ABOUT

Tara Cunningham is a guitarist, composer, collaborator and improviser from Bath, UK. After being awarded a place on the junior course at the Royal Academy of Music, she went on to receive first class honours in jazz guitar from Trinity Laban Conservatoire; where she was the recipient of the John Hassall prize in music and a Gold Medal Award nominee.

 

Current live + recorded projects include; acid-jazz group Red Snapper, improvised duo with bassist Caius Williams, and alt-rock three piece COOL QUIET.

Her solo work focusses on both improvisation, and pushing the textural boundaries of her instrument. Sketches can be found here.

 

Her work as a composer for film includes 'a loop, of exchanges, until we vomit' with art film maker Luca Baioni, Strange Like It Sounds in collaboration with Switzerland-based Nick Walter, as well as Pascal Bergamin's 2024 feature film Portraits of Dangerous Women.

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PRESS:

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"Tara pulls so many possibilities out of repeating phrases" - Soweto Kinch, BBC 3

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"a distinctive guitar style that draws on both jazz and avant rock ... genuinely impressive" Ian Mann, The Jazz Mann

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"a mesmeric performance" Peter Slavid - UK Jazz News

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"I was instantly drawn to her sound" - Wesley Stephenson - Newcastle Festival of Improvised Music

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