Osborn Schiller’s Piano (world premiere)
SHOW(ti)ME: Gaudeamus Festival
TivoliVrendenburg, 8pm
PROGRAMME
Massimiliano Vizzini - Fantasie Im(prompt)u (World Premiere)
Alex Paxton - Car-Pig
Zubin Kanga - Steel on Bone
Laura Bowler - SHOW(ti)ME
PERFORMER
Zubin Kanga – piano, keyboards, sensor gloves, live electronics and live video
Aldeburgh Festival
Britten Studio
The thrilling Explore Ensemble with virtuoso pianist/composer/technologist Zubin Kanga present first performances of Larry Goves and Lara Agar alongside new music by Laura Bowler and Alex Paxton.
"Steady State" World Premier
The Studio, National Concert Hall
Zubin Kanga performs a programme of innovative new works, commissioned as part of his Cyborg Soloists project, that extend the body and instrument and of the performer through cutting-edge technologies.
Flagey Piano Days
Studio 1
Performing highlights from Cyborg Pianist, featuring MiMU gloves, surround sound and synthesizers, in a performance exploring the melding of musician and machine.
World Premiere
National Gallery
Pianist, composer and technologist Zubin Kanga performs a ground-breaking new multi-keyboard work by composer and artist Benjamin Tassi. Performance given as part of Friday Lates.
Friday Lates
Room 32, National Gallery
Pianist, composer and technologist Zubin Kanga performs a ground-breaking new multi-keyboard work by composer and artist Benjamin Tassie
Answer Machine Tape
St John's College Auditorium
A kaleidoscope of tender, playful and tragic soundworlds.
Cyborg Pianist
Hall 2, King's Place
Zubin Kanga presents new works which use innovative technologies to swirl, melt and morph the sounds of the piano, by Oliver Leith, Laura Bowler & Emily Howard.
Answer Machine Tape
POLE-SUD
Performed as part of Musica Festival, Strasbourg
Machine Dreams
This is what the future sounds like. A Nonclassical album launch.
Cyborg Soloists
Jesus College
This event is part of the Chen Kar Shun Digital Hub Events Programme, Hosted by Jesus College Oxford
Answer Machine Tape
Théâtre de la Ville – Espace Cardin
Paris Autumn Festival
SHOW(Ti)ME by Laura Bowler @ hcmf//
St Paul Hall
World Premier
Answer Machine Type @ hcmf//
Bates Mill Blending Shed
This performance will be followed by a Q&A with composer Philip Venables, presented by Robert Worby (BBC Radio 3)
Answer Machine Tape
Huis73 Pleading Room
Performance as part of November Music, Den Bosch
Whatever Weighs You Down
Cafe Oto
Neil Luck and Zubin Kanga
Sounds of Now: Cyborg Soloist
Upper Chapel
Prepare to be hurled into a breath-taking multimedia extravaganza of an evening.
Whatever Weighs You Down
TivoliVredenburg Pandora
Part of Gaudeamus 2022 Final night
Time of Music Festival
World Premier of Answer Machine Tape, 1987.
Showcase Performance
Classical Next
Performance
Kettle's Yard
CYBORG SOLOISTS is funded by a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship.
Hidden Vortices
The Old Synagogue
The performance is part of Cyborg Soloists, a multi-year artistic-research project innovating new types of interactions between musicians and new technologies, supported by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship.
Piano Day Celebration
Sydney Opera House
A performance of Zubin Kanga’s Steel and Bone as part of the Sydney Opera House’s Piano Day Celebrations. Filmed at Cafe OTO in London.
Hidden Vortices
City University of London
The Body Electric
Royal Northern College of Music
Zubin Kanga performs new works where classical piano meets new digital technologies
HAMMERKLAVIER
Angela Burgess Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music
KONTRAKLANG – BERLIN
//hcmf 2021
Huddersfield Town Hall
This year, we’re excited to be hosting hcmf// shorts across three of our favourite Huddersfield venues. hcmf// shorts 2 features live performances of last year’s Zeitgeist Commissions, alongside new music from Nwando Ebizie, Lottie Sadd and Zubin Kanga.
Music Current Festival
Smock Alley Theatre
Hibernation Fesitval
New Work by Zubin Kanga, in collaboration with Damian Barbeler. All My Time for piano, videos and analogue synths is created especially for streaming performance, exploring the experience of time in lockdown.
Ensemble Offspring
Performance given as part of the Hibernation Festival
Lecture-Recital
Ircam Forum
Discussing and performing Fergal Dowling’s Fake for piano and live electronics, exploring new modes of interaction using score-following software.
Silver Screens/Black Mirrors
Boilerhouse, Royal Holloway, University of London
Programme:
Claudia Molitor – You touched the twinkle on the helix of my ear
Michael Finnissy/Adam de la Cour – Hammerklavier (Part 1)
Oliver Leith – I spend most of my life with a screen
Nicole Lizée – David Lynch Etudes
Festival Présences
Radio France
Performing Laurence Osborn’s Absorber at the Maison de la Radio, Radio France, Paris. Broadcast on Radio France.
