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2026

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10 October | Central Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand

Aitken's Violin  (New Zealand premiere)

Ben Baker, violin

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20 June | Pimlott Foundation, UK 

Hannah Dienes-Williams, soprano | Sebastian Black, piano

Hugo Wolf (1860–1903): Michelangelo-Lieder (1897)

György Kurtág (1926–): Requiem Po Drogu Op. 26 (1982–86)

Jean Sibelius (1865–1957): Seven Runeberg Songs Op. 13 (1891–92)

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24 April | New Zealand Society, London 

Aitken's Violin 

Ben Baker, violin

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23 April | AWE+ in London primary schools 

Aitken's Violin 

Ben Baker, violin

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21 April | St Pancras Clock Tower | London, UK

Aitken's Violin — commissioned by AWE Festival (NZ) in commemoration of ANZAC Day; world premiere

Ben Baker, violin

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16 January | Szombathely, Hungary

Unmentionable Scenes

Hannah Dienes-Williams, soprano | Savaria Symphony Orchestra | Gabriel Hollander, conductor

For Péter Eötvös Foundation, with support from Vaughan Williams Foundation and Equilibrium Young Artists — world premiere

 

2025​​​​​

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19 July | Pimlott Foundation | Colchester, UK

‘With a Hammer, Raised to Heaven’

Hugo Herman-Wilson, baritone | Sebastian Black, piano

Robert Schumann: 6 Gedichte und Requiem Op. 90

Horațiu Rădulescu: Piano Sonata No. 4 ‘like a well... older than a God’ Op. 92

Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti Op. 145

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17 May | Het Concertgebouw, Amsterdam | Mahler Festival 2025

The Mosaique of the Aire

Keren Motseri, soprano | New European Ensemble | John Warner, conductor — world premiere, commissioned by Mahler Foundation

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25 February | Royal Birmingham Conservatoire 

Clarinet Quintet

Jonathan Leibovitz, clarinet | Quatuor Agate

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24 February | Hoylake Chamber Concert Society 

Clarinet Quintet

Jonathan Leibovitz, clarinet | Quatuor Agate

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22 February | Ipswich Chamber Music Society 100th Anniversary Concert

Clarinet Quintet 

Jonathan Leibovitz, clarinet | Quatuor Agate — world premiere

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2024

 

3 December | Ensemble Modern | Frankfurt, Germany

To Quiver, To Shimmer, To Shake 

Ensemble Modern | Raimonda Skabeikaitė — German premiere

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31 August | Lucerne Festival, Switzerland | KKL, Lucerne

To Quiver, To Shimmer, To Shake 

International Ensemble Modern Academy  |  Josephine Korda — world premiere​​

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22 June | Oxford, UK

Smorgaschord Festival 2024

Péter Eötvös: Erdenklavier-Himmelklavier ​

Festival featuring Mark Simpson as Artist in Focus

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1 May | WDR Funkhaus | Cologne, Germany 

These Harmonious Colonies for choir and ensemble 

WDR Sinfonieorchester Chor- und Ochesterakademie | Gabriel Hollander, conductor — world premiere

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6 February | Stoller Hall | Manchester, UK

Smorgaschord Collective recital | Eliza Millett, cello | Sebastian Black, piano

Claude Vivier: Pièce pour violoncello et piano | Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73​​ | Elisabeth Lutyens: Bagatelles Op. 10 | Frederick Delius: Romance for cello and piano |  Iannis Xenakis: Paille in the Wind | Leoš Janáček: Pohádka

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5 February | Chetham's School of Music | Manchester, UK

Smorgaschord workshops​

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24 January | St George's Hanover Sq | London, UK

Smorgaschord Collective recital | Eliza Millett, cello | Sebastian Black, piano

Claude Vivier: Pièce pour violoncello et piano | Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73​​ | Elisabeth Lutyens: Bagatelles Op. 10 | Frederick Delius: Romance for cello and piano |  Iannis Xenakis: Paille in the Wind | Leoš Janáček: Pohádka

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17 February | Christ Church Cathedral | Oxford, UK

Smorgaschord Collective recital | Eliza Millett, cello | Sebastian Black, piano

Claude Vivier: Pièce pour violoncello et piano | Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73​​ | Elisabeth Lutyens: Bagatelles Op. 10 | Frederick Delius: Romance for cello and piano |  Iannis Xenakis: Paille in the Wind | Leoš Janáček: Pohádka

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6 January | Pimlott Foundation | Colchester, UK

Smorgaschord Collective recital | Eliza Millett, cello | Sebastian Black, piano

Claude Vivier: Pièce pour violoncello et piano | Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 73​​ | Elisabeth Lutyens: Bagatelles Op. 10 | Frederick Delius: Romance for cello and piano |  Iannis Xenakis: Paille in the Wind | Leoš Janáček: Pohádka

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2023

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6 October | Budapest Music Center | Budapest, Hungary

Like the Nightingale

Danubia Orchestra Obuda | Sebastian Black, conductor​

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18 August | Eglise Sainte Bernadette | Annecy, France

Bunte Blätter

Ensemble ARS NOVA

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17 June | Oxford, UK

Smorgaschord Festival 2023: Ligeti Day! 

Featuring Danny Driver, Ben Goldscheider, Kleio String Quartet, György Kurtág Jr, Stephen Waarts

Music by Ligeti, Kurtág, George Enescu, Debussy, Joshua Uzoigwe

Premieres from Deidre McKay, Laurence Osborn, Thomas Adès and Martin Suckling

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17 June | Hollywell Music Room | Oxford, UK

Stephen Waarts, violin | Sebastian Black, piano

Claude Debussy: Violin Sonata

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5-7 June | Budapest Music Center | Budapest, Hungary 

Smorgaschord coachings with György Kurtág

Kurtág's Zwiegespräch @ Smorgaschord Festival 2023: Ligeti Day!

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18 February | Budapest Music Center | Budapest, Hungary 

What Does The Harp Suggest? 

Ensemble ARS NOVA | Gabriel Hollander, conductor 

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11 February | Devon, UK

World premiere of Upon The Starry Sky, a madrigal for five voices​

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16 January | Pimlott Foundation | Colchester, UK

Smorgaschord Collective: In The Silence of Rain | Julitte Roos, violin | Edgar Francis, viola | Eliza Millett, cello | Sebastian Black, piano

Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Shades of Silence | Helmut Lachenmann: Ein Kinderspiel | Ernest Bloch: 'Prayer' from From Jewish Life | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Quartet K. 493

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