7a Malvern Mews

London

LONDON

PIANIST // CLASSICAL EXPERIENCE DESIGNER // CURATOR // ARTS MGMT // CROSSMODALIST

COOK&PIANIST - The first Crossmodalist experience as designed by C H R I S  L L O Y D:pianist, Charles MICHEL and The Jackalope. The compositions of Franz Liszt in Anneés de Pelerinage, deuxieme anneé: Italie were i… — COOK&PIANIST - The first *Crossmodalist* experience as designed by C H R I S L L O Y D:pianist, Charles MICHEL and *The Jackalope*. The compositions of Franz Liszt in *Anneés de Pelerinage, deuxieme anneé: Italie* were inspired by the classical art forms he came across whilst in exile from Paris during the 1830's. Liszt was despondent at the state of Italy upon arrival, however was inspired by the paintings of Raphaello, the sculptures of Michelangelo, the local song forms, the sonnets of Petrarca, and poetry of Dante Alighieri.
On September 13th, 2014, Lloyd, Michel and the Jackalope produced an experiential event designed to once again translate these works into a further medium, whilst enhancing the medium of music through taste and sensory stimulations.

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Classical:NEXT24 - The Sequel To The Longest and Most Over-Detailed Review of Classical:NEXT.

about a year ago

Settle down kids, and let me tell you a story. The story of one of the biggest classical music industry conferences in the world. Like a phoenix, risen from the ashes of a dream, C:N has returned: bigger, better, and less focused on innovation than ever before. What follows is a day-by-day, blow-by-blow detailed synopsis of my experiences there: why? Because when you go to review things, you get a free ticket. Also, because maybe someone, somewhere (like Xani Kolac in the lead up to this year) in a country far, far away like Australia might be able to experience vicariously through the depictions; or perhaps some of my fellow delegates will get a kick out of reliving what was a [SPOILER ALERT] fantastic week, truth be told. At the very least, let it act as a testament to a week in the life of a classical musician in Berlin.

Why Can't We Have Both? A call for artist-led concert design.

about a year ago

Coercing conductors to talk from the stage to their audiences also won’t do much, unless they happen to be predisposed to doing so naturally. But luckily these venues tend to have more than a handful of concerts per year, and with the exorbitantly large team behind the production and programming, wouldn’t it benefit those making decisions to directly involve the artists gracing the stage into the experience design aspects of the concerts?