Sundays@Noon Online: Xenia Pestova Bennett - piano, Ed Bennett - electronics

Date Change - 13th December

To watch the concert click here or go to the gallery's facebook page here

Xenia Pestova Bennett - piano, Ed Bennett - electronics

Programme:

Sonorous Landscapes and Resonant Spaces

Leo Chadburn - The Reflecting Pool, piano and analogue synthesiser

Annea Lockwood - Red Mesa, piano solo

Ed Bennett - Out of Nowhere (2nd movement), piano and electronics

Gayle Young - Forest Ephemerals (excerpts), piano solo

1. Forest Ephemerala

2.     Trout Lilly

6.   Perennial Ephemerals

Alvin Lucier - Music for Piano with Slow Sweep Pure Wave Oscillators, piano and electronics

Xenia Pestova Bennett is an innovative performer and educator. Described as “a powerhouse of contemporary keyboard repertoire” (Tempo), “stunning” (Wales Arts Review), “ravishing” (Pizzicato) and “remarkably sensuous” (New Zealand Herald) in the international press, she has earned a reputation as a leading interpreter of uncompromising repertoire alongside masterpieces from the past. Xenia’s commitment to promoting music by living composers has led her to commission dozens of new works and collaborate with major innovators in contemporary music. Her recordings of piano duo works by John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen are available on four CDs for Naxos Records. Her solo recording for the Innova label titled “Shadow Piano” was described as a “terrific album of dark, probing music” by the Chicago Reader. Xenia's own compositions are available on Diatribe and TakuRoku. Her album "Atomic Legacies" features Ligeti Quartet and the Magnetic Resonator Piano, while EP "Atonal Electronic Chamber Music for Cats" explores vintage synthesizers. www.xeniapestovabennett.com