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COMPOSER
CURATOR
Alex Groves
Alex Groves is an Ivor Novello-nominated composer and curator working across contemporary classical and electronic music. Taking inspiration from queer club culture, abstract art and the natural world, his music often combines classical instrumentalists with live-processed electronics to create richly-detailed and all-consuming soundworlds.
New string quartet version of hottt premières at Wigmore Hall
Written for Bang on a Can's Summer Festival last year, hottt is a love letter to losing and finding yourself on the dancefloor. On Friday 24 October, my fellow Bang on a Can attendee Ella Beard will be premièring a new string quartet version at Wigmore Hall alongside music by Caroline Shaw, Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Emily Sheppard and Anne Cawrse.
Manchester Collective
& Standard Issue perform Alula
Alula heads out on the road this Autumn with two different ensembles taking it to Newcastle, Glasgow, Salford, Leicester and London. Manchester Collective will be performing it at the Southbank Centre and The White Hotel, whilst Standard Issue take it to Cobalt Studios, Glad Café, Avalon Café and the Leicester International Music Festival. Full info is available over on the Events page.