News: Concerts, Performances, Publications
As Above, so Below--Bergen Borealis Festival
January 15, 2016, 8:00
Friends and Family Plan -- Guqin performance
Tarot Society Gallery & Reading Room
4 Charles Place, Brooklyn, NY 11221
January 10, 2016, 3:00
A talk about Nothing: Emptiness in Chinese Music and Art
(Guqin performance)
Queens Museum, Queens, NY
Past Events
June 21-28, 2015
Installation with Susan Haire
New York City Electronic Music Festival
Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
June 19, 2015
Sandy Hook for Violin and Piano
Nouveau
Classical Project
Tenri Cultural Institute
43 W 13th St., NYC
May 2015
Vanishing Point: An Audio-Visual Reflection on the Primal Paradox
Video Essay with Susan Haire
March 25-28, 2015
Installation with Susan Haire
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
March 19-23 2014
Installation with Susan Haire
Bergen, Norway
September-October 2012
Reflection, a collaboration with Susan Haire, honoring the visit of HH the Dalai Lama
Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT
May 19-June 24 2012
Reflection, a collaboration with Susan Haire celebrating the 900th birthday of Peterborough Cathedral
Peterborough, England
March 28, 2012
Kalavinka
and Keibairaku premieres
Tomoko Sugawara, harp, with percussion, shakuhachi and ‘ud
Symphony Space, Broadway at 95th St., NYC
November 20, 2011
Offering for
Flute and Guitar
Emma Coulthard, flute; Michael McCartney, guitar
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales
July 16, 2011 at 7:30
Offering for Clarinet and Guitar
Mark Margolies, clarinet; William Anderson, guitar
Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival
Haskell Opera House, Derby Line, VT
April
8, 2010 at 8:00
Concert of recent works, including premiere of Meditation for flute and harp
Performers include Susan Altabet, flute; Stephen Dydo, guitar, guqin and electric guqin; Tomoko Sugawara, harp and kugo
Renee Weiler Concert Hall, 46 Barrow Street, NYC
February 25-June 2010
Installation of riverrun, a collaboration with Susan Haire
NWP at International Water House
The Hague, NL
February 18-25 2010
Exhibition of Watermusic, a collaboration with Susan Haire
Amsterdam, NL
November 22 2009
CHIME conference: Lecture and demonstration of new compositions for guqin
Musical Instrument Museum, Brussels, Belgium
October 2 2009
Concert of music for guitar and guqin
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, Bronx, NY
June 14 2009
Opening of Ghosts, in collaboration with five UK artists
The Cello Factory, Waterloo, London
February 20 at 7:00: Concert of ancient and modern music for qin
The Walkway, Maidstone Gateway,
Maidstone Borough Council, King Street, Maidstone, UK
February 19-August 28 2009
Exhibition of Ten thousand currents, a collaboration with Susan Haire
The Walkway, Maidstone Gateway,
Maidstone Borough Council, King Street, Maidstone, UK
September 2008
Premiere of Sextet for Piano and Strings by the Landon Ensemble
The Cello Factory, Waterloo, London
July 22 2008
Performance of Three Tang Dynasty Pieces on ancient harp by Tomoko Sugawara, 9:30-10:30 at the 10th World Harp Congress in Amsterdam.
June 17 2008
Solo electric qin performance, 7:00
St. Paul's Church, Riverside, CT
April 15 2008
Performance of Three Tang Dynasty Pieces on ancient harp by Tomoko Sugawara. at 4:30 - 6:30 in McCormick Hall 101 of Princeton University. Sponsored by the Tang Center, the Music Department, and the East Asian Studies program.
April 12-May 2008
Exhibition of riverrun, a collaboration with Susan Haire
Hammond Museum, North Salem, New York
April 12 at 3:00: Concert of music for qin and konghou
April 11 2008
6-9 pm: Concert of music for qin and konghou
Wisteriahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA
February 22 2008
Premiere of Pozhen Yue Concerto, with Cheng Yu playing 5-stringed pipa and Chinese chamber orchestra
British Museum, London
December 5-12 2007
Exhibition of La vita nuova, a collaboration with Susan Haire
The Cello Factory, Waterloo, London
November 28 2007
Performance of Three Tang Dynasty Pieces on ancient harp by Tomoko Sugawara.
7:00 - 9:00 University of Pennsylvania Center for East Asian Studies
October 15 2007
Preview of Dante's La vita nuova, a play by Alison Atkins produced by Rebus Touring Arts.
Stowe Festival, Roxburgh Theatre, Stowe School, Buckingham, England
September 28 2007
Solo qin performance at Autumn Moon Festival, 6:30-7:30
New York Chinese Scholar's Garden at Staten Island Botanical Garden
March 27, 2007
Wang Zhaojun for five-stringed pipa performed by Cheng Yu
Taiwan National Orchestra
Taipei, Taiwan
February 15, 2007
The Ancient Asian Harp Reborn: Performance of Three Tang Dynasty Pieces on ancient harp by Tomoko Sugawara. 301 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University; starts at 6:00.
February 11, 2007
New York Qin Society: Festival of Ancient Chinese Music, Greenwich House, New York:
Presentation of paper, Contemporary Performance of Tang Melodies
Performance of Three Tang Dynasty Pieces on ancient harp by Tomoko Sugawara
Solo qin performances
November 12, 2006
Presentation of electric qin techniques and performance at the London Youlan Qin Society.
October 18, 2006
Presentation of electric qin techniques at "The Week of Qin Culture" (Beijing, China)
September 16, 2006
Solo qin concert, Diamond Hill United Methodist Church, 521 East Putnam Avenue, Cos Cob, CT. Will present silk and metal-string qin, as well as electric qin.
September 2, 2006
Thousand Buddha Offering, Godstow, Redding, CT: Solo qin performance
July 27, 2006
Hammond Museum Asian Arts Festival: Performance with Yip Ming-mei
July 11, 2006
O Sacrum Convivium at Adirondack Festival of American Music
July 1, 2006
Qin for SPIRIT (Shoreham Church, Shoreham, Kent, England): Recital of pieces for Susan Haire's exhibition
June 4, 2006
New York Qin Society: Music from the Spiritual Mists of China
April 4, 2006
Serenade (flute, voice, guitar, qin) at Hudson River Museum
February 5, 2006
New York Chinese Scholar's Garden: New Year's qin recital with Yip Ming-mei
October 5-9, 2005
CHIME conference, Amsterdam: Performance of Four Yuefu Songs with Cheng Yu
'Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ', Amsterdam: Qin performance
September 24-25, 2005
New York CultureFest: Performance with Hou Guizhi
July 17, 2005
Hammond Museum Asian Arts Festival: Performance with Hou Guizhi
February 25, 2005
Guildhall School, London: with Cheng Yu and her 5-stringed pipa
February 16, 2005
SOAS, London: Wind Chimes, with Cheng Yu and her 5-stringed pipa
May 16, 2004
New York Chinese Scholar's Garden: Solo qin recital