20:00, Monday 18 June 2012
Kings Place Hall Two (external link)
90 York Way
N1 9AG London
United Kingdom
Luigi Nono manipulated recordings of the piano, placing them alongside the live instrument to create an original and compelling sound world; Joanna Bailie (external link) conjures an imagined situation; Newton Armstrong (external link) explores the interior detail of the instrument’s unique acoustic; Stefan Prins (external link) adds video, pitting two pianos against each other.
Stefan Prins | Piano Hero #1 | 20119 |
Stefan Prins | Piano Hero #2 | 2011, rev 20126 |
Newton Armstrong | making one leaf transparent and then another | 2012*12 |
Joanna Bailie | Artificial Environment No.8 | 2012-13*18 |
Luigi Nono | .....sofferte onde serene... | 197614 |
20:30, Tuesday 19 February 2013
BKA Theater (external link)
Mehringdamm 34
Berlin
Germany
Four composers transform and extend the familiar piano sound in vastly different ways. Stefan Prins (external link) pits the instrument against its own virtual avatar while Newton Armstrong (external link) subtly expands its harmonies. Johannes Kriedler’s work uses audio and video playback as disruptive partners to the live performer, and Joanna Bailie (external link) creates new environments mediated by the piano.
Stefan Prins | Piano Hero #1 | 20119 |
Stefan Prins | Piano Hero #2 | 2011, rev 2012‡6 |
Newton Armstrong | making one leaf transparent and then another | 201212 |
Johannes Kreidler | Studie für Klavier, Audio- und Videozuspielung | 20116 |
Joanna Bailie | Artificial Environment No.8 | 2012-13‡18 |
20:30, Monday 9 June 2014
Loft (external link)
Wissmannstr. 30
50823 Köln
Germany
New British music for piano and electronics. A presentation by composer Matthew Shlomowitz (external link) will take place at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln the following day, 10 June at 11:00.
Joanna Bailie | Artificial Environment No.8 | 2012-1318 |
Newton Armstrong | making one leaf transparent and then another | 201212 |
Matthew Shlomowitz | Popular Contexts 2 | 201025 |
19:00, Saturday 4 October 2014
Villa Romana (external link)
Via Senese 68
50124 Florence
Italy
Mark Knoop performs alongside Alter Ego in this contemporary festival at the Villa Romana in Florence.
Matthew Shlomowitz | Popular Contexts 2 | 201025 |
Matthew Shlomowitz | Fast Medium Swing | 200810 |
Newton Armstrong | making one leaf transparent and then another | 201212 |
20:00, Sunday 2 October 2016
Plivka
Vasylkivska 1
Kiev
Ukraine
Joanna Bailie | Artificial Environment No.8 | 2012-13#18 |
Steven Kazuo Takasugi | Die Klavierübung: movement 1 (version for piano and tape) | 2007-09/2014#11 |
Newton Armstrong | making one leaf transparent and then another | 2012#12 |
Matthew Shlomowitz | Popular Contexts 2 | 2010#25 |