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2023 - 2024 Season

May 1, 2024: Yves Klein's Symphony Monotone at St. James Church (865 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10021)

 

April 24, 2024: Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble at Bohemian National Hall

Petr Bakla                    Trio for Strings  (2017)                      

Rudolf Komorous          Tango (1986)                   

Petr Kotik                     Ariane – Sonata (2001/2024)               

Christian Wolff              Small Orchestra Piece (2019)             

Phill Niblock                 Disseminate (2001)                                        

Anna Heflin                  The man who owned the forrest also owned the racetrack (2023)                     

 

February 14th, 2024 at 8:30pm: Emerging Composers Workshop Concert at Willow Place Auditorium

Anna Heflin               The man who owned the forrest also owned the racetrack

Ian Davis                    Ephemeral Pulse

J.P.A. Falzone            Well - Wrought Urn

Coleman Zurkowski    String Quartet

Jianing Song               RE-

 

February 10 - 14, 2024: Emerging Composers Workshop at Willow Place Auditorium (26 Willow Place, Brooklyn  NY)

Selected Composers: Anna Heflin, J.P.A. Falzone, Ian Davis, Jianing Song, and Coleman Zurkowski

 

 

January 19, 2024: Joy Boy, at tribute to Julius Eastman at De Singel (Antwerp, BE)

Petr Kotik                              Many Many Women Plus

Julius Eastman                       Gay Guerrilla

Julius Eastman                       Joy Boy

Julius Eastman                       Our Father

 

December 14, 2023: Annual Winter Concert at Paula Cooper Gallery (534 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011)

Petr Kotik                          Eight For Violin / Two For Horns

Raven Chacon                    Biyán I, II, III (2011)

Christian Wolff                   Pulse (1998)

Raven Chacon                    For Jacqueline Wilson (2023)

John Cage                          Ryoanji (1983)

 

December 13, 2023: Preview Performance for Paula Cooper Gallery Annual Concert. Willow Place Auditorium (26 Willow Place, Brooklyn NY)

Petr Kotik                          Eight For Violin / Two For Horns

Raven Chacon                    Biyán I, II, III (2011)

Christian Wolff                   Pulse (1998)

Raven Chacon                    For Jacqueline Wilson (2023)

John Cage                          Ryoanji (1983)

 

November 28, 2023, Memorial Event for Virginia Dwan at Paula Cooper Gallery

November 21, 2023, Essential Rzewski concert at DOX+ in Prague – performing / preparing / conducting – “Frederic Rzewski + Friends” program: orchestra works by Rzewski, Christian Wolff and Alvin Curran; ensemble works – Rzewski’s Les Mountons de Panurge and Spontano (1964) by Kotik

Daan Vandewalle, piano

Petr Kotik, conductor

 

Frederic Rzewski              Les Moutons de Panurge                

Christian Wolff                 For 38 People

Alvin Curran                     Why is this night different from all other nights

                     Intermission

Petr Kotik                         Spontano (piano and ensemble)

Frederic Rzewski              A Long Time Man (piano and orchestra)

                     Intermission

Frederic Rzewski               De Profundis (on text by Oscar Wilde; for solo piano)

 

November 13, 2023, Music Olomouc Festival “KOTIK!!”– performing / preparing / conducting - concert of music by Petr Kotik: Antonio/Collage; Two-in-One; Many Many Women Plus

soloists

Martin Opršál, percussion

 

Petr Kotik                           Antonio / Collage (2023) - for solo percussion with violin and horns

Petr Kotik                           Two in One (2018-2022) - for solo piano and violin