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; 90s acid-jazz pioneers Red Snapper, improvised experimental duo with bassist Caius Williams, and alt-rock three piece COOL QUIET.

Her solo work, drawing on a range of influences from Derek Bailey to CAN to Erik Satie, 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 2023 feature film Portraits of Dangerous Women.

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