Nicolas Hodges

piano


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Schedule 2025-2026

11 October 2025
Tübingen

Boulez Structures, livre I - with Michael Wendeberg
Jolas: Chanson d'approche (solo piano)
Boulez Structures, livre II - with Michael Wendeberg
and other works

8 November 2025, 12.30
Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St. Hilda's College, Oxford

Snowdrift (1972) 10'
Nine Romantics (1992) 25’
Zwei Deutsche mit Coda (2006) 8’
Mit Arnold Schönberg (2002) 23’
(Part of the Michael Finnissy Festival)

30 November 2025, 19:00
Studio 1 of the Bulgarian National Radio, Sofia

André Boucourechliev: Sonate (Op. 3) 15’
Yu Kuwabara: Nokorigaku (Remaining Music) (2019) 11’
André Boucourechliev: Archipel 4 (Op.10) 10-15’
interval
Boucourechliev: Six Études d’après Piranèse (Op.18) 12-15’
Evan Johnson: A fountain (2024) 16’
Boucourechliev: Orion III (Op.24) 8’

5 December 2025
Tübingen

Schönberg, Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 11

11 December 2025
Glasgow

Maurice Ohana: Piano Concerto (1980)
with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ilan Volkov

for more information see here

19 January 2026
Montagskonzert im Studio des Ensemble Musikfabrik

Michael Finnissy: Recent Britain
Michael Finnissy: Religion
with Carl Rosman, clarinet

13 March 2026
Salzburg

Recital with Anssi Karttunen, cello

Betsy Jolas, Petites Musiques de chevet (1988, ÖEA), for cello and piano
Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin, Lintarys (2012), for piano
Elliott Carter, Sonata for violoncello and piano (1948), for cello and piano
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Morton Feldman, Durations II (1960), for cello and piano
Augusta Read Thomas, Riddle – In memoriam Oliver Knussen (2022, ÖEA), for cello
Betsy Jolas, Femme le soir (2018, ÖEA), for cello and piano

17 April 2026
KM28, Berlin

Peter Ablinger memorial concert

from Voices and Piano:

  • Bertolt Brecht
  • Guillaume Apollinaire
  • Setsuko Hara
  • Bonnie Barnett
  • Morton Feldman
  • Hanna Schygulla
  • Lech Wałęsa
  • Agnes Gonxha Bojaxiu (Mother Theresa)
  • Mao Tse-Tung

27 April 2026
Gare du Nord, Basel

Salvatore Sciarrino: Perduto in una città d’acque (1990-1991) 9’
Steven Daverson: Studies for Figures Outside a Dacha (2024) 6’ UA
Barbara Buczek: Les accords ésotériques (1991) 5’
Rolf Riehm: gestern aber heute hybrid 532 - Klangclips und tweets zur brüchigen Gegenwart (2018) 12’ UA
Rebecca Saunders: to an utterance - study (2020) 11'

3 May 2026
Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St. Hilda's College, Oxford

Jonathan Powell Memorial Concert

Programme to be announced

11 May 2026
Gare du Nord, Basel

Programme to be announced


Schedule 2024-2025

20 September 2024, 18:00
Teatro Vittoria, Torino (MiTo - Settembre Musica)

Franz Schubert: Sonata in C major, D840 "Reliquie"
Jean Barraqué: Sonate (1950-52)

21 September 2024, 21:00
Teatro Bruno Munari, Milano (MiTo - Settembre Musica)

Rebecca Saunders: To an Utterance, study
Anton Webern: Variations, op. 27
Alexander Goehr: Surrounding Silences, Op. 108 (2023) - first performance
Johann Sebastian Bach: Duetto n. 1 in mi minore BWV 802
Johann Sebastian Bach: Duetto n. 2 in fa maggiore BWV 803
Wolfgang Rihm: Zwei Linien (Prima italiana)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Duetto n. 3 in sol maggiore BWV 804
Johann Sebastian Bach: Duetto n. 4 in la minore BWV 805
André Boucourechliev: Archipel 4

18 October 2024, 14:00
Marian Anderson Hall, Philadelphia

Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson

Jolas: Lassus ricercare
Jolas: bTunes, for piano and orchestra (Nicolas Hodges piano)
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite

19 October 2024, 20:00
Marian Anderson Hall, Philadelphia

Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson

Jolas: Lassus ricercare
Jolas: bTunes, for piano and orchestra (Nicolas Hodges piano)
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite

20 October 2024, 14:00
Marian Anderson Hall, Philadelphia

Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by David Robertson

Jolas: Lassus ricercare
Jolas: bTunes, for piano and orchestra (Nicolas Hodges piano)
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite

3 November 2024
Orgelpark, Amsterdam

Evan Johnson: A fountain (2024) - first performance
Morton Feldman: Piano (1977)

29 November 2024
Musikverein, Goldener Saal (Wien Modern)

John Cage: Concert for piano and orchestra
ÖRF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, conducted by Susanne Blumenthal

17 February 2025 - 1 March 2025
IMPULS Masterclass, Graz

Nicolas Hodges will be leading the piano class

20 February 2025
MUMUTH. György-Ligeti-Saal, Lichtenfelsgasse 14, 8010 Graz

2x1+2x3. Tutors' Concert I

Rebecca Saunders: To an utterance - study (2020), for solo piano

Misato Mochikzuki: Satellites (2019-2020)
Rebecca Saunders: That Time (2019/2021)
with Trio Accanto

23 May 2025, 20:00
Herkulessaal der Residenz, München (Musica Viva)

Rebecca Saunders: To an utterance (2020), for piano and orchestra
with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, conducted by Matthias Hermann

23 July 2025, 19:30
Centralstation, Darmstadt (Darmstäder Ferienkurse)

Evan Johnson: A fountain (2024) - German premiere
Yu Kuwabara: Nokorigaku (Remaining Music) (2019) -- German premiere
Helena Tulve: To night-travellers, the light... (2018) - with Lucas Fels, cello
Wolfgang Rihm: Lieder ohne Worte (2022) - with Lucas Fels, cello
and solo cello works by Claren and Pauset

26 July 2025
Orangerie, Darmstadt (Darmstäder Ferienkurse)

Mark Andre: S3 (2016) for piano and live electronics - first performance
with the SWR Experimentalstudio


Schedule 2023-2024



10 August 2023


Orangerie, Darmstadt (Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt)
with Irvine Arditti
Neuwirth: Quasare/Pulsare
Ferneyhough: Unsichtbare Farben
Xenakis: Dikhthas
Pauset: Cadenza
Dillon: Traumwerk III

22 September 2023


St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
with BBC Singers, Sofi Jeannin
Betsy Jolas: Concerto-Fantaisie 'O night, oh' (UK premiere)

29 September 2023


Musikhochschule Freiburg (Freiburg International Flute Festival)
with Julie Stewart-Lafin
Sven-Ingo Koch: "eine Frage der Veränderung“. Duo for Flute and Piano

26 October 2023, 19:00


Nacionalinė filharmonija, Vilnius, Lithuania
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jack Sheen
(György Ligeti: Ramifications)
György Ligeti: Cordes à Vide (Etude from Book 1)
György Kurtág: Wandering in the Past - A Ligatura for Ligeti (Játékok VII: 26)
György Ligeti: Etudes (from Book 2): Galamb borong, Fém, Vertige, En Suspenses, L'escalier du diable, Coloana infinita
György Ligeti: Piano Concerto

19 November 2023, 14:30


Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten, Aula
Trio Accanto
Rolf Riehm: Basar Aleppo oder Die Straße nach Tyros
Misato Mochizuki: Satellites
Rebecca Saunders: That Time

30 April 2024, 18:00

HMDK Stuttgart, Konzertsaal
Arnold Schönberg: Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 11

25 May 2024
Hommage à Thomas Kessler
Gare du Nord, Basel

Piano Control (1974) für Klavier und Synthesizer (Antonia Fischer)
Oboe Control (2005) für Oboe und Live-Elektronik (Heinz Holliger, Oboe)
Präludium und Fuge (2024) UA - Nicolas Hodges, Klavier
Flute Control (1986) für Flöte und Computer (Matthias Ziegler)
Is it? (2002) (Sarah Maria Sun, Sopran und Marcus Weiss, Sopransaxophon)

31 May 2024
Wigmore Hall, London

Olivier Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus

July 2024
Klaus-von-Bismarck Saal, WDR Köln

Trio Accanto CD recording
Rebecca Saunders: That Time (2019/2021) 22'
Beat Furrer: in's Offene (2022) 14'
Misato Mochizuki: Satellites (2019-20) 15'
Brice Pauset: Adagio Dialettico (2002) 16'


Schedule 2022-2023

19 August 2022

Plush Festival, Dorset
Harrison Birtwistle: Précis Harrison BIrtwistle: Hector's Dawn Harrison Birtwistle: Gigue Machine Harrison Birtwistle: Linoi (with Carl Rosman) Harrison Birtwistle: Lied (with Adrian Brendel) Harrison Birtwistle: The Mouse Felt... (with Roderick Williams) Harrison Birtwistle: Liebeslied 1 (with Roderick Williams)

5 September 2022
BBC PROMS

Betsy Jolas: bTunes for Nicolas (2021) for piano and orchestra (world premiere)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Karina Canellakis

7 September 2022

Musikfest Bern
John Cage: Concert for Piano and Orchestra (1957-8)
with ensemble, cond. Peter Rundel

8 September 2022
Musikfest Bern

Bernd Alois Zimmermann (after Rachmaninoff): Concertino for Piano and Orchestra
Berner Symphonieorchester, cond. Heinz Holliger

10 September 2022


Musikfest Bern
John Cage: Hymnkus John Cage: Atlas Eclipticalis with Winter Music
with Trio Accanto

6 October 2022


Mixtur Barcelona
Beat Furrer: in's Offene (2022) 14' Spanish premiere Misato Mochizuki: Satellites (2019-20) 15' Spanish premiere Daniel Apodaka: Oiseaux de nuit (2022) 10' World premiere plus student works
with Trio Accanto

10-12 October 2022


WDR Funkhaus (Studio recording)
Betsy Jolas: complete music for cello and piano
Petites musique de Chevet (1989) Mon Ami (1974) version for piano and cello Quatre pièces en marge (1983) Femme le soir (2018)
Also some of the solo piano pieces.
The solo cello pieces have already been recorded, and the final remaining solo piano pieces will be recorded in Spring 2023.

6 November 2022


Burghof, Lörrach
Simon Steen-Andersen: Piano Concerto with Basel Sinfonietta, cond. Baldur Brönnimann

10 November 2022


KlangART Musik Festival, Saxony-Anhalt
Kurtág: Játékok - excerpts Debussy: Jeux (arr. Léon Roques, 1914) Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps (arr. Stravinsky) with Michael Wendeberg

25 November 2022


Konzerthuset, Stockholm
Olga Neuwirth: Piano Concerto "locus...doublure…solus”
with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, cond. Stefan Asbury

27 November 2022

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15.00, Grünewald Hall, Konzerthuset, Stockholm
Olga Neuwirth: Incidendo-Fluido Olga Neuwirth: Quasare-Pulsare II
with Quatuor Diotima

30 November 2022


deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium
Simon Steen-Andersen: Piano Concerto with Basel Sinfonietta, cond. Baldur Brönnimann

1 December 2022


De Bijloke, Gent, Belgium
Simon Steen-Andersen: Piano Concerto with Basel Sinfonietta, cond. Baldur Brönnimann

5 December 2022


19.30, Rudolfinum, Prague
Martin Smolka: Presto e lento for piano and orchestra (world premiere)
with Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Petr Popelka

20 January 2023


Ultraschall, Berlin (Heimathafen, Neukölln)
Mirela Ivičević: New Work (2022) 10‘ UA commissioned rbb Evan Johnson: Plan and section of the same reservoir (2019) 18‘ Rebecca Saunders: That Time (2019/21) 22‘

3 February 2023


Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
Rebecca Saunders: ‘to an utterance' for piano and orchestra with Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra

24 February 2023


Landau
Toshio Hosokawa: Lotus under the Moonlight, for piano and orchestra with Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, cond. Sylvain Cambreling

25 February 2023


Worms
Toshio Hosokawa: Lotus under the Moonlight, for piano and orchestra with Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, cond. Sylvain Cambreling

26 February 2023


Mannheim
Toshio Hosokawa: Lotus under the Moonlight, for piano and orchestra with Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, cond. Sylvain Cambreling

12 March 2023


Edenkoben
Wolfgang Rihm: Interscriptum
with Arditti Quartet

March 2023, Köln (WDR/bastille musique)
Betsy Jolas: Complete Piano Works
Studio recording for broadcast and CD release

24 March 2023


Monaco
Betsy Jolas: bTunes for Nicolas (2021) for piano and orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Eva Ollikainen

1 April 2023

Trossingen, 19.00
Christian Wolff: Scraping Up Sand in the Bottom of the Sea (2021) - first performance
Sven Ingo Koch: „eine Frage der Veränderung“ (first performance) Sven Ingo Koch: Piano Quintett (first performance)
with: Flöte: Prof. Julie Stewart-Lafin Oboe: Prof. Nicholas Daniel Klarinette: Prof. Chen Halevi Fagott: Prof. Fredrik Ekdahl Horn: Prof. Saar Berger

May 2023

Rosbaud Studio, Baden-Baden (SWR recording for CD)
Finnissy, works for clarinet and piano
with Carl Rosman, clarinet




Schedule 2021-22



4 September 2021, KKL Luzern (Lucerne Festival)
Rebecca Saunders: ‘to an utterance' for piano and orchestra - world premiere with Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra/Enno Poppe

9 September 2021, Philharmonie, Berlin
Rebecca Saunders: ‘to an utterance' for piano and orchestra - German premiere with Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra/Enno Poppe

24 September 2021, BBC Maida Vale Studio concert
Betsy Jolas: Concerto-Fantaisie “Oh Night, Oh”, for solo piano and choir (without orchestra) - UK premiere with BBC Singers/Sofi Jeannin

7 October 2021, Berlin
Peter Ablinger: “Opalka" from Voices and Piano

15 October 2021, Donaueschinger Musiktage
Rebecca Saunders: That Time for saxophone, piano and percussion EIvind Buene: Personal Best, for saxophone, piano, percussion and live electronics Lisa Illean: Tiding II (silentium), for saxophone, piano, percussion and live electronics
Trio Accanto with SWR Experimentalstudio

22 October 2021, Festival “Zeitgenuss”, Karlsruhe
Rolf Riehm: Basar Aleppo oder Die Straße nach Tyros (2014) Rebecca Saunders: Shadow (2013) (piano solo) 10" Evan Johnson: Plan and section of the same reservoir (2018) 15' Ustwolskaya: Klaviersonate Nr. 6 für Klavier solo Netti: 8 min Saxophone Solo Rebecca Saunders: That Time (2019) 17'
Trio Accanto

16 November 2021, Teatro La Scala, Milan (Milano Musica)
Orchestra Sinfonica “Giuseppe Verdi“ di Milano/Michele Gamba
Rebecca Saunders: ‘to an utterance' for piano and orchestra - Italian premiere

22 November 2021, Milan
Misato Mochizuki: Satellites Georg Friederich Haas: Blumenwiese 1-3 interval Evan Johnson: Plan and section of the same reservoir (2018) 15' Rebecca Saunders: That Time (2019) 17'
Trio Accanto

16-21 March 2022, Salzburg
Rebecca Saunders: That Time (2019) 17' - Austrian premiere and other works
Trio Accanto

26 March 2022, Dresden - cancelled due to Covid
Rebecca Saunders: ‘to an utterance' for piano and orchestra with Dresdner Staatskapelle/Jonathan Nott

27 March 2022, Dresden - cancelled due to Covid
Rebecca Saunders: ‘to an utterance' for piano and orchestra with Dresdner Staatskapelle/Jonathan Nott

30 March 2022, Royal Festival Hall, London
Rebecca Saunders: ‘to an utterance' for piano and orchestra - UK premiere with London Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Gardner

17 April 2022, Edenkoben
Georges Aperghis: Trio Funambule (2014) Misato Mochizuki: Satellites (2019-20) 15' DEA Rebecca Saunders: That Time (2019/2021) 21'
Trio Accanto

6 May 2022, Paris
Xenakis: Keqrops with Philharmonique de Radio France/Pascal Rophé

8 May 2022, 11.00, Saalbau Witten, Festsaal
Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik
Beat Furrer: in's Offene (2022) for saxophone, piano and percussion - first performance

4 June 2022, Cologne
Rebecca Saunders: Miniata with WDR Sinfonieorchester

12 June 2022, KlangART Musik Festival, Saxony-Anhalt
Kurtág: Játékok - excerpts Debussy: Jeux (arr. Léon Roques, 1914) Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps (arr. Stravinsky) with Michael Wendeberg

Schedule 2020-21



19 September 2020, Strasbourg (Musica)
Simon Steen-Andersen: Piano Concerto, French Premiere with Basel Sinfonietta, cond. Baldur Brönnimann https://festivalmusica.fr/manifestation/1679/grand-concert-douverture-2

CANCELLED: 18 October 2020, Donaueschingen (Mozart-Saal) (two performances: 11am & 3pm)
Saunders, Rebecca: to an utterance - study (2020) 8' Clarke, James: Piano Sonata No.2 (2019) 16' UA Boucourechliev, André: Archipel 5D (1970) c.8' DEA Riehm, Rolf: Ciao, carissimo Claudio oder Die Steel Drums von San Marco (2017) 9' DEA

20 October 2020, PIerre Boulez Saal, Berlin with Michael Wendeberg
Debussy, Claude: En blanc et noir for two Pianos Boulez, Pierre: Structures I for two Pianos Ravel, Maurice: La Valse - Poème choréographique (Arrangement by the composer for two Pianos) Boulez, Pierre: Structures II for two Pianos
https://boulezsaal.de/event/michael-wendeberg-nicolas-hodges/2020_10_20_1930

10 November 2020: Casa da Musica, Porto
Philippe Manoury: Passacaille pour Tokyo (1994) for piano and ensemble Ensemble Remix, cond. Peter Rundel

December 2020, SWR Stuttgart Nicolas Hodges not live at Donaueschingen: studio recording
Saunders, Rebecca: to an utterance - study (2020) 8' Clarke, James: Piano Sonata No.2 (2019) 16' UA Boucourechliev, André: Archipel 5D (1970) c.8' DEA Riehm, Rolf: Ciao, carissimo Claudio oder Die Steel Drums von San Marco (2017) 9' DEA

24 January 2021, Don Bosco, Basel
Christian Wolff: Mountain Messengers, for piano and orchestra - first performance with Basel Sinfonietta/Ilan Volkov

4 February 2021, Helsinki
Simon Steen-Andersen: Piano Concerto - Finnish premiere with Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/André de Ridder

August 2021, Darmstadt
André Boucourechliev: Archipel 5D, Op. 11 (1970) Video recording (2 performances): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J29mlBQr0YE

August 2021, Orangerie, Darmstadt
Anton Webern: Drei kleine Stücke Op. 11 with Lucas Fels, cello

August 2021, Luzerner Saal, KKL Luzern
Rebecca Saunders: That Time for saxophone, piano, percussion - with Trio Accanto Rebecca Saunders: Shadow - study for solo piano

Schedule 2019-20



28 July 2019: Royal Albert Hall - BBC Proms
Messiaen: Des canyons aux étoiles (1971) for piano and orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sakari Oramo

August 2019: Boulez Saal, Berlin
Boulez: Structures Livre I (1952) Boulez: Structures Livre II (1961) - with two realisations of Chapitre 2
CD recording with Michael Wendeberg
26 September 2019: Konzerthaus, Wien (Berio Saal)
Harrison Birtwistle: Intrada (2017) for piano and percussion (öEA) Karlheinz Stockhausen: Klavierstück V (1954) for solo piano Harrison Birtwistle: Variations from the Golden Mountain (2014) for solo piano (öEA) Morton Feldman: The King of Denmark (1964) for solo percussion Harrison Birtwistle: Intrada (2017) for piano and percussion *** interval *** Karlheinz Stockhausen: Kontakte (1959 -1960) for piano, percussion and tape
with Colin Currie, percussion, and Florian Zwißler, sound projection
https://konzerthaus.at/concert/eventid/56803

28 September 2019: De Doelen, Rotterdam (Jurriaanse Zaal)
Harrison Birtwistle: Intrada (2017) for piano and percussion (NEA) Karlheinz Stockhausen: Klavierstück V (1954) for solo piano Harrison Birtwistle: Variations from the Golden Mountain (2014) for solo piano (NEA) Morton Feldman: The King of Denmark (1964) for solo percussion Harrison Birtwistle: Intrada (2017) for piano and percussion *** interval *** Karlheinz Stockhausen: Kontakte (1959 -1960) for piano, percussion and tape
with Colin Currie, percussion, and Florian Zwißler, sound projection
https://www.dedoelen.nl/agenda/16950/Nederlandse_premieres_van_Birtwistle/Colin_Currie_slagwerk_en_Nicolas_Hodges_piano/

20 October 2019, 14:00: STUK, Naamsestraat 96, Leuven (Festival Transit)
Rebecca Saunders: Shadow (2013) 8' Yu Kuwabara: Nokorigaku (Remaining Music) (2019) 10' - world premiere Georges Aperghis: Breaths (2019) 10' - world premiere Marco Momi: ALMOST CLOSE for piano and transducers (2015) 11' Peter Ablinger: “Agnes Martin” from Voices and Piano for piano and CD (1998-) 6:38' Rolf Riehm: Ciao, Carissimo Claudio for piano and playback (2017) 12' - European premiere

30 October 2019, 20:30: Conservatoire, Clermont-Ferrand
Betsy Jolas: Quatre pièces en marge, for cello and piano Betsy Jolas: TOI x 3, for solo piano Betsy Jolas: Episode Cinquième, for solo cello Betsy Jolas: Mon Ami, for piano and cello Betsy Jolas: B for Sonata, pour piano Betsy Jolas: Femme le soir, eight songs for cello and piano
Anssi Karttunen, violoncello Nicolas Hodges, piano

November 2019: WDR Funkhaus, Köln
Beethoven and Birtwistle
CD recording for Wergo

1 December 2019, 17.00, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg (Grosser Saall)
Xenakis: Synaphai, for piano and orchestra
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, cond. Peter Rundel
https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/programm/rundfunk-sinfonieorchester-berlin-les-percussions-de-strasbourg/12890

2020
10 January 2020: Auditorium du Louvre, Paris
At the invitation of Pierre Soulages, works of Pascal Dusapin:
Piano Works: 1/5 Did it again, 4/5 When not to stop Invece, for solo cello Piano Works: 3/5 Black Letters (2019) world premiere: commande du musée du Louvre et du Concours international de piano d'Orléans Slackline, for cello and piano
https://www.louvre.fr/soulages-dusapin

16 January 2020: Ultraschall, Berlin
Trio Accanto
Christian Wolff: Exercises 37 & 38 (2018) 8' first performance Yu Kuwabara: In Between (2018) 8' Johannes Schöllhorn: Sinaïa 1916 (2015/17) 18' first performance of extended version Georges Aperghis: Trio Funambule (2014) 13'

30 January - 2 February 2020: CD recording (DLF Köln/Wergo)
Trio Accanto
Works by Christian Wolff: Trio IX - Accanto Exercises 29-30 Exercises 31-32 Exercises 37-38

11 February 2020: Philharmonie Luxembourg
Trio Accanto
Christian Wolff: Exercises 37-38 (2018) 8' Misato Mochizuki: New Work (2019) 10-15' - UA - Luxembourg Philharmonie co-commission Intermission Evan Johnson: Plan and section of the same reservoir (2018) 13' - UA - Luxembourg Philharmonie co-commission Georg Friedrich Haas: Blumenwiese 1-3 (2017) 27'
https://www.philharmonie.lu/de/programm/trio-accanto/2436

15 February 2020, 18.00: Festival Présences, Paris
Trio Accanto
Georges Aperghis: Trio Funambule (2014) 12' Rebecca Saunders: New Work (2019) - World premiere (Radio France co-commission) Misato Mochizuki: New Work (2019) - French premiere Mikel Urquiza: Ex voto (2019) 18' - World premiere (Radio France commission)
https://www.maisondelaradio.fr/evenement/musique-contemporaine/festival-presences-11

5 March 2020: Royal Festival Hall
Iannis Xenakis: Evryali for solo piano Aribert Reimann: Piano Concerto No.2
with Philharmonia Orchestra cond. Roland Kluttig

CANCELLED: 17 March 2020: Casa da Musica, Porto
Philippe Manoury: Passacaille pour Tokyo (1994) for piano and ensemble
Ensemble Remix, cond. Emilio Pomarico

CANCELLED: 1 April 2020: Royal Festival Hall, London
Thomas Adès: In Seven Days, for piano and orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Vladimir Jurowski

CANCELLED: 5th May 2020: Fundación BBVA, Bilbao, Spain
Trio Accanto
Johannes Schöllhorn: Sinaïa 1916 (2015/17) 17' - Spanish premiere
Mikel Urquiza: Ex voto (2019) 18' - Spanish premiere
interval
Ramon Lazkano: Uher (2013) 19' - world première
Georges Aperghis: Trio Funambule (2014) 13'

CANCELLED: 10 May 2020, Staatstheater, Karlsruhe
CANCELLED: 11 May 2020, Staatstheater, Karlsruhe
Witold Lutosławski: Piano Concerto (1987)

CANCELLED: 23 June 2020, 19.30: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
Trio Accanto
Helmut Lachenmann: Sakura mit Berliner Luft (2008) 11'
Rebecca Saunders: New Work (2019) 15-20' - German premiere - Elbphilharmonie co-commission
Interval
Christian Wolff: Exercises 37 & 38 (2018) 8'
Georg Friedrich Haas: Blumenwiese 1-3 (2017) 27'
https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/programm/trio-accanto/12177

CANCELLED: 16 August 2020: Lucerne Festival
Trio Accanto
Georges Aperghis: Trio Funambule (13')
Misato Mochizuki: New work for Trio Accanto
(intermission)
Evan Johnson: Plan and section of the same reservoir (2019)
Rebecca Saunders: New Work for Trio Accanto - Lucerne Festival Co-commission

CANCELLED: 29 August 2020: Lucerne Festival (KKL)
Igor Stravinsky: Movements for piano and orchestra
Rebecca Saunders: Piano Concerto (world premiere) - Roche Commission
Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, cond. Sylvain Cambreling



Schedule 2018-19


1 October 2018
Fiorentinersaal, KUG, Graz

Messiaen: Vingt Regards


5-6 October 2018
Baden-Baden
In the studio with Trio Accanto

Works by Michael Finnissy, Martin Schüttler, Martin Smolka, for a new CD.


21 October 2018
Paris, Radio France

Elgar: Piano Quintet


30 October 2018
Wigmore Hall

Elisabeth Lutyens: Five Impromptus, Op. 116 (1977) - world premiere 11’
Franz Liszt: Nuages gris, S. 199 3’
Franz Liszt: Unstern! Sinistre, disastro, S. 208 6’
Franz Liszt: La lugubre gondola I, S. 200/1 4’
James Clarke: Untitled No. 7 (2014) commissioned by Wigmore Hall and WDR - UK premiere 12'

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Johannes Brahms: Ballade No. 2 in D major, Op. 10 No. 2 7’
Hans Thomalla: Ballade.Rauschen (2014) commissioned by Wigmore Hall and WDR - UK premiere 28


3 November 2018
Wien Modern

Trio Accanto

John Cage: Concert for Piano and Orchestra
Christian Wolff: Trio IX (Accanto) (2017) - world premiere
interval
Christian Wolff: Exercises
Georg Friedrich Haas: Blumenwiese 1-3 (2018)


24 November 2018
Lucerne Piano Festival
https://www.lucernefestival.ch/en/program/nicolas-hodges/835

Harrison Birtwistle (*1934) Gigue Machine for piano
Francesco Ciurlo Four Strips for piano - world premiere
Christoph Delz (1950–1993) Sils for piano, Op. 1

interval

Eiko Tsukamoto Zickenzone for piano - world premiere
Wolfgang Rihm (*1952) Klavierstück No. 7
Sebastian Hilli Rack and Pinion for piano - world premiere


3 December 2018
Reid Hall, Paris
Betsy Jolas portrait concert, with Anssi Karttunen, cello

Quatre pièces en marge, pour violoncelle et piano (1983)
Toi X 3,  pour piano (2018),  création mondiale
Episode Cinquième, pour violoncelle (1983)
B for Sonate, pour piano (1973)
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Mon Ami, pour piano et violoncelle (1974)
Scion, pour violoncelle (1973)
Femme le soir, huit lieder pour violoncelle et piano (2018), création mondiale


16 December 2018
Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris
http://www.bouffesdunord.com/app_beta.php/nicolas-hodges

Wolfgang Rihm: Zwei Linien - création française
Pascal Dusapin: Études pour piano


12 January 2019
Glasgow

Simon Steen-Andersen: Piano Concerto (UK premiere)
with BBC Scottish SO, Thomas Dausgaard


27 January 2019
Basel

Simon Steen-Andersen: Piano Concerto (Swiss premiere)
with Basel Sinfonietta, André de Ridder


14 February 2019
Paris

Rebecca Saunders: Crimson
Luciano Berio: Sequenza IV
Yves Chauris: New Work (first performance of Radio France Commission)
Rihm: Zwei Linien


2 March 2019
Barbican Hall, London

Ligeti: Piano Concerto
with BBC SO/Sakari Oramo


8 March 2019
Herkules-Saal, Munich

Furrer: Piano Concerto No. 1
with BR SO/Peter Rundel


10 March 2019
Cal Performances, Berkeley, CA

Ravel Piano Trio and other works
with Jennifer Koh, violin, and Anssi Karttunen, cello


13 April 2019, 20.00
Festival Mostra Sonora, Sueca, Spain
with 
Trio Accanto

Christian Wolff: Trio IX - Accanto (2017) 29’
- interval -
Yu Kuwabara: In Between (2018) 8’
Georges Aperghis: Trio Funambule (2014) 12’
Helmut Lachenmann: Sakura mit Berliner Luft (2008) 11’


16-18 April 2019
SWR Hans Rosbaud Studio, Baden-Baden
CD Recording with Trio Accanto

Yu Kuwabara: In Between (2018) 8’
Helmut Lachenmann: Sakura mit Berliner Luft (2008) 11’
Helmut Lachenmann: Sakura-Variationen (2001)
Helmut Lachenmann: Marche Fatale, for solo piano (2017)
Helmut Lachenmann: Berliner Kirschblüten, for solo piano (2016-17)

22 May 2019
Fundacion Juan March, Madrid

Recital with Anssi Karttunen, Cello


28 July 2019, 7.30pm
Royal Albert Hall - BBC Proms

Messiaen: Des Canyons aux Etoiles
with BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo


Schedule 2017-18


Schedule 2016-17


Schedule 2015-2016

8 September 2015, 21.00
MiTo/Auditorium Rai Arturo Toscanini, Turino
Francesconi: Piano Concerto (Italian premiere)
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai
Gergely Madaras, conductor
http://www.mitosettembremusica.it/programma/08092015-2100-auditorium-rai-arturo-toscanini.html

11 September 2015, 21.00
MiTo/Conservatorio “G. Verdi” di Milano, Sala Verdi
Adès: In Seven Days (2008), for piano and orchestra
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Timothy Redmond, conductor
http://www.mitosettembremusica.it/programma/11092015-2100-conservatorio-“g-verdi”-di-milano.html

October 2015
WDR Köln/CD recording
solo works by James Clarke


October 2015
WDR Köln/CD recording
solo works by Hans Thomalla

22 October 2015
Carelia Hall, Joensuu, Finland
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no.4
Jurjen Hempel, conductor
http://www.joensuu.fi/orchestra/autumn2015


26 October 2015
Gare du Nord, Basel
Ablinger: Voices and Piano (world premiere)
http://www.garedunord.ch/spielplan/


November 2015
Deutschlandfunk, Köln/Wergo CD recording
Marina Khorkova: Klangnarbe
with Trio Accanto

8 November 2015, 11.00
Logensaal / Salle de la Loge, Jurastrasse 40, CH-2502 Biel/Bienne (Société Philharmonique de Bienne)
Live broadcast on Radio Swiss Classic
Brahms: Intermezzi op. 117
Webern: Variationen op. 27
Brahms: op. 119/1-2
Schönberg: Drei Klavierstücke op. 11
interval
Berg: Sonate op. 1
Schönberg: Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke op. 19
Brahms: op. 118


19 November 2015
Wien Modern/Wiener Konzerthaus, Großer Saal
Mundry: Non-Places, ein Klavierkonzert (2012-13)
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Sylvain Cambreling, conductor

28 November 2015
Rainy Days Festival/Philharmonie Luxembourg
Steen-Andersen: Piano Concerto
SWR Sinfonieorcester Freiburg/Baden-Baden
Pascal Rophé, conductor


January 2016
SWR/CD recording
with Trio Accanto

16 March 2016, 19:30
Konzerthaus Wien, Mozart Saal
Domenico Scarlatti: Four Sonatas
Raffaele Grimaldi: Studio n. 1 (2009) (UA) (Kompositionspreis «Towards the Next 100 Years» des Wiener Konzerthauses in der Kategorie «Klavier»)
Salvatore Sciarrino: Perduto in una città d'acque (1991)
Salvatore Sciarrino: V Sonata (1994)
(interval)
Salvatore Sciarrino: Due notturni (1998)
Salvatore Sciarrino: Notturno n. 3 (1998)
Salvatore Sciarrino: Notturno n. 4 (1998)
Salvatore Sciarrino: Due notturni crudeli (2001)


17 April 2016
SWR Ars Nova Festival/Edenkoben
Recital with Geneviève Strosser
Furrer: A Due, for viola and piano
Feldman: The Viola in my Life 3
plus works by Aperghis, Sciarrino, Scelsi

20 April 2016
Wigmore Hall, London
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor Op. 38
Sir Harrison Birtwistle: Bogenstrich (Lied ohne Worte/Wie eine Fuge/Variationen)
(interval)
Sean Shepherd: Cello Sonata (world première - Commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Fondation Hoffmann, a Swiss grant-making foundation)
Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 5 in D major Op. 102 No. 2

7 May 2016
Konzerthaus, Freiburg/SWR
Steen-Andersen: Piano Concerto
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
François-Xavier Roth, conductor

9 May 2016
Achtbrücken/WDR Funkhaus, Köln
with Carolin Widmann
Ustvolskaya: Sonata for violin and piano
Martin Smolka: lay, wail, purr, whirr, smooth, whoop, soothe
(and this also is vanity) (2015-16) for violin and piano (world première)
Ustvolskaya: Duet for violin and piano

10 May 2016
Wolfsburg
with Carolin Widmann
Ustvolskaya: Sonata for violin and piano
Martin Smolka: lay, wail, purr, whirr, smooth, whoop, soothe
(and this also is vanity) (2015-16) for violin and piano
Ustvolskaya: Duet for violin and piano


Schedule 2014-15



CalPerformances Berkeley, 25.01.2015
Birtwistle, Harrison: Variations from The Golden Mountain
Birtwistle, Harrison: The Axe Manual
Birtwistle, Harrison: Gigue Machine
Stephen Schick

BBC Philharmonic Studio (MediaCityUK), 28.01.2015, 7.30pm
Barry, Gerald: Kitty Lie Over Across From The Wall
BBC Philharmonic/Clark Rundell
more information here

CBSO Centre Birmingham, 31.01.2015/ 19.30
Dusapin, Pascal: Jetzt genau
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/ Franck Ollu

Stuttgart - ECLAT Festival, 06.02.2015/ 19.00, Theaterhaus Stuttgart
Dohmen, Andreas: Versi rapportati für Saxofon, Schlagzeug und Klavier (2013)
Prins, Stefan: Mirror Box für verstärktes Saxofon, Schlagzeug, Klavier/MIDI-Keyboard/Live-Elektronik (2014) UA
Mochizuki, Misato: Neues Werk für Saxofon, Schlagzeug und Klavier (2014) UA
Trio Accanto

Helsinki Musica Nova, 11.02.2015
Combier, Jérôme: Lichen
Dusapin, Pascal: Jetzt genau
Uusinta Ensemble

Stuttgart Kultur und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle/ Beethovensaal, 22.02.2015/ 11.00,
Carter, Elliot: Dialogues I + II
Mendelssohn, Felix: Piano Concerto No. 1
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/ Sylvain Cambreling

Stuttgart Kultur und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle/ Beethovensaal, 23.02.2015/ 19.30,
Carter, Elliot: Dialogues I + II
Mendelssohn, Felix: Piano Concerto No. 1
Staatsorchester Stuttgart/ Sylvain Cambreling

Helsinki Music Centre 'Musiikkitalo', 04.03.2015/ 19.00
Lindberg, Magnus: Piano Concerto, No. 2
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Helsinki Music Centre 'Musiikkitalo', 05.03.2015/ 19.00
Lindberg, Magnus: Piano Concerto, No. 2
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Kölner Philharmonie, 12.03.2015/ 20.00
Debussy, Claude: Etudes, Book 2
Boulez, Pierre: Sonata No. 1
Boulez, Pierre: Incises
Boulez, Pierre: Structures, 1st book
Debussy, Claude: En Blanc et Noir (2 pianos)
Boulez, Pierre: Structures, 2nd book
Michael Wendeberg (piano)

Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti Rom, 14.04.2015/ 20.30
Debussy, Claude: Etudes, Book 1
Birtwistle, Harrison: Variations from the Golden Mountain
Busoni, Ferrucio: Giga, Bolero e Variazione
Birtwistle, Harrison: Gigue Machine
Debussy, Claude: Etudes, Book 2

Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik (TBC), 23./24.04.2015

Espace Découverte, Philharmonie Luxemburg, 01.06.2015/ 20.00
Schöllhorn, Johannes: nouvelle œuvre
Riehm, Rolf: nouvelle œuvre
Ablinger, Peter: Regenstück für Ensemble, Wasser, Membrane
Rihm, Wolfgang: Gegenstück für Kontrabasssaxophon, Schlagzeug und Klavier
Trio Accanto

Viitasaari Chapel, Finland (Musiikin aika/Time of Music Festival), 1.07.2015/ 15.30
Harrison Birtwistle: Harrison's Clocks
Harrison Birtwistle: Gigue Machine
Harrison Birtwistle: Variations from the Golden Mountains
Harrison Birtwistle: The Axe Manual - with Steven Schick, percussion

Viitasaari Chapel, Finland (Musiikin aika/Time of Music Festival), 4.07.2015/ 13.00
Brian Ferneyhough: Quirl - Study in Self-Similar Rhythms
Brian Ferneyhough: Opus Contra Naturam

Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, 19.07.2015/ 11.00
Srnka, Miroslav: Klavierkonzert
Badische Staatskapelle/ Cornelius Meister

Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, 20.07.2015/ 20.00
Srnka, Miroslav: Klavierkonzert
Badische Staatskapelle/ Cornelius Meister

Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, 21.07.2015/ 19.00
Srnka, Miroslav: Klavierkonzert
Badische Staatskapelle/ Cornelius Meister


Schedule 2013-14


Schedule 2012-13

6 October 2012, Festival Musica, Strasbourg

Dusapin: Jetzt genau! (first performance)
Remix Ensemble/Peter Rundel

9 October 2012, Casa da Musica, Porto

Dusapin: Jetzt genau!
Remix Ensemble/Peter Rundel

23 October 2012, Suntory Hall, Tokyo

Manzoni: Il rumore del tempo
with Christophe Desjardins (viola), Alain Damiens (clarinet), Daniel Ciampolini (percussion) and Joo Cho (soprano).
Second half of concert: Beethoven op. 53, 54, 57 - Maurizio Pollini (piano)

28 October 2012, Bad Reichenhall

Bach: Four Duetti (1739)
Rihm: Zwei Linien (1999/2012) first performance of new version
Wolfgang Rihm, Klavierstück Nr. 7 (1980)
Franz Schubert, Fantasie C-dur D 760 "Wanderer" (1822)

30 October 2012, Auditorio Nacional, Madrid

Bach: Four Duetti (1739)
Rihm: Zwei Linien (1999/2012)
Bach: Partita no.4 in D Major BWV828 (1725-1730)
Birtwistle: Gigue Machine (2011)

Zürich, Tonhalle, 14-16.11.12

Messiaen: Reveil des oiseaux
Benjamin: Duet
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/George Benjamin

17 November 2012,  Huddersfield, St Paul's Hall

Jean Barraqué, complete piano works (all UK premieres):
Retour (1945-47)
Intermezzo (1949)
Pièce pour piano (1949)
Thème et variations (1949)
Deux morceaux pour piano (1949)
Sonate (1950-1952) - critical edition

23 November 2012, Vienna, Musikverein

Srnka: Piano Concerto (2012) - first performance
RSO Wien/Cornelius Meister

30 November 2012, Köln, Philharmonie

Dufourt: On the Wings of the Morning (2012) - first performance
WDR SO/Ilan Volkov

9 January 2013, 8pm, King's Place, London

Birtwistle: Ostinato with Melody (2000) for solo piano
Birtwistle: Gigue machine (2011) for solo piano
Birtwistle: The Axe Manual (2000) for piano and percussion (with Christian Dierstein)
- Post-performance interview 9.15pm
Full details on the King's Place website

15 January 2013, Freiburg

Pauset: Symphony IV - Der Geograph
SWR Sinfonieorchester Freiburg/Baden-Baden/Susanna Mälkki

16 January 2013, Dijon

Pauset: Symphony IV - Der Geograph (French premiere)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Freiburg/Baden-Baden/Susanna Mälkki

21 January 2013, New York, Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall)

Debussy: Etudes, book 1 (1915)
Carter: Two Thoughts about the Piano (2007)
-
Busoni: Giga, Bolero e Variazione (Study after Mozart - Book 3 of An die Jugend) 1909
Birtwistle: Gigue Machine (2012) - US premiere - Carnegie Hall co-commission
Debussy: Etudes, book 2 (1915)

27 January 2013, Berkeley

Debussy: Etudes, book 1 (1915)
Carter: Two Thoughts about the Piano(2007)
-
Busoni: Giga, Bolero e Variazione (Study after Mozart - Book 3 of An die Jugend) 1909
Birtwistle: Gigue Machine (2012) - West Coast premiere - Cal Performances co-commission
Debussy: Etudes, book 2 (1915)

22 February 2013, Munich, Herkulessaal (Musica Viva)

Isabel Mundry: Non-Places, ein Klavierkonzert (2011) - first performance
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Emilio Pomárico

8-9 March 2013, Salzburg

28-9 April 2013, BCMG

30 April 2013, Geneva

Dusapin with Contrechamps/Michael Wendeberg

25 May 2013, Zürich Tonhalle

Mundry

2 August 2013, Arcana Festival

23 August 2013, Plush Festival