Tag: Tamara Stefanovich
Composer-in-Residence, Casa da Música 2025
I’m thrilled to be invited as Composer-in-Residence at Casa da Música in Porto, Portugal during 2025. Located in the famous futuristic concert hall designed by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, the Casa opened in 2005, so this is its 20th anniversary. The centre hosts its own symphonic orchestra, large contemporary music ensemble (Ensemble Remix), Baroque orchestra, ...
A Wiko Year in Berlin
(long newsletter post…) My year as composer-in-residence at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute of Advanced Studies) or ‘Wiko’, has recently come to a close (1 Sept 2021-30 June 2022). This is a residency like no other in which the ‘obligations’ comprise attending 4 lunches and a dinner during the week and giving a talk to ...
World as Lover, World as Self
I’m very excited to post that I’ve just finished composing a work: World as Lover, World as Self, for solo piano and orchestra, commissioned by the Donaueschinger Musiktage for a premiere at the 100th Anniversary (!) edition of the festival on 15th October this year. The work is written for the fabulous pianist Tamara Stefanovich with ...