BCMG: Constellations

An interstellar exploration into the role of the soloist, technology in music, and the future of music-making.

Constellations is a bold collaboration with BCMG, French contemporary music ensemble L’Instant Donné, and pianist composer-technologist Zubin Kanga as ‘cyborg pianist’.

Together, they have co-commissioned new works that peer into the future and honour the legacy of Pierre Boulez in his centenary. BCMG and L’Instant Donné perform side-by-side, extending the piano with new technologies including digital instruments, sensory devices, and electronics.

Zubin Kanga also performs a new solo work commissioned through his music technology research project, Cyborg Soloists, combining a range of keyboards and sensors that explore new ways of creating and shaping sound.

Expect a concert of works for solo piano and ensemble full of sounds known and unknown, journeying into the future of contemporary performance.

Zubin Kanga Cyborg Soloist (Piano and Electronics)
Catherine Larsen-Maguire Conductor
L’Instant Donné
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

Anne Castex New work for "cyborg" soloist and Ensemble - BCMG Sound Investment World Premiere
Lawrence Dunn A New work for "cyborg" soloist and Ensemble  - BCMG Sound Investment World Premiere
Bethan Morgan-Williams New work for Ensemble  - BCMG Sound Investment World Premiere

And other new works for solo piano and electronics

With the support of Diaphonique, Franco-British-Irish fund for classical contemporary music in partnership with the SACEM, Friends of the French Institute Trust, British Council, Institut Français, Institut Français du Royaume-Uni, Centre National de la Musique, Culture Ireland and Salabert Fondation.