Who we are
Sonic Illuminations is a project by the violinist Hannah Perowne and live visual artist Marian Saunders creating immersive, unique and site specific performances which captivate and inspire audiences.
The audience enjoys a fully immersive experience which transcends the traditional understanding of a “classical” concert, hence making the music accessible to a more diverse audience. Hannah and Marian interpret the music and imagery entirely at the moment of performance in an ever changing audio visual dialogue with both the artists and the audience evolving in harmony.
Each performance can be adapted to fit each performance space perfectly: Upcoming performances include churches, museums, barns and even a nature reserve, with each venue providing inspiration and material that can be woven into the event, creating a truly bespoke and unique experience.
Hannah Perowne enjoys a varied career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader. She has performed worldwide as guest artist with the Henschel Quartet, the Mozart Piano Quartet, Camerata Salzburg and the eminent harpsichordist, Mahan Esfahani. Her concerto performances include those of Brahms, Elgar, Prokofiev, Barber, Glass and Tchaikovsky and she has been broadcast as a soloist and chamber musician by the BBC, Classic FM, ABC Australian and SWR and NDR Radio, Germany. Her recording of John Rutter's "Visions" together with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge was released by Hyperion Records in 2024.
Marian Saunders is an experimental audio-visual artist specialising in improvised, live visual performance. Fusing hand-made analogue imagery and digital real-time technologies, her improvised visual projections respond to sound, space and audience in an evolving collage of colour, shape and light. She enjoys a diverse collaborative practice with recent performances including Sonic Illuminations @The Chapel, ‘Aether’ at Norwich Arts Centre, ‘BioSynthesis’ at Cinema City Norwich, ‘The Light Works’ at EAST gallery Norwich, ‘This is How We Dance’ at First Site Gallery Colchester. Her visuals feature in ‘Tripping On Life’ and ‘Could you Patent The Sun?’ theatre productions in New York.
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