Kavall

Kavall is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and performer of contemporary music, based in Berlin and the Black Forrest. He is trained as a professional guitar player, composes music for film and contemporary dance and performs his music solo in form of an immersive concert installation.
His music is inspired by his interest in spaces, both as acoustic environments and as metaphorical, emotional spaces. In his compositions, he explores the transition between physical and metaphorical spaces by melting the sound of acoustic instruments with their processed layers, eventually transferring their metaphorical qualities to the physical space.
Kavall's interest in stringed instruments as precise and expressive, playable interfaces stems from the guitar but has since expanded towards building custom instruments which allow him to create yet unheard timbres of harmonic, textural and percussive characteristics.
His vision to physically be inside the music led to a new form of installative concert performance: Spatial Guitar is the first of its kind to reimagine the electric guitar as a spatially playable instrument of independent voices that surround the audience. Compositions of spatially choreographed music, immersive textures and circular patterns pair with an audio-reactive light installation for an immersive audiovisual experience.
Kavall is a member of the multi-disciplinary and research platform Sound & Colour Production and of the site-specific music ensemble Ayrie. His concert performances are shown in music and art venues internationally. Films with his scores have been screened and awarded on festivals worldwide.