‘Lumen Machine’ is a thrilling collaboration between Zubin Kanga and Ensemble Offspring. The programme premieres three new chamber concertos by Cyborg Soloists composers. Wielding special powers through a motion-sensor ring, the protagonist in Hot Take – initially a force for good – turns ‘increasingly villainous’. Dream Garden employs the game-changing Lumatone keyboard and Amanda Cole’s own 48-note scale (Cube Tuning) in a mesmerising contemporary chaconne. Renowned German-Austrian composer Brigitta Muntendorf uses light-control sensors to transform the pianist into an alien-like soloist, a ‘monstrous techno-social hallucination’. Meanwhile, Zubin Kanga turns to the rhythmic arpeggiations of an old-school analogue synthesizer to spin a vibrant, whirling dance in From the Machine (after Eastman).

Brigitta Muntendorf: Weight and Load #2* (2025)

Zubin Kanga From the Machine (after Eastman)* (2025)

Amanda Cole Dream Garden* (2025)

Anna Meredith Bumps Per Minute: Joy Subdivision, Deep Thought Panda, Norcanoe, Tom Cruise Runs (2021, arr. Jessica Wells 2023)

Tristan Coelho Hot Take* (2025)

* World premiere

The programme will be repeated in Newcastle (NSW) on 13 April 2025.