Event overview
Students on the MMus and BMus performance pathways will take part in this masterclass by leading contemporary violinist Mandhira de Saram.
All are welcome to observe this masterclass, with students Amalia Young, Sophia Kannathasan, Izzy Rawa, Melody Bray and Niamh Gallagher.
Mandhira is happiest bringing her playful energy and creativity to a breadth of projects across the less trodden paths of contemporary music, working with the likes of Anna Meredith, Laura Jurd and Shabaka Hutchings, and now increasingly as a solo artist.
Having left the Ligeti Quartet (Nuc, 2023) - the plucky band of musical buccaneers she founded to explore the outer reaches of chamber repertoire - Mandhira’s recent creative ventures include a commission with the cross-cultural Australian Art Orchestra (debuting in Melbourne and HCMF), working with Jasmin Kent Rodgman on the soundtrack to the feature film ‘Bawa’s Garden’, and a piece for György Ligeti’s 100th birthday commissioned by the Ligeti Quartet/Aldeburgh Festival. 2019 saw her commissioned to write a site-specific piece for the Barbican’s Sound Unbound.
Equally at home leading orchestras in the world’s most prestigious concert venues, recording film soundtracks at Abbey Road and improvising at Cafe Oto, her other projects include improvising duos with Steve Beresford and Benoît Delbecq (Spinneret, 2019) and regular appearances with Riot Ensemble and London Contemporary Orchestra.
She currently plays a 1735 Sanctus Seraphin violin kindly loaned to her by Derek Clements-Croome.
Image taken from https://mandhira-desaram.squarespace.com/about
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 25 May 2023 | 12:00pm - 3:00pm |
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