XN: Simon Rummel, Sonia Allori, Lore Amenabar Larrañaga, Emil Karlsen + Milana Sarukhanyan
Sat 21 Nov
|Phipps Hall (Second Floor, Richard Stein
Time & Location
21 Nov 2026, 17:00 – 18:00
Phipps Hall (Second Floor, Richard Stein, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK
About the event
XN: Simon Rummel, Sonia Allori, Lore Amenabar Larrañaga, Emil Karlsen + Milana Sarukhanyan
Running from 2025 to 2027, XN (X perimental N counters) brings together two of Europe’s leading experimental music festivals – hcmf// and Moers Festival– in a six-part international exchange. hcmf// 2026 marks part four, with a programme of innovative solo, duo, trio and quintet performances curated by Moers’ Artistic Director, Tim Isfort.
Led by musician and visual artist Simon Rummel, this quintet performance will showcase the culmination of a collaborative workshop with four UK-based musicians selected via open call: Sonia Allori, Lore Amenabar Larrañaga, Emil Karlsen and Milana Sarukhanyan. Over three intensive days, they will co-create a new suite or series of pieces shaped by their individual backgrounds, musical voices and improvisational instincts, each player bringing something different – a personal style, a lived perspective, a way of thinking about sound – to the newly-formed group.
Curated by Tim Isfort (Festival Director, Moers Festival) and produced by hcmf// as part of hcmf//…