S i w a n R h y s
pianist
2023
9 January
American Songbook II with Lucy Goddard, mezzo-soprano
music by Gloria Coates, Charles Ives, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Elliott Carter, Elisabet Dijkstra, Aaron Copland, George Crumb
Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton
19 January - Kettle's Yard New Music Concert Series
music by Eva-Maria Houben, Tim Parkinson, and Barbara Monk Feldman
Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
10 February
James McVinnie Ensemble: Glassworks
music by Philip Glass, Chris P. Thompson, and Meredith Monk
Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden
2 March - University of Leeds International Concert Series
music by Joanna Bailie, Tim Parkinson, Ryoko Akama, and Oliver Leith
Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, Leeds
9 March - Cambridge Music Festival
Steve Reich - Four Organs, Phase Patterns, Clapping Music and Six Pianos
with Piano Circus
Fitzwilliam College Auditorium, Cambridge
25 March - MaerzMusik festival
Riot Ensemble: Gísladóttir / Thurley / Morgan-Williams / Paxton
music by Bára Gísladóttir, Bethan Morgan-Williams, Alex Paxton and Oliver Thurley
with Riot Ensemble
Radialsystem, Berlin
14 April - Sound Unwrapped
music by Rebecca Saunders, Catherine Lamb, Cassandra Miller, and Beatrice Dillon
with Explore Ensemble
Kings Place, London
21 April
Steve Reich - Double Sextet, Traveler's Prayer, Music for 18 Musicians
with Colin Currie Group
Tokyo Opera City
22 April
Steve Reich - Double Sextet, Traveler's Prayer, Music for 18 Musicians
with Colin Currie Group
Tokyo Opera City
26 April
Steve Reich - Music for Pieces of Wood, Piano Phase, Mallet Quartet, Drumming Part 1, Sextet
with Colin Currie Group
Nagakute Cultural Center, Nagoya
11 May
Contact: Intervals - Tim Parkinson w/ GBSR Duo, Simon Payne & More
Tim Parkinson - Project 9000 (world premiere) for piano, percussion, and electronics
with GBSR Duo
IKLECTIK, London
19 May - Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Mirrors: 12 Ensemble & GBSR Duo
music by Mica Levi, Fausto Romitelli, Laurence Osborn, and Harold Budd/Brian Eno
St Andrew's & Blackfriars' Hall, Norwich
23 May - Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Jessica Walker & Luke Styles: The People's Cabaret
with CHROMA Ensemble
Adnams Spiegeltent, Norwich
24 May - Brighton Festival
Jessica Walker & Luke Styles: The People's Cabaret
with CHROMA Ensemble
Komedia Basement, Brighton
26 May - Sound Unwrapped
music by Mica Levi, Fausto Romitelli, Laurence Osborn, and Harold Budd/Brian Eno
Kings Place, London
29 May
Beyond Borders/Drake Music Scotland composer workshop
new works for solo piano
The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
8 June
GBSR Duo concert
music by Barbara Monk Feldman, Tim Parkinson, Aldo Clementi and University of Huddersfield composition students
Phipps Hall, University of Huddersfield
16 June - Meltdown Festival
Sigur Rós & London Contemporary Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall, London
4 July - Time of Music festival, Viitasaari
with London Sinfonietta
Time of Music, Viitasaari Finland
5 July - Time of Music festival, Viitasaari
with London Sinfonietta
Time of Music, Viitasaari Finland
6 July
Kate Molleson - Sound Within Sound
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbru - Mother's Love, The Garden of Gethsemane, and Ballad of the Spirits
Galina Ustvolskaya - Piano Sonata No 6
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre London
14 July - Cheltenham Music Festival
music by Mica Levi, Fausto Romitelli, Laurence Osborn, and Harold Budd/Brian Eno
Town Hall, Cheltenham
17 July
music by Benjamin Oliver, Anna Appleby, Rob Laidlow, Zakiya Leeming, Oliver Sellwood, Megan Steinberg
with Riot Ensemble
Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton
19 July - Sound Unrwapped
music by Benjamin Oliver, Anna Appleby, Rob Laidlow, Zakiya Leeming, Oliver Sellwood, Megan Steinberg
with Riot Ensemble
Kings Place, London
19 August
GBSR Duo: Galina Ustvolskaya and Oliver Leith
Oliver Leith - good day good day bad day bad day
Galina Ustvolskaya - Composition No 2, Dies Irae
Bold Tendencies, London
22-26 August
The Conductor as Dramaturg - Britten Pears Arts/Royal Opera House
Oliver Leith - Last Days
with GBSR Duo
Snape Maltings, Suffolk
16 September
BBC Radio 3: New Music Show concert
with GBSR Duo
Theatr Mwldan, Aberteifi
21 September - Warsaw Autumn festival
RIOT ENSEMBLE: Bosnić / Nepelski / Gísladóttir / Macklay / Iannotta
music by Maja Bosnić, Karol Nepelski, Bára Gísladóttir, Sky Macklay, and Clara Iannotta
with Riot Ensemble
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
27 October - soundfestival
with Lucy Goddard (mezzo soprano)
St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen
28 October - soundfestival
music by Barbara Monk Feldman, Tim Parkinson, and a world premiere by Christopher Fox
with GBSR Duo
St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen
3 November
Beyond Borders/Beyond Barriers
New works for piano by Sarah Lianne Lewis, Sonia Allori, Sorcha Pringle, Jo-anne Cox, Elinor Rowlands, and Leon Clowes
Dora Stoutzker Hall, Cardiff
18 November - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Angharad Davies - Empty Spaces II [world premiere]
with GBSR Duo
Bates Mill Photographic Studio, Huddersfield
20 November - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Lisa Illean - Tiding II (silentium) [UK premiere]
with GBSR Duo, David Zucchi (saxophone), and Michael Acker (SWR Experimentalstudio)
St Paul's Hall, Huddersfield
24 November - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
music by Henze, Anna Korsun, Charles Uzor, Riikka Talvitie, Tyshawn Sorey, Tanya Auclair, and Mariam Rezaei
with London Sinfonietta
Town Hall, Huddersfield
3 December - Sound Unwrapped
Stockhausen - SYNTHI-FOU, STRAHLEN, and COSMIC PULSES
with GBSR Duo and Ian Dearden (Sound Intermedia)
Kings Place, London
7 December - Giga-Hertz-Festival
music by Beatrice Dillon, John Croft, and Christian Mason
with Explore Ensemble and SWR Experimentalstudio
Medientheater, Karlsruhe