14, 16 December 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
Masterclasses at Geneva Conservatoire, invited by Nobuko Imai.
Info: HEM Geneva
5, 6 December 2009, Lugano, Switzerland
Recordings for new ECM cd with Agnès Vesterman (cello) and Sylvain Lemetre (percussion).
Info: ECM Records
3 December 2009, Graz, Austria
Masterclasses at Graz University organised by Kerstin Feltz and Mattias Maurer.
Info: KUG Graz
1 December 2009, Graz, Austria
D’Amore concert with Agnès Vesterman (cello). Marais, Moser, Knox, Crumb, Haas, Saariaho.
Info: Muwa Graz
30 November 2009, Porgy and Bess, Vienna, Austria
D’Amore concert with Agnès Vesterman (cello). Ariosti, Marais, Olga Neuwirth, Knox, Crumb, Ligeti.
Info: Jeunesse Wien
29 November 2009, Dornbirn, Austria
D’Amore concert with Agnès Vesterman (cello). Ariosti, Marais, Olga Neuwirth, Knox, Crumb, Ligeti.
Info: Jeunesse Dornbirn
26 November 2009, Dublin
Concert for viola and electronics organised by the Dublin Sound Lab (Fergal Dowling and Michael Quinn). Grisey, Sciarrino, Saariaho, Knox and Francesconi.
Info: Dublin Sound Lab
19 November 2009, New York
“Viola Spaces” concert organised by the New York Viola Society presenting the complete Viola Spaces cycle plus solo pieces by Ligeti, Henze and Nishimura. With Beth Meyers, Kirsten Swanson and Amelia Hollander Ames on violas and Lauren Radnofsky on cello.
Info: NYVS
17, 18 November, New York
Recording at Clinton Studios NY of new online CD of solo viola d’amore.
Info: shskh
14 November 2009, EMPAC, Troy, NY
Solo recital with electronics to include first performance of new work by James Dillon for viola d’amore and electronics commissioned by Art Zoyd, plus Grisey, Saariaho, Knox and Francesconi.
Info: EMPAC
12 November 2009, Toronto, Canada
Solo concert in Music Gallery.
Info: Music Gallery
10 November, Syracuse, USA
Concert with Lauren Radnofsky, cello.
Info: syracuse.com
8 November, Cleveland, USA
Concert in Viva festival organised by Cleveland Museum of Art with Lauren Radnofsky, cello.
Info: Cleveland Museum of Art
5, 6 November, NEC, Boston
Masterclasses at NEC with Kim Kashkashian.
31 October, Wigmore Hall, London
First performance of “Viola-piano” by Kevin Volans, with Kevin Volans himself on piano.
Info: Wigmore Hall
22 October, Milan, Italy
Performance of “Animus II” for viola and electronics by Luca Francesconi in festival “Milano Musica”.
Info: Milano Musica
8 to 18 October, tour of Argentina
Solo concerts in Corrientes (10th Oct) and Buenos Aires (15th, at PROA) and performances of pocket opera “Fabula” by Oscar Strasnoy with Daniel Gloger in La Plata on 17th and 18th October.
Info: 15 Oct, Proa
4 October, Montreuil, Paris
Mozart Quintet in G minor with the Chambertin Quartet.
24 September 2009, Zurich
“D’Amore” concert with Agnes Vesterman at Moods, program: Ariosti, Knox, Dowland, Purcell, Vivaldi, Bach/Knox, Marin Marais and traditional irish themes.
Info: Moods
19 September 2009, Lille, France
Performance of “Beowulf” for medieval fiddle and electronics by Garth Knox, commissioned by Art Zoyd, electronics by Art Zoyd.
Info: Art Zoyd
3 August 2009, Chambéry, France
Solo recital in festival “Soirée d’été” program to include “Fuga libre” and “Viola Spaces” by Garth Knox, plus pieces by Ligeti, Tobias Hume plus improvisations.
Info: Soirée d’été
11-13 July 2009, Lleida, Spain
Coaching violas on course for Youth Orchestra of Catalonia.
Info: JONC
11-13 June, 2009, Middleburg, Holland
Teaching on viola course run by Gisella Bergman.
Info: Gisella Bergman
5 June 2009, Tokyo, Japan
Concert in Tsuda Hall with Tosiya Suzuki, recorders and Tomoki Tai, cello. Pieces by Ucellini, Castello, Ligeti, Ariosti, Marin Marais, Sciarrino, Bach, and first performance of “Miracle at Tsubosaka” for viola d’amore and recorders by Garth Knox.
22-31 May 2009, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo International Viola Competition at Kioi Hall, Tokyo. Jury: Nobuko Imai, Kim Kashkashian, Garth Knox, Thomas Reibl, Jean Sulem, Mazumi Tanamura, Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi. Compulsory contemporary piece: “Fuga libre” by Garth Knox, commissioned by the competition.
Info: TVMU
25 May 2009, Tokyo, Japan
Gala concert in Kioi Hall featuring Nobuko Imai, Thomas Reibl, Garth Knox, Mazumi Tanamura, Junji Suganuma, violas.
15 May 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
Concert with Noboko Imai’s viola class at Geneva Conservatoire featuring the complete “Viola Spaces” cycle played by them, plus “Whirl Dance” by Akira Nishimura played by Garth Knox.
6 May 2009, Irish Cultural Centre, Paris
“Speaking Strings” concert with Sean Hardie, writer. New piece by Ed Bennett for viola d’amore and first performance of “Beowulf” by Garth Knox for medieval fiddle, voice and electronics, a commission by Art Zoyd, Centre de Creation Musicale Valenciennes with sound designer Carl Faia.
Info: CCI
16 April 2009, Orléans, France
Concert with Diotima Quartet to celebrate the release of their new recording of the new Barenreiter Critical Edition of the two string quartets by Janacek.
The second quartet is recorded on this CD both in the version with viola, and in the version with viola d’amore instead of viola (Janacek’s original wish).
At this concert, Garth Knox will present and play his new piece for viola d’amore solo, called “Reponses Brulees”, an imaginary musical representation of Kamilla’s replies to Janacek’s letters, which she asked him to burn.
Info: Quatuor Diotima
9 April 2009, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Performance of Gerard Grisey’s “Prologue” for viola and resonators followed by “Periodes” and “Partiels” de Grisey, played by students of the Conservatoire.
4 April 2009, La Gare du Nord, Basel, Switzerland
“D’Amore” concert with Agnès Vesterman, program: Hume, Ariosti, Knox (“Malor me bat” and “Goldberg’s Ghost”), Roland Moser, Marin Marais and traditional irish themes.
Info: CMC
3 April 2009, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
“D’Amore” concert with Agnes Vesterman at ABC, program: Hume, Ariosti, Knox, Dowland Marais and traditional irish themes. This is part of a residency here, to include masterclasses etc…
Info: CMC
31 March 2009, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Solo recital viola + electronics at ABC, program: Ligeti, James Dillon, Sciarrino, Savouret, Knox, Saariaho. This is part of a residency here, to include masterclasses etc…
Info: CMC
23 March 2009, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
Solo recital for ECAT, program: Kurtag, James Dillon, Sciarrino, Ligeti, Moser, Knox, Berio.
Info: Queens Hall
20, 21 March 2009, Kings Place, London
“D’Amore” (Garth Knox and Agnès Vesterman, cello) in an ECM jam session on 20th, and a shared concert on 21st with Frode Haltli, Trygve Seim and Rolf Lislevand.
Info: Kings Place
18 March 2009, Zurich
“Passing Images” concert with Frode Haltli, accordeon, Arve Henriksen, trumpet and Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje, voice.
Info: Forum alte musik
21 February 2009, Antigua, Guatemala
Recital with Massimiliano Damerini, piano,as part of Festival Pais. Program: Schubert, Glazunov, Brahms and first performance of Rodrigo Asturias “For viola and piano”.
12 to 14 February 2009, Harvard University, Boston
Masterclass and performance of new viola pieces by composition students: Dominique Schafer, Jose Luis Hurtado, Josiah Wolf Oberholtzer, Adam Roberts, Jean-Francois Charles, Edgar Barroso, Tolga Yayalar, Bert Van Herk, Sacha Siem.
Info: Harvard
1 February 2009, Cologne, Germany
Solo recital in Altes Pfandhaus, program: Scelsi, James Dillon, Marcus Antonius Wesselmann, Sciarrino, Knox, Ligeti.
28 January 2009, Paris
Performance of two-man opera “Fabula” by Oscar Strasnoy in a bar in Belleville with Daniel Gloger, voice(s) and Garth Knox, viola d’amore.
Info: Goethe Institute
21-24 January 2009, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
“Les Temps Tiraillés” dance show, choreography by Myriam Gourfink, music by Georg Friedrich Haas. With Geneviève Strosser, viola and Pascal Gallois, bassoon.
Info: IRCAM
12, 14 January 2009, Valenciennes, France
Residence at the studios of Art Zoyd, a progressive jazz unit now interested in encouraging contemporary creation of all sorts.
The idea is to produce a piece for medieval fiddle and electronics, which should appear in mid 2009.