Xenia Pestova Bennett

Xenia Pestova Bennett is a performer, composer, improviser and educator based in Northern Ireland. She has earned a reputation as a leading interpreter of uncompromising repertoire alongside masterpieces from the past. Xenia’s evocative solo debut of premiere recordings for the Innova label titled “Shadow Piano” was described as a 'terrific album of dark, probing music' by the Chicago Reader. She is a lecturer in music at the University of Nottingham.

Her CCI residency will allow Xenia to revitalise and refresh her creative practice as a performer, composer and improviser, thus researching and curating a new full-length concert programme and composing a cycle of new pieces for keyboard instruments.