Calendar of Performances

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2012

For a list of recent and up coming performances, please follow the link to University of York Music Press website

https://www.uymp.co.uk/composers/thomas-simaku/performances


Performances 2015


March 7, 2015
Akhmatova Song -
World Premiere
Centre d’art contemporain
Le Mans, France

Juliette de Massy (Soprano)
Rohan de Saram (Cello)

www.lafonderie.fr/la-fonderie/Ouvertures/article/voix-et-violoncelle-xxe-xxie-siecles-recital

March 8, 2015
From Across the Sea
UpTown Flutes Ensemble
Caldwell University, New Jersey, USA

http://www.uptownflutes.com/?p=calendar

March 8, 2015
Akhmatova Song -
World Premiere
Les moulins de paillard,
Centre d’art contemporain
Le Mans, France

Juliette de Massy (Soprano)
Rohan de Saram (Cello)

http://moulinsdepaillard.wordpress.com/2014/12/19/3369/

March 29, 2015
Capriccioso

Peter Sheppard Skaerved (Violin)
Pharos Foundation
Nicosia

http://pharosartsfoundation.org/a_flash_between_darkness.htm

March 30, 2015
Soliloquy V – Flauto Acerbo (b)

Version for Flute & Alto Flute
Iwona Glinka
Athens

March 28 – April 4, 2015
California Tour, USA

Dressed in White - Albanian Folk Songs

Cornell University Choir
Conducted by Robert Isaacs
http://cuchorus.com/content/view/california-tour-2015.html

April 1, 2015, 7.30 pm
Hommage à Kurtág

Saddleworth Concerts Society
Millgate Arts Centre
, Stoneswood Road, Delph OL5 3DY
Clare Hammond (Piano)
http://saddleworthconcertssociety.org.uk/programme

April 20, 2015, 7.30pm
Soliloquy V – Flauto Acerbo

Wienerkonzerhaus, Schubertsaal,
Vienna

Lorina Vallaster (Alto & Tenor Recorders)
http://events.wien.info/de/gcy/musica-juventutis/

June 9, 2015, 6pm
Capriccioso

National Centre for Early Music, York

Peter Sheppard Skaerved (Violin)

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Performances 2014

December 16, 2014
Hommage à Kurtág
(Albanian Premiere)
Pianodrom Festival, Academy of Arts, Tirana,
Ivo Gjika (Piano)

November 30, 2014

Capriccioso

Pharos Foundation, Nicosia,
Peter Sheppard Skaerved (Violin)

November 29, 2014
Three Albanian Folk Songs
(Albanian Premiere)
Choir of the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet
Tirana

November 26, 2014
Capriccioso – World Premiere

King’s Place, London
Peter Sheppard Skaerved (Violin)

November 26, 2014
International Music Week
Beijing Normal University, Beijing

The Flight of the Eagle
(Chinese Premiere)
Joseph Houston (Piano)

November 1, 2014
Dressed in White - Albanian Folk Songs
(USA Premiere)
Cornell University Choir
Conducted by Robert Isaacs
Sage
Chapel, Cornell University,
USA

November 25 -28, 2014
Lectures & masterclasses
International Music Week
Music Department
Beijing Normal University, Beijing

November 24, 2014
Composition Masterclass
Music Department,
Centennial Campus,
University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong

November 21, 2014
Lecture: Soliloquy Cycle – Sweet and/or Sour?

Hui Yeung Shing Building, Chung Chi College
Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong

November 14, 2014
Ed e’ subito sera – Feim Ibrahimi in Memoriam

Tetovo University, Tetovo, Macedonia
Pjeter Guralumi (Cello), Etrita Ibrahimi (Piano)

November 5, 2014
Ed e’ subito sera – Feim Ibrahimi in Memoriam

National Theatre of Opera and Ballet Hall
Tirana
Pjeter Guralumi (Cello), Etrita Ibrahimi (Piano)

August 11, 2014
Three Albanian Folk Songs

Tonbridge Chapel, Kent
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Conducted by Adam Treadaway

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Performances 2013


25 November 2013
- Deux Esquisses (World Premiere)

Wigmore Hall, London

Joseph Houston (Piano)

http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/productions/the-monday-platform-33866

11 October 2013 - Solar for Clarinet, Violin & Piano (Canadian Premiere)

La Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, Montreal

Transmission Ensemble

http://blogueaccesculture.com/chapelle-historique-bon-pasteur-25e/

9 October 2013 - Plenilunio for 12 solo strings (London Premiere)

New London Orchestra, conducted by Ronald Corp

St John Smith Square, London

http://www.nlo.co.uk/#/nlo-25-birthday-concert/4579281331

4 October 2013 - Soliloquy Cycle – sweet and/or sour?

5th Pharos International Festival of Contemporary Music, Nicosia, Cyprus

In this lecture Thomas Simaku will discuss the genesis and processes involved in his Soliloquy Cycle, including the award-winning work Soliloquy V - Flauto Acerbo, and more!

http://www.pharosartsfoundation.org/Pharos%20Music%20Festivals/lecture_Thomas_Simaku.htm

3 October 2013 - Solar for Clarinet, Violin & Piano (World Premiere)

5th Pharos International Festival of Contemporary Music

Transmission Ensemble (Canada)

http://www.pharosartsfoundation.org/Pharos%20Music%20Festivals/Ensemble_Transmission.htm

 

30 September 2013 - Hommage à Kurtág

5th Pharos International Festival of Contemporary Music, Nicosia, Cyprus

Hayk Melikyan (Piano)

http://www.pharosartsfoundation.org/Pharos%20Music%20Festivals/Hayk_Melikyan.htm

28 September 2013 - Concerto for Orchestra (World Premiere)
Winning work of the International Competition for Lutosławski's 100th Birthday 
Warsaw Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafał Janiak

Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music

http://www.filharmonia.pl/koncerty_wlasne.en.html;m1911


26 July 2013
St Martin's in the Field
Trafalgar Square, London
Stepping Up (London Premiere)

Alex Wilson (piano)
http://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/event/free-lunchtime-piano-recital-alex-wilson/

9 May 2013
Spring Festival of New Music

Hommage à Kurtág (UK Premiere)

Joseph Houston (piano)

9 May 2013
Spring Festival of New Music

Trois Esquisses
Joseph Houston (piano)

6 April 2013
Late Music Series, York
Clocks & Times (WP)

Robert Rice (Baritone)

William Vann (piano)


14 March 2013
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Solar for Trumpet, Violin & Piano

Portumnus Ensemble

Hong Kong 

8 March 2013
Middleton Hall, University of Hull

Solar for Trumpet, Violin & Piano
(WP)

Commissioned by the Portumnus Ensemble, the work is based on Philip Larkin’s poem of the same title

20 February 2013

Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
String Quartet No 4

Quatuor Diotima

http://www.york.ac.uk/concerts/programme/quatuordiotima/


22 February 2013

St James’s Piccadilly, London

Trois Esquisses (WP)

Joseph Houston (piano)


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Performances 2012

         8 December 2012

Meridian International Festival

George Enescu Hall, National University Bucharest

Réflexions de la Croix

Profil Ensemble, conducted by Tiberiu Soare

http://cimro.ro/8th-meridian-festival/


30 November 2012

  Barber Institute, Birmingham

  Soliloquy V - Flauto Acerbo
 
Christopher Orton (Recorders)
  http://www.concert-diary.com/concert/419594244/Barber-Lunchtime-Concert-Christopher-Orton-recorder-Slava-Sidorenko-piano-

 10 November 2012

November Music Festival

‘s-Hertogenbosch, Holland

ThreeSaxLines (World Premiere)

Raschèr Saxophone Quartet

http://www.novembermusic.net/default.asp?pageID=207

 

 1 November 2012

ISCM – World Music Days, Brugge, Belgium

Soliloquy V – Flauto Acerbo (European Premiere)

Tomma Wessel (recorders)

http://www.concertgebouw.be/agenda_detail.php?aid=43013&newlang=fr

 

 19 October 2012

St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London

Trois Esquisses (World Premiere)
Joseph Houston (piano)

http://enterprise.smitf.org/jserv/concerts/view.jsp?id=4335&command=concert


13 October 2012

Reflexions de la Croix for Chamber Ensemble
Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens
Ergon Ensemble

http://www.sgt.gr/en


 5 October 2012

Middleton Hall, University of Hull

 Soliloquy V – Flauto Acerbo
 Christopher Orton (Recorders)
  http://www.ihull.org/events/flauto-dolce-ed-il-flauto-nuovo/


  28 September 2012
  Pharos International Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus

  A2'for violin and cello

  Members of El Perro Andaluz Ensemble, Dresden
  http://thepharostrust.org/Pharos%20Music%20Festivals/El_Perro_Andaluz.htm


  26 September 2012

Alicante International Festival of Contemporary Music, Spain

String Quartet No 4 (European Premiere)

Quatuor Diotima
http://ocio.diarioinformacion.com/agenda/alicante/conciertos/alicante/eve-730132-cuarteto-diotima.html



9 May 2012
York Spring Festival of New Music, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall

'A2' for violin and cello

Members of El Perro Andaluz Ensemble, Dresden

http://www.yorkspringfestival.co.uk/2012/elperro.php

 

 27th April 2012

National Centre for Early Music, York

'Des Pas Chromatiques – Hommage à Debussy'

Rika Zayasu (piano)

 

9th February 2012

Nakas Conservatory, Athens

'Soliloquy V' - Flauto Acerbo', version for solo flute

Iwona Glinka (Flutes)

 

5th February 2012

The Forge, 3-7 Delancey Street, London

'Des Pas Chromatiques – Hommage à Debussy'

Rika Sayazu (piano)