Post-classical guitarist and composer Emmanuel Jacob Lacopo is boundary-pushing artist whose work is rooted in collaboration, and experimentation. His practice reimagines the possibilities of 21st-century classical music by dissolving stylistic boundaries, imbuing classical guitar tradition with live electronics, progressive metal, improvised music, and post-rock to create a distinct post-classical language.

Recognized as one of CBC’s 2023 “30 Under 30 Classical Musicians,” Lacopo’s performances often feature multi-instrumental setups and real-time electronic processing, emphasizing the guitar as a modular, expanded instrument. His 2023 release Eastman (People Places Records) reimagines the music of Julius Eastman for guitar and electronics and was praised by CBC as a “must-hear” recording. Moving fluidly between cascading layers of electric and classical guitar, the album honors Eastman’s radical musical vision while asserting Lacopo’s own compositional perspective.

Lacopo’s upcoming album, Dreamscapes and Our Modern Contradictions, marks his first full release of original music. Blending classical guitar with contemporary sound processing, the project explores what the guitar is capable of today, and invites listeners into an immersive sound world that challenges genre, form, and expectation.

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