Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Programme includes:
Laurence Osborn Schiller’s Piano (world premiere)
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
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.
SEE album detailsThis piano and multimedia programme expands the possibilities of the instrument using cutting-edge technology from Cyborg Soloists industry partners.