sound:

north east scotland's festival of new music

press

This section of the sound web site contains press releases as well as reviews of recent events. Clicking on each review highlight below will make the full text of that review available to read, and each box also contains a link to the actual event listing. Reviews for previous festivals are also archived in this website: please visit our 'past festivals' page for more details.

Press contact for further information, images and interviews:

Lesley Booth, tel 07799 414 474,

2009

Rohan and Suren de Saram

Lunchbreak Concert (see event)

With just his cello and his bow Rohan de Saram gave us the distant barking of a dog, a moped speeding past, the hiss of car tyres on the bypass, noises of police cars or factories at night and so much more. (read full article)

14 November 2009

Alan Cooper

Art and Music

Aberdeen Art Gallery Event (see event)

These are the world's finest exponents of the contemporary and experimental repertoire on their respective instruments. Our young composers could not have hoped for any more brilliant and accomplished performances of their challenging pieces and thanks to the sound Festival, that is exactly what they got. (read full article)

13 November 2009

Alan Cooper

Kings College Chapel

Tadej Kenig, clarinet (see event)

Pete Stollery worked his finest electronic magic, making the phantom clarinet fly round the Chapel, sometimes immediate, sometimes far distant. This was indeed a virtuoso performance by both versions of Tadej Kenig. (read full article)

11 November 2009

Alan Cooper

Nava Rasa

Simon Thacker and the Nava Rasa Ensemble (see event)

the exotic water-phone, like something from the weird orchestra in the first Star Wars movie… (read full article)

10 November 2009

Alan Cooper

The sound that's out of this world

sound festival (see events)

an appealingly sensual world that was also mysterious and strangely intangible.
(read full article)

3 November 2009

Alan Cooper The Herald

Harmony Ensemble

Chinese Music: traditional and new (see event)

fusing Scottish and Chinese flavours with astonishing expertise… (read full article)

31 October 2009

Alan Cooper

Sounds fantastic

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Experimental music and new sounds created by cutting-edge artists - that's what this year's sound Festival is all about.
(read full article)

29 October 2009

Susan Welsh The Press and Journal

Fidelio Trio

Music in the University (see event)

I loved the image of shimmering starlight near the end conveyed by Mary Dullea's astonishingly delicate piano playing and both string players really got stuck into the flaming intensity of this music. (read full article)

29 October 2009

Alan Cooper

Pianocircus

sound festival opening concert (see event)

an astonishing ensemble of keyboard virtuosi… (read full article)

28 October 2009

Alan Cooper

Inspired new music hits the right note

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Only five years ago, the Sound Festival was an idea driven by enthusiasm, no more and no less. Today, it is a magnet.
(read full article)

20 October 2009

Michael Tumelty The Herald

Sound of the theramin

Resonant Frequencies (see events)

Bill Thompson's Resonant Frequencies weekender stands out, in part for its exploration of the crossover between percussion and live electronics but also for the delicious-sounding solo set and duet&hellip
(read full article)

19 October 2009

Mark Daniels The Skinny

Sounds fantastic

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It's this innovative structure which is grounded in the community that allows sound to pursue an eclectic diversity that makes it one of the country's most hotly anticipated festivals.
(read full article)

10 October 2009

Susan Nickalls Classical Music Magazine