JOSEPH HOUSTON
2020
20 February - Akademie für Tonkunst, Darmstadt
Duo performance of For John Cage by Feldman. With Sarah Saviet (violin). Plus a workshop with students.
29 February - 3pm, Boulez Saal, Berlin
Performance of Éclat/Multiples (Boulez) with the Boulez Ensemble conducted by François-Xavier Roth. More info here
4 March - 8.30pm, KM28, Berlin
Duo performance of Patterns in a Chromatic Field by Feldman. With Lucy Railton (cello).
5 March - 8.30pm, KM28, Berlin
Solo performance of For Bunita Marcus by Feldman.
7 March - 8.30pm, KM28, Berlin
Duo performance of For John Cage by Feldman. With Sarah Saviet (violin).
10 March - 12pm, Sussex University, UK
Duo performance with Sarah Saviet (violin). Programme: Ann Cleare, Mark Barden, Cassandra Miller, Feldman, and Rebecca Saunders. POSTPONED
14 April - Les Instants Chavirés, Paris
Patterns in a Chromatic Field by Feldman. With Lucy Railton (cello)
POSTPONED
19 May - 8pm, Unerhörte Musik, Berlin
Duo performance with Sarah Saviet (violin). Programme: Xenakis, Mark Barden, Rebecca Saunders, Feldman, Ann Cleare, Lisa Streich, and Cassandra Miller. Video here
5 July - San Leo Festival, Italy
Solo piano recital. Programme: Messiaen/Scarlatti/Scriabin/Ruth Crawford-Seeger/Chopin/Debussy
POSTPONED
1-2 August - 24-hour livestream performance, Berlin
27 August - Festival Météo de Mulhouse, France
Patterns in a Chromatic Field by Feldman. With Lucy Railton (cello)
POSTPONED
24 September - 20:00, km28, Berlin
WORST BEHAVIOUR #4. Performance with Jessica Aszodi and Sarah Saviet. against nature by Jessica Aszodi
3 October - 20:00, km28, Berlin
Performance with Sarah Saviet (violin). Programme: Rebecca Saunders/Anne Cleare/James Weeks/Lisa Streich/Feldman
11 October - Moderne Muziek Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Performance with Sarah Saviet (violin). Programme: Rebecca Saunders/Anne Cleare/James Weeks/Lisa Streich/Feldman. More info here
POSTPONED
12-14 October - 16:00-20:00 - outside the Kölner Philharmonie
Performances with Novoflot for Beethoven's 250th birthday
14 October - 20:00 - Kölner Philharmonie
Performance of Die 10. Sinfonie by Novoflot, Beethoven, and Michael Wertmüller
19 October - 20:00, km28, Berlin
Cat Lamb's Prisma Interius VIII with the Harmonic Space Orchestra. Part of Harmonic Space 2020: James Tenney
21 October - 20:00 - km28, Berlin
Performance of Bridge by James Tenney with the Harmonic Space Orchestra. Part of Harmonic Space 2020: James Tenney
1 December - 20:30 - Cafe Oto, London
Patterns in a Chromatic Field by Feldman. With Lucy Railton (cello) POSTPONED
2021
16 March - De Link, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Duo with Sarah Saviet (violin). Programme: Finnissy/Miller/Barden/Saunders/Xenakis/Feldman. More info here
2 April - Moderne Muziek Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Duo with Sarah Saviet (violin). Programme: Saunders/Cleare/Weeks/Houston/Feldman. More info here
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
Études 1-3 by Mark Barden. Followed by a solo set by Sarah Saviet (violin).
10-11 October - Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
Sleep concert with the Phonetic Orchestra.
18 (6pm) and 19 October (10am and 6pm) - Donaueschinger Musiktage
Solo performance: 'CurAItor'. More info here
6 November - Deutschlandfunk, Köln
Recording 'Études 1-3' by Mark Barden. To be released on WERGO in 2020.
24 November - 4pm, Moderne Muziek Nijmegen
Performance with Quatour Diotima. Works by Thomas Simaku for piano and string quartet.
13 December - 10.30pm Zuhören #4 @ Radialsystem, Berlin
Duo performance with Sarah Saviet, violin. Programme: Cage, Oliveros, Ann Cleare, Bartók, and Finnissy. More info here
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.
20 December - 8pm, Private recital, Henley-on-Thames
Liszt - Les Cloches de Genève
Beethoven - Sonata no. 8 in C minor ("Pathetique")
Chopin - Barcarolle
Debussy - L'isle Joyeuse
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
2016
Friday 8th January - 6.30pm National Gallery, Trafalgar Square
Solo performance - Goyescas (book II) by Grenados. As part of a new Goya exhibition.
Friday 29th January - 1pm University of Kent
Performance with the Octandre Ensemble - To include works by Xenakis, Messiaen, Berg, and Simaku.
4th-5th February Bristol University
Composition workshops and a performance of Messiaen's 'Quartet for the End of Time' - with the Octandre Ensemble.
Thursday 11th February Queen Mary University, London
Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire with ALLUNA plus a workshop with student composers. More info here.
Tuesday 16th February - 5pm University of Birmingham
Performance with Aisha Orazbayeva (violin) for CrossCurrents Festival - Programme: For John Cage by Morton Feldman. More info here.
Thursday 18th February - 1pm University of Sussex
Solo recital - Xenakis/Stringer/Hughes/Holt
Friday 19th February - 7.30pm Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
Solo recital - Debussy/Feldman/Xenakis/Bartók/Holt/Stringer. More info here.
Tuesday 15th March - 6pm University of Birmingham
Lecture recital - 'On Memory' by Michael Zev Gordon
21st-22nd March - Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
Recording - Thomas Simaku potrait CD to be released on Naxos.
Sunday 3rd April - 7.30pm St John's Smith Square, London
Performance with the Octandre Ensemble - Programme to include works by Feldman, Mason, Tenney, Denyer, and Webern
Sunday 17th April - 3pm CODA music club
Solo recital - Chopin Ballade No. 4; Beethoven Op. 2 No. 2; Debussy 'Images II'; Messiaen Île de feu 1; Liszt 'Les cloches de Genève
Wednesday 27th April - 7.30pm Wigmore Hall, London
Performance of 'Rerendered' by Simon Steen-Andersen for piano + 2 assistants. Assisting Rolf Hind (with Siwan Rhys)
Tuesday 3rd May - 8pm Kammer Klang, Cafe Oto
violin/piano music by Christian Wolff - For 1, 2, or 3 People; Wade in the Water (world premiere). With Aisha Orazbayeva (violin). More details here.
Monday 23rd May - 1pm University of Arts, Kent
Workshop and performance of student works with the Octandre Ensemble.
Monday 13th June - Potsdam, Berlin
Workshop and performance - to include works by Michael Zev Gordon.
Thursday 16th June - 7.30pm Association of Irish Composers, Dublin
Solo and violin/piano performance - To include works by Cage, Webern, Schoenberg, Ligeti, Dennehy, Volans, Wolff. With Aisha Orazbayeva (violin).
Saturday 18th June Listen At Arthur's, Dublin
Piano/violin performance - Improv set. With Aisha Orazbayeva (violin). More details here.
Thursday 7th July - Tuesday 12th July Cheltenham Festival Composer Academy
Residency with Alex Wilson (2-piano duo) - Giving workshops and performances of new works at the Cheltenham Festival Composer Academy.
Saturday 3rd September - 12pm and 3pm BBC Proms At Multi-Storey Car Park, Peckham
Performance with the Multi-Storey Orchestra
Monday 10th October - 8pm Little Missenden Festival
Schumann/Kurtág/Simpson/Schoenberg - with the Octandre Ensemble and Lore Lixenberg
Sunday 16th October - 8.30pm The Shoe Factory, Nicosia (Cyprus)
Ives/Scarlatti/Mason/Xenakis/Liszt/Simaku/Messiaen
Solo performance at the International Pharos Contemporary Music Festival
More details here
Thursday 27th October - 1pm University of Manchester
Lunchtime concert - Xenakis/Debussy/Barden/Holt
Followed by workshop with student composers
Details here
Sunday 30th October - 8pm Studio 8, Berlin
Michael Winter - Preliminary Thoughts
2015
Thursday 30th April - 7.30pm Queen Anne's school, Caversham
Workshops and performance with the Alluna Ensemble - Programme to include 'Pierrot Lunaire' by Arnold Schoenberg.
5th-6th April - Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin, Ireland
Workshops and performance with the Alluna Ensemble - Programme to include 'Pierrot Lunaire' by Arnold Schoenberg.
Wednesday 6th April - 8.30pm Odessa Club, Dublin
Performance with the Alluna Ensemble - Programme to include excerpts of 'Pierrot Lunaire' by Arnold Schoenberg as part of Kaleidoscope, Dublin.
Thursday 7th April - 7.30pm Crane Lane Theatre, Cork, Ireland
Performance with the Alluna Ensemble - Programme to include Schoenberg and Schubert as part of a Kaleidoscope Night.
Wednesday 13th May - 7.30pm Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York
Concert with Mantras (two-piano duo) - Programme:
-Study no. 6 (arr. Adès) by Nancarrow
-Three pieces for two pianos by Ligeti
-Mantra by Stockhausen
(with Alex Wilson, piano)
Sunday 17th May - 4pm St Johns, Waterloo
Concerto performance with the Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Fardell. Programme:
-Festival Overture by Shostakovich
-Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky
-Symphony No. 5 by Prokofiev
Friday 12th June - 7.45pm Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
Solo performance of John McCabe's 'Evening Harmonies' and 'Scrunch'. As part of the PLG memorial concert for the composer-pianist. Concert will be broadcast by BBC Radio 3.
28th September - 2nd October Orpheus Institute, Ghent, Belgium
Residency with Aisha Orazbayeva (violin) at the Orpheus Research Festival 2015. Working with Christian Wolff on a new violin/piano piece.
Thursday 8th October - 7pm Pianodrom Festival, Tirana, Albania
Solo recital - works by Thomas Simaku, Christian Mason, Xenakis, Bartók, and Debussy
Monday 12th October - 7.45pm Luton Music Club
Solo recital featuring Katherine Birtles (flute) - Programme to include works by Debussy, Feldman, Messiaen, Bartók, Roxburgh, and Liszt.
Saturday 17th October - 7.30pm Ripley Recitals, Bromley
Solo recital - Bartók/Debussy/Beethoven/Chopin
Monday 9th November - 7pm Mansfield Street, London
Violin/piano recital with Aisha Orazbayeva - Programme to include Sonata in A major by César Franck
Thursday 10th December - 1pm St John's Smith Square
Solo recital - works by Debussy, Bartók, Liszt, Matthews, Feldman, and 'Darling Eve in the Evil Garden' by Simon Holt (world premiere). Supported by the Britten-Pears Foundation.
Monday 14th December - 7pm Travellers Club, Pall Mall
Private violin/piano recital with Aisha Orazbayeva (violin)