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London International Festival of Exploratory Music 2011
Posted on October 24th, 2011 in World Music by Songlines.
The London International Festival of Exploratory Music (LIFEM) 2011 spans four venues from October 29-November 7, offering the most adventurous of musical spirits an epic trek around the four corners of the world.
This year’s festival is arrayed between the shiny new Kings Place, eclectic arts venue Rich Mix and uber-trendy Café OTO in north London and Wandsworth’s Lost Theatre.
The festival features new Portuguese fado from Claudia Aurora, Vietnamese Cai Luong (theatre music) song from Huong Thanh, Poland’s Warsaw Village Band and the Siberia’s Namgar, the Samí song of Mari Boine and Jamaican reggae from Misty in Roots. This only scratches the surface of a list of artists spanning China to Angola, Estonia to Brazil.
London International Festival of Exploratory Music
Posted on September 22nd, 2011 in Songlines Blog by Alexandra Petropoulos.
The London International Festival of Exploratory Music (LIFEM) is just over a month away. The festival takes place from October 29 – November 7 and spans four London venues – Kings Place, Cafe OTO, Rich Mix and Lost Theatre. Featured artists will include Portugal’s Claudia Aurora, Norway’s Mari Boine, Tibet’s Soname Yangchen, Angola’s Aline Frazão, and the Amsterdam Klezmer Band, to name just a few.
For the full line-up and more details, visit www.lifem.org.uk.
Hear an exclusive track from Claudia Aurora (to perform at Kings Place on Nov 2) on our current issue’s podcast (#79 October 2011).
London International Festival of Exploratory Music comes to Kings Place
Posted on October 31st, 2010 in World Music by Songlines.
London’s Kings Place pushes the aural boundaries from November 1-7 with the London International Festival of Exploratory Music (LIFEM) 2010.
One of the key events of the festival is the London premiere of California Kirana: The West Coast Legacy of Pran Nath by US composer Terry Riley, saxophonist George Brooks and table player Talvin Singh, marking Riley’s 75th birthday.
But that’s not the only 75th anniversary being celebrated at this year’s festival. The festival also hosts the UK premiere of Estonian early music group Hortus Musicus, playing compositions by Estonia’s Arvo Pärt and Georgia’s Giya Kancheli – both celebrating their 75th birthdays.
Aside from such septuagenarian celebrations, there are also UK premieres of music by Belgian composer Wim Mertens and Estonian/Ukrainian folk group Svjata Vatra, as well as rare UK performances by Catalan experimentalist Pascal Comelade, English composer and double bassist Gavin Bryars and Brazilian pianist Benjamim Taubkin.
www.kingsplace.co.uk
London International Festival of Exploratory Music is launched at Kings Place
Posted on October 30th, 2009 in World Music by Songlines.
What to hear something different?
A new festival of exploratory music is unveiled at London’s Kings Place this November. London International Festival of Exploratory Music runs from November 4-7.
Exploratory sounds include concerts by Greenlandic Inuk Nive Nielsen and Canadian Inuit Tanya Tagaq. This is also the UK premiere of Irish sean nós singer Lorcán Mac Mathúna. Maybe you fancy the sexy Latin punk-pop of Madame Mim or the ethereal Japanese soundscapes of Midori Hirano. Whatever it is, from Chinese indie to Sephardic roots, there’s plenty to explore.
