Author Archives: Chris

Cursus 1 at IRCAM

Monday, 5 September 2011

As of today, I am studying on ‘Cursus 1’ at IRCAM in Paris. Over the next seven months, I will be fol­lowing the cur­riculum cov­ering all as­pects of com­pos­i­tion in­volving com­puters, cul­min­ating next spring in the cre­ation of a new work for solo in­stru­ment and elec­tronics. I am grateful for the sup­port of an Entente […]

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La leggerezza delle città @ Ars Electronica Festival

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Information about Chris Swithinbank’s tape music ‘La leggerezza delle città’ at Sonorous-Horreum, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, September 2011.

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Hear: Small Atlas

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

Recording of Chris Swithinbank’s ‘Small Atlas’ for flute, sax­o­phone, voice & piano from Centre Acanthes 2011, Metz, France.

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Journal Article: ‘Into the Lion’s Den’

Saturday, 23 July 2011

Information about ‘Into the Lion’s Den: Helmut Lachenmann at 75’ an art­icle by Chris Swithinbank pub­lished in the July issue of the modern music journal Tempo.

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Small Atlas @ Centre Acanthes 2011

Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Information about the première of Chris Swithinbank’s ‘Small Atlas’ at the Arsenal, Metz, France, July 2011 as part of Centre Acanthes.

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  • Microbiography

    Chris Swithinbank is a British-Dutch com­poser who works with both acoustic in­stru­ments and elec­tronic sounds. He is cur­rently a stu­dent at Harvard University with Chaya Czernowin.
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