Debut album launch - Expectations of a Lifetime

Name: Debut album launch - Expectations of a Lifetime
Start: 2024-06-14T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

Schedule

Fri Jun 14 2024 at 08:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Queen's Hall, Edinburgh | Edinburgh, SC

I'm so excited to launch my new album Expectations of a Lifetime. It's been a long journey and the album represents 10 years of work as a solo artist, so I've pulled together an incredible team of performers and artists to create a multimedia spectacle show.
Joining me on stage will be the magnetic Vulva Voce string quartet, Alex Palmer on drums, pianist Tom Gibbs and Patrick Kenny on trombone. The show will also feature immersive lighting and visuals created in collaboration with Oana Stanciu and Sam Jones with a soundscape by Dave House.
More about the show
The album Expectations of a Lifetime traces Esther's roots in folk music, her love of dance music and her studies of classical and jazz. This immersive performance will see The Queen’s Hall transformed into a breathing urban forest – created by Esther in collaboration with visual artist Oana Stanciu, sound designer Dave House and lighting designer Sam Jones.
The launch will feature the inimitable string quartet Vulva Voce and harp, vocals and sonic palettes performed by Esther. Drawing on themes of womanhood, metamorphoses and nature, this performance invites the audience to experience the music in a multi-sensory environment in Edinburgh’s leading chamber music venue.
A prolific, boldly innovative harpist, composer and singer, Esther works across genres as diverse as classical chamber music and free improvisation, and writes for ensembles large and small. Likened to Kate Bush, Anna Meredith and Björk, her style is influenced by her love of jazz, minimalism and dance music alongside her folk background.
Oana Stanciu
Oana Stanciu is one of Edinburgh's leading visual artists, her work combines performance, photography and moving image to create unnatural and subtly distorted self-portraits. Her award winning work has been exhibited in Edinburgh at the Ingleby Gallery and the Royal Scottish Academy, as well as in Romania, Japan, Norway and other cities in the UK.
Vulva Voce
Vulva Voce are a genre-defying string quartet that bring exciting, dynamic performances of music composed by women and non-binary people to spaces and venues beyond the concert hall. Their mission is to break away from long held conventions of classical music and the string quartet, presenting audiences with radical and refreshing musical experiences.
Presented by The Queen's Hall. This event is supported by Creative Scotland and Help Musicians.
"Björk-esque"
(The Edinburgh Reporter)
“mesmerising and ... heavenly”
(Jazzwise Magazine)