Tag Archives: Yshani Perinpanayagam

‘Mr. Turquoise Synth’ @ Turner Sims

On Monday 8 May at Turner Sims the fantastic Yshani Perinpanayagam will play my newest piece, Mr. Turquoise Synth, as part of her Piano Play: Power Up programme. The concert, which is part of the University of Southampton Music Department Professional lunchtime concert series, also features works by Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Southampton PhD composer Blake Troise (aka PROTODOME). Each of the pieces engages in some way with the sounds and tech of retro-gaming.

Full details here.

Here’s a short video of my piece from the rehearsal at Kammer Klang on Tuesday:

 

 

Yshani Perinpanayagam @ Kammer Klang – Cafe Oto – London – 02/05/17

What
Yshani Perinpanayagam @ Kammer Klang
When
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
8:00pm - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
Cafe Oto (map)
18-22 Ashwin St,
Dalston

London, UK E8 3DL
Other Info
Yshani Perinpanayagam performs 'Mr Turquoise Synth' for solo piano and 1-bit synthesizer (made in collaboration with Blake Troise) for Fresh Klang as part of Kammer Klang!

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Ludo 2017 Roundtable and Performance

I’m pleased to be part of a roundtable/performance session at the upcoming Ludo Musicology conference, Ludo2017, at Bath Spa University. I will be part of a roundtable session (21st April) chaired by James Saunders featuring Blake Troise (aka Protodome) and pianist Yshani Perinpanayagam. We will be talking about the ‘Piano Play: Power Up’ project and Yshani will premiere new works by Blake and me. My piece, Mr Turquoise Synth, features Yshani performing alongside a little (turquoise) 1-bit synth built by Blake.

Piano Play: Yshani Perinpanayagam – National Theatre River Stage – 20/08/16

What
Piano Play: Yshani Perinpanayagam
When
Saturday, August 20, 2016
9:30pm - All Ages Buy Tickets
Where
National Theatre River Stage (map)
London SE1 9PX
Other Info
As part of the National Theatre's River Festival Rambert Dance Company's Pianist, Yshani Perinpanayagam, explores game and play at the piano. Featuring my own '147', a selection of Játékok by György Kurtág and 'Game On' for piano and Commodore 64 by Cheryl Frances-Hoad.

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‘147’ on the River Stage at the National Theatre

The fantastic Yshani Perinpanayagam will perform my work for solo piano and video, ‘147’, for a second time as part of the Rambert Dance Company’s offering to the  at the National Theatre’s River Festival in August. Her performance of Piano Play features my piece, a selection of Játékok by György Kurtág and ‘Game On’ for piano and Commodore 64 by Cheryl Frances-Hoad.

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Rambert Mini-Residency: ‘Separately Together’

Earlier this month I had a great time taking part in the final stages of a mini-residency working at Rambert Dance Company. RambertPhoto2-2
The residency (thanks Rambert!) allowed me to try out an idea I had for a piece in which two dancers are paired with two pianists who perform on piano and synth. The new idea I wanted to explore was the idea that at the beginning of the piece the only people that can hear the synth playing are one of the dancers and the synth player. This allows the possibility for two clear visual choreographies to exist but the audience are not able to hear what is instigating the movements of one of the dancers. Later in the piece the synth material becomes audible and the listener is (hopefully) able to understand the choreography they have been seeing but not ‘hearing’. Well we tried this and I think the idea worked pretty well. I’m super grateful to choreographer Melanie Ingram, dancers Neus Gil Cortes and Chris Darmanin and musicians Yshani Perinpanayagam and Edward Pick for their patience and talent to bring it about! One of the great things about the project was the opportunity to show the work in an informal setting and receive feedback from an invited audience. This was a valuable process and one I’d be interested in exploring more in a contemporary music setting…

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We made a video of the performance and I hope to edit it and upload it to Youtube fairly soon.

Rambert Mini-Residency

I am currently in the midst of a mini-residency with Rambert Dance Company in a collaboration with choreographer Melanie Teall. We are working on a new piece for two dancers and two musicians (piano and synth). The marvellous Edward Pick and Yshani Perinpanayagam are playing keyboards. There will be a ‘showing’ of the new piece in September at Rambert, watch this space for more information.