Composers' Workshops

The award-winning Cuban composer and conductor Odaline de la Martinez pursues a demanding and successful career composing – particularly opera, conducting repertoire from Mozart symphonies to the latest contemporary music, and recording CDs often with LORELT (Lontano Records) and numerous other labels. Martinez was the...

Issam Kourbaj Title : Drawing on my journey A presentation by Syrian-born Cambridge-based visual artist Issam Kourbaj on his journey as an artist, touching on his artwork and performances in collaboration with other creative science and humanity disciplines at the University of Cambridge. He will also be speaking about his...

Dániel Péter Biró Title : On Sounding Philosophy In 2017, I began a Guggenheim Fellowship project, working on a series of works based on philosophical texts by Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677). The ongoing Ethica composition cycle has explored Spinoza’s philosophy of the mind while simultaneously considering the historical...

Peter McMurray Title : The Detuning of the World: Ethnographic Audio and "Soundscape" Composition Peter McMurray is an ethnomusicologist and media artist, with particular interests in ethnographic audio composition and filmmaking as critical media practice. Key areas of focus include Muslim life in Turkey and its diasporas...

Stephen Upshaw Title: Contemporary Repertoire for Viola American violist Stephen Upshaw regularly appears in festivals around the world including the BBC Proms , Cheltenham, Aldeburgh, Lucerne, Huddersfield, Aix-en-Provence , Wien Modern and the Salzburg Chamber Music Festival. Much in demand as a chamber musician, he is a...

Title: Stepping Into The Sound: approaches to multichannel composition Bio: Annie Mahtani is an electroacoustic composer, sound artist and performer working and living in Birmingham (UK). Her output encompasses electronic music composition from acousmatic music to free improvisation. As a collaborator, Annie Mahtani has...