David Catalunya
Recital Room, Victoria Rooms, Queens Rd, Bristol BS8 1SA
David Catalunya's research on musical instrument history, and his exploration of performance techniques specific to late-medieval keyboard instruments, have placed him as a leading artist in the field of pre-Renaissance music. The hammered clavisimbalum is his most recent and innovative project, carried out in collaboration with Paul Poletti. The result is formidably expressive. This 'mechanized psaltery', as the historical sources describe it, has a brilliant and powerful sound and allows the performer to deal with the most virtuoso music of the period. David Catalunya will perform a short concert on this unique instrument, and discuss with his audience the research that brought it into being.
Parallel to his artistic activity, David Catalunya holds a research position at the University of Würzburg (Germany). He is a co-editor of the volumes dedicated to 12th century Latin songs in the monumental series Corpus Monodicum. He is also a member of the research board at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
This event is part of InsideArts festival 2015.
Admission free, no booking required.
