Compositions by Reverse Chronology


blo(o)t [int-1 x V, [3]  (version I)] (2008) for 9 performers (ca. 10')

--premiered June 2008 by Ensemble Modelo62 at Scheltema Complex, Leiden, NL

--performed June 2008 by Ensemble Modelo62 at Barthkapel, The Hague, NL

terminal_expansion (2008) for 4-channel electronics (7'45)

--premiered April 2008 at the Royal Conservatory, The Hague, NL

--presented May 2008 at DNK-Amsterdam, NL

(W)reflets/reFlexions/implosionS (2008) for solo saxophone and WFS (ca. 12')

--to be premiered April 2009 by Eliot Gattegno at Scheltema Complex, Leiden Wavefield Synthesis space, NL

int-1 x V, [3] (version II) (2008) for solo bass recorder (ca. 4'30-5')

--to be premiered 2008-2009

Music for the film custody (Tariq Tapa, dir.) (2005/2008) (ca. 10')

--premiered February 2008 at the Royal Conservatory, The Hague, NL

--presented August 2008 at the Sonorities Festival/ICMC, Sonic Arts Research Center (SARC), Belfast, UK

--to be presented 14-26 October at the In-Sonora Muestra IV in Madrid, ES

V, [3]  for voice, Eb sopranino clarinet, 10-string guitar, microtonal percussion and piano (ca. 10'30-11')

--to be premiered 2008-2009 in Oslo by Ensemble Asamisimasa 

Mi(e)s(e)-En-abîMe II (2007) for bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion (ca. 7')

--to be premiered 2008-2009


 l’écume des jours (int-1) (2007)  for bass clarinet and percussion (ca. 3'30-4')

--to be premiered 2008-2009 

Mi(e)s(e)-En-abîMe I (2006-2007)  for bass clarinet, cello, piano, percussion (ca. 7')

--premiered April 2007 by Matt Ingalls, Florian Conzetti, Ann Yi, Leighton Fong and Christopher Jones at Stanford University

--performed August 2007 by Jean Kopperud, Joshua Gordon, Dominic Donato, Christopher Oldfather and James Baker at the Wellesley Composers Conference

--performed July 2008 at the Darmstädter-Ferienkurse

the shining pillar of anti-beauty (int-0) (2006) for cello and optional electronics (ca. 6-7')

--premiered  June 2007 at the Musiques Démésurées festival, Clermont-Ferrand, FR by Séverine Ballon

--to be performed November 2008 at the Klangraum-Festival, Stuttgart, DE by Séverine Ballon

xy xy I II III for cimbalom and percussion trio (2006) (ca. 10')

--premiered September 2006 by Françoise Rivalland and les Percussions de Strasbourg at the Royaumont Voix Nouvelles festival, FR

En[M]paS(s[e]ant) (2006) for string trio (ca. 9-10')

--premiered December 2006 by Graeme Jennings, Ellen Rose and Leighton Fong at Stanford University

entartete musik 2 (2005) for viola and percussion (ca. 8'30)

--premiered May 2007 by Mark Menzies and Nick Terry of Ensemble Inauthentica at Stanford University

st.wl.-1 (2005) for guitar solo (ca. 4'30)

--premiered May 2005 by Magnus Andersson at Stanford University

--to be performed by Anders Førisdal in 2008-2009    

 il y va d’un certain pas (2004-2005) for bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion (ca.10'30)

--premiered April 2005 by the Ruckus Ensemble at Stanford University

--performed June 2005 by Ensemble SurPlus at June in Buffalo

--performed July 2005 by Ensemble SurPlus at Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, DE     

 c.é. iii  (2005) for percussion solo (ca. 7')

--premiered May 2006 by Matthew Jenkins at Oberlin Conservatory

--performed September 2006 by Matthew Jenkins in Minneapolis, San Francisco, UC San Diego, etc.

 Cabanes Eclatées (i/ii) (2004) for piano solo  (ca. 15-17')

--premiered June 2007 by Pierre Courthiade at Musiques Démesurées

 “Dauer, aus Ablauf gepreßt…” (2003-2004) for 4 voices and cello (ca. 10')


Reflets/Reflexions/Implosions (2002/2006) for solo alto saxophone (ca. 12')

--premiered August 2006 by Eliot Gattegno at the Darmstädter-Ferienkurse

--performed 2006-2007 by Eliot Gattegno at The Stone,New York, as well as Stanford, Berkeley,Miami, Michigan, etc.

 --performed June 2007 by Philippe Caillot at the Musiques Démésurées 2007 festival

--performed February 2008 by Eliot Gattegno  at the Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA

--performed February 2008 by Eliot Gattegno at the SCI National Conference, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

Through a glass darkly (2002), for string quartet (ca. 9-10')

--rehearsed/recorded July 2002 at Centre Acanthes by the Arditti Quartet

--performed May 2004 by Mark Menzies and members of Ensemble Inauthentica at Stanford University




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