Electronics at Eight: Music for Magnetic Resonator Piano
- 8pm
About this event:
- Category:
- New Music
- Event type:
- Free | In-person
- Admission:
- Free No tickets required
- Date, time and location:
- , 8pm in Milton Court Concert Hall
Event information
Discover the Magnetic Resonator Piano (MRP), a remarkable electronically augmented acoustic instrument that produces shimmering bowed sonorities using 88 electromagnets.
Invented in 2010 by composer and engineer Andrew McPherson, the MRP is an electronically augmented acoustic piano capable of eliciting new sounds acoustically from the piano strings, without speakers. Electromagnets induce vibrations in the strings independently of the hammers, creating infinite sustain, crescendos, harmonics, pitch bends and new timbres, all controlled from the piano keyboard. The instrument has been embraced by artists including Rolf Hind and Arca.
Innovative pianist and composer Xenia Pestova Bennett, a leading exponent of the MRP, presents stunning new pieces for the instrument, including world premieres by Guildhall School students and faculty members. The programme also features her own piece for Resonator Piano, ensemble and video, created in collaboration with the Bauhaus Band led by John Harle.
Free, no tickets required.
Venue information
Milton Court, based across the road from our Silk Street building, provides the School with world-class performance and training spaces, including a state of the art concert hall, a lyric theatre, a studio theatre and several major rehearsal rooms.
- Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH
