Category Archives: Performances

La leggerezza delle città @ Ars Electronica Festival

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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Small Atlas @ Centre Acanthes 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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June Unfolding in Macclesfield

Information about the première of Chris Swithinbank’s ‘June Unfolding’ by the or­chestra of King Edward Musical Society, Macclesfield, UK, 18 June 2011.

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…going back to the skies @ Kings Place

Good friends Trio Atem make their London début on 4 April with a con­cert as part of the in­nov­ative ‘Out Hear’ series at Kings Place. Gavin Osborn (flute), Nina Whiteman (voice) and Alice Purton (cello) present a pro­gramme of new music by com­posers based in the North West of England along­side the work that first […]

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Cities & Sunsets

On Sunday, my tape piece from last summer in­spired by the light­ness and quick­ness of aural ex­per­i­ence in urban spaces, La leggerezza delle città, will be played as part of the 15th bi­an­nual Manchester Theatre in Sound (MANTIS) Festival. This edi­tion bears the title ‘Manchester’s Sonic Meta-ontology’ and will ex­plore Manchester’s sounds through a variety […]

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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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