Research

My research has recently been focusing on the hyper-theatrical world of late-Renaissance Italian courtly surroundings, and how social codes and ideals of ‘everyday performances’ can be paralleled with on-stage music performances of the time. I am interested in the identity construction and stage mindsets of performers, and in particular the notion of simulation and dissimulation in this context. I also investigate to what degree the performance aesthetic of court operas can be traced in the earliest commercial operas.

A further practice-based research project looks at creating a dialogue between past and present musical practices, and in particular how historically informed performance practice as a mentality can contribute to the creation of new musical works. As part of this context, I am particularly interested in improvisatory practices, interaction patterns of performers, performer-composer dynamics, and performer behaviours in electroacoustic environments.

More to follow here soon…!