Doors Open – 6:45pm
Music Begins – 7:30pm
General Admission £20 | Complimentary for Patrons
Sponsored by Steinway & Sons
Piano*Grafik presents an artistic collaboration, in a concert setting, between composer and pianist Paloma León, cellist Abi Asisa and audio-visual artist, sound designer, composer and artistic researcher Dr Merijn Royaards. With the use of spacial modelling technology, Piano*Grafik reimagines 4 site-specific works painted for Ladbroke Hall by British artist and former president of the Royal Academy of Arts, Sir Christopher Le Brun.
Paloma León is a Los Angeles–born, London-based contemporary classical composer and pianist known for her debut album Piano Music for Movies. León is recognised for composing complex, memory-based piano works that both honour and subvert the rigour of her classical training. Her music often reimagines material drawn from pop and hip-hop, which she views as a repurposing of classical traditions, a kind of double recycling.
Her work spans multiple disciplines, including scoring for fashion shows such as Saul Nash (Milan Fashion Week) and Daniel Del Valle (London Fashion Week), as well as television and other media. León has also debuted original compositions at The Royal Albert Hall and has worked as a pianist at The Royal Festival Hall (BAFTA). Her influences range from Frédéric Chopin, George Gershwin, and John Adams to Arthur Russell and Dr. Dre.
Abi Asisa is a 24-year-old producer and electroacoustic Cellist, challenging norms by leveraging her classical training to dissolve the distinctions between jazz, pop, and experimental music. Hailing from Brighton, Asisa relocated to London when she was 19 years old and her exposure to the city’s jazz scene prompted her to break free from the insularity of the classical world. This led her to explore innovative ways of using her instrument.
Dr Merijn Royaards is an artist and researcher exploring the relationships between spatial experience, memory, and technological mediation, with a focus on spaces of conflict and hypersensory environments. Working across architecture, performance, music, and audio-visual art, his practice spans interactive installations, live performance, film, and radio. He is a Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, where he leads Situated Audio and contributes to the Situated Practice MA and Design for Performance and Interaction MA.
