Irish World Academy - Lunchtime Performance Series – SA::RO::DE

Performer: Dr Matthew Noone

This performance is an improvised deconstruction/reconstruction of the North Indian classical lute called sarode. Matthew will explore a variety of improvisation techniques using two custom made instruments, electronics, extended technique, voice and percussion. Matthew Noone is an Australian-Irish ex-indie rocker, improviser, composer, thinker and performer of the 25 stringed lute called sarode. He has studied Indian classical music with Sougata Roy Chowdhury in Kolkata and K. Sridhar in the UK for two decades and works in a diverse range of disciplines ranging from Irish traditional and Indian Classical music to free improvisation and electroacoustic music.