Graham Fitkin piano and keyscanner
Graham Fitkin’s pan-European forest-focused 2500-mile cycle tour travels from
Romania back to the UK, via Maastricht. Graham has worked with communities
from the Carpathian Mountains to Epping Forest, collecting data and sounds
from specific trees which are woven into an extraordinary work for piano and
keyscanner. Join us for Graham’s performance of this amazing multi-threaded
project.
Following a line of old-growth forests and remnants through Europe, Treeline
connects communities to their own environments, trees and forests. It reveals
new perspectives on trees through music, data, field recordings and concert
performances to engender greater respect for trees and biodiversity, and
increase understanding of why these things are so important.
Treeline’s partners throughout Europe range from music venues, festivals and
environmental charities to city halls, universities, village communities and
schools. Each collaborator has brought a community together to choose and
‘profile’ a local tree of importance to them, focussing on various aspects of their
tree including its local significance, topography and history.
Graham Fitkin uses all this information in a new hour-long work for piano and
keyscanner, adapted to play the tree sounds as a newly created ‘forest
instrument.’
Please note this event lasts 60 minutes
T: free, suggested donation £3
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