
Improvisation
Selectrospective
2024 UK Tour – Official Teaser
Film & performance by Hugo Max
Sound engineering by Maxim Lavrov
Facades of Manx hotels
Video, text and music by Hugo Max
Performance by Maryam Wocial (Soprano) and Hugo Max (Viola)
Photograph of blackout window carved with images of animals at Hutchinson Camp, Isle of Man [c.1940-1] created by Major H.O. Daniel – Tate Archive
'Heart murmur' ultrasound footage property of the artist
Filmed on the Isle of Man 7.4.22
Improvisation documented by the artist 6.2.23
Pan Memorial
Improvised performance on viola above Oxford’s Medieval Jewish cemetery, Magdalen College
Painting, improvisation & conception by Hugo Max
Cinematography by Bora Rex
1 min. excerpt from 10 min.
The Seven Stages of Night
Improvisations on solo viola, 21.11.20
Art of Noises VII: David Tudor's Rainforest
Improvised performance on violin with electronics at Modern Art Oxford in collaboration with Daniel Hulme, University of Oxford Faculty of Music. 22.4.22.
pc. Helen Messenger
Ashmolean After Hours: Avant Garde!
Improvised performance on viola in the musical instruments gallery of the Ashmolean Museum, drawing connections between this space and Francis Bacon’s Seated Figure painting from 1962 on display in the collection. 20.5.22.
pc. Ian Wallman
‘Movement’
Improvised performance on viola in green morph suit with sculptural installation, Worcester College, Oxford.
pc. Bora Rex

Composition
Selectrospective
Where Rain Settles (Lunar Odes, No. 3)
Lotte Betts-Dean, Mezzo-Soprano / Connie Pharoah, Viola / Noah Max, Text
Fables – violin duet
Lina Jukneviciute / Hugo Max, Violins
Juglet in the Shape of a Duck with Two Bodies
Daniel Swani, Soprano and Alto Recorders