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UPCOMING EVENTS
2018
27 April
Balance: Exploring New Approaches to Wellbeing and Creativity in the Workplace
All-day workshop, Leek United Building Society, Stoke-on-Trent
8 May, 1:00 p.m.
Magnetic String Resonance:
Solo recital with the Magnetic Resonator Piano
Sonic Herts, University of Hertfordshire
11 May, 8:00 p.m.
Magnetic Resonator Piano solo set
Iklectik Art Lab, London
1 June
Solo recital, piano and electronics
Music by J.S. Bach, Heather Hindman, Glenda Keam, Hans Tutschku and Gayle Young
New Works Calgary, Canada
12 & 15 July
Workshop and showcase, Cheltenham Festival Composer Academy
With Carla Rees (flutes), Heather Roche (clarinets), Scott Wilson (electronics)
PAST EVENTS
21 April, 8:00 p.m.
Bubo Bubo: Indian harmonium, desk bells, music boxes and electronics
Experimental electronic duo performance with Ed Bennett
Mercury Over Maps, Hundred Years Gallery, London
14 April
Solo recital
Dublin Sound Lab, Ireland
31 March
Daylight Music Piano Day
Union Chapel, London
18 March
Daria Kwiatkowska: piano concerto (premiere)
University of Birmingham
5 March, 8:30 p.m.
Magnetic String Resonance:
Solo recital with the Magnetic Resonator Piano
Cafe Oto, London
20 February
Research seminar
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
20 February
Magnetic String Resonance:
Lunchtime recital with the Magnetic Resonator Piano
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
7 February, 8:30 p.m.
Contemporary Music Centre Ireland: music by Irish composers
With Elizabeth Hilliard, soprano, Garth Knox, viola and Paul Roe, clarinet
Cafe Oto, London
12 January, 4:00 p.m.
Research presentation and performance
with Andrew McPherson's Magnetic Resonator Piano
Queen Mary University, London
9 January, 7:20 p.m.
Bubo Bubo: Indian harmonium, music boxes, desk bells
with Ed Bennett, electronics
BBC Radio 3 Exposure
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
2017
8 December, 5:00 p.m.
Gothic
Nottingham Forum for Artistic Research
5 December, 7:00 p.m.
Gothic
City University, London
20 November
Research Seminar, Oxford Brookes University
15 November
Piano masterclass, Chethams School of Music, Manchester
13 October, 1:10 p.m.
Lunchtime Recital
Anglia Ruskin University
29 & 30 September
With Apartment House
Music by Julius Eastman
Sacrum Profanum, Krakow, Poland
7 September
Wellness in the Workspace: Practical Skills for Performance and Creativity
Ingenuity KnowledgeXchange Workshop, Nottingham
26 August
Performing Design Workshop
Audio Mostly Conference
Queen Mary University of London
July - August
Chamber Music New Zealand tour: "Gothic"
6 August, 4:00 p.m.
Warkworth Town Hall
4 August, 7:30 p.m.
Concert Chamber, Rotorua
30 July, 3:00 p.m.
St Andrew's on The Terrace, Wellington
29 July
Lecture, IRMT, Wellington
23 July, 4:00 p.m.
Graham Young Youth Theatre, Tauranga
22 July, 7:30 p.m.
St George & St John, Whakatane
17 July, 7:30 p.m.
University of Canterbury, Christchurch
16 July, 3:00 p.m.
James Cumming Wing, Gore
29 May
With Plus-Minus Ensemble
Klang Festival, Copenhagen
22 - 23 May
Invited lecturer
Orpheus Institute, Ghent
28 - 29 April
Artist-in-residence, BEASTFeast
University of Birmingham
1 April, 12 noon
Daylight Music
Music by Ed Bennett, John Cage, Egidija Medeksaite, Hans Otte
Union Chapel, London
18 March, 8:30 p.m.
"Non-Piano"
Music by Helga Arias Parra, Ed Bennett, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay and toy piano workshop participants
Iklectik Art Lab, London
2 March
BBC Radio 3 "Open Ear"
Music for piano and toy piano by Nicola LeFanu, Egidija Mediksaite, Ailis Ni Riain, Arlene Sierra
St John-at-Hackney, London
1 March
With Shawn Mativetsky, tabla
Music by Elizabeth Kelly, Monica Pearce, student composers
After Hours, Royal Concert Hall
Nottingham
25 February, 7:30 p.m.
With Shawn Mativetsky, tabla
Music by Elizabeth Kelly, Monica Pearce, Andrew Toovey
Transmission, St Catherine Hatcham, Telegraph Hill, London
13 February, 9:00 p.m.
"Loops, drones and landscapes"
Music by Ed Bennett, Alvin Curran, Alvin Lucier, Egidija Mediksaite, Gayle Young
Cafe Oto, London
4 February, 2:00 p.m.
Toy Piano Workshop
Iklectik Art Lab, London
17 January
Composer workshop with Carla Rees and Heather Roche
University of Birmingham
2016
15 December, 7:30 p.m.
Running Under Bridges
With Tom Bancroft, Jo Ganter, Raymond MacDonald, Aidan O'Rourke, Emma Smith
Reid Hall, University of Edinburgh
9 December, 7:30 p.m.
Composer portrait: works by Ed Bennett
Nottingham Forum for Artistic Research
Djanogly Recital Hall, University of Nottingham
18 December
Music by Julius Eastman and Arthur Russel
With Apartment House
London Contemporary Music Festival
20 November
Composer Portrait: Jane O'Leary
Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall
Dublin, Ireland
15 November
Ingenuity KnowledgeXchange Breakfast: The Art of Professional Presentation
University of Nottingham
11 November
Composer portrait: works by Elizabeth Kelly
Nottingham Forum for Artistic Research
Djanogly Recital Hall, University of Nottingham
4 October
Lunch time concert
Djanogly Recital Hall, University of Nottingham
15 September
Cork School of Music, Ireland
Solo recital: "Into the Sea"
Works by Ed Bennett, Luciano Berio, Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen, Maurice Ravel, Ailis Ni Riain
6 September
With Carla Rees, flute
The Forge, London
Works by Ed Bennett, Laurence Crane, Daniela Fantechi, Ailis Ni Riain, Yfat Soul Zisso
5 September
Pocket Pianos: presentation at the RMA Conference
Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London
18 June, 7:30 p.m.
Ed Bennett: Out of Nowhere
oneplusone, St Catherine Hatcham, Telegraph Hill, London
4-18 July
Artist in residence
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland
28-29 June
Artist in residence, workshops and performance
University for Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
3 April
With Shawn Mativetsky, tabla
Hive Emporium, Gabriela Island
2 April
With Shawn Mativetsky, tabla
OpenSpace, Victoria
1 April
With Shawn Mativetsky, tabla
The Western Front, Vancouver
31 March
With Shawn Mativetsky, tabla
New Works Calgary
30 March
Workshops with Shawn Mativetsky, tabla
University of Calgary
6 March
Ed Bennett: Out of Nowhere
INTER/actions, Bangor, Gwynedd (Wales)
16 February
With Carla Rees, flutes and Heather Roche, clarinets
Contemporary Voices, Cardiff University
4 February, 3:30 p.m.
Music by Karlheinz Essl
University of Nottingham
1 February, 7:30 p.m.
Music by Karlheinz Essl
Austrian Cultural Forum, London
27 January
Hans Otte: The Book of Sounds
Cafe Oto, London
11-13 January
Residency and concert, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna