Esther Kiburi is an upcoming electroacoustic composer with feminist leanings. She is in her final year pursuing a practice-as-research PhD in Music at the University of Kent. Her project title is Electroacoustic Music Portfolio: In-Situ Auditory Experiences of Nairobi Bus Soundscapes and Sexual Harassment. The portfolio of stereo and multi-channel compositions highlights the main theme of the research project: soundscape experiences and expectations through a feminist lens. Esther enjoys pushing the boundaries and expectations of captured sound with the goal of inviting the listener into her interpretation of “things” sonically. Her pieces have been played at Sound/Image Festival (2023), Sharing Feminist Research and Practice Conference (2020), rediscoveries xi (2019), The Sound of Memory Symposium: Sound-track/Sound-scape (2017), and Noisefloor (2017). She's scheduled to perform her latest compositions at BEAST FEaST (2025).
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/estherkiburi
Soundscape research, electroacoustic composition, Gender/Feminist theories, creative practice
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