2019
23 January - 16:00 - Workshop and performance, Royal College of Music, London
With Lore Lixenberg. Student compositions.
10 February - 15:30 - CODA, Kent
Solo recital. Programme: Debussy, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Bernstein, and Mason.
11 February - Malmö Academy of Music
Flute and piano recital. With Chloe Vincent. Works by Boulez/Debussy/Franck/Bartók
24 February - 18:30 - Conway Hall, London
Performance with Alluna Ensemble. Programme: Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire. More info here
25 February - Luton Music Club
Performance with Alluna Ensemble. Programme: Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire.
23 March - Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Köln
Solo recital. Music by Valerie Pearson, Christian Mason, and Rebecca Saunders.
26 May - Schwartzsche Villa, Berlin
Solo recital. Music by Chopin, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Bartók, Ligeti, and Rossini.
17 June - Queen Anne's School, Caversham, UK
Masterclass and solo recital. Music by Debussy, Ligeti, Rossini, and Rachmaninov.
27 June - KM28, Berlin
Vibrant Matter #9. Performance of works by Nomi Epstein. With Heather Frasch, Christian Kesten, Michiko Ogawa, and Nomi Epstein.
8 August - Potsdam
Recording 'Prisma Interius VIII' by Cat Lamb. With Bec Lane, Lucy Railton, Jon Heilbron, Xavier Lopez, and Cat Lamb.
12 August - 7pm, Villa Concordia, Bamberg
Christian Mason portrait concert. Solo and chamber pieces with Audrey Milheres (flute), Corentin Chassard (cello), and Christian Mason.
11 September - 8pm, KM28, Berlin
Solo set, programme TBC. Followed by a solo set by Sarah Saviet (violin).
10-11 October - Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
Sleep concert with the Phonetic Orchestra.
18 and 19 October - 6pm and 10am, Donaueschinger Musiktage
Solo performance: 'CurAItor'. More info here
6 November - Köln
Recording '3 Etüden' by Mark Barden. To be released on WERGO.
24 November - 4pm, Moderne Musiek Nijmegen
Performance with Quatour Diotima. Works by Thomas Simaku for piano and string quartet.
18/19 December - Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York
Recording solo piano works and a piano quintet (with Quatuor Diotima) by Thomas Simaku. To be released on BIS.
Recent events
2018
14 December - 19:30 - Private recital, Henley-on-Thames
Solo performance. Works by Debussy, Chopin, Rachmaninov and Scarlatti
Sunday 25th November - 20:00, Series, KM28, Berlin
A performance of Catherine Lamb's 'Prisma Interius VIII'. With Lucy Railton, Jon Heilbron, Cat Lamb, Rebecca Lane, and Xavier Lopez.
Sunday 18th November - 19:30, Ronneby, Sweden
Flute and piano performance, including works by: Boulez/Debussy/Franck/Bartók. Info here
Friday 19th October - 20:30, Festival Nuovi Spazi Musicali, Italy
Solo performance, including works by: Ligeti/Thomas Simaku/Christian Mason/Andreina Constantini/John Stringer/Liszt/Debussy/Rachmaninov
Saturday 18th August - Suture Soven Festival, Germany
'Patterns in a Chromatic Field' by Feldman (11:30), with Lucy Railton, plus music by Catherine Lamb (16:00) (with Lucy Railton, Catherine Lamb, and Rebecca Lane)
More info here
16 August - 7pm and 8pm, Berlin Biennale, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
'Prisma Interius VII' by Catherine Lamb. (With Lucy Railton, Catherine Lamb, and Rebecca Lane)
Thursday 28th June - Kühlspot Social Club, Berlin
'For 1, 2, or 3 people' (1964) by Christian Wolff. With Rebecca Lane (flute and objects) and Callum G'Froerer (trumpet and objects). Plus a performance by Tabea Xenia Magyar.
24 June - 3pm, Sandoy Art Museum
Summartónar Festival, Faroe Islands (with ensemble Boquhan)
23 June - 11.30am, Torshavn Cathedral
Summartónar Festival, Faroe Islands (with ensemble Boquhan)
22 June - 7pm, SALT Theatre, Suðuroy
Summartónar Festival, Faroe Islands (with ensemble Boquhan)
21 June - 8pm, Blabar, Torshavn
Summartónar Festival, Faroe Islands (with ensemble Boquhan)
9 June - 8pm Lille Piano(s) Festival
'Rerendered' by Simon Steen-Andersen (with Siwan Rhys and Rolf Hind)
'Unendlicher Empfang' by Per Nørgård (with Rolf Hind)
'Gay Guerrilla' by Julius Eastman (with Eliza McCarthy, Rolf Hind, and Siwan Rhys)
More info here
8 June - 8pm Lille Piano(s) Festival
'Hallelujah Junction' by John Adams (with Rolf Hind)
6 June - House Concert, Stoke Newington
Text pieces with Antonia Barnett-McIntosh
Monday 23rd April - 7.30pm Bernstein at the Piano, Royal Overseas League, London
Piano works by Leonard Bernstein. More info here
Sunday 22nd April - 7.30pm Occupy the Pianos Festival, London
'Unendlicher Empfang' by Per Nørgård (with Rolf Hind)
Sunday 22nd April - 11:30am Occupy the Pianos Festival, London
Radulescu and a new solo piano work by Christian Mason
Sunday 8th April - 7.30pm Solo recital, Schwartzsche Villa, Berlin
Debussy/Messiaen/Scarlatti/Chopin/Liszt/Bartók
Friday 23rd March - Pirelli HangarBiccoca, Milan, 11pm
All-night performance (23:00-07:00) with the Phonetic Orchestra of 'With Her Wanderings Over and Mine Just Beginning' by Jonathan Heilbron
Sunday 11th March - StudioAcht, Berlin
Vibrant Matter #5
Pieces by Nomi Epstein and Audra Wolowiec with Heather Frasch, Rebecca Lane, and Margareth Kammerer.
Tuesday 6th March - Queen Anne's School, Caversham
Workshops and solo performance: Chopin/Debussy/Bartók/Messiaen/Liszt
Saturday 3rd March - 1pm Lunchtime Concert, Sankt Peter Köln
Barden/Saunders/Finnissy
Sunday 25th February - 1pm Lunchtime Concert, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
'Patterns in a chromatic field' by Feldman. With Lucy Railton, cello.
Wednesday 21st February - 7.30pm American Songbooks, Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
A performance of Songs by Ives and Cage's 'Song Books'. With Lore Lixenberg. More info here.
Sunday 18th February - 5pm CrossCurrents Festival, Birmingham
Stockhausen's 'Mantra' with Alex wilson (piano), and Tom Mudd (electronics). Info here.
Wednesday 14th February - 1pm Workshop with composers, RCM, London
Talking about and performing excerpts from John Cage's 'Song Books'. With Lore Lixenberg.
Saturday 13th January - 8pm Kammer Klang, Cafe Oto
'The thing is, I think-' (UK premiere) by Antonia Barnett-McIntosh
More info here. (BBC radio 3 broadcast in April)
Wednesday 10th January - 7.30pm Solo Recital, St John's Smith Square, London
Barden/Saunders/Xenakis/D'Heudieres/Barnett-McIntosh/Crowe/Mason
2017
Friday 6th January Ackerstadt Palast, Berlin
Workshop performance of 'The Pterodactyls of Ptexas' -- new opera by Stephen Crowe. More info here
Sunday 8th January - 8pm Studio 8, Berlin
Performance with Antonia Barnett-McIntosh
Music by Schwitters/Louis D'Heudieres
Wednesday 11th January Royal College of Music, London
Workshop with student composers (with Aisha Orazbayeva, violin)
Thursday 26th January University of Huddersfield
Performance with Aisha Orazbayeva (violin)
Cage/Feldman/Wolff
Followed by workshops with student composers
Monday 30th January - 1pm University of Sussex
Jonathan Harvey - Tombeau de Messiaen
Stockhausen - Mantra (with Alex Wilson)
Tuesday 25th April - 7.30pm Sunderland Pianoforte Society
solo recital
Bartók/Messiaen/Debussy/Chopin/Beethoven
Saturday 6th May - 11am Occupy the Pianos Festival, St John's Smith Square
Abrahamsen/Nørgård/Steen-Andersen
with Rolf Hind and Siwan Rhys
Saturday 6th May - 7.30pm Occupy the Pianos Festival, St John's Smith Square
Eastman/Schoenberg/Hobbs
with David Alberman, Lore Lixenberg, Zoë Martlew, Nancy Ruffer, Stuart King, Richard Heason (Schoenberg); and Rolf Hind, Siwan Rhys, and Eliza McCarthy (Eastman)
Sunday 18th June - 8pm Studio8, Berlin
Sarah Hughes/Alison Knowles/Maya Verlaak
Wednesday 26th July - 7.30pm Tête à Tête Festival, The Place, London
Performance of 'Pterodactlys of Ptexas', a new opera by Stephen Crowe
Saturday 26th August - 12pm and 3pm BBC Proms at Peckham multi-storey car park
With the Multi-Storey Orchestra
Bach/Whitley/Adams
Saturday 7th October - BBIS, Kleinmachnow, Berlin
Workhops and performance of 'On Memory' by Michael Zev Gordon.
26/27/28 October - Ackerstadt Palast, Berlin
Performances of 'The Francis Bacon Opera' by Stephen Crowe
Wednesday 8th November - 7.30pm University of Surrey
'Mantra' by Stockhausen
with Alex Wilson (piano)
Monday 13th November - 6pm Private recital, London
Beethoven/Liszt/Chopin
Wednesday 15th November- 1pm Kendal Midday Concert Club
Debussy/Scarlatti/Rossini/Chopin
Tuesday 12th December- 8.30pm Unerhörte Musik, Berlin
Solo piano music by: Mark Barden/Rebecca Saunders/Xenakis/Louis D'Heudieres/Antonia Barnett-McIntosh/Stephen Crowe/Christian Mason
Friday 22nd December - 7.30pm Henley-on-Thames
Solo recital: Beethoven/Chopin/Debussy/Scarlatti/Rossini
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