Vassos Nicolaou
recent/next projects:
Kölner Philharmonie: Überblendungen for string trio and two percussionists | musicians of the Gürzenich Orchestra
Beethovenfest Bonn: Feuer for cello and live electronics | Isang Enders and Experimentalstudio of the SWR Freibourg
Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der ARD, Munich | The Maze (The minotaur is there) for two pianos (for the semi final of the competition)
Kölner Philharmonie: Beethoven in between for ensemble and electronics | Manufaktur für Aktuelle Musik, Susanne Blumenthal, cond.
Argentina: Switch for two trumpets for Valentin Garvie
CD recording: Switches for two bassoons and live electronics | Johannes Schwarz, Malte Refardt and Vassos Nicolaou
musica viva Munich | Concerto for piano and orchestra | Tamara Stefanovich / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
review of the concert by The Guardian. of the London premiere of several etudes for piano by Tamara Stefanovich in November 2019
the concert has been included by The Guardian in the Top 10 classical music events of 2019
Centrifugal for piano and live electronics commissioned by WDR, premiered on February 23rd 2019
at the Musik der Zeit | WDR | Cologne by Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Vassos Nicolaou
Umdichten for two MIDI keyboards and live electronics for Jonas Olsson and Sanae Yoshida
premiered in Bodø, Norway - 26.10.18
Farbenmaschinen on the new Wergo CD kreuzungen | Edition Musikfabrik
18 June 2018
British premiere of Frames by Tamara Stefanovich and Pierre-Laurent Aimard at the Aldeburgh Festival
with live broadcasting by the BBC3
18 January 2018
World premiere of Chambers for ensemble and live electronics by the Ensemble LUX:NM
at the Ultraschall Festival Berlin
10 May 2017
World premiere of Frames for piano four-hands by Tamara Stefanovich and Pierre-Laurent Aimard
at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr. Further performances at Radialsystem V - Buntes Euro concert - 14 May (article at Morgenpost) and also during the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize ceremony that took place on 2 June at the Prinzregententheater in Munich.
Etudes for piano | 24.06.16 | Tamara Stefanovich | Aldeburgh Festival | Nr. 13 Teso | Nr. 14 Rebounds | Nr. 15 Tamara
World premiere of Spielwechsler. Versteckt for brass quintet | 08.04.16 | Ensemble Schwerpunkt | ars nova concert series by SWR | Ravensburg
.World premiere of L.E.A.P.S. Lung Emerging Anticipatory Post Scriptum for solo horn and Redshift for chamber ensemble| 25.02.16 | Saar Berger | Ensemble Modern | Villa Massimo concert at the Martin-Gropius-Bau | Berlin
Diffusion | 17.12.15 | Ensemble Modern | Sian Edwards, conductor
Auditorium Parco della Musica - Sala Santa Cecilia | Rome
Portrait concert at the Villa Massimo in Rome | 02.07.15 | Etudes for Piano with Tamara Stefanovich and
Réflexions and Blueshift with Ensemble Musikfabrik conducted by Catherine Larsen-Maguire
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