An appropriate way to (nearly) round off the year. An all-day feast of theremin at The Royal Festival Hall (a lot busier than it looks in the photo!). The main draw was major theremin-player Lydia Kavina - the woman instructing and performing on my "Mastering the Theremin" dvd no less. Her grandfather's cousin was the instrument's inventor, Leon Theremin, and she herself received theremin lessons from Theremin when she was a girl. I was able to stay for a couple of hours during which time Lydia and others showed off the full-range of the instrument, from beautiful classical pieces, to sonic soundscapes, to quirky improvisations. Very sadly I had to leave before the twenty-plus theremin jam.
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