11th December, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
40th anniversary birthday concert of the Concorde Ensemble. Program to include “Wild Animals” by Garth Knox, “no 19″ by Jane O’Leary, a new piece for viola and ensemble by Dave Fennessy and the first performance of “Air and Ground” for viola d’amore and five instruments by Garth Knox.
info : Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
17th to 21st November, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Two concerts and masterclasses at the Bernaolo Festival organized at the Conservatoire of Vitoria. Programs include “Woulda Coulda Shoulda” by Fred Frith and “no 19″ by Jane O’Leary, both for solo viola and “The World in which we believe” by Ignacio Monterubio for prepared viola, electronics and dancer (Zuriñe Benavente). Plus Shostakovitch Preludes and Morton Feldman “The viola in my life no 3″ with Alfonso Gomez, piano.
info : Bernaola Festival
9th, 10th November, Le Trident, Cherbourg, France
Performances of “La Mort de Tintagiles” by Maurice Maeterlink, mise en scène by Denis Podalydes. Co-creation of the music with Christophe Coin, baryton et violoncelle d’amour and Garth Knox, viola d’amore, alto d’amour et Nykelharpa. The play will be recorded as a radiophonique production for France Culture.
info : Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord
26th October, County Carlow, Ireland
Recording with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, hardanger fiddle, of traditional and improvised music for a CD to be released in Spring 2017 on Diatribe Records.
info : Diatribe Records
14th October, British Film Institute, London
Live performance of the premiere of restored version of “The Informer” a silent film directed by Arthur Robison in 1929, with a new original score by Garth Knox, commissioned by the BFI. Scored for viola (doubling viola d’amore), flute (doubling alto flute and whistle), accordion, double bass, percussion and Uilleann pipes. A DVD will be available in March 2017.
info : BFI Film for Ever
10th October, Royal Academy of Music, London
Public masterclasses.
info : Royal Academy of Music
20th July, Aix en Provence, France
Concert with the Quatuor Tana, to include a sextet with piano (Wilhelm Latchoumia) by Philippe Boesmans and première of a quintet by Francois Meimoun.
info : Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
14th July, Festival d’Avignon, France
Performance of “Les oreilles n’ont pas de paupières” by Benjamin Dupé, with Pierre Baux, actor and Benjamin Dupé, live electronics, based on texts by Pascal Quignard.
info : Festival d’Avignon
5th, 6th, 7th July, Rheims, France
Recording of “The Book of Angels” by John Zorn for an upcoming CD. Performed and arranged by Garth Knox and the Saltarello Trio – Agnès Vestermann, cello, Julia Robert, viola and viola d’amore, Sylvain Lemetre, percussion.
info : Césaré Centre de Création Musicale
1st July, Stuttgart, Germany
First performance of “Finesterrae” by Valerio Sannicandro for 5 voices, live electronics and violist playing viola, e-viola and viola d’amore. Part of Musik der Jahrhundert, featuring the NeueVocalSolisten.
info : Musik der Jahrhunderte
17th 18th June, Dundalk, Ireland
“Music Books” concerts, to include John Zorn’s “Book of Angels” performed by Garth Knox and the Saltarello trio, plus a concert of “D’Amore” by Garth Knox, viola d’amore, and Agnès Vesterman, cello, plus performances by Diamanda Dramm of some of the “Violin Spaces” by Garth Knox.
info : Music Books
10th, 11th June, Atelier du Plateau, Paris
Concert with Olivier Lete,electric bass, Dominique Pifarely, violin, Noemi Boutin, cello.
info : L’Atelier du Plateau
25th May, Radio France, Paris
Recording of a new piece by Garth Knox for solo viola d’amore called “Cinq petites entropies”. Part of the “Alla Breve” series, the piece will be broadcast in June.
info : France-Musiques
18th May, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Performance by the Kronos Quartet of “Satellites”, string quartet by Garth Knox composed for the Fifty for the Future series of Kronos commissions. Garth Knox will join the Kronos in an encore piece, a melody by John Zorn reworked for viola d’amore and quartet by Garth Knox.
info : Usher Hall Edinburh
15th May, Modena, Italy
Concert with Fred Frith and ensemble in the Festival Angelica. Program to include first performance of new piece for solo viola “Woulda Coulda Shoulda” written by Fred Frith for Garth Knox.
info : Angelica
9th May, Barbican Centre, London
Performance by the Kronos Quartet of “Satellites”, string quartet by Garth Knox composed for the Fifty for the Future series of Kronos commissions. Garth Knox will join the Kronos in an encore piece, a melody by John Zorn reworked for viola d’amore and quartet by Garth Knox.
info : Barbican
6th May, Middlesex University, London
Concert of works by student composers, plus works by Benjamin Dwyer and Garth Knox.
info : Middlesex University
5th May, Royal Academy of Music, London
Masterclass for viola
info : Royal Academy of Music
28th April, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Concert with Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, 10 string fiddle.
info : National Concert Hall
16th April, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
Concert with Bela Quartet, playing “In all the Worlds” for viola d’amore and string quartet by Simon Mawhinney and “The Weaver’s Grave” for string quintet by Garth Knox.
info : Music Town
15th April, Portaferry, Northern Ireland
Concert with Bela Quartet, playing “In all the Worlds” for viola d’amore and string quartet by Simon Mawhinney and “The Weaver’s Grave” for string quintet by Garth Knox.
info : The portico of Ards
12th April, Duncairn Cetre, Belfast
Concert with Bela Quartet, playing “In all the Worlds” for viola d’amore and string quartet by Simon Mawhinney and “The Weaver’s Grave” for string quintet by Garth Knox.
info : Moving on Music
10th and 11th April, Carnegie Hall, New York
Coaching the Ligeti Quartet, the Friction Quartet and the Argus Quartet on “Satellites” by Garth Knox for performance on 15th April. Part of the Fifty for the Future project sponsored by Carnegie Hall.
info : Kronos Quartet
9th April, North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
Folk Connections concert with Unni Lovid, voice, and Tord Knudsen, video.
info : Oxford Contemporary Music
12 – 20 March, Isle of Man
On the jury for Tertis International Viola Competition. Solo recital on 15th March including “16 Sneakers” by Frederic Rzewsky, “Such Sweet Sorrow” by Rory Boyle, “Imagenes” by Benjamin Dwyer, “Chant Harmonique” by Lauri Joeleht, “Viola Spaces” by Garth Knox with Louise Lansdowne, viola, and “Three Weddings and a Fight” by Garth Knox.
11th March, Royal Academy of Music, London
Masterclass for composers demonstrating the prototypes of some new studies for violin, to become soon the “Violin Spaces”.
info : Royal Academy of Music
3rd March, Dundalk, Ireland
Concert with Frode Haltli, accordion, Vegar Vardal, hardanger fiddle, Amund Sveen, percussion.
info : Louth Contemporary Music Society
22nd February, Meany Hall, Seattle
Solo recital, playing “Stream” by Richard Karpen, “Memoirs Relived” by Farshid Samandari, “Stranger” and “Viola Spaces” by Garth Knox featuring Melia Watras on viola, “Ockeghem Fantasy” by Garth Knox featuring five of Melia’s viola students, plus a surprise encore with the Kronos Quartet (“Amhiel” by John Zorn/Garth Knox).
info : School of Music : University of Washington
20th February, Moore Theatre, Seattle
World premiere of “Satellites”, string quartet by Garth Knox, played by the Kronos Quartet. Commissioned as part of the Fifty for the Future project sponsored by Carnegie Hall.
info : Kronos Quartet
13th February, Vancouver, Canada
Solo recital on viola d’amore organized by Vancouver New Music, featuring two world premières : “Memoirs relived” by Farshid Samandari and “Relatio” by Donald Stewart. Also G.F.Haas, Olga Neuwirth, Tobias Hume and Thomas Preston.
info : Vancouver New Music
6th February, Festival Presences, Radio France, Paris
Performance of Lara Morciano’s “Estrema d’Ombra” for 5 soloists and electronics.
info : Radio France
22, 23, 24th January Paris
participation in St John Passion by Bach on period instruments, including two viola d’amore aria, with Les Folies du Temps conducted by Olivier Dejours.
info : Les Folies du Temps
14 January, Gare du Nord, Basel
performance of “Fabula” a pocket opera by Oscar Strasnoy, with Daniel Gloger, voice.
info : Gare du Nord
9th January, Manchester RNCM
Performance of Hindemith’s Trauermusik with the first year string orchestra, plus conducting debut, directing Bartok Divertimento for Strings.
info : RNCM