UPCOMING EVENTS

2013

31 January.
Recital, music for piano, video and electronics
Works by Sebastien Beranger, Olivier Girouard, Katharine Norman, Robert Normandeau, Annette Vande Gorne, Frances White
With Paul Clouvel, sound diffusion (ElektraMusic)
Museum of Modern Art, Strasbourg

24 February, 5 p.m.
Pestova / Meyer Piano Duo recital
Works by Brahms, Reich, Oda
CAPE, Luxembourg

24 March, 8:30 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano and Jan Panis, sound projection
Toonzaal, De Bosch, The Netherlands

PAST EVENTS

2013

14 January, 7:30 p.m.
Recital, music for piano and electronics
Works by Andrew Lewis, Katharine Norman, Robert Normandeau, Annette Vande Gorne, Frances White, John Young
With Andrew Lewis, sound diffusion
Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill University, Montreal

13 January, 2:00 p.m.
Workshop for pianists, McGill University
Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill University, Montreal

10 January, 7:00 p.m.
Recital, music for piano, toy piano and electronics
Works by Karlheinz Essl, Derek Hurst, Katharine Norman, Robert Normandeau, Carlos Perales, Frances White
With Derek Hurst, sound diffusion
University of California, Santa Barbara

2012

2 December
World Toy Piano Summit
With Phyllis Chen, Isabel Ettenauer, Margaret Leng Tan, Pascal Meyer, Bernd Wieseman
Festival Rainy Days
Luxembourg

14 - 17 November
Getting Nowhere Conference
The University of York

2 November
Performance and talk
Sixth Form College, Solihull

25 October
Bach, Schubert, Pärt et al
With Carla Rees, flute
Bangor University

22 October
Works for clarinet, piano and electronics
With Krista Martynes, clarinet
Birmingham Conservatoire

4 July, 9-11 a.m. EDT
Guest co-host, "Where's the beat?", CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal

17 April
Scott Wilson: On the Impossibility of Reflection for piano and computer
SuperCollider Symposium, London

14-15 April
Workshop with Scott Wilson on writing for SuperCollider with live instruments
SuperCollider Symposium, London

10-12 April
INTER/actions: Symposium on Interactive Electronic Music
Bangor University, Wales

15 March, 8:00 p.m.
With the Bangor New Music Ensemble
Works by John Cage
Bangor New Music Festival

2 March
John Young: X for piano and electroacoustic sound
De Montfort University

10 February, 8:00 p.m.
Jimmie LeBlanc: Lignes d'ombre
for piano, harpsichord and electronics (premiere)
Karlheinz Essl: Sequitur V for toy piano and electronics
With the Contemporary Keyboard Society, concert Montreal-Vienna
Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur
100, rue Sherbrooke Est, Montreal

2011

26 November, 8:00 p.m.
Clemens Gadenstätter: Fluchten/Agorasonie
With Pascal Meyer, piano, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Peter Rundel, conductor
Rainy Days Festival, Philharmonie Luxembourg

15 November, 1:00 p.m.
Works for toy piano by John Cage and Andrew Lewis; with the piano student class concert,
Bangor University Lunchtime Concert Series

21 October, 1:10 p.m.
Solo recital, piano and live electronics
Music by Andrew Lewis, Scott Wilson, John Young
Barber Concert Hall, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
University of Birmingham

29 September, 7:30 p.m.
Solo piano recital
Music by Messiaen, Ravel, John Young (world premiere)
Music@Bangor
Powis Hall, Bangor University

4 August
Lou Bunk: Being and Becoming for toy piano and live electronics
International Computer Music Conference
University of Huddersfield

1 August, 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Ottawa ChamberFest New Music Now
Berio, Olivier Girouard and Isak Goldschneider (world premiere)
With Amy Horvey, trumpet
Saint Brigid's Centre for the Arts Room: Grand Canal Concert Hall, Ottawa

6 May, 8:00 p.m.
Pestova/Meyer piano duo in recital
Dutilleux, Reich, Stravinsky
Gallery345
345 Sorauren Avenue, Toronto, $20, $15, $10

4 May, 7:30 p.m.
Les Cinq As
Pierre Klanac: Variations
Pestova/Meyer piano duo and ECM+
Salle Pierre-Mercure
300 boul. de Maisonneuve Est, Montreal

21 April, 7:00 p.m.
peripheral observations / observations périphériques
Lou Bunk: Being and Becoming for toy piano and electronics
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal
Michael and Renata Hornstein Pavillon
Auditorium Maxwell Cummings
1379, rue Sherbrooke Ouest
Métro Guy-Concordia or Peel

14 April, 7:30 p.m.
Live@CIRMMT Clavisphere: Pianotarium
Music for piano(s), percussion, and multi-channel electronics by Anthony Tan and Nina Young
MMR, McGill University, Montreal

29 March, 1:00 p.m.
Chris Paul Harman: After Schumann
Bangor University Music Society Lunchtime Series
Powis Hall, College Road, Bangor

25 February, 7:00 p.m.
New music for piano, toy piano and electronics
MacKay United Church
39 Dufferin Road, Ottawa
$10, $15

8 February, 7:30 p.m.
Boston Modern Orchestra Project Club Concert
Club Oberon
2 Arrow St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
$15, $18, $20

7 February, 7:30 p.m.
Ottawa New Music Creators'
Contemporary Revolution
Chris Paul Harman: After Schumann
Café Paradiso
199 Bank St., Ottawa

2010

26 November, 11:50 a.m.
Research presentation, Bangor University, Wales

20 October, 7:30 p.m.
Le Retour des Impatiences
Sala Rossa, 4848, boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal, $10

12 October
New works for toy piano
Karnatic Lab, De Badcuyp, Amsterdam

9 October
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Dialoge concerto for two pianos and large orchestra
With Pascal Meyer, piano, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Peter Hirsch, conductor
Festival Musica, Strasbourg, France

1 October
Pestova/Meyer piano duo recital
Conservatoire de Musique
33, rue Charles Martel, Luxembourg

1 September, 7:30 p.m.
Works by Richard Ayres, Luciano Berio, Olivier Girouard, Liza Lim and Giacinto Scelsi
With Amy Horvey, trumpet
Innovations en concert
Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal, 4750, rue Henri-Julien, $10/15

13 June, 5:00 p.m.
Pestova/Meyer piano duo play Stravinsky, Ligeti, Dugal McKinnon, Chris Watson
Centre Culturel Régional Dudelange Opderschmelz, Luxembourg

9 June, 8:00 p.m.
Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska: Le retour des papillons
With the United Instruments of Lucilin
Philharmonie Luxembourg

29 May
Paper presentation: pedagogical issues in repertoire for piano and live electronics (abstract)
International Conference for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Pedagogy
University of Ottawa, Ontario

21 May, 8:00 p.m.
Les temps interrompus
Lou Bunk: Being and Becoming for toy piano and electronics
The Interstice, 242 Young (NW of Peel & Wellington), Montreal

16 May, 10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Ottawa Chamber Music Society Family Music Fair
With Pemi Paull, viola
Music for viola and piano by Rose Bolton, Gavin Bryers and Arvo Pärt

10 April, 8:00 p.m.
The Interstice Piano Fundraiser
Works for toy piano and electronics, chamber music, silent art auction
242 Young (NW of Peel & Wellington), Montreal

9 April, 9:00 p.m.
Works for toy piano and electronics
Featuring Tristan Perich - qsqsqsqsqqqqqqqqq for three toy pianos and 4-channel 1-bit electronics
With Katelyn Clark and Tristan Perich, toy pianos
l'envers, 185 Van Horne, Montreal

27 March, 8:00 p.m.
Works for toy piano and electronics
OpenSound, Third Life Studio, Union Square, Somerville, Mass.

26 March, 7:00 p.m.
Lou Bunk - Being and Becoming for toy piano and live electronics,
Derek Hurst - An Wem... for toy piano and fixed sounds
Hans Tutschku - Zellen-Linien for piano and live electronics
The 30-second project - selections (various composers)
Franklin Pierce University, New Hampshire

14 March, 8:00 p.m.
Jacob Sudol: Wash Yourself of Yourself for piano and performed live electronics,
Until We Remain Suspended for toy piano and performed live electronics,
The 30-second Project: selections (various composers)
With Jacob Sudol, laptop
The Wulf
1026 South Santa Fe avenue #203
Los Angeles

13 March
Paper presentation: performing works for piano and live electronics
The Pianist in the 21st Century
9th Annual New Music Festival
California State University, Fullerton

10 February, 8:00 p.m.
Territoires inexplorés @ Interstice:
La boìte à jouets
Works by John Cage, Johnny Chang, Karlheinz Essl, Thor Kell, Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, Andrew Lewis, Scott McLaughlin, Clio Montrey, David Smooke, Walther von der Vogelweide
With Katelyn Clark, hurdy-gurdy/ toy piano, Jean-Willy Kunz, toy piano, July Ryning, soprano
Interstice, 242 Young (NW of Peel & Wellington), Montreal
$5-7

6 February, 5:00 p.m.
CKS 4 (2006-2010)
Works by Félix Frédéric Baril, Elliot Cole, Alexandra Fol, alcides lanza, Jimmie LeBlanc, Timothy McCormack, Maurice Ohana, Antonio Soler.
Premieres by Sandeep Bhagwati, Peter Bogaert, Peter Castine, Ray Evanoff, Chen-Hui Jen and alcides lanza.
With Katelyn Clark, harpsichord/toy piano and Shawn Mativetsky, percussion
Christ Church Cathedral, 635 Ste-Catherine Ouest, Montreal
Free entry

26 January, 6:00 p.m.
Lecture: performance with live electronics
EV building, Room 6.720, Concordia University, Montreal
Slides

2009

24 November, 7:00 p.m.
122test, pt. 1
Jacob Sudol: new work for Disklavier and live electronics
Room CPMC 122, UCSD

20 November, 8:00 p.m.
Open Sound West presents:
Works for piano and toy piano by Johnny Chang, Karlheinz Essl, Bryan Jacobs, Jukka-Pekka Kervinen,
Thor Kell, Andrew Lewis, Scott McLaughlin, Clio Montrey, Hans Tutschku, Ken Ueno.
CNMAT, 1750 Arch St., Berkeley, California

6 - 7 November
Timothy McCormack: ]regate[ s.p. ]aggre[
First Athens Composer/Performer Conference, Greece

3 November, 7:30 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano and Jan Panis, sound projection
Festival Musikhost, Odense, Denmark

26 September, 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
cave_music
An underground performance installation presented by the Contemporary Keyboard Society / CMC New Music in New Places
Music by Erik Ross
With Katelyn Clark, toy piano
Bonnechere Caves, 1247 Fourth Chute Road, Eganville, Ontario

12 September, 8:45 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano and Jan Panis, sound projection
Festival Royaumont, France

20 August, 5:00 p.m.
Haruka Hirayama: Septangle for piano and computer
ICMC 2009
Pollack Hall, Montreal

19 August, 3:30 p.m.
Demo session: the CIRMMT/McGill Digital Orchestra Project
ICMC 2009
McGill University, Montreal

18 August, 5:00 p.m.
Hans Tutschku: Winternacht for piano, percussion and live electronics
with Fabrice Marandola, percussion
ICMC 2009
Pollack Hall, Montreal

22 July, 12:00 p.m.
Stravinsky, Dugal McKinnon, Chris Watson
Pestova/Meyer piano duo
Marama Hall, Dunedin, New Zealand

19 July, 6:00 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano and Phil Brownlee, sound projection
New Zealand School of Music, Wellington, New Zealand

17 July, 2:10 p.m.
Pestova/Meyer piano duo composer workshop
New Zealand School of Music, Wellington, New Zealand
Pestova/Meyer piano duo

17 July, 12:00 p.m.
Stravinsky, Dugal McKinnon, Chris Watson
Pestova/Meyer piano duo
15 July, 1:00 p.m.
Pestova/Meyer piano duo piano masterclass
New Zealand School of Music, Wellington, New Zealand

8 July, 2:00 p.m.
"From Score to Sound:"
Workshop for the Institute of the Registered Music Teachers of New Zealand
With Pascal Meyer, piano

17 June, 1:15 p.m.
The 30-second Project, Part II:
Premieres of new works for piano solo
With special guest pianists Julia Den Boer and Sara Laimon
Unitarian Church of Montreal
5035 de Maisonneuve West

13 June
The 30-second Project, Part I:
Premieres of new works for toy piano solo
With special guest Katelyn Clark
Private concert, Montreal

28 May, 8:00 p.m.
Solo piano recital
Handel: Suite in G minor, Schumann: opus 26,
Chris Paul Harman: After Schumann, Edison Denisov: Variations on a Theme of Handel
Pollack Hall, Montreal
555 Sherbrooke St. West

20 May, 1:30 p.m.
Music at Midday: solo piano recital
Handel, Schumann, Edison Denisov
Unitarian Church of Montreal
5035 de Maisonneuve West

3 April, 8:30 p.m.
With the Contemporary Keyboard Society
Workshop and concert. Works by Saariaho, Sergio Freire, Silvio Ferraz, Hans Tutschku and alcides lanza.
Faculdade Santa Marcelina, São Paulo, Brazil

3 April, 10:00 a.m.
Workshop: Performance with Live Electronics (with Fernando Rocha, percussion)
Faculdade Santa Marcelina, São Paulo, Brazil

1 April, 7:30 p.m.
With the Contemporary Keyboard Society
Works by Messiaen, Andriessen, Burns, Murail, Ligeti, Michel Frigon and alcides lanza.
Projeto Quarta Erudita - Sala Juvenal Dias (Palácio das Artes), Belo Horizonte, Brazil

30 March, 9:30 a.m. With the Contemporary Keyboard Society
Workshop: Rehearsing New Music
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

29 March, 11 a.m.
With the Contemporary Keyboard Society
Works by Saariaho, Christopher Burns, Karlheinz Essl, Ligeti, Silvio Ferraz, Geof Holbrook and alcides lanza.
Fundação de Educação Artística, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

20 March, 8:00 p.m.
Recital with works for piano and live electronics by Rob Godman, Andrew Lewis, Hans Tutschku et al
Bangor New Music Festival
with Electroacoustic Wales

20 March, 10:00 a.m.
Open Workshop: William Mathias Composition Prize, Bangor, Wales

15 March, 11 a.m.
Digital Musical Instruments and Performance Practice
McGill Music Graduate Symposium

6 March, 7:30 p.m.
The Heavy Metal Project
Eliot Britton: Ferrofluid
With Erika Donald, electric cello and Vicky Shin, V-Drums
Pollack Hall, Montreal
555 Sherbrooke St. West
MusiMars Festival

21 February, 8:00 p.m.
Bryan Jacobs: Song from the Moment for piano and live electronics
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

20 February, 9:00 a.m.
Lecture/Demonstration: The Digital Orchestra Project
Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

17 February, 12:30 p.m.
McGill Music Technology Colloquium

2008

14 December, 8:00 p.m.
New works for piano, harpsichord, vibraphone, toy piano and percussion
With the Contemporary Keyboard Society, presented by The Music Gallery
St George-the-Martyr Church, Toronto

12 December, 8:00 p.m.
New works for piano, harpsichord, vibraphone, toy piano and percussion
With the Contemporary Keyboard Society, presented by Codes d'acces
Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal

10 December, 7:30 p.m.
Olivier Messiaen: from Catalogue d'oiseaux - Le Courlis cendré
St. Andrew's Church, 82 Kent Street, Ottawa

10 December, 2:00 p.m.
Invited Presenter, Carleton University Messiaen Symposium
Humanities Theatre, 303 Paterson Hall, Carleton University, Ottawa

23 November, 8:00 p.m.
Soirée Colorée, works by Marc Monnet
With the United Instruments of Lucilin
Festival Rainy Days 2008, Philharmonie Luxembourg

22 November, 8:00 p.m.
Bernd Aloys Zimmermann: Dialoge, concerto for two pianos and large orchestra
With Pascal Meyer, piano
Orchestre Philharmonique Luxembourg conducted by Arturo Tamayo
Festival Rainy Days 2008, Philharmonie Luxembourg

13 November, 8:00 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano and Andrew Lewis, sound projection
Presented by the Cork Orchestral Society
Curtis Auditorium, Cork School of Music

17 October, 7:00 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano and Marielle Groven, sound projection
Presented by Live@CIRMMT with support from CIRMMT, McGill PGSS and the McGill Percussion Area
Pollack Hall, Montreal

25 August, 3:55 p.m.
Paper presentation: Analogue to Digital: Authenticity Vs. Sustainability in Stockhausen's MANTRA (1970) (Download PDF)
International Computer Music Conference 2008
Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast

25 August, 10 p.m.
Rob Godman: Duel for piano and sound projection
Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music
Mandela Hall, Queen's University, Belfast

12 July, 3:30 p.m.
Olivier Messiaen: five pieces from Catalogue d'oiseaux
Le Festival de Lanaudière

30 May, 7:00 p.m.
Lecture-recital
Messiaen as Painter: Nature Depictions in the "Catalogue d'oiseaux"
2008 Echo Conference: Space, Time, and Music
University of California, Los Angeles

16 May, 8:00 p.m.
Lecture-recital
Models for Interaction: New Works for Piano and Live Electronics
Bryan Jacobs: Song from the Moment (Premiere)
Silvio Ferraz: Cortazar, ou quarto com caixa vazia
Hans Tutschku: Zellen-Linien
In Collaboration with the McGill DCS
Tanna Schulich Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University

9 May, 8:00 p.m.
Chris Paul Harman: Concertino
McGill Percussion Ensemble directed by Aiyun Huang
Chapelle Historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal

12 April, 8:00 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano and Jan Panis, sound projection
Festival Archipel, Geneva

3 April, 8:00 p.m.
Chris Paul Harman: Concertino (Premiere)
McGill Percussion Ensemble directed by Aiyun Huang
Pollack Hall, Montreal

15 March, 10:00 a.m.
Lecture-recital
Messiaen as Painter: Nature Depictions in the "Catalogue d'oiseaux"
University of Toronto Music Graduate Students' Association Conference

5 March, 8:00 p.m.
Andrew Stewart and Heather Hindman: New Works for gestural controllers
With the CIRMMT McGill Digital Orchestra
MusiMars Festival
Pollack Hall, Montreal

30 January, 12:30 p.m.
Lunch-time Recital
Works by Olivier Messiaen, Xavier Montsalvatge, Tristan Murail
"Concerts du Midi" Casino Luxembourg

24 January, 8:00 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano and Jan Panis, sound projection
Philharmonie Luxembourg

2007

3 December, 8:00 p.m.
Gyorgy Ligeti: Three Pieces for Two Pianos
With Martin Karlicek, piano
Pollack Hall, Montreal

16 October
Portrait Magnus Lindberg
With the United Instruments of Lucilin
Festival Arena, Riga (Latvia)

10 October
Carte Blanche Ichiro Nodaira
With the United Instruments of Lucilin
Philharmonie Luxembourg

10 August, 8:00 p.m.
Carte Blanche Ichiro Nodaira
With the United Instruments of Lucilin
Mozarteum Salzburg

7 - 15 July
Attending the Stockhausen Courses, Kuerten

20 April, 7:00 p.m.
Presentation Authenticity and Sustainability in Stockhausen's MANTRA
With Mark T. Marshall and Jacob Sudol
Wirth Opera Studio, McGill University

11 April, 8:00 p.m.
Denys Bouliane: Du fouet et du plaisir
Soloist with McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble
Pollack Hall, Montreal

25 March, 8:00 p.m.
Jacob Sudol: Inner Music
for piano, harpsichord, percussion and quadraphonic electronics
Presented by the McGill Digital Composition Studios
Tanna Schulich Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University

17 March, 8:00 p.m.
New works for piano, harpsichord and vibraphone
Presented by the Contemporary Keyboard Society
Tanna Schulich Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University

10 March, 4:00 p.m.
Lecture-recital, McGill University Music Graduate Students' Symposium
"Form and Notation: the Piano Miniature of the Russian Avant-garde"
Abstract available here, or as PDF.

9 March
Guest Presentation, McGill University Graduate Seminar
"Contemporary Performance Practice Issues"

15 - 24 February
Banff Centre Winter Career Development Residency
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA project with pianist Pascal Meyer

7 February, 8:00 p.m.
Unofficial premieres of three pieces for piano, harpsichord and vibraphone
Presented by the Contemporary Keyboard Society and McGill Percussion Area
Tanna Schulich Hall, Schulich School of Music, McGill University

6 February
Guest Presentation, McGill University Graduate Seminar
"Aspects of Human/Computer Interaction"

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