Jasmin Kent Rodgman
British-Malaysian Artist & Composer Jasmin Kent Rodgman brings together the contemporary classical, electronics and sound art worlds to create powerful soundscapes and musical identities. A regular collaborator across various art forms including dance, word, film and VR, her music explores otherness, memory, connection and plays with a sense of narrative.
As Producer, Jasmin adds another level to her portfolio, creating bold new platforms for her music including visual artwork, site-specific and multidisciplinary theatrical productions. A driving force behind where and how her work is experienced, she often experiments with unique set-ups such as audiowalks, interactive installations, underground nights, moving image, 360° film and more.
In 2018/19 she was a British Council + PRS Foundation Musician in Residence, living and composing for two months in Lanzhou, China. In 2017/18, she was a London Symphony Orchestra Jerwood Composer, writing new music as well as producing and curating for the 2018 LSO season. That year she was mentored by composer Errollyn Wallen and director/producer Jude Kelly as well as travelling to Bangalore, India, to direct her debut dance-music video idol lost. In 2019 she received a PRS Foundation Women Make Music grant for her site-specific music production TRIPTYCH and Help Musicians Do It Differently support for her upcoming debut EP.
Her music and live productions have been performed across the UK and internationally with partners including London Fashion Week, World Music Festival Shanghai, Edinburgh International Festival, Wilderness Festival, Roundhouse, Shoreditch Town Hall, Barbican, Oxford Playhouse and the Royal Albert Hall. Her film scores have featured at festivals such as Sundance, SXSW, Toronto International Film Festival, Kaohsiung International Film Festival and the London Short Film Festival.
Jasmin has curated and collaborated with a number of celebrated artists who share her passion for creating new and engaging cross-genre work. They include MC Lady Lykez and poets Salena Godden, Sophia Thakur and Solomon O.B; choreographers and dance artists House of Absolute, Patricia Okenwa, Alexandrina Hemsley, Hemabharathy Palani and Hetain Patel; and filmmakers Gaëlle Mourre, Tian Tsering and Lisa Gornick. She also works regularly with film production house Fury Films and Producer Kate Wilson.
Activism has an important place within Jasmin's music. Much of her work investigates and challenges ideas centred around the female body, sexuality, race and cultural heritage. An advocate of gender and racial equality, her wider creative work includes delivering mentorship programmes for young artists, speaking at international industry forums and events, and arts activism projects that seek to empower both community and artists.
Jasmin Kent Rodgman is a speaker at the Diversity and the British String Quarter Symposium, taking place from the 14-16 June 2021. Full details of the programme can be found here: Diversity and the British String Quartet Symposium.
