London International Festival of Exploratory Music

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What: LIFEM: London International Festival of Exploratory Music
When: 03-07 November 2010
Where: Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG
St Etheldreda’s Roman Catholic Church, 14 Ely Place, London EC1N 6RY
More info: www.lifem.org.uk

LIFEM: London International Festival of Exploratory Music is a festival of inspired and boundary-expanding music explorations.

Building on last year’s inaugural festival, the London International Festival of Exploratory Music (LIFEM) continues its musical journey with exciting exploratory sounds from all over the world. It begins by celebrating the 75th birthday of composer Terry Riley, the father of American minimalism. Terry takes the stage with Mercury Music award-winning tabla player and multi-instrumentist Talvin Singh and progressive saxophonist George Brooks, on what is a rare visit to Europe. The festival ends with the oldest active early music group in Europe, Hortus Musicus, from Estonia. They celebrate two more 75th birthdays: those of Estonian Arvo Pärt and Georgian Giya Kancheli. In between comes the UK premiere of Flemish Belgium minimalist composer Wim Mertens, a rare UK performance by French Catalan musician Pascal Comelade, the only UK performance of UK composer Gavin Bryars, the UK premiere of Estonian power folk band Svjata Vatra and a rare UK performance by Brazilian minimalist jazz pianist Benjamim Taubkin.

This is definitely not your traditional jazz or world music festival. At LIFEM you will be surprised, excited, find out about music you have not seen and heard before.

LIFEM: Life with Music is so much more exciting!

03 - 07 November 2010

Building on last year’s inaugural festival, the London International Festival of Exploratory Music (LIFEM) continues its musical journey with exciting exploratory sounds from all over the world. It begins by celebrating the 75th birthday of composer Terry Riley, the father of American minimalism. Terry takes the stage with Mercury Music award-winning tabla player and multi-instrumentist Talvin Singh and progressive saxophonist George Brooks, on what is a rare visit to Europe. The festival ends with the oldest active early music group in Europe, Hortus Musicus, from Estonia. They celebrate two more 75th birthdays: those of Estonian Arvo Pärt and Georgian Giya Kancheli. In between comes the UK premiere of Flemish Belgium minimalist composer Wim Mertens, a rare UK performance by French Catalan musician Pascal Comelade, the only UK performance of UK composer Gavin Bryars, the UK premiere of Estonian power folk band Svjata Vatra and a rare UK performance by Brazilian minimalist jazz pianist Benjamim Taubkin.

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June 26, 2009

Members:

Terry Riley (USA)
Talvin Singh (UK)
George Brooks (USA)
Wim Mertens (Belgium)
Pascal Comelade (France)
Gavin Bryars (Turkey, Iraq, Belgium)
Svjata Vatra (Estonia)
Benjamim Taubkin (Brazil)
Hortus Musicus (Estonia)

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RED ORANGE