Angharad Davies

This is an archive item from Supersonic 2015 Boxxed

Angharad SS

Angharad Davies is a violinist, improviser and composer. She’s a specialist in the art of ‘preparing’ her violin, adding objects or materials to it to extend its sound making properties.

Angharad has performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, BBC Proms,  is an associate artist at Cafe Oto and has played live with Tony Conrad in the Turbine Room at the Tate Modern. She has collaborated extensively with artists from around the world, including Kazuko Hohki, Tisha Mukarji, Lina Lapelyte, Dominic Lash, Rie Nakajima and Julia Eckhardt.

Listen to an extract from her piece, ‘Pizz, Nail File and Fingers Study’: