Ferdinand Kavall is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and performer of contemporary immersive music.
His music is inspired by his interest in spaces, both as acoustic environments and as metaphorical, emotional spaces. In his compositions, Kavall explores the transition between physical and metaphorical spaces by melting the sound of acoustic instruments with their processed layers, eventually transferring their metaphorical qualities to the physical space.
Kavall's interest in stringed instruments as precise and expressive, playable interfaces stems from the guitar but has since expanded towards building custom instruments which allow him to create yet unheard timbres of harmonic, textural and percussive characteristics.
His vision to physically be inside the music led to a new form of installative concert performance: Spatial Guitar reimagines the guitar as a spatially playable instrument of independent voices that surround the audience. Compositions of spatially choreographed melodies, immersive textures and circular patterns pair with an audio-reactive light installation for an immersive audiovisual experience.