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2022

14-20 Nov | Coaching and Performances [TBA] at Lucerne Festival Academy; Lucerne, Switzerland

20 Oct | Solo recital and lecture, French Romantic repertoire, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

29 Aug | 6:20pm | KKL Luzern, “Carte Blanche” Concert

21-30 Aug | Coaching and Performances [TBA] at Lucerne Festival Academy; Lucerne, Switzerland

9-12 Aug | Recording project with HereNowHear, Oktaven Studios. Stockhausen’s “MANTRA” and John Liberatore’s “Sedgeflowers”

14-16, 25-30 Jul | Residency with Weekend of Chamber Music | 16 Jul, 5pm, Jeffersonville Bake Shop, music by Bach, Schumann, Barber, and Hannah Kendall, with Caroline Stinson, Janice Meyerson, and Andrew Waggoner

May-June | Time off for Writing and Artistic Rejuvenation

22-24 Apr | Brandon University, Lorne Watson Hall | (almost)-all Canadian music by Ana Sokolovic, Didier Rotella, Unsuk Chin, Claude Vivier, Talivaldis Kenins, premiere by Cris Derksen

17 Apr | 8pm | Cornell University, Barnes Hall | (almost)-all Canadian music by Ana Sokolovic, Didier Rotella, Unsuk Chin, Claude Vivier, Talivaldis Kenins

15 Apr | 6pm, 8pm | Historical Keyboards Series, Cornell University, Barnes Hall | music of Debussy, Price, Kenins, Ravel on Bluthner

6 Apr | 10am | Livonia, MI, Presentation: “At Blind Intersections: Recovering and Teaching the Music of Historically Underrepresented Piano Repertoire” to Livonia Area Teachers Association

1 Mar | Syracuse University, Setnor Auditorium | HereNowHear | premiere of John Liberatore’s Sedgeflowers and Stockhausen MANTRA.

19 Feb | Notre Dame University, Washington Hall | HereNowHear | premiere of John Liberatore’s Sedgeflowers and Stockhausen MANTRA. Masterclasses with piano students.

31 Jan | Virtual release for Margaret Bonds Day, in conjunction with ONEcomposer | Florence Price: In Sentimental Mood

28 Jan | A.D. White House, Ithaca, NY, 6pm and 8pm | French piano music inspired by ancient Greece (Debussy: Six Epigraphes antiques, L’isle joyeuse, Ravel: my own transcription of Daphnis et Chloe, Suite 2, plus Florence Price’s Fantasie negre no. 2)

2021

29 Nov | Ussel de l’Allier | pre-release concert for album Présences lointaines (works by Jacquet de la Guerre, Ravel, Lili Boulanger, Mariotte)

19-21 Nov | Lucerne, Switzerland | Lucerne Forward Festival | Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra | premiere of new commissioned works, plus works by Liza Lim, George Lewis, et al.

5 Nov | Barnes Hall, Ithaca, NY, 8pm | pre-release concert for album Présences lointaines (works by Jacquet de la Guerre, Ravel, Lili Boulanger, Marie Jaëll, Saint-Saëns, Mariotte)

5 Nov | Online event, 10 am | Piano Seminar, New England Conservatory, with Bruce Brubaker

16 Oct | Donaueschingen Festival, Germany, with Lucerne Contemporary Festival Orchestra | new work by Milica Djordjević

13 Jul-16 | Recording of album Présences lointaines (works by Jacquet de la Guerre, Ravel, new work by Didier Rotella, Mariotte)

11 Jul | Salle de l’Institut (Orléans): Association des amis de René Thinat | Antoine Mariotte : Sonata in F-sharp minor (1905)

2020

Late March | HereNowHear tour around the first performances of Sedgeflowers by John Liberatore and Stockhausen Mantra (Duquesne/University of Pittsburgh, Notre Dame University, and more) [delayed due to…2020]

31 Jan | Barnes Hall, Ithaca, NY, 8pm | Ann Silsbee: Letter from a Field Biologist (premiere), with Richard Valitutto

2019 (selected)

10 Nov | Ensemble X, Barnes Hall, Ithaca, NY, 3pm | Adams: Hallelujah Junction, with Xak Bjerken, piano

15 Sep | First Unitarian Church of Ithaca, 3pm | Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Music| Gaubert: Trois Aquarelles for flute, cello, and piano; Wendy Mehne, flute; Rosemary Elliott, cello.

7 Sep | Barnes Hall, Ithaca, NY, 8pm | “New Meets Old,” (Inauguration of the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards), Stark: Two-Handed Storytelling.

22-24 Aug| Recording sessions at Oktaven Studios: Works by Stravinsky, Josef Matthias Hauer, Satie, and Craig Pepples (Paul Zukofsky memorial concert)

14 Jul| Ensemble Ulysses, Abbaye de Royaumont, Asnières-sur-Oise, France; “Joy”: Works by Stefano Gervasoni, Francesco Filidei (Ballata no. 3 for piano and ensemble) | Jean-Philippe Wurtz, conductor

22 Jun| Ensemble Ulysses, Le Centquatre-Paris, Paris; “Joy”: Works by Stefano Gervasoni, Matthias Pintscher, Florent Caron Darras, Magnus Lindberg | Matthias Pintscher, conductor

14 Jun| Ensemble Ulysses, Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, UK; Works by Birtwistle, Tansy Davies, Oliver Knussen, and premiere of a work by Caterina di Cecca | Geoffrey Paterson, conductor

14 Apr| HereNowHear, Barnes Hall, Cornell University; Ensemble X, Loren Loiacono’s Primum non nocere for two pianists and video projection

21 Mar, 6 Apr| HereNowHear, Midday Music, Lincoln Hall, Cornell University; DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York, NY: Works for 2 pianists by Emily Cooley, Walter Zimmermann (US premiere of As a Wife has a Cow: A Love Story), Steven Stucky, Luciano Berio, George Crumb’s Celestial Mechanics, and the premiere of Loren Loiacono’s Primum non nocere for two pianists and video projection (partial)

2018 (selected)

28 Oct, 10 Nov | Red Newt, Hector NY; Barnes Hall, Ithaca NY: Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated (donation concert, and top-of-the-concert talk with Raymond Craib and musicologist Sergio Ospina Romero)

14 July | Harris Concert Hall | Aspen, CO | Chamber Music Concert | Corigliano: Poem for October, Copland: Sonata for violin and piano (with Seohee Min), Zemlinsky: Trio for clarinet, piano, and cello, op. 3 (with Joaquin Valdepeñas, clarinet and Desmond Hoebig, cello)

5 July | Aspen Christ Episcopal Church| Elizabeth Ogonek: Lightenings, Copland: Sonata for violin and piano (with Seohee Min)

1 July-13 August | Aspen, CO | Residence with Aspen Contemporary Ensemble (selected, individual performances to be listed)

12 May | Barnes Hall | Ithaca, NY | HereNowHear | Stark: Foreword, Ligeti: Three Pieces for Two Pianos, Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra, op. 16 (arr. Webern), Stravinsky: Concerto for Two Pianos

22 April | American Museum of Natural History | New York, NY | Messiaen: Catalogue d’oiseaux bks. 6 and 7

25-26 Mar | Lang Concert Hall | Swarthmore, PA | Forbidden Songs: Music of Mid-century Poland | Works by Roman Palester

17-18 Mar | Barnes Hall | Ithaca, NY | Forbidden Songs: Music of Mid-century Poland | US premiere of works by Roman Palester (Piano Etudes, premiere, 1979; Sonatina for four-hands piano, with Ryan McCullough)

2017 (selected)

12 Oct | 7:30p | Elebash Recital Hall, SUNY Graduate Center | Duo concert in memoriam Paul Zukofsky, with Aaron Likness | Music of Satie, Josef Matthias Hauer, Stravinsky, Craig Pepples, and Ives

18 Sep | 7:30p | Tongyeong Concert Hall, Tongyeong, South Korea | “Winners & Masters, Series I” | Solo music of Louis Chiappetta, Isang Yun, Unsuk Chin, and a new work commissioned by Chin

29 July-Aug 6 | Kürten, Germany | Stockhausen Courses | Masterclasses on Mantra with Ellen Corver and Benjamin Kobler

7 May | Cornell University | Karel Husa: Concertino for Piano and Wind Ensemble (1983), Cornell University Wind Ensemble James Spinazzola, conductor

19 Mar | St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Syracuse, NY | Society for New Music commissioned composers concert | Chamber works by Melinda Wagner, Dan Godfrey, and Roberto Sierra.

24 Feb | Barnes Hall, Cornell University | Solo recital: Boulez: Une page d’éphéméride, Hans Abrahamsen: Ti Studier (Ten studies, complete); Unsuk Chin: Etudes, complete (“In C,” “Sequenzen,” “Scherzo ad libitum,” “Scalen,” “Toccata, “Grains”), Pascal Dusapin: Etudes pour piano (complete).

16 Feb | Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art | Solo works by Bridge, Bartók, Hindemith, Debussy, and Stravinsky as part of “The War to End All Wars: Artists and World War I” exhibition

21 Jan | Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) | premiere of Christopher Stark’s Foreword and Stockhausen Mantra (HereNowHear)