17–19 September 2025
Rarely is the potential of the human voice harnessed in ways more perception-altering than the performances of Loré Lixenberg, a British mezzo-soprano who honed her vocal craft in relatively conventional channels but elected to use it in the realms of the bold avant-garde. Maker of voice pieces such as SINGLR, VOXXCOIN and Bird, and leader of The Voice Party, since the 1990s, this has also sometimes included operatic roles (including ‘Jerry Springer: The Opera’!), other times seen Lixenberg vocally interpreting scores/recordings by composers such as Ligeti, Stockhausen and Cage. Joined here by singers from Musarc, Bilge Nur Ylmaz, Tim Cape, Ben Smith, Elia Moretti and Joseph Kohlmaier, to celebrate the 100 anniversary of Cathy Berberian and developments in the new vocality both vintage and modern, this will be a residency for and about voices that is certain to be enthralling.
Musarc is one of the UK’s most progressive choral collectives. Founded by Joseph Kohlmaier at the School of Art, Architecture and Design, London Metropolitan University in 2008, the ensemble has developed a distinct reputation for its interdisciplinary and research-led approach to music and performance, and the space it affords artists and singers to experiment with new ideas.
Since its inception, the choir has collaborated with more than one hundred artists and composers, including Jennifer Walshe, Lin Chiwei, Laure Provost, Ed Atkins, Jenny Moore, Lina Lapelytė, Sam Belinfante, Fritz Hauser, Neil Luck and many others; and numerous festivals and arts organisations in the UK and abroad – including the BBC Proms, London Contemporary Music Festival, Post Disaster Rooftops EP03 (Taranto, Italy), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), the Royal Academy, CCA Goldsmiths, Museum of London, Extra City (Antwerp), Serpentine Gallery, MK Gallery, Wysing Polyphonic, STUK (Leuwen) Cafe OTO, Bold Tendencies and Whitechapel Gallery.
