The piece Ex machina colores will be premiered on the 9th of December 2018, 6pm, at Casa da Música, Portugal, by the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, conducted by Baldur Brönnimann. The title alludes to process of creating harmony through computer programming. The piece is dedicated to composer Luís Tinoco. Click here for tickets.
The piece #where_we’re_going will be premiered on the 4th of November 2018, 6pm, at Casa da Música, Portugal, by the Remix Ensemble, conducted by Peter Rundel. The piece’s title refers to the hashtag commonly used today in social networks. The piece is dedicated to composer and conductor Christopher Bochmann. Click here for tickets.
As part of the artistic residency at Casa da Música, Portugal, I have composed a new piano trio piece. Called Elementos (elements), it will be premiered by Trio Adamastor on the 9th of October 2018, 7:30pm, at Sala 2. The event and tickets can be found here.
Alexander Soares is a pianist I admire very much. We met at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama while we were both enrolled on the doctoral programme (DMus). I can never forget his amazing performance of Messiaen’s Des canyons aux étoiles… at the Milton Court Concert Hall. I’m very happy and lucky to be working with him towards a new set of piano etudes which I hope will be an important contribution to the solo piano repertoire. We’ve been testing ideas and I’ve been getting a lot of valuable feedback in terms of piano technique and idiomatic notation.
Below are some pictures of our first working session at LSO St. Luke’s. The London Symphony Orchestra staff has been immensely supportive and deserves a special thanks. This includes the excellent AV team at St. Luke’s which recorded the session.
