Meet the artists behind our upcoming event on Tuesday 22 June, where Associate Composer Yfat Soul Zisso curates a multi-directional performance exploring themes of solitude and connectedness. Accompanied by layered electronics, Zisso herself performs alongside distinct voices within contemporary music – Loré Lixenberg, Rosie Middleton, and Fleur de Bray.
Yfat Soul Zisso
Based in Birmingham, composer and soprano Yfat Soul Zisso has had her work performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and the Fidelio Trio. Ranging from whimsical works for toy piano to serene imaginings for strings, Soul’s music combines different microtonal sound worlds and textures with extended techniques to create original soundscapes. Soul is currently studying for a PhD that focuses on creating a quarter-tone compositional language suitable for western singers to learn.
Soul will perform alongside Loré, Rosie and Fleur in the first performance of a new spacial work for voices and electronics that she has written specially for this event.
Loré Lixenberg
A major force in the contemporary music scene, Loré Lixenberg is a soprano and composer creating and performing experimental music across the UK and Europe.
From performances on concert platforms and opera scenes to installations and experimental visual and sound collaborations, Loré’s work is as varied as it is original, collaborating with a rich mix of established composers and artists to create innovative performance works and experiences.
Rosie Middleton
Commended for her performance at our Battle of the Bands competition in 2020, Rosie Middleton is a mezzo soprano based in the UK. Specialising in contemporary music, Rosie has collaborated with numerous composers on creating new works, participating in residencies at Banff Centre and Snape Maltings.
Rosie will kick off the event with a premiere of Esin Gunduz’s En-he-du-an-na-me-en, a work written for voice, movement and electronics examining power, resistance and a voice reborn. The work is part of Rosie’s commissioning body Voice(less), a series of works exploring voice-loss, voicelessness and things that stop speech or sound.
Fleur de Bray
Soprano and composer Fleur de Bray has performed extensively as a soloist in major venues and productions internationally, including for Opera North, La Mortella (Ischia) and the Royal Albert Hall. Capturing audiences with her effervescent energy and theatrical performances, Fleur starred in the role of Katherina Cavalieri as part of National Theatre’s production of Amadeus, performing the famous Queen of the Night aria.
