Steve Bingham - A Fascinating Concert 22/3/26

Mar 16
2 min read

Cowal Music Club is promoting an innovative and fascinating concert next Sunday, March 22^nd, at 2.30pm in Dunoon’s Burgh Hall, when acclaimed violinist Steve Bingham will perform, bringing an eclectic mix of music, with live looping.

The programme will present a wide range of music ‘from Bach to the Beatles’, in an exciting array of styles, using a variety of technology, including an electric violin! Steve informs and entertains with his unique and exciting style of musical entertainment.

Steve Bingham, recently described by The Independent as an “extraordinary performer”, has had lifelong interests in both music and technology, which have led him on a unique career path. After training as a classical violinist at the Royal Academy of Music in London, he has performed worldwide, as founder of the Bingham String Quartet and also as a soloist and orchestral leader with several leading UK ensembles. But he has also pursued non-classical paths, with “eclectic solo recitals” using violin with live-looping, as well as gigs with a variety of folk, pop and rock bands.

This in turn has led to an impressive recordings portfolio which spans everything from unaccompanied Bach to multi-tracked pieces by Michael Nyman as well as newly commissioned violin pieces.

Sunday’s concert will showcase repertoire old and new alongside modern technology, with a fascinating programme which includes Tango Etudes by Astor Piazzolla, The Tryst by Sir James McMillan, Tubular Bells for One by Mike Oldfield, as well as Syrinx by Debussy (arranged by Steve), It’s a Sin, by the Pet Shop Boys, a traditional Japanese piece called Sakura (cherry blossom), and Time Lapse by Michael Nyman