Guitar Augmentations
The Lab, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Free - booking required
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Concert: Guitar Augmentations
Discover the guitar reimagined through cutting-edge technologies and new musical ideas. Featuring the Open Frets Guitar, developed by Katalin Koltai [pictured], alongside technologies created in collaboration with Pierre Carré and Alois Cerbu (IRCAM), this lecture–recital showcases innovative approaches to composition, performance, and sound.
Hans Abrahamsen October for augmented guitar (2025)
Scott McLaughlin seeking/revealing (new version) – world premiere
Edmund Hunt Be Find – world premiere
Simone Conforti MagneticNailar for guitar and electronics – world premiere
David Gorton Six Miniatures
Áine Mallon Solas Imbolc
Running time approx. one hour