sound

Press contact for further information on sound, images and interviews:
Lesley Booth, tel 07799 414 474, [email protected]

Press coverage

Previews and reviews of sound 2013 events are listed below.

• Alex South, New York Counterpoint – 26 October 2013
  “Extra chairs had to be found to accommodate the gratifyingly large audience that turned out…”
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• Edinburgh Quartet – 26 October 2013
  “It comes as quite a shock to hear string quartet players carefully adjusting their instruments so that they’re glaringly – and intentionally – out of tune with each other…”
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• Edit-Point and the Gildas Quartet – 28 October 2013
  “The music of three adventurous young contemporary composers Ed Bennett, Matthew Whiteside and Timothy Cooper engineered the perfect ignition points for the launching of a live performance of one of the 20th Century’s most vibrant and startlingly imaginative works…”
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• Painting with Sound – 29 October 2013
  “From what we experienced today both in the choice of artworks and the composers’ responses, the future of this sort of music would appear to be limitless.”
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• Roger B. Williams – 29 October 2013
  “The annual organ recital given as part of sound by Roger B. Williams is an eagerly anticipated event in the Festival calendar.”
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• Jeremy Huw Williams – 30 October 2013
  “… a wonderfully rich and colourful performance.”
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• Ligeti Quartet – 31 October 2013
  “… one of the most exciting and dynamic groups in the business …”
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• Rohan de Saram – 1 November 2013
  “Master cellist Rohan de Saram has been associated with sound almost from its birth and he is a patron of the Festival…”
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• Powerplant – 1 November 2013
  “… a mind-blowing performance …”
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• Matthew Barley – 2 November 2013
  “There was a generous double helping of music at today’s Lunchbreak Concert…”
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• invisiblEARts – 3 November 2013
  “… a window on the very different intentions and achievements of the composers working in the electro-acoustic and acousmatic mediums today – an adventurous trip across what must be a limitless musical landscape.”
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• Art & Science – 9 November 2013
  “… the culmination of a collaborative project bringing together a group of fifteen scientists and artists to look at the complex issues arising from diverse demands on the environment.”
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• Aberdeen Sinfonietta – 10 November 2013
  “… leaving the listener not quite sure of what he was hearing and thus giving the music a totally compelling and magical quality.”
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• Torsten Lauschmann – 11 November 2013
  “The event was in two parts, both of them definitely weird – yes – but wonderful too!”
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To read reviews of previous sound festival events please visit our past festivals page and follow the links marked ‘press’.