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Magnitude Music is a performing arts collective based in London. It was founded by Tania Chen, a pianist and free improviser who has made her name interpreting the work of avant-garde composers like John Cage and Cornelius Cardew. Magnitude Music’s objective is to demonstrate the exciting range of experimental music being created in Britain today by organizing concerts and by promoting works by new composers.
Familiar/ Unfamiliar will take place on 16th June as part of Spitalfields Festival 2014. This will be a unique event, bringing together a volatile mix of performers and composers. Tania Chen will be joined on stage by the writer and comedian Stewart Lee and by the acclaimed conductor Ilan Volkov. The concert will also feature an ensemble of nine other musicians from various different musical backgrounds. Together this group will explore the extremities of the concerto form as they première works by six talented composers.
Money provided by PRS for Music Foundation will go towards the commissioning of works by Howard Skempton, Chris Newman, Michael Parsons, John Lely, James Saunders and Catherine Kontz; well-established but challenging composers who have drawn much praise from critics and whose work has been performed across the world. Each of these six composers will create a piece especially for this concert that sets out to deconstruct or re-imagine the concerto form. Familiar/ Unfamiliar promises to be a fascinating glimpse into a world of musical experimentation.