Events

Upcoming, 2021

Some of the following events are cancelled, postponed or live-streamed due to the global pandemic. Stay safe and well my friends!

18 Dec 2020, PREMIERE: Sex Magic (2020), for contrabass flute, electronics and kinetic percussion. Claire Chase, Levy Lorenzo, The Kitchen, New York. live streamed US EST 7pm; AUST EST Dec 19th, 11am (video online for awhile longer)

2021

18 Jan 2021, PREMIERE, Ash – music for the Eremozoic (2020), Sigma Projects,  „Series XX/XXI“ CNDM at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte. Reina Sofia, Auditorio 400

24 Jan 2021, Flying Banner (After Wang To) (2005), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin cond. Lothar Zagrosek, Ultraschall Festival, Haus des Rundfunks (Großer Sendesaal), Berlin [cancelled]

27 Jan 2021, The Su Song Star Map (2018), Sarah Saviet, Lisboa Incomum [cancelled]

27 Jan 2021, ‘Musical chimeras: on ecological thinking and symbiotic effects in ‘Sex Magic’ (2020)’ aka ‘making scores that prioritise the contact noise between performer and instrument, and how structure follows sensation’. Guest seminar for BathSpa University, UK [hosted by Matthew Sergeant & James Saunders]

27 Jan 2021, ‘the story you tell…’ Discussion of approaches to analysis of ‘Sex Magic’, UCSD, San Diego [hosted by Marcos Balter]

28 Jan 2021, Ochred String (2008), International Ensemble Modern Academy Ensemble, UK14 Kasell

1 Feb 2021, Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus (2018), ARTéfacts Ensemble cond. Faidra Giannelou, Onassis Stegi, Athens [?]

2 Feb 2021, Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus (2018), NYKY Ensemble conducted by David Claudio, Musica Nova Helsinki, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki

6 Feb 2021, Garden of Earthly Desire (1988), Zagros Ensemble conducted by Petri Komulainen, Olaus Petri Church, Musica Nova Festival, Helsinki

10 Feb 2021, Guest seminar for University of California San Diego (UCSD), USA [hosted by Lei Liang]

Feb 2021, Sex Magic (2020), Claire Chase, SoundState Festival, Southbank Centre, London [postponed to 2022]

28 Feb 2021, The Su Song Star Map (2018), Dejana Sekulic, Art Base, Brussels

7-9 April 2021, Keynote talk for 12th Society for Artistic Research Conference: ‘Share, Dare, Care’

25 March 2021, Ash – music for the Eremozoic (2020), Sigma Orionis, Digital Concert Season, Live stream & video online

17 April 2021, Speak, Be Silent (2015), US. premiere, Miranda Cuckson (violin), Sound Icon & Fromm Players at Harvard conducted by Jeffrey Means [postponed]

May 2021, PREMIERE: Sappho/ Bioluminescence (2019), part 1 of ‘Annunciation Triptych’ for orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra cond. Ilan Volkov, Tectonics Festival, Glasgow [tbc. postponed from 2020]

24 July 2021, The Four Seasons (after Cy Twombly), Invisibility, Inguz, Axis Mundi, Philtre.

Sept 2021, PREMIERE: The Incandescent Tongue (2019) & Athena’s Trumpet (1993) Allison Bell (soprano) & Tristram Williams (trumpet), Melbourne Recital Centre [tbc. postponed from 2020]

Oct 2021, PREMIERE: work for piano solo & orchestra Orchestre de la Philharmonique de Luxembourg cond. Ilan Volkov, 100th Anniversary Donaueschinger Musiktage

2022

Jan 2022, PREMIERE: Mary/ Transcendence after Trauma (2019-20), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Rundel, Munich [postponed from Oct 2020]

April 2022, PREMIERE of the complete Annunciation Triptych, including PREMIERE of Fatimah/ Jubilation of Flowers (2020-21), (part 3 of ‘Annunciation Triptych’) for orchestra,WDR Sinfonie-Orchester conducted by Cristian Măcelaru

July 2022, PREMIERE: String Creatures (2021-22), JACK Quartet, Sydney (tbc)

July 2022, String Creatures (2021-22), JACK Quartet, Melbourne Recital Centre (tbc)

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PAST

2020

13 Jan 2020, bioluminescence (2010), Alessandra Rombola, Inland, Church of All Nations, Melbourne

14 Jan 2020, ‘Winter’ from The Four Seasons (after Cy Twombly), 2009, Richard Valitutto, Piano Spheres, Zipper Hall, Los Angeles

16 Jan 2020, Atlas of the Sky (2018), Speak Percussion, Jessica Aszodi & crowd, City Recital Hall, Sydney Festival

23 Jan 2020, bioluminescence (2010), Alessandra Rombola, Italian Institute of Culture, Melbourne

6 Feb. 2020, The Heart’s Ear (1997), Landesjugendensemble Neue Musik, Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin

7 Feb 2020, Roda–The living circle (2017), Ehwaz (journeying) (2010), Alexandria Smith, tpt; Rebecca Lloyd Jones, perc., Festival of New Trumpet Music West, Conrad Prebys Music Centre, UCSD, San Diego

14 Feb 2020, Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus (2018), Riot Ensemble cond. Aaron Holloway-Nahum, Kings Place London

5 March 2020, The Table of Knowledge (2016), Florentin Ginot, Scène Nationale d’Orléans as part of ‘Not Here’.

9 March 2020, The Table of Knowledge (2016), Florentin Ginot, Monday concerts @Musikfabrik, Cologne

10 March 2020, Burning House (2005), Naoko Kikuchi, koto & voice, BKA Unerhörte Musik, Berlin

20 March 2020, Inguz (1996), Liam Hockley, cl; Kevin McFarland, vc. Arbour IV, Gabriel Ross Showroom, Victoria, BC, Canada

21 March. 2020, Inguz (1996), Mazumal duo, She Scores festival, Pittsburgh

21 March 2020, bioluminescence (2010), Paula Rae, PLC concert hall, Melbourne
[live-streamed on PLC website]

22 March 2020, The Four Seasons – After Cy Twombly (2009), Roger Admiral, Now Hear This Festival, New Music Edmonton

23 March 2020, The turning dance of the bee (2016), Divertimento Ensemble cond. Sandro Gorli, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid

25 March 2020, The turning dance of the bee (2016), Divertimento Ensemble cond. Sandro Gorli, cndm, Milan, Italy

25 March 2020, The Table of Knowledge (2016), Florentin Ginot, Arsenal de Metz

25 April 2020, Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus (2018), ELISION conducted by Carl Rosman, ISCM World Music Days, Auckland

2 May 2020, PREMIERE: Sappho/ Bioluminescence (2019), part 1 of ‘Annunciation Triptych’ for orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra cond. Ilan Volkov, Tectonics Festival, Glasgow [postponed to April/May 2021]

2 May 2020, PREMIERE: The Incandescent Tongue (2019) & Athena’s Trumpet (1993) Allison Bell (soprano) & Tristram Williams (trumpet), Melbourne Recital Centre [postponed to Sept but probably May 2021]

2 May 2020, How Forests Think (2016), After Everything conducted by Matthew Cmiel, Unity Church, San Francisco

15-16 May 2020, PREMIERE: Sex Magic (2019-20), Claire Chase, contrabass flute, Levy Lorenzo, sound engineer, as part of the Density vii project, The Kitchen at Queenslab, New York [postponed to Dec 2020]

15 May 2020, The Su Song Star Map (2017) – Premiere of version for viola, Alfonso Noriega, Ensems Festival, Palau de la Música de Valencia. Spain

21, 22 May 2020, The Su Song Star Map (2017), Miranda Cuckson, (as part of ‘Folds’) The Wallis Centre, Los Angeles

27 May 2020, 3 Angels (2011), Maria Eleonora Caminada, soprano; Elisa Bonazzi, mezzo;
Paolo Leonardi, baritone. video premiere, Divertimento Ensemble Milan

3 June 2020, The Su Song Star Map (2017), Sarah Saviet, solo violin, video premiere on I Care if your Listen

18 July 2020, ‘Winter’ and ‘Summer’ from The Four Seasons (after Cy Twombly), 2010, Stefan Cassomenos, Women in Music Festival, Melbourne Digital Concert Hall (live streamed concert)

22 July 2020, Gyfu (2010), Ensemble Recherche, Ensemblehaus Freiburg (live- stream)

29 & 30 July 2020, an ocean beyond earth (2016), Séverine Ballon, ‘cello, Whynote microconcerts, Paris

1 August 2020, Inguz (1996), Yasmina Spiegelberg, clarinet; Coleman Itzkoff, cello, Yellow Barn, Vermont (live-streamed concert)

12 August 2020, Inguz (fertility), (1996), Klangforum Wien, Forum Wallis, Schloss Leuk, Switzerland

13 Aug 2020, Tongue of the Invisible (2011) BERG Orchestra, Vojtěch Šembera baritone, Hanuš Bartoň, piano, conducted by Peter Vrabel, Church of the Saviour, Prague (IRL!)

13 Aug 2020, Gyfu (2010) Peter Veale, oboe, Musikfabrik lockdown tape

21 August 2020, PREMIERE: Dianna (2020) for solo horn, Dianna Gaetjens (horn), commissioned by the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. premiere online, on youtube & other social media

5 Sept 2020, Table of Knowledge (2016), Florentin Ginot, Royaumont [cancelled]

14 Sept 2020, Amulet (1992), Mark Menzies, viola, 4:7, Third Eye, Wellington, New Zealand

20 Sept 2020, Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus (2018), Klangforum Wien, Sophie Schafleitner, cond. Johannes Kalitzke, Klangspuren Festival, Innsbruck (IRL!)

30 Sept 2020, PREMIERE: Microbiome (2020), Carl Rosman, bass clarinet; The Su Song Star Map (2016), Sarah Saviet, violin, km28, Berlin (IRL!)

30 Sept 2020, TALK (webinar): Post-human songs for the Anthropocene, City University London (UK time 2-4pm; AEST 11pm)

2 Oct 2020, Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus (2018), members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra cond. Peter Rundel, Musica Viva, Munich (IRL!). Concert is broadcast 20 Oct on BRKlassik

2 Oct 2020, PREMIERE: Mary/ Transcendence after Trauma (2019-20), part 2 of ‘Annunciation Triptych’ for orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra cond. Peter Rundel, Musica Viva Munich [broadcast 20 October, BR-Klassik][postponed to 2022]

11 Oct 2020, Philtre (1997), Maria Puusaari, violin, Nature Now, Uuden Musiikin Lokakuu 2020, Finland

19 Nov 2020, Wild Winged-One (2007), Clement Saunier, Ensemble Intercontemporain concert, VII International Festival Contemporary Music Festival ‘Another Space’, Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow

19 Nov 2020, Inguz (fertility), (1996), Freya Schack-Arnott, ‘cello, Jason Noble, clarinet, Ensemble Offspring, National Art School, Sydney

2 Dec 2020, The Green Lion eats the Sun, Melvyn Poore, double bell euphonium; Roda – the living circle, Marco Blaauw, trumpet; Ensemble Musikfabrik, Biennale Koper (Slovenia), livestream, Cologne time, 5pm

18 Dec 2020, PREMIERE: Sex Magic (2020), for contrabass flute, electronics and kinetic percussion. Claire Chase, Levy Lorenzo, The Kitchen, New York. live streamed US EST 7pm; AUST EST Dec 19th, 11am (video online for awhile longer)

19 Dec 2020, PREMIERE, Ash for Sigma Projects, saxophone quartet, Palais des Sciences Monastir, Tunisia [postponed to Jan 2021]

2019

17 Jan 2019, an ocean beyond earth (2016), Séverine Ballon, ‘cello, Ultraschall Festival, Berlin

29 Jan 2019, The Su Song Star Map (2017), Jacobo Hernández Enríquez, Mumuth, Graz.

19 Feb 2019, an ocean beyond earth (2016), Séverine Ballon, ‘cello, Lauschvisite, Montabaur

19 Feb 2019, The Window (2017), Callum G’Froerer, The Brunswick Green

22 Feb 2019, Pharmakon (2018), Rage Thormbones, Frequency Festival, Constellation,  Chicago

4 March 2019, The Su Song Star Map (2017), Sarah Soviet, violin, St Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield

5 March 2019, The Su Song Star Map (2017), Sarah Soviet, violin, City University London

6 March 2019, The Green Lion eats the Sun (2014), Ben Marks, trombone, Nickson Room, University of Queensland

7 March 2019, The Su Song Star Map (2017), Dejana Sekulic, violin, St Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield

15 March 2019, Ming Qi (Bright Vessel), 1999, Ben Opie, Thea Rossen, PlayOn Collingwood, Melbourne

19 March 2019: Broadcast of ‘Abschied von Menschen, die komponistin Liza Lim’
Composer Portrait on SWR Radio, produced by Martina Seeber (interview in English overdubbed in German) with excerpts of Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus, How Forests Think, Ronda – the Spinning World, Tongue of the Invisible, an ocean beyond earth, Roda – the living circle.

5 April 2019, Weaver of fictions (2007), Anna Petrini, Konserthuset Stockholm

8 April 2019, The Su Song Star Map (2017), Sarah Saviet as part of Riot Ensemble CD launch party of ‘Speak, be Silent’, Crypt on the Green, Saint James Church, London

23 April 2019, The Green Lion eats the Sun (2014), Ben Marks, trombone, ELISION tour, Centre for  21stC New Music, University of Buffalo

28 April 2019, The Su Song Star Map (2017), Dejana Sekulic, violin, Temporality of the Impossible, ArtBase, Brussels

29 April 2019, The Green Lion eats the Sun (2014), Ben Marks, trombone, ELISION, St Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield

30 April 2019, The turning dance of the bee (2016), Ensemble Kuraia, Fundación BBVA, Bilbao

7 May 2019, The Quickening (2005), Lin He, guqin, Camilla Mandillo, soprano, Mendelssohn-Remise, Berlin

7 May 2019, Burning House (2005), Naoko Kikuchi, koto, Arvo Pärt Centre, ISCM World Music Days, Tallin, Estonia

17 May 2019, Inguz (fertility) (1996), Music in Bloom Festival, First Uniting Church, Bloomington, Indiana

18 & 19 May 2019, Voodoo Child (1989), cond. Kelly Corcoran, Spectrum OzArts, Nashville

29 May 2019, Invisibility (2009), Myriam García Fidalgo, Villa Elisabeth, Berlin

29 May 2019, PREMIERE: Bioluminescence (2018), Paula Rae, flute
Wild Winged One (2007), Callum G’Froerer, trumpet, Forum Taiwan

31 May 2019, How Forests Think (2016), Wu Wei, ELISION cond. Carl Rosman, National Concert Hall, Taipei

12 June; 21 June 2019, Axis Mundi (2014) Lorelei Dowling, street festival & village performance, Austria & Hungary

18 June 2019, Bioluminescence (2018), Paula Rae, flute, The Brunswick Green, Melbourne

23-30 June 2019, Faculty composer at Banff Summer Program
25 June 2019,  Inguz (Fertility) (1996), Josh Rubin, Katinka Kleijn; Ming Qi (Bright Vessel) (2000), James Austin Smith, Aiyun Huang, Rolston Recital Hall, Banff

29 June 2019, How Forests Think (2016) with Wu Wei, Ensemble Evolution cond. Steve Schick, Banff

27 June 2019, Talk, Banff: How Forests Think – making music in an ecological register
[Ecological perspectives have enabled me to think about composition as a way of populating musical spaces with ‘creatures’ rather than structural forms. These beings are made of unlikely hybrids: real assemblages of (human) musicians and (non-human) musical instruments as well as fictional composites of plants, animals, elements, spirits and all kinds of cultural ideas joined in speculative play. The symbiotic join might be across taxonomic categories – a sonic behaviour with a cultural/metaphorical idea, a technical challenge with a temporal or affective trace – the results are often unruly, fuzzy and hard to define using standard musicological terms. One has to shift to a weirder, fictional register of symbolic thought in order to appreciate these creatures – mundane and magical, haunted by real-world loss and unusual vitalities – they prompt questions about subjectivity, agency and authorship.]

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