16 May, 2025 – Maison de l'Ile-de-France, Paris

FRENCH PREMIERE: state of matter

 for saxophone, accordion, piano, percussion, cello and electronics
Soundtrieb
20 March, 2025 – Musica Aperta Winterthur

RGBA

 for saxophone quartet
Konus Quartet
More info here.
3 February, 2025 – SMC Lausanne

state of matter

 for saxophone, accordion, piano, percussion, cello and electronics
Soundtrieb
More info here.
17 January, 2025 – Walcheturm Zurich

state of matter

 for saxophone, accordion, piano, percussion, cello and electronics
Soundtrieb
10 January, 2025 – Neubad Lucerne

PREMIERE: state of matter

 for saxophone, accordion, piano, percussion, cello and electronics
Soundtrieb
9 January, 2025 – Poslušalnice, Ljubljana

presence, absence, degree

 for accordion and electronics
Nejc Grm, accordion
13 November, 2024 – Raum 236 Zurich

free will generator

 for solo cello
Karolina Öhman
11 November, 2024 – Gare du Nord Basel

PREMIERE: free will generator

 for solo cello
Karolina Öhman
1 November, 2024 – PROGR Bern

the great silence

 for chamber ensemble & electronics
Ensemble Inverspace
31 October, 2024 – H95 Basel

the great silence

 for chamber ensemble & electronics
Ensemble Inverspace
20 October, 2024 – Curva Minore Palermo

RGBA

 for saxophone quartet
Ensemble du Bout du Monde
19 October, 2024 – Tinni Tinni Arts Club Catania

ITALIAN PREMIERE: RGBA

 for saxophone quartet
Ensemble du Bout du Monde
5 September, 2024 – Studio LOOS Den Haag

DUTCH PREMIERE: colours are like memories of other colours II

 for saxophone, accordion, violin & electronics
Concept Store Quartet
3 September, 2024 – Ljubljana

SLOVENIAN PREMIERE: colours are like memories of other colours II

 for saxophone, accordion, violin & electronics
Concept Store Quartet
21 August, 2024 – Basel

PREMIERE: colours are like memories of other colours II

 for saxophone, accordion, violin & electronics
Concept Store Quartet

After neglecting this page for the past almost two years, I am now trying to keep it reasonably up-to-date. If you are performing one of my works and would like me to add your concert to this page, please email me.


25 November, 2023 – Sound Plasma Berlin

RGBA

 for saxophone quartet
Ensemble du Bout du Monde
3 September, 2023 – Hamburg

presence, absence, degree

 for accordion & electronics
Bastien Pouilles, accordion
23 August, 2023 – Concours Nicati, Lucerne

feuille volante

 for solo alto flute
Rebecca Blau, flute

Hello everyone! I am not regularly updating this page at the moment--apologies to all the wonderful musicians who are performing my music.

4 March, 2023 – Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit

the sea isn't rising, the ground is sinking

 for soprano, saxophone, piano, percussion & electronics
New Music Detroit
3 March, 2023 – TonKunst Konstanz

Astatine

 for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics
Jonathan Chazan-saxophone, Ina Callejas-Accordion, Eden Sekulović-cello
20 February, 2023 – SMC Lausanne

Tombeau de Clément Ader

 for 8 musicians and electronics
Ensemble Vortex
7 February, 2023 – Lucerne

Astatine

 for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics
Trio Saetenwind
1 February, 2023
I am deeply honoured to succeed Clemens K. Thomas as the Artistic Manager of Ensemble Recherche.
20 January, 2023 – Nice

FRENCH PREMIERE: Radotements avec citation

 for solo trombone
Ensemble Inicia/Benny Sluchin, trombone
More info here.
11 December, 2022 – Basel

collective imaginary

 for 8 musicians and electronics
Latenz Ensemble
4 December, 2022 – Bern

collective imaginary

 for 8 musicians and electronics
Latenz Ensemble
3 December, 2022 – Koper Bienalle

PREMIERE: State of matter

 for 6 musicians and electronics
Ensembles neuverBand and Neofonìa, conducted by Steven Loy
1 December, 2022 – Boswil (CH)

PREMIERE: collective imaginary

 for 8 musicians and electronics
Latenz Ensemble
18 & 19 November, 2022 – Sonic Ocean, Stuttgart

Astatine

 for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics
Nikola Lutz, Olivia Steimel, Céline Papion & Eveline Vervliet
More info here.
12 November, 2022 – Live broadcast on France Musique at the Maison de la Radio France

FRENCH PREMIERE: RGBA

 for saxophone quartet
Ensemble du Bout du Monde
29 September, 2022 – Ljubljana

SLOVENIAN PREMIERE: élan vital

 for flute, clarinet, saxophone & piano
Ensemble Neofonía
24 September, 2022 – Ultima Festival, Oslo

NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: On the celestial hierarchy

 for 7 musicians
Ensemble Temporum
More info here.
28 May, 2022 – Geneva

Tombeau de Clément Ader

 for 8 musicians and electronics
Ensemble Vortex
23 May, 2022 – Ljubljana

SLOVENIAN PREMIERE: Astatine

 for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics
Ensemble Neofonía
25 April, 2022 – SMC Lausanne

turn me on, dead man

 for mezzo-soprano, live electronics and video
Anne-May Krüger & Andreas Eduardo Frank
12 February, 2022 – Oslo

NORWEGIAN PREMIERE: The Grammar of Shadows

 for electric guitar, harp, piano and cello
Ellen Fallowfield–cello
Seth Josel–e-guitar
Gunnhildur Einarsdottir–harp
Sanae Yoshida–piano
28 January, 2022 – Basel

PREMIERE: The Grammar of Shadows

 for electric guitar, harp, piano and cello
Ellen Fallowfield–cello
Seth Josel–e-guitar
Gunnhildur Einarsdottir–harp
Sanae Yoshida–piano
16 November, 2021 – Bern

RGBA

 for saxophone quartet
Ensemble du bout du monde
15 November, 2021 – Zurich

RGBA

 for saxophone quartet
Ensemble du bout du monde
14 November, 2021 – Basel

SWISS PREMIERE: RGBA

 for saxophone quartet
Ensemble du bout du monde
2 November, 2021 – Tel Aviv

ISRAELI PREMIERE: RGBA

 for saxophone quartet
Ensemble du bout du monde
20 October, 2021 – Klagenfurt

AUSTRIAN PREMIERE: élan vital

 for flute, clarinet, saxophone & piano
Ensemble Neofonía
11 September, 2021 – Midt i Marts Festival - Hjørring, Denmark

DANISH PREMIERE: Feuille Volante

 for alto flute
Katrin Szamatulski–flute
9-19 September, 2021 – Zeiträume, Basel

Phase 4

– A multimedia installation based on material composed for Portal Fantasies (2019) by Linus Riegger, Basil Huwler, Clemens Fiechter & Arev Imer
Click here for info.
9 September, 2021 – Festival Ensemble(s), Paris

FRENCH PREMIERE: élan vital

 for flute, clarinet, saxophone & piano
Ensemble Cairn
28 June, 2021 – Close Encounters Festival - Georgia

GEORGIAN PREMIERE: Astatine

 for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics
Other works by Mischa Käser & Ezko Kikoutchi
Trio Saetenwind
Click here for info.
25 May, 2021 – St. Petersburg – ReMusik Festval

RUSSIAN PREMIERE: presence, absence, degree

 for accordion & electronics
Sergej Thirkov–accordion
Nikolay Popov–electronics
Click here for more information.
29 April, 2021 – Basel

turn me on, dead man

 for mezzo-soprano, live electronics and video
Anne-May Krüger & Andreas Eduardo Frank
27 April, 2021 – Zurich

PREMIERE: turn me on, dead man

 for mezzo-soprano, live electronics and video
Anne-May Krüger & Andreas Eduardo Frank
31 March, 2021 – Klagenfurt
CANCELLED

AUSTRIAN PREMIERE: élan vital

 for flute, clarinet, saxophone & piano
Ensemble Neofonía
27 March, 2021 – Geneva

PREMIERE: Tombeau de Clément Ader

 for 8 musicians and electronics
Ensemble Vortex
16 March, 2021 – Unerhörte Musik, Berlin

GERMAN PREMIERE: Astatine

 for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics
Other works by G. Alonso, G. Toro-Perez, A. Samsaminia & J. Lee
Trio Saetenwind
Click here for info.
14 November, 2020 – Rainy Days, Luxembourg
CANCELLED

Shadow Art II

 for flute, vocalist & electronics
Ensemble Adapter
Click here for info.
13 November, 2020 – Baden (CH)

Astatine

 for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics
Other works by G. Alonso, G. Toro-Perez, A. Samsaminia & J. Lee
Trio Saetenwind
21:00 @ Neue und unentdeckte Musik, Baden
NUMU
8 November, 2020 – Geneva
CANCELLED

PREMIERE: La Géometrie d'après Descartes

 for orchestra
Orchestre des Trois-Chêne
13 October 2020, Cologne

GERMAN PREMIERE: the great silence

 for flute, saxophone, piano, percussion & electronics
Other works by Raphaël Languillat & Leo Collin
Ensemble Inverspace
8PM @ Alte Feuerwache, Köln
1 September, 2020 – Unerhörte Musik, Berlin

Shadow Art II

 for flute, vocalist & electronics
Ensemble Adapter
Click here for more information.
September, 2020 – BIFEM, Bendigo (Australia)
CANCELLED

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE: Colours are like memories of other colours

 for string octet & fixed-media playback
Argonaut Quartet + Neo Quartet
6 July, 2020 – ReMusik, St. Petersburg
LIVESTREAM

Shadow Art II

 for flute, vocalist & electronics
Ensemble Adapter
Click here for info.
29 May, 2020 – Weimarer Frühjahrstage für zeitgenössische Musik
LIVESTREAM

Shadow Art II

 for flute, vocalist & electronics
Ensemble Adapter
Click here for info.
29 May, 2020 – Baden (CH)
CANCELLED

Astatine

 for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics
Other works by G. Alonso, G. Toro-Perez, A. Samsaminia & J. Lee
Trio Saetenwind
21:00 @ Neue und unentdeckte Musik, Baden
NUMU
23 May, 2020 – Freiburg (DE)
CANCELLED

GERMAN PREMIERE: Astatine

 for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics
Other works by G. Alonso, G. Toro-Perez, A. Samsaminia & J. Lee
Trio Saetenwind
19:00 @ depot.K (Lehener Strasse 30), Freiburg im Breisgau
26 April, 2020 – Meilen (CH)
CANCELLED

Astatine

 for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics
Other works by G. Alonso, G. Toro-Perez, A. Samsaminia & J. Lee
Trio Saetenwind
17:00 @ Contra-Punkt (Seestrasse 409), Meilen
9 April, 2020, Illzach (FR)
CANCELLED

FRENCH PREMIERE: RGBA

 for saxophone quartet
Other works by Gregory Wanamaker, Xavier Dayer, Alfred Desenclos & David Maslanka
Ensemble du bout du monde
8PM @ Espace 110, Illzach
28 March 2020, Sueca (Spain)
CANCELLED

SPANISH PREMIERE: the great silence

 for flute, saxophone, piano, percussion & electronics
Other works by Raphaël Languillat, Leo Collin, Chrisitan Winther Christensen & Raphaël Cendo
Ensemble Inverspace
10:30PM @ Centre Cultural Bernat I Baldovi, Sueca (Spain)
Click here for info.
1 March 2020, Basel

PREMIERE: the great silence

 for flute, saxophone, piano, percussion & electronics

SWISS PREMIERE: the past is a foreign country, they do things differently there

 for flute, alto saxophone & piano
Other works by Raphaël Languillat & Leo Collin
Ensemble Inverspace & Ensemble l'Imaginaire
8PM @ Druckereihalle im Ackermannshof, Basel
25 February, 2020 – Northwestern University, Illinois
CANCELLED

duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Landman/Stadler Saxophone Duo
Other works by Elliott Sharp, Matias Far and Andreas Eduardo Frank
7:30PM @ Northwestern University, Bienen School of Music, Illinois
24 February, 2020 – Western Michigan Univeristy
CANCELLED

duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Landman/Stadler Saxophone Duo
Other works by Elliott Sharp, Matias Far and Andreas Eduardo Frank
7:30PM @ Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
23 February, 2020 – University of Michigan
CANCELLED

duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Landman/Stadler Saxophone Duo
Other works by Elliott Sharp, Matias Far and Andreas Eduardo Frank
7:30PM @ University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & Dance - McIntosh Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI
21 February, 2020 – Bowling Green State University, Ohio
CANCELLED

duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Landman/Stadler Saxophone Duo
Other works by Elliott Sharp, Matias Far and Andreas Eduardo Frank
7:30PM @ Bowling Green State University - Moore Musical Arts Center, Bowling Green, OH
31 January, 2020, Antwerp

DUTCH PREMIERE: RGBA

 for saxophone quartet
Other works by Gregory Wanamaker, Xavier Dayer, Alfred Desenclos & David Maslanka
Ensemble du bout du monde
4:30PM @ Royal Conservatoire Antwerpen
29 January, 2020, Brussels

PREMIERE: RGBA

 for saxophone quartet
Other works by Gregory Wanamaker, Xavier Dayer, Alfred Desenclos & David Maslanka
Ensemble du bout du monde
8PM @ Art Base, Brussels
1 January, 2020
Very happy to begin work with fellow jury members Dieter Ammann, Franck Bedrossian, Uli Fussenegger and Katharina Rosenberger on picking the winner for the third edition neuverBand's Construct/Radiate Composition Competition. Results TBA in late February!
9 November, 2019 – Winterthur (Switzerland)

On the celestial hierarchy

 for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, viola & cello

Feuille Volante

 for alto flute

Ensemble TAG
5PM @ Theater am Gleis, Winterthur

20 October, 2019 – Biel/Bienne

Astatine

 for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics
Other works by G. Alonso, G. Toro-Perez, A. Samsaminia & J. Lee
Trio Saetenwind
19:30 @ La Voirie, Biel/Bienne
18 October, 2019 – Basel

Astatine

 for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics
Other works by G. Alonso, G. Toro-Perez, A. Samsaminia & J. Lee
Trio Saetenwind
19:30 @ Quba, Basel
18 October, 2019 – Basel

SWISS PREMIERE: Inhabiting the Vanishing

 for flute, saxophone, piano, percussion, electric guitar, violin & cello
Other works by Katharina Rosenberg, Lula Romero, Leonardo Idrobro & Ramon Souto
Ensemble Vertixe Sonora
20h @ Tinguely Museum, Basel
Click here for info.
14 October, 2019 – Ljubljana

SLOVENIAN PREMIERE: Le detour permet le retour

 for string quartet, live electronics & video
Other works by Iannis Xenakis, Xavier Dayer & Arturo Corrales
neuverBand
8:30PM @ Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana
21 & 22 September, 2019 – Zeiträume, Basel

PREMIERE: Portal Fantasies

 – a musical, architectural and literary promenade for two actors, flute, clarinet, accordion, percussion, viola & electronics; created in collaboration with Barbara Piatti, Lukas Kubik & Mirjam Smejkal.
neuverBand Ensemble für Neue Musik Basel
Click here for info.
16 September, 2019 – AFEKT Festival, Berlin

Shadow Art II

 for flute, voice & electronics
Other works by Rebecca Saunders, Mark Barden, Elis Hallik, Helena Tulve, Lisa Hirsch & Arash Yazdani
Sirje Viise, Monika Mattiesen & Tammo Sumera
8PM @ Kulturbrauerei, Berlin
Click here for info.
13 September, 2019 – Musikfestival Bern

PREMIERE: Astatine

 for saxophone, accordion, cello & electronics
Other works by G. Alonso, G. Toro-Perez & J. Lee
Trio Saetenwind
Click here for info.
9 September, 2019 – ONO Bern

Shadow Art

 for voice, recorders and electronics
Other works by Ermir Bejo, Stefano Gervasoni, Christophe Schiess, Ulrike Mayer-Spohn & Javier Hagen
Ums'n'Jip
8 September, 2019 – Kunstraum Walcheturm Zurich

Shadow Art

 for voice, recorders and electronics
Other works by Ermir Bejo, Stefano Gervasoni, Christophe Schiess, Ulrike Mayer-Spohn & Javier Hagen
Ums'n'Jip
5 September, 2019 – Unternehmen Mitte Basel

Shadow Art

 for voice, recorders and electronics
Other works by Ermir Bejo, Stefano Gervasoni, Christophe Schiess, Ulrike Mayer-Spohn & Javier Hagen
Ums'n'Jip
4 September, 2019 – Zeughaus Kultur Brig-Glis

Shadow Art

 for voice, recorders and electronics
Other works by Ermir Bejo, Stefano Gervasoni, Christophe Schiess, Ulrike Mayer-Spohn & Javier Hagen
Ums'n'Jip
23 June, 2019 – Strasbourg

PREMIERE: the past is a foreign country, they do things differently there

 for flute, alto saxophone & piano
Ensemble l'Imaginaire
11AM @ Faubourg 12, Strasbourg
Click here for info.
4 May, 2019 – World Music Days, Tallinn

ESTONIAN PREMIERE: Shadow Art II

  for bass flute, vocalist & electronics
Sirje Aleksandra Viise, Monika Mattiesen, Tammo Sumera
Other works by Evelyn Celeste Frosini, Gilles Gobeil, Elis Hallik, Pei-Fen Huang, Daniel Soley, Simon Steen-Andersen & Yinong Xie
8:30PM @ Sakala 3, Tallinn
Click here for info.
16 April, 2019 – SONEMUS Festival 2019, Sarajevo

BOSNIAN PREMIERE: Third Station (1960)

 for bass flute, accordion & trombone
SONEMUS Ensemble
Click here for info.
14 April, 2019 – Sounding Now Festival 2019, Singapore

SINGAPORE PREMIERE: duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Other works by Jürg Frey, Richard Carrick and Morton Feldman
Landman/Stadler Saxophone Duo
Click here for info.
23 March, 2019 – Música y Vanguardia, Spain

duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Other works by Pierre Jodlowski, Chi Him Chik, Alberto Bernal and Germán Alonso
David Delgado & Javier Rodríguez
7PM @ Centro de Cultura Antiguo Instituto. Salón de actos, Spain
15 February, 2019 – Klangraum Festival, Stuttgart

GERMAN PREMIERE: Shadow Art II

  for bass flute, vocalist & electronics

radotements avec citation

  for solo trombone
Click here for info.
19 November, 2018 – Rdeči Dvorani Mestne hiše, Ljubljana

PREMIERE: V Prostranem Morju Sanj

 for flute, violin & piano
Other works by U. Rojko, B. Jež, Marjan Šijanec, L. Lebič, A. Kumar, B. Turel & I. Štuhec
Nina Prešiček, piano; Anja Clift, flute; Branko Brezavšček, violin
12 November, 2018 – Zurich

On the celestial hierarchy

 for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, viola & cello
Other works by Liza Lim, Uros Rojko, Erik Ona, Elnaz Seyadi & Yu Kuwabara
neuverBand
8PM @ Kunstraum Walcheturm, Kanonengasse 20, 8004 Zürich
7 November, 2018 – Basel

SWISS PREMIERE: On the celestial hierarchy

 for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, viola & cello
Other works by Liza Lim, Uros Rojko, Erik Ona, Elnaz Seyadi & Yu Kuwabara
neuverBand
8PM @ Ackermannshof, St. Johanns-Vorstadt 21, 4056 Basel
15 October, 2018 – Santiago de Compostella, Spain

PREMIERE: Inhabiting the vanishing

 for flute, saxophone, electric guitar, piano, percussion, violin & cello
Other works by Panayotis Kokoras & Simone Santi Gubini
Vertixe Sonora
12:30PM & 8PM @ Sala de Exposicións do Auditorio, Cangas, Spain
24 June, 2018 – Bien/Bienne

Le detour permet le retour

 for string quartet, live electronics & video
Other works by Iannis Xenakis, Xavier Dayer & Arturo Corrales
neuverBand
6PM @ La Voirie, rue des Fontaines 1 (Vieille Ville), 2502 Biel/Bienne
1 June, 2018 – Geneva

Le detour permet le retour

 for string quartet, live electronics & video
Other works by Iannis Xenakis, Xavier Dayer & Arturo Corrales
neuverBand
7PM @ Fondation l'Abri, Rue du Vieux-Collège 4, Genève -- FREE ENTRY
31 May, 2018 – Bern

Le detour permet le retour

 for string quartet, live electronics & video
Other works by Iannis Xenakis, Xavier Dayer & Arturo Corrales
neuverBand
8PM @ PROGR, Waisenhausplatz 30, 3011 Berne
30 May, 2018 – Basel

Le detour permet le retour

 for string quartet, live electronics & video
Other works by Iannis Xenakis, Xavier Dayer & Arturo Corrales
neuverBand
8PM @ Ackermannshof, St. Johanns-Vorstadt 21, 4056 Basel
29 May, 2018 – Zurich

SWISS PREMIERE: Le detour permet le retour

 for string quartet, live electronics & video
Other works by Iannis Xenakis, Xavier Dayer & Arturo Corrales
neuverBand
8PM @ Helferei, Kirchgasse 13, 8001 Zürich
27 May, 2018 – Strasbourg

PREMIERE: élan vital

 for flute, clarinet, saxophone & piano
Other works by Philippe Leroux, Daniele Bravi & Salvatore Sciarrino
Ensemble l'Imaginaire
11AM @ Faubourg 12, 12 Rue du Faubourg-de-Pierre, 67000 Strasbourg, France
Click here for more information.
7 April, 2018 – Unternehmen Mitte, Basel

PORTRAIT CONCERT:


Radotements avec citation

 for solo trombone

Presence, absence, degree

 for accordion & electronics

Feuille Volante

  for solo alto flute

Shadow Art II

  for bass flute, vocalist & electronics

Third Station 1960

  for bass flute, trombone & accordion
Anja Clift, flute
Jon Roskilly, trombone & voice
Olivia Steimel, accordion

Click here for more information.
25 February, 2018 – Andrea Clearfield Salon, Philadelphia

duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Other works by William Dougherty, Nadir Vassena, Kevin Juillerat, Dieter Amman, Katharina Rosenberger & Matias Far
Landman/Stadler Saxophone Duo
25 February, 2018 – Temple University, Philadelphia

duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Other works by William Dougherty, Nadir Vassena, Kevin Juillerat, Dieter Amman, Katharina Rosenberger & Matias Far
Landman/Stadler Saxophone Duo
23 February, 2018 – Spectrum, NYC

duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Other works by William Dougherty, Nadir Vassena, Kevin Juillerat, Dieter Amman, Katharina Rosenberger & Matias Far
Landman/Stadler Saxophone Duo
21 February, 2018 – Berklee College of Music, Boston

duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Other works by William Dougherty, Nadir Vassena, Kevin Juillerat, Dieter Amman, Katharina Rosenberger & Matias Far
Landman/Stadler Saxophone Duo
18 February, 2018 – An die Musik, Baltimore

duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Other works by William Dougherty, Nadir Vassena, Kevin Juillerat, Dieter Amman, Katharina Rosenberger & Matias Far
Landman/Stadler Saxophone Duo
1 January, 2018
Very happy to begin work with fellow jury members Liza Lim, Erik Oña, Marcus Weiss and Uroš Rojko on picking the winner of the second edition neuverBand's Construct/Radiate Composition Competition. Results TBA at the end of January!
19 December, 2017 – New York

radotements avec citation

 for solo trombone
Other works by Jason Eckardt, Eve Beglarian, Thanos Chrysakis & Anthony Vine
William Lang
8PM @ IBeam Brooklyn, 168 7th St, 11215 Brooklyn, New York
19 December, 2017 – Santiago de Compostela -- CGAC concert series Music and Art: Sound Correspondences

PREMIERE: The sea isn't rising, the ground is sinking

 for soprano, saxophone, piano, percussion & electronics
Other works by Stefan Maier, Dam Tramte & Szymon Stanislaw Strzelec
Ensemble Vertixe Sonora
Click here for more information.
18 December, 2017 – Musikwissenschaftlichen Institus der Universität Basel

Third Station (1960)

 for bass flute, trombone & accordion
Other works by Michel Roth, Lukas Huber, Ulrike Mayer-Spohn & Marianne Schuppe
Ensemble Zone Experimental
22 November, 2017 – Basel

Shadow Art

 for voice, recorders and electronics
Other works by Ermir Bejo, Gil Dori, William Dougherty, Richard Dudas, Jaime E. Oliver La Rosa, Cameron Robello, Adam Roberts, Zach Thomas, Chaz Underriner, Lucie Vítková, Bihe Wen & Viola Yip
8PM @ Ackermannshof, St. Johanns-Vorstadt 21, 4056 Basel
Ums'n'Jip
21 November, 2017 – Zurich

Shadow Art

 for voice, recorders and electronics
Other works by Ermir Bejo, Gil Dori, William Dougherty, Richard Dudas, Jaime E. Oliver La Rosa, Cameron Robello, Adam Roberts, Zach Thomas, Chaz Underriner, Lucie Vítková, Bihe Wen & Viola Yip
8PM @ Kunstraum Walcheturm, Kanonengasse 20, 8004 Zürich
Ums'n'Jip
20 November, 2017 – Bern

Shadow Art

 for voice, recorders and electronics
Other works by Ermir Bejo, Gil Dori, William Dougherty, Richard Dudas, Jaime E. Oliver La Rosa, Cameron Robello, Adam Roberts, Zach Thomas, Chaz Underriner, Lucie Vítková, Bihe Wen & Viola Yip
Ums'n'Jip
8PM @ ONO, Kramgasse 6, 3011 Bern
19 November, 2017 – Brig-Glis (SWITZERLAND)

PREMIERE: Shadow Art

 for voice, recorders and electronics
Other works by Ermir Bejo, Gil Dori, William Dougherty, Richard Dudas, Jaime E. Oliver La Rosa, Cameron Robello, Adam Roberts, Zach Thomas, Chaz Underriner, Lucie Vítková, Bihe Wen & Viola Yip
Ums'n'Jip
8PM @ Zeughaus Kultur, Gliserallee 91, 3902 Brig
23 October, 2017 – Goldsmith's University, London

radotements avec citation

 for solo trombone
Jon Roskilly
Click here for more information.
20 October, 2017 – Weisslich, London

UK PREMIERE: radotements avec citation

 for solo trombone
Jon Roskilly
Click here for more information.
13 October, 2017 – Elisabethkirche, Berlin

GERMAN PREMIERE: duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Landman/Stadler Saxophone Duo
30 June, 2017 – International Trombone Festival – University of the Redlands, California

PREMIERE: radotements avec citation

 for solo trombone
William Lang
Click here for more information.
15 June, 2017 – Longy School of Music of Bard College

PRE-PREMIERE: radotements avec citation

 for solo trombone
William Lang
Click here for more information.
2 June, 2017 – Basel – Zeiträume Festval

SWISS PREMIERE: presence, absence, degree

 for accordion & electronics
Olivia Steimel, accordion
Click here for more information.
24 May, 2017 – Toronto -- Keys, Wind and Strings Festival Concert

CANADIAN PREMIERE: presence, absence, degree

 for accordion & electronics
Olivia Steimel, accordion
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14 February, 2017 – Gare du Nord, Basel

the more perfect is the more immaterial

 for ensemble
Ensemble Proton
13 February, 2017 – Dampfzentrale, Bern

PREMIERE: the more perfect is the more immaterial

 for ensemble
Ensemble Proton
29 December, 2016 – Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana

SLOVENIAN PREMIERE: Feuille Volante

 for flute
Anja Clift, flute
12 October, 2016 – Basel

duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Duo Stadler/Landman
Geoff Landman
Patrick Stadler
11 October, 2016 – Villa Sträuli, Winterthur

PORTRAIT CONCERT:


Feuille Volante

 for solo alto flute

Hitoshizuku

 for flute & piano

Action Painting

  for solo piano

duet/anagram

  for two tenor saxophones & electronics

1950C

  for solo guitar

Périphérique

  for fixed media

presence, absence, degree

  for accordion & electronics

Kobe van Cauwenberghe, guitar
Anja Clift, flute
Gilles Grimaître, piano
Geoffrey Landman, saxophone
Patrick Stadler, saxophone
Olivia Steimel, accordion

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10 October, 2016 – Biel/Bienne

duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Duo Stadler/Landman
Geoff Landman
Patrick Stadler
14 August, 2016
I will be on the jury for the 2017 edition of les Journées Informatiques Musicales at Collègium Musicae, Paris. Looking forward to discovering some great mixed and acousmatic works by young composers!
16 June, 2016
Very happy to have been awarded a residency at Villa Sträuli in Switzerland, starting September of this year!
3 June, 2016 – Basel

PREMIERE: Objets à réaction poétique

 for chamber ensemble (19 performers)
Ensemble Zone Experimental
22 May, 2016 – Paris

FRENCH PREMIERE: How do you express 'x'?

 for flute, viola & harp
Trio Insight
3PM @ Fondation Suisse Le Corbusier, Cité Internationale Universitaire
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12 April, 2016
Very happy to have been invited to represent Columbia University at University of California, San Diego, in a composer-exchange guest-lecture series.
23 February, 2016 – Berlin

GERMAN PREMIERE: presence, absence, degree

 for accordion & electronics
Olivia Steimel, accordion
Unerhörte Musik -- 8:30PM @ BKA Theatre
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20 February, 2016 – New York

duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Patrick Stadler & Geoffrey Landman, saxophones
8PM @ The Firehouse Space -- 246 Frost St., Brooklyn, NY
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13 February, 2016 – New York

US PREMIERE: duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Patrick Stadler & Geoffrey Landman, saxophones
6PM @ D'Addario NYC Showroom -- 153 W 36th St., NYC 10018
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22 January, 2016 – Weimar

PREMIERE: presence, absence, degree

 for accordion & electronics
Olivia Steimel, accordion
2 January, 2016
Work begins evaluating the 316 entries to the neuverBand First International Composition Competition. A jury composed of Jean-Luc Hervé, Fabien Lévy, Mike Svoboda, Caspar Johannes Walter and myself will name a winner by the end of the month.
10 November, 2015
Very happy to have been awarded a commission by the wonderful Ensemble Proton Bern as part of their Protonwerk series. The new piece will be performed in late 2016.
1 & 3 October, 2015 – Milan

PREMIERE: On the Celestial Hierarchy

 for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, viola & cello
Sentieri selvaggi, Expo Milano 2015 - Nutrire la Musica
30 September, 2015 – Denton, Texas.
Presentation of my research paper, Extending Brass & Woodwind Instruments with Acoustic-Aggregate-Synthesis
International Computer Music Conference
12 July, 2015 – Strasbourg

PREMIERE: Duet/anagram

 for two tenor saxophones & electronics
Patrick Stadler & Geoffrey Landman, saxophones
17th World Saxophone Congress and Festival
May 23, 2015 – Ljubljana

qui, dove mezzo son...

 for flute soloist & chamber ensemble
Anja Brezavšček, solo flute
Ensemble Nefonía, Steven Loy conducting



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27 Febrary, 2015 – Pittsburgh

1950-C

 for solo guitar
Dan Lippel, guitar
Pittsburgh Festival of New Music
The Andy Warhol Museum
27 February, 2015 – New York

PREMIERE: Colours are like memories of other colours

 for string octet
JACK & MIVOS Quartets
Other works by John Rot, Yoshi Onishi, David Bird, Matthew Ricketts, Yair Klartag, and Alec Hall
DiMenna Center, Cary Hall -- 450 West 37th St., New York -- 8PM -- free entry

CD LAUNCH:

8 February, 2015

Kobe Van Cauwenberghe: Give my regards to 116th St.





Kobe Van Cauwenberghe's outstanding release of works for solo guitar by New York City-based composers Paul Clift, Taylor Brook, Aaron Einbond, Rama Gottfried, Alex Mincek & Christopher Trapani
Carrier Records
8 February, 2015 – Paris

FRENCH PREMIERE: 1950-C

 for solo guitar
Kobe Van Cauwenberghe, guitar
Other works by Taylor Brook, Aaron Einbond, Rama Gottfried, Alex Mincek & Christopher Trapani
9 December, 2014 – Berlin

GERMAN PREMIERE: 1950-C

 for solo guitar
Kobe Van Cauwenberghe, guitar
Other works by Taylor Brook, Aaron Einbond, Rama Gottfried, Alex Mincek & Christopher Trapani
Unerhörte Musik -- Mehringdamm 34, 10961 Berlin
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10 November, 2014
Very happy to be back at IRCAM to begin a six-month artistic residency. Beginning in February 2015, I will post regular updates about my work there at www.paulclift.net/aas
17 September, 2014 – Athens - ICMC/SMC

GREEK PREMIERE: Le Détour Permet le Retour

 for string quartet, live-electronics & video projections
AudioStrings Quartet
Joint International Computer Music Conference and Sound and Music Computing Conference, Athens 2015
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6 September, 2014 – Chicago

Action Painting

 for solo piano
Marilyn Nonken, piano
Other works by Claude Vivier, Gerard Pesson, Paul Clift, Christopher Trapani & Drew Baker.
7PM @ Constellation -- 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago
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1 August, 2014
I was selected to compose a new work for Sentieri selvaggi to be performed at the Milan Expo 2015 in May, 2015.
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20 June, 2014 – Brussels

1950-C

 for solo guitar
Kobe Van Cauwenberghe, guitar
Other works by Taylor Brook, Aaron Einbond, Rama Gottfried, Alex Mincek & Christopher Trapani
Maison du Peuple de Saint-Gilles -- 37 Parvis Saint-Gilles, Brussels
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6 June, 2014 – Basel

PREMIERE: qui, dove mezzo son...

 for flute soloist & chamber ensemble
Anja Brezavšček, solo flute
Ensemble Zone Experimental, Mike Svoboda conducting
Other works by Brian Ferneyhough, Salvatore Sciarriano & others
Musik Akademie Basel, Grosser Saal -- free entry
18 May, 2014 – Ljubljana

PREMIERE: Orchestrations of Conlon Nancarrow's Studies for Player Piano n°s 11 & 20

 for chamber ensemble
Neofonía, Steven Loy conducting



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15 April, 2014 – Basel

PREMIERE: Third Station, 1960

 for flute, accordion & trombone
neuverBand – Chaotic Moebius concert series.



unternehmen mitte SAFE -- Gerbergasse 30, 4001 BASEL -- entry CHF20/10
12 April, 2014 – New York

PREMIERE: Sous les pavés

 for 13 instruments
Ensemble Either/OR
Other works by Taylor Brook, Natacha Diels, Alec Hall, Yoshiaki Onishi, Christopher Trapani & Nina Young
DiMenna Center, Cary Hall -- 450 West 37th St., New York -- free entry
23 February, 2014
Very happy to have been awarded a six-month research residency at IRCAM, during which I will further develop software & hardware for Acoustic-Aggregate-Synthesis.