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Upcoming and recent performances

Leopold Hurt and Carola Schaal
Leopold Hurt and Carola Schaal
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
  • Cafe Oto, London, UK 30 June 2024
  • De Bijloke, Gent, Belgium 30 September 2023
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
Brussels Philharmonic/ICTUS (soloist: Mariam Rezaei, conductor: Ilan Volkov)
  • Singel, Antwerp, Belgium 17 November 2023
  • Concertgebouw Bruges, Belgium 16 November 2023
Norwegian Radio Orchestra (soloist: Mariam Rezaei, conductor: Ilan Volkov)
  • Only Connect Festival, Oslo, Norway 27 April 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
Popular Contexts, Volume 8: five soundscapes for a contemporary percussionist 2015 25 For midi pads and assorted acoustic instruments Written for Håkon Stene
Commissioned by The Norwegian Programme for Artistic Research
RBC Percussion
  • Centrala, Birmingham, UK 13 February 2024
Freedom for Notes and Men 2018 22 minutes For speaking accordionist Written for Ghenadie Rotari
Noël Rubli
  • Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway 18 January 2024
Five Monuments for Our Time 2008 7 minutes For conductor, 8+ instruments, and drum kit For Gijs Kramers
Gustav Mahler Private University of Music students
  • Klagenfurt, Austria 18 December 2023
Glücklich, Glücklich, Freude, Freude 2019 20 minutes For keyboards and orchestra
Commissioned by Donaueschinger Musiktage
Hashtag Ensemble (soloist: Mark Knoop)
  • Hashtag Lab, Warsaw, Poland 7 December 2023
Explorations in Polytonality and other Musical Wonders, Volume 4 2023 15 minutes Quartet for 2 synthesisers, percussion and drum-kit
Commissioned by Hochschule der Künste Bern
Hashtag Ensemble
  • Hashtag Lab, Warsaw, Poland 7 December 2023
Popular Contexts, Volume 2 2010 25 minutes For piano, sampler, voice and physical actions (one person) For Stephane Ginsburgh
Commissioned by Centre Henri Pousseur for Stephane Ginsburgh
Mark Knoop
  • Hashtag Lab, Warsaw, Poland 7 December 2023
Fast Medium Swing 2008 10 minutes For solo piano, 3 instruments and sampler.
Hashtag Ensemble
  • Hashtag Lab, Warsaw, Poland 7 December 2023
Symphony for clarinet, accordion and drum-machine (“the inescapable”) 2023 18 minutes Duo for clarinet, accordion and drum-machine
Zöllner-Roche Duo
  • Sound Festival, Aberdeen, Scotland 25 October 2023