Robert Davidson – Presented by UQ School of Music

Robert Davidson will perform a collection of his solo compositions, including music for piano, double bass and electric guitar. The concert will feature speech-based works, where the melody and rhythm is sourced from spoken intonation in archival recordings.

Repertoire to include Crystal Clear for double bass and video, World War Two suite for double bass and audio, Diary Entries for solo piano, and other works to be announced at the concert.

All music composed and performed by Robert Davidson.

Robert Davidson is a prolific composer, bassist, lecturer and founder and artistic director of Topology. Davidson studied composition with Terry Riley in California before completing a composition PhD at the University of Queensland. He previously studied South Indian vocal music in Kerala, India. Davidson’s compositions are regularly performed, recorded and broadcast around the world, in venues including New York’s Lincoln Center, Sydney’s Opera House and London’s Barbican. All of Australia’s professional orchestras and many leading soloists and ensembles have commissioned and performed his works. With Topology he has released 14 albums and a DVD, and has directed numerous artistic collaborations.

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