LIFEM 2010 programme: WED, 03 NOV 2010, 19H30 KINGS PLACE - HALL ONE:
Terry Riley, Talvin Singh, George Brooks USA/UK | London Premiere | 75th anniversary celebration of Terry Riley
THU, 04 NOV 2010, 19H30 KINGS PLACE - HALL ONE:
Wim Mertens Belgium | UK Premiere
FRI, 05 NOV 2010, 19H30 KINGS PLACE - HALL ONE:
Pascal Comelade France | Rare UK Performance, Only UK Performance This Year
FRI, 05 NOV 2010, 20H00 KINGS PLACE - HALL TWO:
Svjata Vatra Estonia/Ukraine | UK Premiere
SAT, 06 NOV 2010, 19H30 KINGS PLACE - HALL ONE:
Gavin Bryars UK | Only UK Performance This Year
SAT, 06 NOV 2010, 20H00 KINGS PLACE - HALL TWO:
Fernanda Takai Brazil | UK Premiere
SUN, 07 NOV 2010, 19H30 ST ETHELDREDA'S CHURCH:
Hortus Musicus Estonia | UK Premiere | 75th anniversary celebration of Arvo Pärt and Giya Kancheli
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03 – 07 November 2010
[USA/UK] [London Premiere] [75th anniversary celebration of Terry Riley]
[Belgium] [UK Premiere]
[France] [Rare UK Performance, Only UK Performance This Year]
[UK] [Only UK Performance This Year]
[Estonia/Ukraine] [UK Premiere]
[Brazil] [UK Premiere]
[Estonia] [UK Premiere] [75th anniversary celebration of Arvo Pärt and Giya Kancheli]
Building on last year’s inaugural festival, the London International Festival of Exploratory Music (LIFEM) continues its musical journey with exciting exploratory sounds from all over the world. It begins by celebrating the 75th birthday of composer Terry Riley, the father of American minimalism. Terry takes the stage with Mercury Music award-winning tabla player and multi-instrumentist Talvin Singh and progressive saxophonist George Brooks, on what is a rare visit to Europe. The festival ends with the oldest active early music group in Europe, Hortus Musicus, from Estonia. They celebrate two more 75th birthdays: those of Estonian Arvo Pärt and Georgian Giya Kancheli. In between comes the UK premiere of Flemish Belgium minimalist composer Wim Mertens, a rare UK performance by French Catalan musician Pascal Comelade, the only UK performance of UK composer Gavin Bryars, the UK premiere of Estonian power folk band Svjata Vatra and the UK premiere of Brazilian singer Fernanda Takai, best known as the vocalist of Brazilian super group Pato Fu.
The London International Festival of Exploratory Music (LIFEM) which took place in London at Kings Place in November was amongst the live concert highlights of 2009 for MusicalCriticism.com (the new source for concert and opera reviews, articles and interviews on the web).
Devil Man is a new collaboration project between DJ Scotch Egg and Dokkebi Q – live at LIFEM: London International Festival of Exploratory Music, 07nov09

BBC Radio 3 Late Junction plugged the festival and played tracks by artists performing in the festival.
Due to unforeseen circumstances Mabrouk Band (Israel), Shira U’tfila (Serbia) and Madame Mim (Brazil) will be unable to perform at London International Festival of Exploratory Music this November. However, we are delighted to announce that Les Yeux Noirs (France), Monster Ceilidh Band (UK) and Daniel Peixoto (ex-Montage, Brazil) will be their replacements, in what is a rare UK performance by the French gypsy/klezmer virtuoso ensemble, the London premiere of Newcastle’s happy energetic non-stop danceable Ceilidh band, and the European premiere of the shockingly sexy electro-punk solo project by the Brazilian MTV outrageous superstar.
Below is the full updated music programme:
Wednesday, 04 November 09
Thursday, 05 November 09
Friday, 06 November 09
Saturday, 07 November 09
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