Composer
Pianist Humay Gasimzade gave an online concert last weekend:
The full program was:
Turkar Gasimzada: Dhikr for piano and live electronics (2016)
Ben Damann: The Baby Duck in You Has Died for piano and electronics (2020)
Ka Hei Cheng: The Engulfing Turbulence for piano and electronics (2020) – premiere
Julius Eastman: Piano II- 2nd movement (1986)
Rachel Walker: Fú’ōu (2016)
Brian Ferneyhough: Lemma Icon Epigram (1981)
I spent the day at the Sprengel Museum with Autumn, brainstorming over our new work for Beiguan ensemble and electronics which will premiere there in November of this year.
A few photos from pianist Judith Goetze’s performance of 浮沤 (2016) during the Tage Neuer Musik Regensburg 2020:
A few months ago, I finished a new work for soprano and double bass with text by poet Eleanor Goodman. Departure Duo had commissioned the work, and gave several performances last month in New York and Boston — they are ideal collaborators and were so attentive to the world of the piece.
A few photos from our performances of Ebb and flow this month in Qingdao and in Beijing:
A photo with Xia Yuyan and Zhang Yongyun while recording Ebb and flow yesterday afternoon:
And a few photos from time spent researching suona 唢呐 late last week with performer Hou Yan Qiu, in preparation for a project with electronics next year:
I visited Heidelberg last week to catch Xia Yuyan’s concert with Jiang Shaofeng at the opening of the CHIME Collection:
It was wonderful to see/hear them both in Germany and also to discuss with Yuyan drafts for our upcoming nanpa/percussion collaboration for September.
I am back from a busy month in China, where I was carrying out research in preparation for upcoming works.
I spent time learning about Nanpa 南琶 from Xia Yuyan for a future piece…
…as well as with Wang Meng, learning more about Nanxiao 南箫 (pictured) and shakuhachi (尺八, 尺六):
I also spent a few days in Hangzhou researching Sanxian 三弦 for a separate project with Professor Chen Jingjing at the Zhejiang Conservatory:
Sylvia Hinz will give the premiere of my alto recorder work this June in Columbia. More information here.
