News

2019

the lion’s mouth (for secret denunciations) audio recording can be heard on soundcloud.

More information about the lion’s mouth (for secret denunciations) is provided here.

Extracts from Richard Craig‘s recording of luminous can be heard on soundcloud. The full recording release will be forthcoming.

luminous is performed by Richard Craig at Unerhörte Musik | BKA-Theater, Berlin, Germany.

2018

luminous is performed by Richard Craig at Doctors in Performance: 3rd Festival Conference of Music Performance and Artistic Research. Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Vilnius, Lithuania.

The year is largely given to full-time research and new works in process.

2017

the lion’s mouth (for secret denunciations) (2017) is premiered by Ensemble Experimental (SWR) with conductor Steven Loy and the SWR Experimentalstudio (Südwestrundfunk | Southwest Broadcasting) (Freiburg) at the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien (Centre for Arts and Media) as part of the 2017 Giga-Hertz-Preis-Festival program in Karlsruhe, Germany.

See a press release for this event series (23-26 November 2017).

Read a note and see premiere performance details for the lion’s mouth (for secret denunciations) (2017) here.

Some photographs of Ensemble Experimental and the SWR Experimentalstudio in rehearsal for the lion’s mouth (for secret denunciations) (2017) at the SWR (Südwestrundfunk | Southwest Broadcasting) in Freiburg (November 2017) can be seen at the SWR website here.

luminous performed by Richard Craig in St Giles’ Cathedral at the Alba New Music Festival 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Read a review of the Alba New Music Festival 2017 concert in 5:4 here. An excerpt is posted on the opening page of this site along with other reviews.

luminous performed by Richard Craig at the Kalv Festival 2017 in Sweden.

A new work for chamber orchestra is projected.

New work: the lion’s mouth (for secret denunciations) for flute, clarinet, tuba, e-guitar, alto voice, violin, viola, cello, double bass, and live electronics. The full score is completed in March 2017, after much of 2015-2016 was given to gradual work on the piece.

Richard Craig has made a studio recording of luminous.

Conclusion of mentorship under the RAMP | Research Ambassador & Mentoring Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD | Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) and the Australian Association of von Humboldt Fellows (AAvHF).

2016

luminous performed by Richard Craig at Estalagem da Ponta do Sol Residency for Contemporary Music and Electronics, in the Chapel of Saint Sebastian, Madeira. See the program (link).

luminous performed by Richard Craig at the Mirror Room, in collaboration with U N N A W A Y, Huddersfield, UK. Concert curated by the BaconJam Collective.

luminous performed by Richard Craig at Boston’s Green Street Studios. Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. See the events details here. See Green Street Studios.

Mentee of the RAMP | Research Ambassador & Mentoring Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD | Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) and the Australian Association of von Humboldt Fellows (AAvHF).

2015

SWR Experimentalstudio (Südwestrundfunk | Southwest Broadcasting) Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany – New Work Residency (continuation).
See more information: Stipendiaten 2014.

luminous performed by Richard Craig at the SMASH International Festival of Contemporary Music 2015 | X Festival Internacional SMASH de Música Contemporánea 2015. San Sebastian, Spain.

See a press release (link) for the SMASH International Festival of Contemporary Music | X Festival Internacional SMASH de Música Contemporánea 2015 event in El Diario Vasco newspaper.

luminous performed by Richard Craig at the (con)temporary (in)sights series at Spectrum in New York, NY, U.S.

Schlachten Zeitgenössisches Kunstfestival | Schlachten Contemporary Arts Festival: DISPLACED 2015: Kristian Ireland’s research text (2015) on Ostarbeiter featured prominently at a discussion panel, presented by discussant Anne Frechen (director, Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf), at the official opening of the Schlachten Festival. Mendelssohnhalle, Luckenwalde, Germany (13 June, 2015).

clearing (I) performed by The Formalist Quartet at Oberlin College | Warner Concert Hall, US.

Read a review (link) of The Formalist Quartet concert in the San Francisco Classical Voice.

Following on from 2014, much of the year 2015 has involved research in connection with presentations given at the travelling exhibition Memories in my Luggage – German migrants 1935-1956, directed by author Sabine Nielsen. The exhibition title refers to Nielsen’s book Ein bisschen Heimat im Gepäck (2014), a collection of literary portraits, biographies, and interviews with German migrants who settled in Australia. A number of individuals were displaced persons.

Research at the archive and library of the Ukrainian Free University | Український Вільний Університет | Ukrainische Freie Universität in Munich, Germany.

Presentation at St Kilda Library | City of Port Phillip, Melbourne, Australia.

See the 2015 Edition Gravis publishing catalogue.

2014

SWR Experimentalstudio (Südwestrundfunk | Southwest Broadcasting) Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany – New Work Research Residency.
See more information: Stipendiaten 2014.

Presentations at Memories in my Luggage: German migrants 1935-1956 – an exhibition. Bonegilla and Gateway Island, Wodonga, VIC, Australia. See more information here: Exhibition Launch.

Presentation at the German Studies Association of Australia (GSAA) 2014 International Conference – Das Fremde und das Eigene/The Self and the Other. The University of Sydney, Australia.

limit of correction performed by Séverine Ballon at Unerhörte Musik | BKA-Theater, Berlin, Germany.

School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics (LLCL) – Ukrainian Studies Seminar: Lecture presentation at Monash University, Caulfield. Melbourne, Australia.

limit of correction performed by Séverine Ballon at a seminar presentation at Tzlil Meudcan in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Fondazione Sassi Matera | Arts Promotion Centre Finland – Residency in Matera, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Basilicata, Italy.

Works and activities now documented in Stephen Pleskun’s major publication series A Chronological History of Australian Composers and Their Compositions, volumes 2 – 4 (Xlibris 2012 – 2014).

luminous (2014) is premiered by Richard Craig at City University London, UK (event link).

New work: luminous for alto flute and amplification (28′) for Richard Craig.

Lecture presentation at Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit | Stiftung Topographie des Terrors. Berlin-Schöneweide, Germany (Jan. 23, 2014). In cooperation with the Berliner Geschichtswerkstatt e.V.

DAAD Postdoctoral Researcher in connection with the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany.

2013

DAAD Postdoctoral Researcher in connection with the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany.

limit of correction performed by Séverine Ballon at the All Frontiers festival at Sala Bergamas in Gradisca d’Isonzo, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.

The Arditti Quartet‘s performance of clearing at Wien Modern is broadcast on Austrian National Radio – oe1.ORF.at.

The complete clearing ((I) and (II)) receives its premiere performance by the Arditti Quartet at Wien Modern (Vienna, Austria), at the Wiener Konzerthaus | Mozart-Saal (Mozart Hall).

Read a review (link) of the Wien Modern Arditti Quartet concert in the Wiener Zeitung (Vienna Times) newspaper.

Wiener Konzerthaus schedule, October-November 2013 (high resolution image):

clearing (I) performed by Quartetto Maurice at the Venice Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia), Italy, in the Sala delle Colonne, Ca’ Giustinian. Concert curated by the /nu/thing composers collective, Italy. See a promotional video for the event here.

A programme text note for the collettivo /nu/thing concert at the Venice Biennale 2013 can be read here. An excerpt from this text is posted on the opening page of this site along with other reviews.

See a press release (link) for the Venice Biennale 2013 in the Venezia Today newspaper.

limit of correction performed by Séverine Ballon at the sfSound Salon Series. Center for New Music. San Francisco, California, U.S.

limit of correction performed by Séverine Ballon at the Poto Festival at Kissler Ranch in Grass Valley, California, U.S.

limit of correction performed by Séverine Ballon at the Eavesdropping 2013 Winter/Spring season at the The Tank in New York, NY, U.S.

limit of correction performed by Séverine Ballon at a workshop presentation at Harvard University, Department of Music. Cambridge, MA, U.S.

Australian Music Centre – Resonate magazine article: Residency at Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf. Land Brandenburg, Germany.

2012

Works now published by Edition Gravis Verlag GmbH. Berlin, Germany. See more information here. See the online catalogue.

Recital (link) of 19th and early 20th century piano works, with particular focus on late works of Franz Liszt, at Villa Sträuli, Winterthur, Switzerland.

Villa Sträuli, Winterthur, Switzerland – Residency.

New work in progress for amplified alto flute, for Richard Craig. (28′).

New work in progress for piccolo, violin, amplified percussion. (13′)

Newspaper portrait article in the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany: Ungehörtes und neue Perspektiven – Australischer Komponist zu Gast im Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf.

Recital of 19th century piano works, including Chopin, Liszt, and Debussy, at the Romantische Tage event held at Schloss Wiepersdorf (Wiepersdorf Castle), Land Brandenburg.

Colloquium presentation at the matrix12 conference held by the SWR Experimentalstudio (Südwestrundfunk) at the Goethe-Institut in Warsaw, Poland, in connection with the Warsaw Autumn Festival for contemporary music.

limit of correction performed by Séverine Ballon at Wiepersdorf Sommerfest, accompanied by a reading by Ulrich Schlotmann from Thomas Bernhard’s Korrektur.

Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Land Brandenburg, Germany – Residency Fellowship.

Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur des Landes Brandenburg (MWFK) (Brandenburg Ministry of Science, Research, and Culture) – Residency Stipend.

Goethe-Institut, Berlin – Artist Scholarship.

2011

New work: the end is no process for oboe, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, flugelhorn, trombone, percussion, violoncello, double bass, electronics. (27′)

New work: enclose for voice, cello, piano. (20′)

La Napoule Art Foundation, Côte d’Azur, France – Residency. See 2011 in a list of previous residencies here.

Australian Music Centre – Resonate magazine article: Residency at La Napoule Art Foundation (Clews Center for the Arts). Côte D’Azur, France.

CELTA Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (Level 5 – English for speakers of other languages), University of Cambridge ESOL | RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) University, Melbourne.
Read more information here.

EARLIER NEWS

For selected earlier news, event details, and other information before 2011, please see SELECTED NEWS and PRINT MEDIA (below) and BIOGRAPHY (in the menu).

SELECTED NEWS and PRINT MEDIA

luminous performed by Richard Craig at Estalagem da Ponta do Sol Residency for Contemporary Music and Electronics, in the Chapel of Saint Sebastian, Madeira, 2016.

limit of correction performed by Séverine Ballon at Unerhörte Musik | BKA-Theater, Berlin, Germany.

luminous (for alto flute and amplification) premiered by Richard Craig at City University London, UK, 2014.

Review of the Wien Modern (Austria, 2013) Arditti Quartet concert in the Wiener Zeitung (Vienna Times) newspaper.

Wien Modern 2013

The complete clearing ((I) and (II)) receives its premiere performance by the Arditti Quartet at Wien Modern (Vienna, Austria), at the Wiener Konzerthaus | Mozart-Saal (Mozart Hall). Also broadcast on oe1.ORF.at (Austrian National Radio).

Press Release for the Venice Biennale (Italy, 2013) in the Venezia Today newspaper.

Article on the Venice Biennale (Italy, 2013) in la Repubblica newspaper: ‘La Biennale si fa in tre: danza, teatro e musica i festival per giovani tra spettacoli e laboratori’ by Anna Bandettini.

Venice Biennale 2013

Programme note by Maurizio Corbella, Collettivo /nu/thing, La Biennale di Venezia. Biennale Musica 2013 (Italy, October 2013).

The full text and more information can be read here.

limit of correction performed by Séverine Ballon at the sfSound Salon Series. Center for New Music. San Francisco, California, United States, 2013.

Newspaper portrait article in the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany, 2012): ‘Ungehörtes und neue Perspektiven – Australischer Komponist zu Gast im Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf’ by Olivia Franke.

Recital program at Villa Sträuli in Winterthur, Switzerland, 2012.

limit of correction performed by Séverine Ballon at Wiepersdorf Sommerfest 2012.

Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf, Land Brandenburg, Germany.

Ensemble L’arsenale premieres after clearing at the recercare_Maderna event.

Agimus Venezia – Autunno 2010. Mestre (VE), Italy.

opposing stricture premiered by Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart at Paine Hall, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA, United States, 2010.

limit of correction performed by Chris Gross (Talea Ensemble) at Paine Hall, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA, United States, 2010.

Review of Der Staubachpreis concert in the article ‘Auf ewig jung – Die Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik’ published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, Germany, 2008.

Der Staubachpreis concert programme. Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik. Germany, 2008.

‘Die letzten Lichtsignale’ (The Last Light Signals) by Rainer Nonnenmann, published in the Neue Musikzeitung (nmz). Germany, 2008. (Read online here)