A concert and question and answer session with Yuri Landman, a musician and instrument experimentalist, is taking place tonight in Valletta.

Landman (1973) is Fondazzjoni Kreattività’s next artist-in-residence, with his residency kicking off tomorrow in Gozo.

Based on prepared guitar techniques, he built his first instrument in 2001 to solve the inaccuracy of instant preparations. He has built experimental instruments for acts such as Sonic Youth, dEUS, Melt-Banana, Rhys Chatham, Ex-Easter Island Head, Half Japanese and Kaki King.

Over the past seven years he has given several DIY instrument-building workshops in Europe and around the US at music festivals, music academies, art academies, concert venues and art spaces.

Together with Bart Hopkin, Landman published Nice Noise in 2012, a book about string preparations and extended techniques for guitar.

In the same year he started his band Bismuth with Arnold van de Velde, followed by an album in 2014 with an eponymous title.

Landman is also offering the opportunity to a small number of participants to experience instrument-making with him in Gozo.

■ The concert is taking place tonight at 7.30pm at St James Cavalier, Valletta. It is open to all ages with the Q&A session taking place in English. The workshops are being carried out for free at the artist-in-residence studio in Għarb. They are suitable for those aged 18 and over and will be carried out in English. Landman’s residency runs from tomorrow until December 4. Applications for the workshops must be handed in by this Sunday. For more information, write to spazju@kreattivita.org.

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