CeReNeM: lovemusic residency concert: Something is Thrumming

lovemusic is a collective of musicians from Strasbourg that specialises in contemporary music. Through their work, they aim to enrich the musical world with new and exciting pieces. They collaborate closely with artists from a wide range of disciplines to create new music together, with both composers and performers actively involved in the creative process. Their goal is to dismantle patriarchal and hierarchical structures within the world of contemporary music. They foster a safe and inclusive environment in which the musicians themselves decide what they contribute to each project, which music they perform and which composers they wish to work with.

lovemusic was founded in 2018 by Adam Starkie and Emiliano Gavito in Strasbourg, a new music hub in the heart of Europe. The collective takes its name from the eponymous work by Betsy Jolas, which was the starting point of their musical collaboration. They began by creating a new music concert series at the Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg, which became the epicentre of experimentation for the collective, inviting composers and musicians to create new music presented in various formats. The lovemusic family and its repertoire grew, its European identity reinforced by the diversity of its members. Over the following six years, the collective built a network of artistic relationships in Strasbourg, France, and far beyond.

The concert took place at St Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield on 22 June 2025.

Geoff Cox composed Something is Thrumming