Guest lecture on my opera Like Flesh as part of Camilla Bork’s musicology seminar on contemporary music theater at the Freie Universität Berlin.
Latvian premiere of The stone the tree the well for choir and electronics, featuring soloist Ganavya Doraiswamy and the GRAMMY Award-winning Latvian Radio Choir under the baton of Sigvards Klava. Co-commissioned by accentus, Latvian Radio Choir and Spirito. Tickets available here.
Lecture on my recent operas to students of the Opera Seminar at the American College of the Mediterranean in Aix-en-Provence.
Second weeklong musical residency with Peter Sellars, Ganavya Doraiswamy, Aruna Sairam, Augustin Muller, and members of the ensemble, for our opera-in-development Nine Jeweled Deer, followed by two days of recordings at IRCAM. This workshop is made possible thanks to the Royaumont Foundation, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and IRCAM.
Composition faculty at the 2024 Voix Nouvelles Academy alongside composers Francesco Fillidei and Bernhard Lang. This year’s focus is on opera creation. More information here.
Composition mentor alongside Thierry de Mey for the 2024 BE connect academy: a collaborative project between Ensemble Fractales and five emerging composers. More information here.
Performance of Solicitations (2018) as part of director Raphael Jacobs’ workshop performance of Ostufer: Wohnblock IV. More information and ticket reservation here.
Performance of Solicitations (2018) as part of director Raphael Jacobs’ workshop performance of Ostufer: Wohnblock IV. More information and ticket reservation here.
A music and libretto-focused residency at the Royal Opera House for the development of the opera Nine Jewelled Deer. For this residency I will be joined by Ganavya Doraiswamy, Peter Sellars, and Aruna Sairam. This workshop is made possible thanks to the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.
Performance of The stone the tree the well for choir and electronics, featuring vocalist Ganavya Doraiswamy and accentus choir, under the baton of Sigvards Klava. Co-commissioned by accentus, Latvian Radio Choir, and Spirito. More about the project in this interview with Charles Arden. Tickets available here.
Performance of The stone the tree the well for choir and electronics, featuring vocalist Ganavya Doraiswamy and accentus choir, under the baton of Sigvards Klava. Co-commissioned by accentus, Latvian Radio Choir, and Spirito. More about the project in this interview with Charles Arden. Tickets available here.
World Premiere of The stone the tree the well for choir and electronics, featuring vocalist Ganavya Doraiswamy and accentus choir, under the baton of Sigvards Klava. Co-commissioned by accentus, Latvian Radio Choir, and Spirito. More about the project in this interview with Charles Arden. Tickets available here.
A weeklong musical residency with Peter sellars, Ganavya Doraiswamy, and members of the ensemble, for our opera-in-development Nine Jeweled Deer. Made possible thanks to the Royaumont Foundation, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and IRCAM.
Performance of Solicitations by Mivos Quartet. Part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the Barlow Endowment at Brigham Young University. More information about this free concert here.
Radio broadcast of Solicitations, recorded live by Mivos Quartet at the 2023 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Also on the broadcast are UK and world premiers by Saunders, Frey, Coskunseven, Lizée, Sarapova. Available here for streaming until the end of December.
UK premiere of Solicitations (2018) by Mivos Quartet. Also on the program are works by Lewis, Threadgill, and Morishita.. Part of the 2023 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Tickets available here.
Inauguration of the newly-restored Stravinsky Fountain by Niki de Saint Phalle et Jean Tinguely, accompanied by the official launch of the sound installation l’eau la colonne le fer, commissioned by IRCAM and the Pompidou Center for the City of Paris. Full event details here. Listen to the composition online here.
What the human did next: Presentation on my opera Like Flesh as part of the symposium series Sciences et fictions de l’humain. Additional presentations by Frank Madlener, Jean-Louis Giavitto, and Thierry de Mey. Co-organized by IRCAM. Full details here.
One-month residency at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis with Ganavya Doraiswamy to develop the libretto for the new opera Nine Jeweled Deer. More information in this interview with Amanda Millet-Sorsa for The Brooklyn Rail. The residency is made possible through additional support from the Villa Albertine and Drac Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Composer-in-residence at the 2023 ilSuono Contemporary Music Week, alongside composers Carmine Cella and Ann Cleare. Applications for the academy are open until November 30th 2022. More information here.
Presentation of the new opera-in-development Nine Jeweled Deer as part of the Professional Days event at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. Registration available here.
Featured speaker on a panel addressing women composers in opera, moderated by ROH creative producer Kate Wyatt. Part of the 2023 Engender Festival - the Royal Opera House’s initiative to address gender imbalance in opera and music theater. More info here.
Open-session performance of Nine Jewelled Deer, a new opera in development with vocalist and improviser Ganavya Doraiswamy, and director Peter Sellars. The performance is the culmination of a week-long musical lab made possible thanks to the Villa Medici, Villa Albertine, Camargo foundation, and IRCAM. More info and ticket reservation available here.
L'eau la colonne le fer, a sound installation commissioned by IRCAM and the Pompidou Center for the re-opening of the Stravinsky Fountain in Paris, created in collaboration with poet Laura Vazquez, is featured in the exhibition Una Linea Storta Tesa, curated by Saverio Rapezzi for the French Academy in Rome. The exhibition is free and open to the public. More info here.
A day of lectures and masterclasses at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Part of the JAMD Contemporary Music Week. Free and open to the public.
Performance of Solicitations (2018) by Mivos Quartet. Part of the Penn State New-Music Festival & Symposium. More info here.
Performance of Archive[s] by MUSIQA Collective in collaboration with the Houston Cinema Arts Society. More info here.
Lecture on my recent compositional work to students of the Sonic Arts MA program at Bern University of Arts.
Screening of the film version of Like Flesh, winner of the 2021 FEDORA Opera Prize, as part of the online Fedora Prizes Biennale award ceremony. More info here.
World premiere of Anterior Study for electric guitar by guitarist Nadav Lev. Commissioned by Eclat Festival for New Music. Also on the program are works by Khumalo, Akinmusire, Morishita, and Mincek. Tickets available here.
Austrian premiere of Archive[s] by Schallfeld Ensemble. Also on the program are works by Pierre Jodlowski, Aaron Einbond, Davide Gagliardi and Jorge Gómez Elizondo. More info here.
Performance of Solicitations (2018) by Mivos Quartet. Also on the program are works by Lewis, Murail, and Mincek. More information about this free concert here.
Radio broadcast of Dreams amongst hers, recorded live at the Auditorium of the Conservatoire Darius Milhaud in Aix-en-Provence, as part of the 2022 Festival Nouveaux Horizons. Listen online here.
Italian premiere of Heave (solo version) by soprano Eleonora Claps. Part of the Nuit Blanche at the Villa Medici, featuring works by the 16 residents of the French Academy in Rome. The work will be performed twice throughout the evening, at 7pm and at 11pm. Full program and ticket reservation available here.
Austrian premiere of Solicitations, performed by Diotima String Quartet. Also on the program are quartets by Neuwirth, Haas, and Furrer. Part of the 2022 Wien Modern Festival. Tickets available here.
Premiere of a new trio for voice, percussion, and violin for soprano Marie-Laure Garnier, alongside a premiere by Dai Fujikura. Commissioned by Renaud Capuçon for the 2022 New Horizons festival. Pre-concert talk with Laurent Vilarem. More info here.
Performance of Solicitations (2018) by Mivos Quartet. Also on the program are works by Alvin Lucier, Marguerite Brown, and Geroge Lewis. More information about this free concert here.
Performance of Solicitations (2018) by Mivos Quartet. Also on the program are works by Alvin Lucier, Marguerite Brown, and George Lewis. Tickets available here.
US premiere of Solicitations (2018) by Mivos Quartet. Also on the program are works by Saad Haddad, Eren Gümrükçüoğlu, and Carl Bettendorf. More information about this free concert at 1014 Space here.
Performance of Like Flesh, a co-commission from Opéra de Lille, Opéra National de Montpellier, and Opéra National de Lorraine, in co-production with IRCAM and ensemble Le Balcon under the baton of Maxime Pascal. This performance is part of the 2022 Musica Festival. Tickets available here.
East Coast premiere of You’ll drown, dear by soprano Donatienne Michel-Dansac. Also on the program are works by Trybucki, Rivas, and Saariaho. Part of the 2022 IRCAM Forum at NYU. Tickets available here.
Second part of my artist residency at the Villa Albertine, this time in NYC. This ten-day residency continues my work with director Peter Sellars and vocalist Ganavya Doraiswamy, alongside concerts at the IRCAM Forum NYU and the 1014 Space on 5th Avenue.
Performance of Like Flesh, a co-commission from Opéra de Lille, Opéra National de Montpellier, and Opéra National de Lorraine, in co-production with IRCAM and ensemble Le Balcon under the baton of Maxime Pascal. This performance is part of the 2022 Musica Festival. Tickets available here.
On the occasion of BNP’s 2022 NextGen event “Amplify your impact through art", I will be hosting a group of young investors in my studio for a talk on contemporary opera today. More info here.
Performance of Like Flesh, a co-commission from Opéra de Lille, Opéra National de Montpellier, and Opéra National de Lorraine, in co-production with IRCAM and ensemble Le Balcon under the baton of Maxime Pascal. This performance is part of the 2022 Musica Festival. Tickets available here.
Inaugural composition fellow at the Villa Albertine in Los Angeles. A two-week residency with director Peter Sellars and vocalist Ganavya, developing a new project for Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.
Composition Fellow at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire. The 6-week residency will culminate with a public artist talk at the James Baldwin Library on May 23rd at 8pm.
Performance of Heave (solo version) alongside works for voice and electronics by Rebecca Saunders, Lawrence Dunn, and Adrien Trybucki. Commissioned and performed by soprano Juliet Fraser. Produced by GMEM Marseille. Part of the 2022 series Les Modulations. Tickets available here.
Performance of Like Flesh, a co-commission from Opéra de Lille, Opéra National de Montpellier, and Opéra National de Lorraine, in co-production with IRCAM and ensemble Le Balcon under the baton of Maxime Pascal. Tickets available here.
Performance of Like Flesh, a co-commission from Opéra de Lille, Opéra National de Montpellier, and Opéra National de Lorraine, in co-production with IRCAM and ensemble Le Balcon under the baton of Maxime Pascal. Tickets available here.
Performance of Like Flesh, a co-commission from Opéra de Lille, Opéra National de Montpellier, and Opéra National de Lorraine, in co-production with IRCAM and ensemble Le Balcon under the baton of Maxime Pascal. Tickets available here.
Performance of Like Flesh, a co-commission from Opéra de Lille, Opéra National de Montpellier, and Opéra National de Lorraine, in co-production with IRCAM and ensemble Le Balcon under the baton of Maxime Pascal. More info coming soon.
Performance of Like Flesh, a co-commission from Opéra de Lille, Opéra National de Montpellier, and Opéra National de Lorraine, in co-production with IRCAM and ensemble Le Balcon under the baton of Maxime Pascal. More info coming soon.
Performance of Like Flesh, a co-commission from Opéra de Lille, Opéra National de Montpellier, and Opéra National de Lorraine, in co-production with IRCAM and ensemble Le Balcon under the baton of Maxime Pascal. More info coming soon.
Screening of the documentary film Like Flesh - Images d'une œuvre by Christian Barani, followed by a round-table discussion with the artists. Produced by Ircam-Centre Pompidou, in co-production with Opéra de Lille. More info here.
Performance of Like Flesh, a co-commission from Opéra de Lille, Opéra National de Montpellier, and Opéra National de Lorraine, in co-production with IRCAM and ensemble Le Balcon under the baton of Maxime Pascal. More info coming soon.
World premiere of Like Flesh, a co-commission from Opéra de Lille, Opéra National de Montpellier, and Opéra National de Lorraine, in co-production with IRCAM and ensemble Le Balcon under the baton of Maxime Pascal. More info coming soon.
Performance of Heave (solo version) by soprano Juliet Fraser. This version was composed especially for Juliet, and is featured on her latest solo album Collections for Juliet (Huddersfield Contemporary Records), which will be officially released at this event. Also on the program are solo works by Lisa Illean, Nomi Epstein, and Lawrence Dunn. Tickets available soon here (advance booking recommended).
Austrian premiere of Solicitations, performed by Diotima String Quartet. Also on the program are quartets by Neuwirth and Haas, and a new quartet by Furrer. Part of the 2021 Wien Modern Festival. Tickets available here.
French premiere of After Arethusa for SATB choir and electronics commissioned by Accentus, alongside a new work by Kaija Saariaho. Tickets available soon.
Dutch premiere of Heave (solo version) alongside The Mouth by Rebecca Saunders. Commissioned and performed by soprano Juliet Fraser. Part of the 2021 November Music Festival. Tickets available here.
Papier Sonore | Pigments Vivants, an installation commissioned by the Museum of Art and History in Neuchâtel for the exhibition Sur Papier/On Paper (2021), is traveling to Museo delle Culture (MUSEC) in Lugano, and will be on display from October 28-March 20 2022. More info available soon here.
Performance of The Song About the Child by the Coro Allegro, under the baton of David Hodgkins. Part of the Terezín Music Foundation’s 2021 Gala at Boston’s Symphony Hall. Also on the concert are works by Ullmann and Krása, including a special performance by Yo-Yo Ma. Tickets for the live concert and links to the livestream are available here.
Performance of Once Loved for two voices and accordion commissioned by Ensemble Musicatreize, under the baton of Roland Hayrabedian. Also on the program are new works by Ivan Fedele, Benjamin Attahir, Stanislav Makovsky, Birke Bertelsmeier and others. Part of the 2021 Festival Messiaen. Tickets available here.
Performance of Once Loved for two voices and accordion commissioned by Ensemble Musicatreize, under the baton of Roland Hayrabedian. Also on the program are new works by Ivan Fedele, Benjamin Attahir, Stanislav Makovsky, Birke Bertelsmeier and others. More information available here.
Performance of Once Loved for two voices and accordion commissioned by Ensemble Musicatreize, under the baton of Roland Hayrabedian. Also on the program are new works by Ivan Fedele, Benjamin Attahir, Stanislav Makovsky, Birke Bertelsmeier and others. More info here.
Performance of Once Loved for two voices and accordion commissioned by Ensemble Musicatreize, under the baton of Roland Hayrabedian. Also on the program are new works by Ivan Fedele, Benjamin Attahir, Stanislav Makovsky, Birke Bertelsmeier and others. This concert is part of the series ” Les Matins sonnants ” in partnership with gmem-CNCM-Marseille. Tickets available here.
Performance of Once Loved for two voices and accordion commissioned by Ensemble Musicatreize, under the baton of Roland Hayrabedian. Also on the program are new works by Ivan Fedele, Benjamin Attahir, Stanislav Makovsky, Birke Bertelsmeier and others. Tickets available here.
A concert of short operatic scenes composed by participants in the Words & Music workshop, taught by director/librettist Ted Huffman and Sivan Eldar. Tickets available here.
Performance of Heave (solo version) by French countertenor Guilhem Terrail. Also on the program are works by Roque Rivas, Oren Boneh, and Philippe Leroux. The performance is part of Ouverture 1 - the opening concert of IRCAM’s 2021 ManiFeste Festival. Full info coming soon.
World premiere of Once Loved for two voices and accordion, commissioned by Ensemble Musicatreize under the baton of Roland Hayrabedian. This project features 12 new compositions responding to Beethoven’s letters, in celebration of his 250th birthday. Also on the program are new works by Ivan Fedele, Benjamin Attahir, Stanislav Makovsky, Birke Bertelsmeier and others. More information available here.
Performance of Heave (solo version) alongside works for voice and electronics by Rebecca Saunders, Lawrence Dunn, and Adrien Trybucki. Commissioned and performed by soprano Juliet Fraser. Produced by GMEM Marseille. Part of the 2021 Propagations Festival. Full program available here.
A new installation in collaboration with computer music designer Augustin Muller. Commissioned by the Museum of Art and History in Neuchâtel for the exhibition Sur Papier/On Paper. On display from May 9th through September 5th, alongside works by artists Francine Mury, Jiang Zhuquin, and Mingjun Luo. More info here.
Performances of A Thousand Tongues for orchestra by the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, and After Arethusa for SATB choir by the Chœur de l’Opera National Montpellier, both under the baton of Rebecca Tong. Also on the program are works by Reich, Glass, Pärt, Tarrodi, and Guillamat Tickets available here.
Performance of Heave (solo version) by Juliet Fraser, alongside other works for voice and electronics from Juliet’s recent CD 'spilled out from tangles'. Tickets available here.
Performance of Heave (solo version) by Juliet Fraser, alongside other works for voice and electronics from Juliet’s recent CD 'spilled out from tangles'. Tickets available here.
German premiere of Heave (solo version) by Juliet Fraser, alongside works by Rebecca Saunders and Lisa Ilean. Part of the 2021 Ultraschall Festival. Tickets available here.
Radio broadcast of Heave (solo version) on Luís Tinoco’s weekly radio show ‘Geografia dos Sons’. Also on the program are compositions by Caroline Shaw, Lisa Ilean, and Sofia Gubaidulina. Free streaming is available here.
Israeli premiere of The Four Elements by members of Musica Nova ensemble as part of the 23rd Israel Music Festival. This version of the work, which involves guided improvisation, was created together with composer/performer Amnon Wolman. Also on the program are works by Wolman and Adi Snir. The entire concert is available for viewing here until the end of January.
Performance of a new work for ensemble and electronics commissioned by ICP under the baton of Ilan Volkov. Also on the program are works by Franck Bedrossian, Rebecca Saunders, and Dan Yuhas. Tickets available here.
Performance of Once Loved for two voices and accordion, commissioned by Ensemble Musicatreize under the baton of Roland Hayrabedian. Also on the program are new works by Ivan Fedele, Benjamin Attahir, Stanislav Makovsky, Birke Bertelsmeier and others. Tickets available here.
World premiere of a new work for ensemble and electronics commissioned by ICP under the baton of Ilan Volkov. Also on the program are works by Franck Bedrossian, Rebecca Saunders, and Dan Yuhas. Tickets available here.
Performance of The Song About the Child for SATB choir with staging by Gabriel Desplanque. Also on the program are works by Monteverdi and Vivaldi. Tickets available here.
Performance of You’ll drown, dear by mezzo-soprano Christie Finn. Part of the 35th Klangraum Festival. Due to COVID-19 Restrictions throughout Germany, this edition of the festival will be live-streamed only. More info here.
Performance of Once Loved for two voices and accordion commissioned by Ensemble Musicatreize, under the baton of Roland Hayrabedian. Also on the program are new works by Ivan Fedele, Benjamin Attahir, Stanislav Makovsky, Birke Bertelsmeier and others. More info here.
Dutch premiere of Heave (solo version) alongside The Mouth by Rebecca Saunders. Part of the 2020 November Music Festival. Tickets available here.
World premiere of Once Loved for two voices and accordion commissioned by Philharmonie de Paris and Ensemble Musicatreize. This project features 12 new compositions (Ivan Fedele, Benjamin Attahir, Stanislav Makovsky, Birke Bertelsmeier, among others) responding to Beethoven’s letters, in celebration of his 250th birthday. More info here.
Performance of Heave (solo version) by soprano Juliet Fraser. Part of the 2020 TIME:SPANS Festival. Full program and tickets available soon here.
Performance of Once Loved for two voices and accordion commissioned by Ensemble Musicatreize, under the baton of Roland Hayrabedian. Also on the program are new works by Ivan Fedele, Benjamin Attahir, Stanislav Makovsky, Birke Bertelsmeier and others. Tickets and full program available soon here.
Performance of Once Loved for two voices and accordion commissioned by Ensemble Musicatreize, under the baton of Roland Hayrabedian. Also on the program are new works by Ivan Fedele, Benjamin Attahir, Stanislav Makovsky, Birke Bertelsmeier and others. More info here.
Performance of Once Loved for two voices and accordion, commissioned by Ensemble Musicatreize under the baton of Roland Hayrabedian. This project features 12 new compositions responding to Beethoven’s letters, in celebration of his 250th birthday. Also on the program are new works by Ivan Fedele, Benjamin Attahir, Stanislav Makovsky, Birke Bertelsmeier and others. Full program coming soon here.
World premiere of Once Loved for two voices and accordion, commissioned by Ensemble Musicatreize under the baton of Roland Hayrabedian. This project features 12 new compositions responding to Beethoven’s letters, in celebration of his 250th birthday. Also on the program are new works by Ivan Fedele, Benjamin Attahir, Stanislav Makovsky, Birke Bertelsmeier and others. Tickets available here.
Performance of Heave (solo version) by soprano Juliet Fraser. This lunchtime concert is a complete performance of Juliet’s latest solo album Collections for Juliet (Huddersfield Contemporary Records), also featuring works by Lisa Illean, Nomi Epstein, and Lawrence Dunn. Admission is free. More info here.
World premiere of Heave (solo version) by soprano Juliet Fraser. This version was composed especially for Juliet, and is featured on her latest solo album Collections for Juliet (Huddersfield Contemporary Records), which will be officially released at this event. Also on the program are solo works by Lisa Illean, Nomi Epstein, and Lawrence Dunn. Tickets available here (advance booking recommended).
Paris premiere of Una mujer derramada (A Woman Spilled) for voice and orchestra in collaboration with singer and poet Amyra León. Performed by the Orchestre de Chamber de Paris under the baton of Marzena Diakun. Co-commissioned with the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier. Tickets available here.
A night-long performance of Mawtini - Motherland, an installation by artist Hratch Arbach, for which I have created the sound. Part of the annual Night of Philosophy and Ideas, an all-night marathon of philosophical debate, performances, screenings, readings, and music, co-presented by Brooklyn Public Library and the French Embassy. More info here.
A 5-day composition residency with pianist and multi-media artist Michiko Saiki at the Royaumont Foundation. We will be taking our first steps in developing a new work together.
A lecture on may recent work, with a focus on collaborative projects. The lecture will be followed by a live performance with dancer Yuli Kovbasnian. Part of Yair Klartag’s Contemporary Music Seminar - Guest Composers Series.
Premiers of new works for violin, percussion, and electronics composed by workshop participants. Part 4 of my composition workshop with violinist Ludovic Nicot and percussionist Pascal Martin.
World premiere of Una mujer derramada (A Woman Spilled) for voice and orchestra in collaboration with singer and poet Amyra León. Performed by the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier under the baton of Magnus Fryklund. Co-commissioned with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris. Tickets available here.
Performance of You’ll drown, dear for voice and electronics by mezzo-soprano Christine Craipeau. Also on the program are works by Rebecca Saunders, Noriko Baba, and others. The concert will be followed by a roundtable discussion on women composers in the orchestral world, led by the CDMC. More info here.
Performance of Mutable Music III by the Lake Forest Civic Orchestra under the baton of Robert Nordling. Tickets available here.
Presentation of my recent compositional projects, specifically my work with text and technology at IRCAM. This lecture is part of the seminar poésie-text for students in the Cursus training program, and is also open to the public.
First public screening of an interview by flutist and musicologist Andrea Selina Contherr. Part of a series of interviews with women creators produced by studio La Glissade. This free event features a round-table discussion with journalist Aliette de Laleu, musicologist Laure Marcel-Berlioz and pianist Suzana Bartal, among other important women in the French classical music scene. More info about the project here.
Part 3 of a composition workshop that I will be leading with violinist Ludovic Nicot and percussionist Pascal Martin. This workshop is part of my 2019-20 residency with the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier.
A presentation of Like Flesh - my opera in development with writer Cordelia Lynn - at the annual Opera Europa conference in Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Germany. More info about the conference here.
Part 2 of a composition workshop that I will be leading with violinist Ludovic Nicot and percussionist Pascal Martin. This workshop is part of my 2019-20 residency with the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier.
Part 1 of a composition workshop that I will be leading with violinist Ludovic Nicot and percussionist Pascal Martin. This workshop is part of my 2019-20 composition residency with the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier.
Performance of In Conversation with dancer Yuli Kovbasnian. Part of the event From Silence to Noise at the Old Jaffa Museum, organized by dancer Yael Sofer Samson as part of the Atar artist residency program. More info here.
Preview of A Woman Spilled - a new work for orchestra and voice in collaboration with Amyra Léon - performed by the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier. Co-commissioned with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris.
Performance of In Conversation with dancer Yuli Kovbasnian. Part of an evening-length event featuring local choreographers, composers, sound artists, and poets. More info here.
Public reading with Orquestra Gulbenkian and singer Amyra Léon of a new work for voice and orchestra. Part 3 of a residency at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, supported by the European Network of Opera Academies. Free admission with advance ticket reservation here.
On Air | Behind Glass, an electroacoustic work originally written for Czech Radio, will open the 2019 KLANG! Festival in Montpellier, organized by the Maison des Arts Sonores and Montpellier Opéra. Also on the program are works by Hans Tutschku, Natasha Barrett, and Jonty Harrison among others. Admission is free. More info here.
Live performance with dancer Yuli Kovbasnian, followed by a Q & A. Part of the 2019 ContComp Contemporary Music Festival and Conference at the University of Haifa. Organized by Prof. Eitan Steinberg.
I will be giving a public lecture titled "Straying into Magic: thoughts on metamorphosis" as part of the 2019 ContComp Contemporary Music Festival and Conference at the University of Haifa. In this lecture I will discuss my recent compositional work at IRCAM, and focus on my research into building hybrid sound worlds through technology, text, and the human voice. The full conference schedule is available here.
Performance of The Song About the Child by The Esoterics vocal ensemble. Also on the program are works by Ted Hearne, David Lang, Augusta Read Thomas, and Chen Yi among others. Tickets available here.
Dancer Yuli Kovbasnian and I will be leading a workshop on sound and movement collaboration.
Performance of The Song About the Child by The Esoterics vocal ensemble. Also on the program are works by Ted Hearne, David Lang, Augusta Read Thomas, and Chen Yi among others. Tickets available here.
Performance of The Song About the Child by The Esoterics vocal ensemble. Also on the program are works by Ted Hearne, David Lang, Augusta Read Thomas, and Chen Yi among others. Tickets available here.
Performance of Mutable Music I by pianist & multimedia artist Michiko Saiki. Part of Spectrum’s Contemporary Insights series. Also on the program are works by Francesco Filidei, Zachary Seely, and Arthur Kampala among others. Tickets available here.
Performance of Mutable Music I by pianist & multimedia artist Michiko Saiki. This intimate house concert is organized by the Soundspace Live Contemporary Concert Series. More info here.
Performance of Solicitations by Diotima String Quartet. Also on the program are Bartok quartet n° 4 and Beethoven opus 131. Tickets available here.
Reading session with the Orquestra Gulbenkian. Part 2 of a residency at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, supported by the European Network of Opera Academies.
I will be part of a panel discussion on composition in the arts alongside jazz composer and improviser Myra Melford and poet Geoffrey O’Brien. This event will be moderated by scholar and author Timothy Hampton, director of the Townsend Center. More info here.
Radio broadcast of Solicitations for Diotima string quartet, recorded live at the Auditorium of Maison de la Radio on February 16th as part of Festival Présences. Also on the program are quartets by Rebecca Saunders, Marc Monnet, and Wolfgang Rihm. Listen online here.
Performance of Tarr by [Switch~] enemble, alongside chamber works by Esaias Järnegard, Timothy McCormack, and Adrien Trybucki. More info here.
French premiere of Solicitations for Diotima String Quartet co-commissioned by Luxembourg Philharmonie and Radio France. Part of the 2019 Festival Présences. Tickets available here.
Radio broadcast of Solicitations for Diotima String Quartet, recorded live at the Heimathafen Neukölln Theater on January 17th, as part of the Ultraschall Festival. Also on the program are new quartets by Beat Furrer and Malte Giesen. Listen online here.
German premiere of Solicitations for Diotima String Quartet. Also on the program are Streichquartett Nr. 3 by Beat Furrer and unisono 1 by Malte Giesen. Part of the Ultraschalle Festival für neue Musik Berlin. More info here.
Radio broadcast of Heave for EXAUDI vocal ensemble, recorded live at Royaumont on September 9th as part of the Voix Nouvelles Festival. Also on the program are new works by Lorenzo Pagliei, Osvaldo Coluccino, and madrigals by Monteverdi and Gesualdo. Listen online here.
I will be improvising on electronics with Israeli dancer Yuli Kovbasnian. This performance is part of Tectonics Festival in Tel Aviv.
I will be participating in a 3-part workshop at the Calouste Gulbenkien Foundation in Lisbon, supported by the European Network of Opera Academies. The workshop will culminate with a premiere by the Orquestra Gulbenkian in July 2019.
World premiere of Solicitations for Diotima String Quartet, co-commissioned by Luxembourg Philharmonie and Radio France. Part of the 2018 Rainy Days Festival (November 13-25). Also on the program are Unbreathed by Rebecca Saunders, Quartet No.1 by Ursula Mamlok, and Gran Torso by Lachenmann. Tickets available here.
An open session performance marking the end of our second lab at Snape Maltings, exploring movement in our opera-in-development Like flesh. Tickets available here.
Second residency at Snape Maltings to develop the opera Like flesh. In this residency writer Cordelia Lynn and I we will continue to explore movement, vocality and text with director Joseph Alford (Royal Opera House), soprano Juliet Fraser, and voice and movement artist Elaine Mitchener.
Premiere of HEAVE, co-commissioned by the Royaumont Foundation/IRCAM/Ulysses Network for Exuadi Vocal Ensemble. Produced by IRCAM. Tickets available here.
Performance of You'll drown, dear at Banff Centre for the Arts by mezzo-soprano Rosie Middleton. Part of (R)evolution: Resonant Bodies' Festival and Academy. More information available here.
Performance of You'll drown, dear at Abrons Arts Center in Manhattan. Part of the New York City Electronic Music Festival (July 16-22). Full festival lineup available here.
Residency at Snape Maltings to develop the opera Like flesh. The residency will explore movement and vocality with movement director Joseph Alford, sopranos Juliet Fraser & Elaine Mitchener, and playwright Cordelia Lynn.
I will be participating in a special workshop led by directors Katie Mitchell and Lily McLeish, part of the European Network of Opera Academies (ENOA).
Radio broadcast of you'll drown, dear for voice and electronics, recorded live at the Pompidou Center on June 11th, as part of the ManiFeste Festival. Also on the program are Skin by Rebecca Saunders and Epigram I-III by Franck Bedrossian. Listen online here.
Performance of you'll drown, dear for voice and electronics by mezzo-soprano Juliette Raffin-Gay. Also on the program are Skin by Rebecca Saunders and a new work by Franck Bedrossian, with sopranos Juliet Fraser, Donatienne Michel-Dansac, and Klangforum Wien. The concert will take place at the Grande Salle of the Pompidou Center, as part of the 2018 Manifeste Festival. Tickets available here.
I will be giving a lecture-demonstration on my work-in-progress HEAVE together with Augustin Muller (IRCAM). The lecture is part of the "Présentation de Saison" series at the Royaumont Foundation. More info here.
Performance of Mother Tongue and The Song About the Child by the Martinu Voices chamber choir, conducted by Lukáš Vasilek. This concert is part of a two-day celebration of the Terezin Music Foundation at the Prague Spring Festival. Program details and tickets available here.
Performance of Tarr by Switch Ensemble, alongside chamber works by Romitelli, Tonia Ko, Elvira Garifzyanova, Santiago Diez Fischer and Victor Ibarra. More info here.
Performance of Tarr by Switch Ensemble, alongside chamber works by Romitelli, Tonia Ko, Victor Ibarra, Josh Levine and Max Murray. More info here.
Premiere of any bed but one's for voice, violin and percussion, by soprano Juliet Fraser and members of Ensemble Multilatérale. Part of the 2017 Voix Nouvelles academy. More info here.
Premiere of The White Princess - an operatic scene for two voices, percussion and electronics. Commissioned by the Academy of the Opera Festival of Aix-en-Provene. A collaboration with writer Cordelia Lynn and set designer Aurelie Lemaignen. More info here.
In this public masterclass Cordelia Lynn and I will discuss our collaboration on The White Princess. Sopranos Jennifer Courcier and Magali Simard-Galdès, and percussionist Dorian Selmi will be present to demonstrate excerpts from the piece. More info here.
I will be presenting an analysis of you'll drown, dear for voice and electronics, which I created at IRCAM during Spring 2017. The presentation is part of the Manifeste Academy and is open to the general public. More info here.
Performance of Tarr for chamber ensemble by Paris-based Ensemble Regards. This free concert is hosted by the Cité Internationale des Arts. More info here.
A weekend of tape music, played through 24 high-end speakers, in the dark, at the historic Victoria theater in SF. There will be works by Pauline Oliveros, Jean-Claude Risset, Curtis Roads... as well as my own On Air | Behind Glass. Program details and tickets available here.
Performance of Mother Tongue and The Song About the Child by the Ghostlight Chorus, conducted by Dr. Evelyn Troester DeGraf. The concert is part of the 25th anniversary of the Czech Chapter of the Fulbright Foundation in New York. More info here.
Performance of The Song About the Child by the Lafayette Chamber Singers, conducted by William Plummer. The concert is part of the 2016 American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) convention. More info here.
Performance of The Song About the Child by the Ghostlight Chorus, conducted by Dr. Evelyn Troester DeGraf. The concert also features works by Allegri, MacMillan and Whitacre. Tickets available here.
Performance of The Song About the Child by the Ghostlight Chorus, conducted by Dr. Evelyn Troester DeGraf. The concert also features works by Allegri, MacMillan and Whitacre. Tickets available here.
Performance of The Song About the Child by the Lafayette Chamber Singers, conducted by Professor William Plummer. Part of the International Alliance of Women in Music Annual Concert. More info here.
I will be part of the panel "Composers and their Music" where I will discuss my creative process alongside composers Tawnie Olson, Kari Medina, and L.V. Wood. More info here.
I will be giving a short lecture on my work to the IRCAM community. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Performance of Sniper's Lake for dancers and six clarinets. Performed by Spitfire Dance Company and Clarinet Factory.
Performance of Archive[s] for violin, cello and video by SF-based ensemble Wild Rumpus. Tickets available here.
Opera Creation workshop with dramaturg Willem Bruls, stage director Katie Mitchell, director & writer Christophe Honoré, and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Radio broadcast of my orchestral work A Thousand Tongues on Czech Radio's Music Forum. The episode, titled New American Music features works by Andrew Norman and Concert Black, as well as an interview with my dear friend, composer Jan Trojan. Online streaming here.
Premiere of new acoustic and electroacoustic chamber works composed by my students at the John Adams Young Composers Program: Christopher Yuan, Sophia Hampton, and Joshua Portolo. These works were composed especially for the wonderful SfSound Ensemble.
Performance of Sniper's Lake followed by a workshop. Part of the Malá Inventura Festival.
American premiere of Mother Tongue and The Song About the Child. Part of the Terezin Music Foundation Gala.
Performance of Sniper's Lake. Part of the Non-Stop Festival.
World premiere of Béla for chamber ensemble. Part of the Tzlil Meudcan Festival.
Performance of The Song About the Child. Part of the Terezin Music Foundation's "Liberation" Tour.
Performance of Transgression sur l'escalier du diable. Part of IRCAM's Manifeste Festival.
Performance of The Song About the Child. Part of the Terezin Music Foundation's "Liberation" tour.
European Premiere of Mutable Music III (aka A Thousand Tongues). Part of the Manifeste Festival.
World Premiere of The Song About the Child. Part of the Terezin Music Foundation's "Liberation" tour.
American premiere of Tarr for chamber ensemble. Part of the Mise-en Music Festival.
Performance of Sniper's Lake. Part of the Dream Factory Festival.
Performance of Sniper's Lake. Part of Tanec Praha Festival.
Performance of Sniper's Lake. Part of Flora Theatre Festival.
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Premiere of you'll drown, dear for voice and electronics realized at IRCAM. Part of the 2017 Manifeste Festival & Academy. more info here.