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.
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 electronics (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 that empower creativity. It positions live musical performance as a valuable space for reflecting on and challenging our relationship with emerging technologies. He is Senior Fellow at King's College London, Department of Music.
Photograph by Jonathan Slade
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Warp - BBC Philharmonic & Vimbayi Kaziboni / Joseph Havlat (piano)
Gravity: II, Spheres - Piatti Quartet
Extract from an Electronics Improvisation with Basel Symphony Orchestra