Reilly Smethurst

At EMS 18 August 2025 – 31 January 2026

Reilly Smethurst is an Australian-born musician. He makes music for terrible, unimagined worlds, featuring custom-made string instruments, custom-tuned synthesisers, and experimental scales by Heinz Bohlen, David C. Keenan and Ervin M. Wilson. His music can be categorised as microtonal or xenharmonic. 

Reilly will be living in Stockholm from August 18 to January 31, engaged in research and tutoring connected to the Chair of Art and Innovation at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) . During this period he will be a Guest composer at EMS.