October 26, 2021 @ 8:00PM St Johns in the Village, Manhattan, NY, USA. For a long time, we have suspected composers still exist, though few are spotted in the wild. We might enjoy their music, but for all the music we listen to and enjoy, it is rare that we ever meet the person who writes it and even rarer to get a glimpse behind the curtain of them making it.
October 27-29, 2021 @ Boyce Recital Hall at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA. Performance of Music Now Contest winning work, A Curious Misadventure by Indiana State University Faculty and panel discussion appearances.
December 11, 2021 @ 8:00PM Tempo Rubato, Brunswick VIC, Australia. Intimate and moody, Shostakovich's powerful Piano Trio No. 1 begins an evening of music from prodigious imaginations. This youthful work reveals a vulnerable romantic, an innate melodist full of hope and passion. A gripping premiere follows by New York-based Australian composer Michael Grebla, whose music is captivating, introspective and above all, human. Arvo Pärt's stunning and serene retelling of Mozart's Adagio from Sonata in F Major, K. 280 suspends time before Robert Schumann's effervescent Piano Trio No. 2 uplifts in an elegant finale full of warmth and optimism.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Trio No .1 in C minor, Op. 8
Michael Grebla
New Work*
Arvo Pärt
Mozart-Adagio
Robert Schumann
Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 80
I. Sehr lebhaft
II. Mit innigem Ausdruck - Lebhaft
III. In mässiger Bewegung
IV. Nicht zu rasch
As part of the 2022 Australia Tour, I'll be visiting Melbourne to record Piano Trio No.1 with the Melbourne Chamber Players at Iwaki Auditorium in ABC Studios Melbourne. The recording will be the first of my works for commercial release!
Hyvinkää City Hall, Finland. Lauri Vaahtoranta (Bass Clarinet) accompanied by the Hyvinkään Light Orchestra under the baton of Emily Wagoner perform the European debut of the 2014 work "Respiration for Bass Clarinet & Strings".
November 22 - December 2nd 2022, Birch Building, Australian National University School of Cybernetics, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Commissioned by the School of Cybernetics, "Control" will be featured in an exhibition among other works at the Australian National University, that explore the role cybernetics plays in art.
9 June 2023, University at Buffalo, New York. The Arditti Quartet Workshop String Quartet #3. For fifty years, the Music Department at the University at Buffalo has maintained and nurtured a commitment to creative and performing artists at the forefront of contemporary music. The Center for 21st Century Music, founded and directed by composer David Felder in 2006, is built on this legacy, featuring the internationally renowned June in Buffalo festival, the Slee Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra concert series, and the Guest Artist Series of performances, lecture presentations, and workshops. The Center for 21st Century Music is dedicated to the creation and production of new work upholding the highest artistic standards of excellence while simultaneously fostering a complementary atmosphere of creative investigation.
25 June 2023, St George's Hall, Newton, Sydney. The Bourbaki Ensemble under the direction of David Angell, give the premiere of Affine for string orchestra.
15 July 2023, Fremantle Town Hall, Fremantle, Western Australia. The Fremantle Chamber Orchestra give the world premier of Sfidare for Orchestra conducted by John Keene.
16 July 2023, Redemptorist Monastery, 190 Vincent St, North Perth, Western Australia. The Fremantle Chamber Orchestra give the world premier of Sfidare for Orchestra conducted by John Keene.
