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Sylvia Hallett

Sylvia Hallett is a multi-instrumentalist and composer moving between violin, bowed bicycle wheel, saw, hurdy-gurdy, electronics and found objects. She currently plays solo, with the walk-in interactive installation, Colourscape. Recent collaborators have included Chris Dowding, Tansy Spinks, Ansuman Biswas, Michael Ormiston, Mike Adcock, Anthony Haddon, Mike Cooper, David Toop, Anna Homler, The Heliocentrics, Clive Bell, LaXula, Opera North, h2dance, Miranda Tufnell, Eva Karczag, Wonderful Beast, BBC Radio Drama, The Royal Shakespeare Company. She performs internationally as a solo improviser, having released six solo albums. She enjoys performing in unusual spaces, such as an Italian vineyard. She is currently working on the score for a new short film by Takako Nakasu, which draws on the theme of  the Kuroko (a stage-hand clad in black).
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Featured releases

Tracklisting: 1 - Bolt and Latch [20:02]Time has become very present. Not thinking about the future, nor the past.  In spite of that the days whizz by but the year seems to have gone slowly.  I have nearly finished making a side gate for my elderly neighbour.  Tools needed:  drill, saw, wood, hammer, nails, assorted screws, screwdrivers, string.  For the sound assembly I use all of the above, plus some effects pedals.  Method:  Take some floorboards donated by another neighbour,  take the pallets of an unwanted futon bed,  take the tongue and groove from a recent revamp in my kitchen,  listen to radio and wood pigeons,  gather dried branches talk back to singing robin recollect spring birds,  lay out wood and assemble however it will fit. press record. In March 2020 I was bowing twigs, branches and vines, while at the same time using pedals to manipulate the sound, the result was the albumTree Time.  During the course of the year I have been occasionally recording the human and natural sounds as they occur in my back garden. I also recorded some “live playing” indoors using saw, bowed branches, with effects pedals, and worked on the results in logic.Bolt and Latch is a 20 minute journey into this sound world. It took quite a bit of time to figure out the simplest way to fasten the gate.  String is useful. - Sylvia Hallett

Sylvia Hallett – Bolt and Latch
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Forthcoming events

Sunday 11 January 2026

Dimension Inhabited by Spirits – Moreskinsound (David Toop / Ania Psenitsnikova) + Sharon Gal / John Butcher + Flavia Ghisalberti / Sylvia Hallett

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Past events

Sound Matter II – Sharon Gal / David Toop / Sylvia Hallett & Beibei Wang

David Toop – ‘Into The Maelstrom’ book launch w/ Evan Parker + Elaine Mitchener + Steve Beresford + Sylvia Hallett

Sylvia Hallett / Julie Kjær duo + Cath Roberts / Tullis Rennie duo

Clive Bell + Rie Nakajima + Sylvia Hallett + David Ross