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Cyborg Pianist

Event

Cyborg Pianist

  • Date: Tuesday, 4 October 2016, 7:30pm
  • Venue: Richard Gill Auditorium, WAAPA — Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA
  • Tickets: Adults: $20 | Children: $15 | Concession: $15 — Tickets can be purchased online or by phone on (08) 9370 6895

Event Details

Cyborg Pianist showcases music at the cutting edge of innovation, extending the body of the pianist to do the seemingly impossible, via a vast range of new technologies. Featuring award-winning, London-based Australian pianist and contemporary music specialist, Zubin Kanga, the program features a range of leading Australian and international composers, all exploring new ways of extending the capabilities of a pianist using interactive multimedia.

Patrick Nunn’s Morphosis uses 3D motion sensors attached to the pianists’ hands to shape the electronic sound in a work he describes as “Boulez meets The Matrix”. Johannes Kreidler assembles videos of the pianist to create an orchestra of doppelgangers. Nicole Lizeé tunnels into key moments in Alfred Hitchcock's classic films, drawing on DJ techniques to create a series of dreamlike and obsessive studies. Marcus Whale combines doom metal with aerial drone footage to explore remote Australian landscapes. Damien Ricketson pries open and submerges a piano work by Erik Satie in The Day After Drowning. Neil Luck creates a sci-fi vision of the future with mutant pianists. Adam de la Cour inserts the pianist into old hand-transplant-horror films. Finally, Kate Moore’s Bestiary is an electrified virtuoso epic, with the hands and feet of the pianist pushed to their limits.

Program

Marcus Whale (Australia) – Frontier for piano, electronics and video (2016) (World premiere)
Damien Ricketson (Australia) – The Day after Drowning for piano and live electronics (2016) (World premiere)
Johannes Kreidler (Germany) – Study for piano, electronics and video (2011) (Australian premiere)
Neil Luck (UK) – 2018 for piano and electronics (2016) (Australian premiere)
Adam de la Cour (UK) – Transplant the Movie! for piano, electronics and video (2016) (Australian premiere)
Nicole Lizée (Canada) – Hitchcock Etudes (Australian premiere)
Patrick Nunn (UK) – Morphosis for piano, 3D sensors and live electronics (2014)
Kate Moore (Australia) – Bestiary for piano, digital pedals and live electronics (2016) (World premiere)

Featured non-Australian music: Johannes Kreidler, Neil Luck, Adam de la Cour, Patrick Nunn, Nicole Lizée

Further information for this event is available online at the event's website or by phone on (08) 9370 6895

Featured Australian Works

Bestiary (piano with live electronics) (2016) by Kate Moore — World premiere
— performed by Zubin Kanga
Digital sheet music sample The Day after Drowning : an echo on Satie’s Gnossienne No.1 (2016) by Damien Ricketson — World premiere
— performed by Zubin Kanga

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