Rob Bentall

NYCKELHARPA

Rob Bentall is a composer/performer working with electronic sound and Swedish nyckelharpa. His musical approach combines ambient, folk, and free-improvisation. He has held artist residencies at international centres including Mexican Centre for Music and Sound Arts and Elektronmusikstudion Sweden, and been supported by the UK’s national new music agency Sound and Music. He has written soundtracks for theatre companies including Knaïve Theatre, Northern Broadsides, Mafwa Theatre and Impermanence.

Rob was a finalist for the Franz Liszt Composition Prize in Weimar, Germany, and the Oxford/Sennheiser Electronic Music Prize. He is Associate Professor in Sound Design, Composition and Performance at Leeds Conservatoire.

For Northern Silents, Rob has performed in ensemble scores for Häxan (Sheffield), The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (Leeds), and Nosferatu (Leeds).