“Vimbayi Kaziboni conducted with fluidity and inexhaustible precision, at once clear and ebullient [while] his musicians played with evident relish and consummate virtuosity.”

-Financial Times

2024-2025 events

when: September 6, 2024 | 7PM

what: A Devil in the Cathedral

who: Musikfestival Bern

where: Berne Minster | Bern, Switzerland

music:

George Lewis: A Devil in the Cathedral (world premiere)

Daniel Glaus, organ

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when: September 15, 2024 | 6PM

what: Festival MITO: A House of Call

who: Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della Rai

where: Auditorium Rai | Turin, Italy

music: 

Heiner Goebbels: A House of Call (Italian premiere)

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when: September 17, 2024 | 9PM

what: Festival MITO: A House of Call

who: Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della Rai

where: Teatro Arcimboldi | Milan, Italy

music:

Heiner Goebbels: A House of Call

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when: October 20, 2024 | 5PM

what: Donaueschinger Musiktage Closing Concert

who: SWR Sinfonieorchester

where: Baarsporthalle | Donaueschingen, Germany

music: 

Sara Glojnarić: new work for orchestra (world premiere)

Francisco Alvarado: Rev - Play - Fwd (world premiere)

Chaya Czernowin: Unforeseen Dusk: Bones into Wings (world premiere)

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when: October 25, 2024 | 7PM

what: strange bird

who: Klangforum Wien

where: Wiener Konzerthaus Mozart-Saal | Vienna, Austria

music:

Clara Iannotta: vacant lot (strange bird)

Brendan Champeaux: New Work (world premiere)

Yiran Zhao: fictional nonfiction II (world premiere)

George Lewis: Disputato

Polina Korobkova: New Work (world premiere)

Shiqi Geng: Ma nostalgie profonde et mes problèmes et complexités insolubles du temps perdu (world premiere)

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when: November 3, 2024 | 7PM

what: Tower of Babel II

who: Klangforum Wien

where: Kirche St. Elisabeth | Berlin, Germany

music:

Juste Janulyte: Clessirda

Farangis Nurulla: Betwixt & Between or rivière assoiffée

Maxim Kolomiiets: ...soft glass…

Oxana Omelchuk: Wow and flutter

Turkar Gasimzada: Qurama

Vladimir Gorlinsky: Sun.Disc.Minotaurus

Vladimir Tarnopolski: Focault´s Pendulum

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when: November 10, 2024 | 8PM

what: Nas/Haas

who: Ensemble Modern

where: Theater aan de Parade | ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

music: 

Jeffrey Mumford: through a stillness brightening (Dutch premiere)

Mayke Nas: Music with Movements and Interludes (world premiere)

Georg Friedrich Haas: weiter und weiter und weiter… (Dutch premiere)

Jagdish Mistry, violin

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when: November 17, 2024 | 8PM

what: Nas/Haas

who: Ensemble Modern

where: Alte Oper, Mozart Saal | Frankfurt, Germany

music: 

Jeffrey Mumford: through a stillness brightening (German premiere)

Mayke Nas: Music with Movements and Interludes (German premiere)

Georg Friedrich Haas: weiter und weiter und weiter…

Jagdish Mistry, violin

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when: November 21, 2024 | 7:30PM

what: Wien Modern Festival: Erste Bank Concert

who: Klangforum Wien

where: Wiener Konzerthaus | Vienna, Austria

music:

Justė Janulytė: Clessidra (Austrian premiere)

Nina Šenk: November Night (World premiere, winner of Erste Bank Composition Award 2024)

Manos Tsangaris: The Pizzicato Mystery (Austrian premiere)

Vladimir Tanopolski: Foucault’s Pendulum

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when: November 25, 2024 | 8PM

what: Festival d'Automne à Paris: A House of Call

who: Ensemble Modern Orchestra

where: Philharmonie de Paris | Paris, France

music:

Heiner Goebbels: A House of Call: My Imaginary Notebook (French premiere)

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when: November 30, 2024 | 8PM

what: Happy Birthday, Lojze Lebič and Vinko Globokar!

who: Ljubljana New Music Forum

where: Slovenian Philharmonic Hall | Ljubljana, Slovenia

music:

Lojze Lebič: kons a

Lojze Lebič: kons b

Olga Neuwirth: Quasare/Pulsare II

Fabio Nieder: Four Slovenian traditional songs from Trieste Region

Vinko Globokar: Rêve d’un touriste slovène au Wallis

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when: December 6, 2024 | 8PM

what: Shouting Forever into the Receiver: Music of the Black Avant-Garde

who: Boston Conservatory at Berklee ContraBAND

where: Boston Conservatory Studio T401 | Boston, MA

music:

to be announced

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when: January 15-16, 2025 | 7:30 PM

what: Patricia Kopatchinskaja & Claire Chase

who: Musikkollegium Winterthur

where: Stadthaus | Winterthur, Switzerland

music:

Giacinto Scelsi: Quattro Pezzi per Orchestra, no. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to “Egmont” op. 84

Dai Fujikura: Double Concerto for Violin and Flute (world premiere)

Antonín Dvořák: Symphony no. 8 in G major, op. 88

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin

Claire Chase, flute

Post-concert discussion on January 16 with Lion Gallusser at Park Hotel

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when: January 17, 2025 | 6:30PM

what: #TGIF – Meet Vimbayi Kaziboni

who: Musikkollegium Winterthur

where: Stadthaus | Winterthur, Switzerland

music:

Antonín Dvořák: Symphony no. 8 in G major, op. 88

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when: February 5, 2025

what: Crash

who: Klangforum Wien with Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart

where: Stuttgart, Germany

music:

Alex Paxton: new work (world premiere)

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when: February 16, 2025

what: The New Viennese School, part 1

who: Klangforum Wien

where: Wigmore Hall | London, England

music:

Arnold Schönberg: 3 Pieces for chamber orchestra, op. 11 (arr. Richard Dünser)

Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (arr. Arnold Schönberg)

Alexander von Zemlinsky: 6 Songs after Poems by Maurice Maeterlinck op. 13

Arnold Schönberg: 5 Orchestra Pieces (arr. Greissle)

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when: February 17, 2025

what: The New Viennese School, part 2

who: Klangforum Wien

where: Wigmore Hall | London, England

music: 

Franz Schreier: Der Wind

Hans Eisler: Divertimento for Wind Quintet

Ferruccio Busoni: Berceuse Élégiaque (arr. Erwin Stein)

Arnold Schönberg: Pierrot Lunaire

Barbara Kozelj, mezzo-soprano

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when: February 25, 2025

what: impuls festival 2025

who: Klangforum Wien

where: Helmut List Halle | Graz, Austria

music:

premiering new works by Damián Gorandi, Jieun Jeong, Piyawat Louilarpprasert Njabulo Phungula, and Kelley Sheehan

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when: February 28, 2025 | 7PM

what: Crash

who: Klangforum Wien with Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart

where: Wiener Konzerthaus, Mozart Saal | Vienna, Austria

music:

Alex Paxton: new work (Austrian premiere)

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when: March 6, 2025 | 7:30PM

what: Miya Masaoka Portrait Concert

who: International Contemporary Ensemble (I.C.E)

where: Miller Theater | New York, NY

music:

Miya Masaoka: The Dust and the Noise

Miya Masaoka: The Horizon Leans Forward

Miya Masaoka: new work (world premiere)

Miya Masaoka: Mapping a Joyful Noise

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when: March 14, 2025 | 8PM

what: New Works for Orchestra

who: Boston Conservatory at Berklee Composers Orchestra

where: Boston Conservatory Studio T401 | Boston, MA

music:

new works by Boston Conservatory composition students

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when: April 3, 2025 | 7:30PM

what: Chineke! US Tour

who: Chineke! Orchestra

where: Granada Theater | Santa Barbara, CA

music:

Valerie Coleman: 7 O’Clock Shout

Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Sussex Landscape

Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major

Brian Nabors: Pulse

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Symphony in A minor, op.8

Aaron Azunda Akugbo, trumpet

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when: April 4, 2025 | 8PM

what: Chineke! US Tour

who: Chineke! Orchestra

where: Renée & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall | Orange County, CA

music:

Valerie Coleman: 7 O’Clock Shout

Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Sussex Landscape

Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major

Brian Nabors: Pulse

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Symphony in A minor, op.8

Aaron Azunda Akugbo, trumpet

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when: April 9, 2025 | 8PM

what: Chineke! Tour Program

who: Chineke! Orchestra

where: Royal Festival Hall | London, England

music:

Valerie Coleman: 7 O’Clock Shout

Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Sussex Landscape

Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major

Brian Nabors: Pulse

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Symphony in A minor, op.8

Aaron Azunda Akugbo, trumpet

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when: May 2, 2025 | 8PM

what: TRANSFORMATIONS

who: Boston Conservatory at Berklee contraBAND

where: Boston Conservatory Studio T401 | Boston, MA

music: 

to be announced

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when: June 3-4, 2025

what: International Conducting Competition Rotterdam Jury

where: De Doelen, Jurriaanse Zaal | Rotterdam, Netherlands

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when: July 7, 2025 | 8PM

what: Recycling Concerto

who: Ensemble Reflektor

where: Elbphilharmonie | Hamburg, Germany

music: 

Gregor Mayrhofer: Recycling Concerto 

Beethoven: Symphony no. 7

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when: July 25, 2025 | 8:30PM

what: Salzburg Festival: Macbeth

who: Klangforum Wien

where: Kollegienkirche | Salzburg, Austria

music: 

Salvatore Sciarrino: Macbeth

Cody Quattlebaum, Macbeth

Iris van Wijen, A Sergeant/Fleance/A Hired Murderer/A Guard

Davide Giangregorio, Duncan/A Courtier/Macduff

Cordula Bürgi, chorus master

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when: August 2, 2025 | TBA

what: Darmstädter Ferienkurse: CORE

who: Darmstädter Ferienkurse Ensemble

where: TBA | Darmstadt, Germany

music:

Galina Ustvolskaya: Symphony no. 2 “True and Eternal Bliss”

Chaya Czernowin: CORE (world premiere)

Claire Chase, flute

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when: September 6, 2025 | TBA

what: Lucerne Festival: CORE

who: Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra

where: KKL Luzern | Lucerne, Switzerland

music:

Galina Ustvolskaya: Symphony no. 2 “True and Eternal Bliss”

Chaya Czernowin: CORE (world premiere)

Claire Chase, flute