Robert Laidlow is a composer and researcher based in the UK. Robert's music has been commissioned and performed across the globe and broadcast on television and radio.
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His boundary-pushing orchestral music includes Exoplanets, (London Philharmonic Orchestra & Basel Interfinity Festival), TECHNO-UTOPIA, a concerto for piano and intelligent instrument soloist (BBC Radio 3 & Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin), and Silicon for orchestra and artificial intelligence (BBC Philharmonic).
Other recent collaborations include Tui for International Contemporary Ensemble, content for saxophonist David Zucchi and Post-Singularity Songs for Stephanie Lamprea.
Robert's research focusses on developing and deploying artist-led creative technologies (including AI, video game technologies and improvising machines) that empower creativity. It positions live musical performance as a valuable space for reflecting on and challenging our relationship with emerging technologies. ​He is a Career Development Fellowship in Composition at Jesus College, Oxford University.
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Photograph by Jonathan Slater
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Silicon - BBC Philharmonic cond. Vimbayi Kaziboni
content - David Zucchi (saxophone)
Gravity - Echea Quartet