Explore Ensemble with Beatrice Dillon

Explore Ensemble dives into new and daring soundscapes with the world premiere of Beatrice Dillon’s latest work Where Never, where sounds fragment into circling states of constant reorientation.

Explore Ensemble presents Beatrice Dillon’s Seven Reorganisations alongside the world premiere of her new work, Where Never, a rare chance to hear her latest music unfold live. Marking a decisive shift from her roots in rhythmic, system-based electronic music, Dillon writes for ensemble and electronics with a fluid, unstable sound rather than a fixed instrumentation.

Alongside Dillon, music by Helmut Lachenmann and Pascale Criton extend this focus on acoustic sound. Lachenmann’s ‘Guero’ deconstructs the piano into a percussive instrument of friction and play, while Criton’s mesmeric guitar duo ‘Trans’ destabilises pitch itself through microtonal haze drift, patterns, and interference.