Hello to friends near and far
A huge honour to have our album Girl featured in Peter Margasak's Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp for March 2024!
"A delicious, suspenseful tension against the ensemble’s taut orchestral gestures and shadings ... Lolavar has created something that reflects her own dualities, a give-and-take of sensibilities and traditions that’s unique to her experience." Read more
We were also included in a great broadcast of new releases on KALW public radio San Francisco as part of Music from Other Minds—thanks to Joey Bohigian for thinking of us
.. and to everyone who has bought and streamed Girl so far! Find us on your platform of choice:
Girl on Bandcamp (Limited edition CDs £10.00)
Girl on Spotify
Girl on YouTube Music
Girl on Apple Music
Girl on Tidal
Girl on Amazon Music
In other news, Gothic Opera's Der Vampyr is making a comeback for Grimeborn Opera Festival this summer and I could not be happier to reunite with this awesome team (credits through the link). This is such a fun show with a lush Romantic-era sound and brilliant comic direction by my dear friend Julia Mintzer—I'll be conducting my own all-new chamber orchestration so thanks again to Gothic Opera for their trust. Our 2019 run sold out so sort your tix early everyone and hope to see you all at Grimeborn 2024!
14–17 August 2024
Arcola Theatre, London E8
Book tickets
A couple of fave production shots here from our last one:
ʀᴏʙᴇʀᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴍᴀɴ ᴄᴏᴜʀᴛᴇsʏ ᴏғ ɢᴏᴛʜɪᴄ ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀ Der Vampyr (2019)
ɴɪᴄᴋ ʀᴜᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴜʀᴛᴇsʏ ᴏғ ɢᴏᴛʜɪᴄ ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀ Der Vampyr (2019)
Anyone who clicked through those will have seen I also worked for bass sax/low reeds icon Colin Stetson last week—running projections for his Hereditary soundtrack live in concert with London Contemporary Orchestra for Barbican Centre/Baba Yaga's Hut. As expected, a completely mindblowing musician, technician & athlete who I can't wait to work with again someday soon!
This month's (deadline-intercepted) listening/discoveries
