Doors Open – 6:45pm
Music Begins – 7:30pm
General Admission £20 | Complimentary for Patrons
Post-Show Set Menu £45
Sponsored by Steinway & Sons
Piano*Grafik presents an artistic collaboration between composer and pianist Paloma León and architect, creative coder and programme director at the UCL Bartlett school of Architecture, Jessica In. Piano*Grafik combines a unique contemporary composition, in a concert setting, influenced by digital imagery written in code.
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.
Jessica In is an architect, designer and creative coder. She currently freelances independently and collaboratively on architecture, design + installation projects while teaching at the Bartlett School of Architecture, where she is the Programme Director of the Design for Performance and Interaction Masters programme. She has a particular interest in physically embodied interactions that explore semantic and relational conditions between immaterial + virtual space. Her current work is specifically focused on drawing with code, machine learning and generative AI methods for spatial reconstruction and architectural speculation. She can also be found programming visuals for identity and performance, creating virtual environments for string marionettes as well as making industrial robots dance with light.
