Venue:

Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire

Start Time:

19:30

End Time:

21:30

Price:

£5.50 (£3)

Tags: music, electronics

Garth Knox presents a programme of music for solo viola and viola/electronics.

Gerard Grisey Prologue for viola and electronics
Kaija Saariaho Vent Nocturne for viola and electronics
Ed Bennett Ghosts for amplified viola d'amore
Garth Knox Viola Spaces for viola
Luca Francesconi Animus II for viola and electronics
Carolina Noguera Palau Elegia errante
Seán Clancy Ursatz

Garth Knox was born in Dublin, studied at the RCM in London, then played with most of the leading groups in London in a mixture of repertoires from baroque to contemporary music.  From 1983 - 1990 he was a member of Pierre Boulez's Ensemble InterContemporain in Paris, and from 1990-1998 a member of the Arditti String Quartet.

In 1998, Garth Knox left the quartet to concentrate on his solo career. As a soloist, he has given premieres by Henze, Ligeti, Schnittke, Ferneyhough, James Dillon, George Benjamin and many others.