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UPCOMING EVENTS

25 October 2008

Solus : The Art of Solo Virtuosity
Vancouver New Music Festival 2008

"Ligeti, Ustvol’skaya, Stockhausen In Memoriam"

Karlheinz Stockhausen "Klavierstück IX", György Ligeti "Musica Ricerata", Galina Ustvol'skaya "Sonata 6", Jonathan Harvey "Tombeau de Messiaen" for Piano and Tape. programme notes »

Venue & time: Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St, Vancouver
More info: www.newmusic.org
Ticket prices & sales: TBA

 

PAST EVENTS

9 May 2008

Music Alive, Radio New Zealand Concert

Broadcast of Tzenka's 2005 concert featuring John Cage’s Daughter of the Lonesome Isle, plus works by Charles Ives, Morton Feldman, Gilles Tremblay, Galina Ustvol’skaya and Olivier Messiaen.

Concert FM, Radio New Zealand

29 April 2007

The Perilous Night

Music by John Cage, György Ligeti, Jonathan Harvey and Tzenka Dianova, in collaboration with composer Charlotte Rose. Graduation recital.
programme notes »

School of Music, University of Auckland

25 March 2007

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's "Fire Wind Water"

John Adams’ "Harmonielehre," Gareth Farr’s "Rangitoto", and Toru Takemitsu’s "From Me Flows What You Call Time." With Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor.

Auckland Town Hall, Auckland

16 January 2007

Concert FM - Music Alive

Broadcast of Tzenka's 23 March 2006 concert recording of Steve Reich's "Hallelujah Junction" and John Adams' "Piano Phase" piano duos, with Sarah Watkins.

Music Alive, Radio New Zealand

10 October 2006

Exposure 06

John Cage's "In the Name of the Holocaust" for prepared piano, as part of University of Auckland's Exposure 06 postgraduate research exposition.

School of Music, University of Auckland

1 October 2006

The Karlheinz Company:
Eve de Castro-Robinson

Celebrating the eminent New Zealand composer's 50th birthday. John Rimmer's "Fifty Apples for Eve" for piano, with Uwe Grodd (flute).

School of Music, University of Auckland

24 September 2006

Morton Feldman's "For Bunita Marcus" for solo piano. programme notes »

School of Music, University of Auckland

14 July 2006

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's "NZSSSO Finale Concert"

Philip Glass' "Mad Rush". Programme also featured music by Lissa Meridan, Babadzhanian, Takemitsu, John Williams and Brahms.

Auckland Town Hall, Auckland

8 July 2006

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Pre-concert talk: "Shostakovich's Symphony No 6". pre-concert talk notes »

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

1 July 2006

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Pre-concert talk: "Shostakovich's Symphony No 6". pre-concert talk notes »

Auckland Town Hall, Auckland

13 June 2006

Concert FM - Music Alive

Broadcast of Tzenka's 2 November 2005 concert recording of John Cage's "Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano".

Music Alive, Radio New Zealand

28 May 2006

Karlheinz Company

John Cage's "Music for Marcel Duchamp." Programme featured contemporary music from New Zealand and elsewhere.

School of Music, University of Auckland

7 May 2006

"The Soviet Dissidents"

Music for cello and piano by Alfred Schnittke, Arvo Pärt, and Galina Ustvol'skaya, with Ashley Brown (cello). programme notes »

School of Music, University of Auckland

17 March 2006

"Lunchtime Concert at the School of Music"

Philip Glass' "Mad Rush."

School of Music, University of Auckland

5 March 2006

"Satie, Cage and the Minimalists"

Music by Erik Satie, John Cage, Steve Reich and John Adams, with Sarah Watkins (piano). programme notes »

School of Music, University of Auckland

19 November 2005

Béla Bartók’s “Contrasts” for clarinet, violin, and piano

with Elsa Lam (clarinet) and Yid-Ee Goh (violin).

Greenlane Christian Centre, Auckland

2 November 2005

John Cage’s “Sonatas and Interludes" for prepared piano solo

New Zealand premiere. programme notes »

School of Music, University of Auckland

26 October 2005

"The Prepared Piano of John Cage"

Interactive lecture-demonstration DMA seminar. DMA seminar notes »

School of Music, University of Auckland

1 October 2005

"XX Century Piano Music: New Forms, New Sounds"

Music by Ives, Cage, Ustvol'skaya, Feldman, Tremblay, Messiaen. programme notes »

School of Music, University of Auckland

5 September 2005

175 East

Michael Finnissy’s “Post-Christian Survival Kit” with the 175 East contemporary music ensemble.

Odeon Lounge, Auckland

31 May 2005

"Lunchtime Concert at the School of Music"

Douglas Lilburn’s “Nine Short Pieces.” video clip »

School of Music, University of Auckland