CMC Sparky Conversations #4: Collaboration, Ownership and Authorship - The Many Faces of New Music with Xenia Pestova Bennett (Online)
The Contemporary Music Centre is delighted to welcome Xenia Pestova Bennett to lead the next instalment in our new online series: Sparky Conversations. Sparky Conversations are monthly community conversation events that bring composers, performers and contemporary music practitioners together to explore big topics, dive deep and spark ideas.
Hosted by CMC, each month’s event will focus on a specific topic of interest to the new music community – from audience development, to copyright and creative freedom, to diversity and inclusive practice, to climate action for artists – and invite a guest to talk about their experience of that topic in an open conversation. It is a space to discuss, ask questions and share experiences, even to disagree.
Sparky Conversations #4: Collaboration, Ownership and Authorship - The Many Faces of New Music
Pianist and composer Xenia Pestova Bennett will present ideas and invite discussion centred around the many faces of collaboration in contemporary music. Performer, composer, technologist, improviser, presenter - we often share more than one label and blur boundaries. The conversation will challenge conventions and inherited legacies in our field, particularly relating to ownership and authorship of new music. Bring an open mind and be ready to discuss!
Described as “a powerhouse of contemporary keyboard repertoire” (Tempo), pianist and composer Xenia Pestova Bennett has earned an international reputation as a leading proponent of uncompromising music. Her work spans a wide range of sound worlds, styles and genres from classical to contemporary art music, free improvisation, experimental electronica and avant-pop.
Since receiving the unanimous First Prize at the Xavier Montsalvatge International Piano Competitionin Girona, Spain and prizes at the Messiaen International Piano Competition in Paris and the KeriKeri Piano Competition of New Zealand, Xenia has performed in over 20 countries – at large festivals, for live broadcast, in major concert halls, and countless weird and wonderful venues and spaces. She has commissioned and recorded dozens of new works, collaborating with major innovators in contemporary music and exploring classical music boundaries with electronics, toy pianos, synthesizers and the magical and mysterious Magnetic Resonator Piano.
https://xeniapestovabennett.com
Photo of Xenia by Damian Wojcik
Register
This is a free, online event designed for composers, performers, and those with an interest in contemporary music on the island of Ireland. Register for the Zoom event here.