Wow, incredibly surreal, amazing experience for my orchestral piece "Exoplanets" to be augmented with lighting during performance by Sinfonieorchester Basel, not to mention expert narrations delivered by the festival resident scientist @henrylegg.bsky.social. Looking forward to sharing video soon!!

An amazing evening yesterday narrating a composition by Rob Laidlow ( @robertlaidlow.bsky.social ) about exoplanets as part of the Interfinity festival in Basel.

In Switzerland for European perfs. of "Exoplanets" with basel symphony Orchestra and Interfinity festival. Director warned me the rehearsal hall is cold "like an exoplanet". didn't realise it was an immersive experience - forgot my bag of crushed quartz and big fan! @stellarplanet.bsky.social

Happy 6th birthday to Ada our silly and wonderful four legged friend

🚨FOUR jobs in Music🚨 @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Early Career Development Fellowship in Jazz & Popular Music (2 yr): deadline 31 March 18C Music History (permanent!), Screen Composition (18 mo), Performance (2 yr): deadline 12 March Search "Music": www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs

⭐ 'As we enter a world of countless interactions with AI in all manner of our daily lives, I think it's important to study this relationship and explore what works.' Composer Dr @robertlaidlow.bsky.social has recently joined King's and our department as an AI+ Fellow. Discover his research ⬇️

Meet: Dr Robert Laidlow

Dr Robert Laidlow is exploring what happens when we stop trying to make AI sound human and start discovering what music can become when we embrace the fundamentally alien ways that machines hear,…

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This Saturday my 35-min concerto "TECHNO-UTOPIA" for Zubin Kanga and the BBC Philharmonic will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 New Music Show! Catch it live or for 28 days after. (1/7)

just sent out my January newsletter! news, performances, talks etc coming up if you're interested in following what I'm up to, you can sign up with this link robertlaidlow.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

pleased to see Bandcamp making some effort to protect its users from the monotonous, time-consuming, slog of trying to work out what's (not) human art Hopefully, this policy is curated by humans and won't negatively affect the many artists experimenting creatively with machine learning in cool ways

Nathan Grayson@nathangrayson.bsky.social · 7mo ago

in a refreshing change of pace, both bandcamp and games workshop announced this week that they've banned AI to varying extents. these stances are crucial during a time when AI is being rammed down our throats at every turn, and some people are starting to accept it

AMAZING first performance of "Exoplanets" by @lporchestra.bsky.social this weekend. Huge thanks to all the players, conductor Ed Gardner, my scientific collaborators and interlocutors and the many friends and family who came to see it. Next performance in Basel (with added lasers/light show!)

Last night I had the pleasure of attending the world premier of The Exoplanets, by composer @robertlaidlow.bsky.social , done by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall. It was a smash hit, thrilling and beautifully executed. To me, it was evocative of a very big Universe with lots

This weekend we headed to London for the world premiere of @robertlaidlow.bsky.social’s #Exoplanet suite. The London Philharmonic Orchestra were on fine form bring the amazing worlds we study to life. So grateful to have been a tiny part of the journey. Check out Rob describing the piece 👇 #sciart

Robert Laidlow@robertlaidlow.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In this video I explain how @stellarplanet.bsky.social and @climatebook.bsky.social research into these classes of planets inspired and informed some of the music. The concert premiere of "Exoplanets" is at 7.30pm on Saturday 29th November at the Royal Festival Hall in London - tickets here:

Holst's planets suite may have its famous "Jupiter" and "Neptune", but my new "Exoplanets" for @lporchestra.bsky.social has HOT Jupiters and SUB Neptunes 🪐🪐🪐 (Saturday 29th at 7.30pm!) youtu.be/kXi3TbD4_VA?...

Robert Laidlow on Exoplanets

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Hugely appreciate this vital support for a massive project with Peter Brathwaite for 2027 exploring some profoundly challenging topics through new music, archival research and interactive and adaptive music technology. Look forward to sharing more soon

Royal Philharmonic Society@royalphilsoc.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We are delighted to announce almost £50,000 of grants awarded through the RPS Thea Musgrave Fund, supporting composers and performers dedicated to contemporary music. You can find out more about this year's grants recipients here: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/rps_today/ne... (1/4)

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Having a wonderful time with Stephen Rinker at BBC Philharmonic HQ mixing my TECHNO-UTOPIA which we recorded in July. Some rarely-seen) instrument tracks in this piece including "stacco", "ROLI" and "big bit of wood". Steve is a genius - it sounds brilliant

RPS Composer @robertlaidlow.bsky.social's cosmic tone poem 'Exoplanets' will receive its first performance by the @lporchestra.bsky.social on 29 November at @southbankcentre.bsky.social. A collaboration with astrophysicists, Robert translates their inspiring research into musical ideas.

Robert Laidlow@robertlaidlow.bsky.social · last yr.

My new 25 minute piece, "Exoplanets", just announced for the @lporchestra.bsky.social season - can't wait to hear it! Expect some cosmic experiments with the orchestra 🪐 29 Nov - conducted by Edward Gardner, sharing a programme with Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Bloch and Rachmaninov.

This amazingly high quality music festival is just up the road from me. Well worth a visit for the astonishingly beautiful venue alone let alone the fantastic music. And if you come on the right day you'll find me manning the bar 😊

Little Missenden Festival@ltmsdnfest.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We're looking forward to hearing the Piatti Quartet at Little Missenden on the afternoon of 5th October. We're offering a discount if you book for both concerts. Full details here www.little-missenden.org/2025-program...

My new piece "Exoplanets" for @lporchestra.bsky.social may not have 6000 movements but I can promise I was aiming for some out of this world music on 29th November at the Royal festival hall 😊 see you there?

Sarah Lewin Frasier@sarahexplains.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We've reached 6,000 confirmed exoplanets! I talked with @aussiastronomer.bsky.social about where things go from here. (A great graphic by @unamandita.bsky.social visualizes the amazing jumps in planet finds since the first ones were confirmed in the 1990s.)

In the studio in Glasgow recording my Post-Singularity Songs with @slampreasoprano.bsky.social and Alistair MacDonald 😁 coming to an album near you in 2026

Nice to be asked to contribute to British Council's timely new publication "Why Technology Needs Artists". In the company of some amazing people ☺️ www.britishcouncil.org/research-ins...

Loved working with Zubin Kanga, Jack Sheen and the BBC Philharmonic last week on TECHNO-UTOPIA - concerto for piano, synths and embedded AI instruments. Look forward to sharing the recording soon. The orchestra were such a nice bunch 😍

I asked for a large sheet of metal for this piece but this really takes the biscuit

Had such a fun time running through the solo part for TECHNO-UTOPIA with Zubin Kanga today. Can you tell I listened to prog rock as a teenager

Having a great time in Basel talking about my work with Exoplanets and Music at the Space stage of Fantasy Basel comiccon!

Extremely fun and inspiring to be shown round the diamond light source synchrotron (particle accelerator) this morning 💎🔬

TONIGHT - Looking forward to this talk and to demo-ing TECHNO-UTOPIA at Cafe Oto with co-conspirator Zubin Kanga and hearing @jenniferwalshe.bsky.social talk and perform www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/the-w...

My new 25 minute piece, "Exoplanets", just announced for the @lporchestra.bsky.social season - can't wait to hear it! Expect some cosmic experiments with the orchestra 🪐 29 Nov - conducted by Edward Gardner, sharing a programme with Sheku Kanneh-Mason/Bloch and Rachmaninov.

London Philharmonic Orchestra@lporchestra.bsky.social · last yr.

Hello 2025/26! 🤩 Our new season of concerts in London, Brighton and Eastbourne is here for you to explore ✨ lpo.org.uk/the-london-p...

May 13 - talking/performing at Cafe Oto on my new concerto TECHNO-UTOPIA for piano, synths and embedded AI instruments, alongside Zubin Kanga @cyborgsoloists.bsky.social and @jenniferwalshe.bsky.social. Come along! www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/the-w...

This was such a brilliant day, can't wait to share the recording. Big thanks to everyone at @nmcrecordings.bsky.social @piattiquartet.bsky.social @doricoofficial.bsky.social!

NMC Recordings@nmcrecordings.bsky.social · last yr.

We had a brilliant day at St Silas Kentish Town last week recording ‘Gravity’ by @robertlaidlow.bsky.social with the fabulous @piattiquartet.bsky.social The recording session was made possible with support from our Core Funders and @doricoofficial.bsky.social