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UPCOMING:

2008

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

24 - 29 August
ICMC 2008

17 October, 8:00 p.m.
Karlheinz Stockhausen: MANTRA for two pianists
With Pascal Meyer, piano
Presented by Live@CIRMMT with support from CIRMMT
Pollack Hall, Montreal

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

PAST:

2008

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"

2006

6 December, 8:00 p.m.
McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble
Pollack Hall, Montreal

18 November
John Cage: Amores (percussion and prepared piano)
McGill Percussion Ensemble
Pollack Hall, Montreal

14 October
Equal Parts for piano and ensemble by Iain Matheson
with Luxembourg Sinfonietta
Centre des Arts Pluriels, Ettelbruck, Luxembourg

11 October 2006
Magnus Lindberg: Related Rocks
With pianist Pascal Meyer and the United Instruments of Lucilin ensemble
Philharmonie de Luxembourg

19 August
House Concert: Liszt, Bartok, Kurtag, Ligeti
Ottawa, Ontario

12 April
Premiere of Jacob Sudol's Time Fixtures for ensemble and live electronics
Synthesizer player with McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble, directed by Denys Bouliane

10 April
Gestural Control Sensor Party II - featuring the first appearance of a brand new musical interface
Thomson House Bar

1 April
Doctoral Recital
Pollack Hall, Montreal

5 March
Matinees du piano
Orleans, France

1 March
House Concert with Daniel Kramer, piano and Sabine Wuthrich, soprano
Keizersgracht, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

16 February
Premieres of works by young composers
McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble
Tanna Schulich Hall, McGill University

6 February 2006
Works for solo keyboards and keyboards with electronic sound
With Katelyn Clark, harpsichord
Clara Lichtenstein Hall, McGill University

2005

26 November

ConTmpo Girona Contemporary Music Festival: Xavier Montsalvatge - Si, a Mompou; Sonatine pour Yvette; Federico Mompou - Charmes; Tristan Murail - Cloches d'adieu, et un sourire, La Mandragore; Messiaen - Catalogue d'oiseaux, book 3.
Auditori de la Casa de Cultura de Girona, 5 Euro, FREE for under-30's

10 August
University of Waikato (New Zealand): Ligeti, Messiaen, Lourie, Lachenmann

9 August
University of Auckland: Lecture-recital (composers' workshop)

4 August
Night, Birds and Water
Taranaki International Festival of the Arts
Theatre Royal, New Plymouth

3 August
Otago University, Marama Hall: Showcase Series Lunchtime Concert

2 August
Otago University, Marama Hall: Piano Masterclass on Twentieth Century Repertoire

28 July
University of Canterbury

27 July
Christchurch International Festival of the Arts

25 July
Lecture-recital
The Chapel, St Mark's Church School, Wellington

22 July
Massey University, Wellington

21 July
Victoria University of Wellington

17 July
Pianist with Stroma Ensemble, St Andrew's on the Terrace, Wellington

12 April
Theater de Tobbe, the Hague, the Netherlands

1 April
Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, Montreal

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