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Upcoming and recent performances

Letter Pieces
Letter Pieces performance by Shila Anaraki and Tomma Wessel
Explorations in Polytonality and other Musical Wonders, Volume 2 2021 20 minutes For 3 recorders. For Apsara
Commissioned by De Bijloke (Ghent) and Lunalia (Mechelen)
Apsara
  • Festival für Neue Musik, Bielefeld, Germany 19 January 2025
  • Cafe Oto, London, UK 30 June 2024
Fast Medium Swing 2008 10 minutes For solo piano, 3 instruments and sampler.
Alla Belova, Anastasia Schmidlin, Kristjan Kannukene, Teresa Rodrigues Soares, and Pablo Félez
  • Hochschule Luzern, Switzerland 4 May 2024
Klart Ensemble for New Music
  • H15, Copenhagen, Denmark 25 October 2024
Letter Pieces 2007+ Open-score pieces for performer (e.g. dancer, live-artist, actor) and musician (vocal or any instrument).
Klart Ensemble for New Music
  • H15, Copenhagen, Denmark 25 October 2024
Personal Clutter
  • km28, Berlin, Germany 25 June 2024
Strings and Noise
  • Poznań Musical Spring Festival, Poland 24 May 2024
Zone Expérimentale
  • Festival Musica, Strasbourg, France 21 September 2024
Explorations in Polytonality and other Musical Wonders, Volume 5 2024 16 minutes For clarinet, cello, bass guitar, synthesiser, and drum-kit. For Klart Ensemble for New Music
Klart Ensemble for New Music
  • H15, Copenhagen, Denmark 25 October 2024
  • Spor Festival, Aarhus, Denmark 26 May 2024
Symphony for clarinet, accordion and drum-machine (“the inescapable”) 2023 18 minutes Duo for clarinet, accordion and drum-machine
Joss Smith and Andreas Borregaard
  • H15, Copenhagen, Denmark 25 October 2024
Six scenes for turntables and orchestra 2023 20 minutes For improvising turntablist and orchestra In collaboration with Mariam Rezaei
Commissioned by the Darmstadt Summer Course, ICTUS, deSingel, Brussels Philharmonic and nyMusikk
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (soloist: Mariam Rezaei, conductor: Ilan Volkov)
  • Tectonics Festival, Glasgow, UK 4 May 2024
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (soloist: Mariam Rezaei, conductor: Yaroslav Shemet)
  • Warsaw Autumn, Poland 20 September 2024
Norwegian Radio Orchestra (soloist: Mariam Rezaei, conductor: Ilan Volkov)
  • Only Connect Festival, Oslo, Norway 27 April 2024
Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck (soloist: Mariam Rezaei, conductor: Zoi Tsokanou)
  • Klangspuren Festival, Innsbruck, Austria 5 September 2024
Freedom for Notes and Men 2018 22 minutes For speaking accordionist Written for Ghenadie Rotari
Ghenadie Rotari
  • aNOther Festival, Vienna, Austria 25 May 2024
Songs about words and about the pleasure of misery 2012 20 minutes Five songs for soprano and piano For Juliet Fraser and Mark Knoop
Commissioned by The Britten-Pears Foundation
Mimi Doulton and Ben Smith
  • Turner Sims, Southampton, UK 29 April 2024 [extract]
Lecture about Bad Music 2015 40 minutes For lecturer, clarinet, electric guitar, synthesiser and violin
Commissioned by Ultima Festival
Gnesin Contemporary Music Week
  • Moscow, Russia 30 March 2024