David Liptak - composer

2018

April 7th, Tampa, FL
Premiere performance of Concerto for Piano and Percussion Orchestra
Eunmi Ko, piano; McCormick Percussion Group, conducted by Robert McCormick
University of South Florida
8 PM

April 10th, Oberlin OH
Ancient Songs, for baritone solo with instrumental ensemble
Timothy LeFebvre, baritone, and the Oberlin Sinfonietta conducted by Timothy Weiss
Warner Concert Hall, Oberlin College and Conservatory
8 PM

Past Events

2017

December 1, Rochester
Premiere performance of Through the Brightening Air for wind orchestra
Kodak Hall at the Eastman Theater
8 PM

Garlands for Steven Stucky - new piano miniatures from 32 composers
November 10, Brown University
November 11, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York
November 12, Cooperage Project, Honesdale, PA
Gloria Cheng, piano

September 24, First Muse Chamber Music
Cold Litanies, for flute, cello, and piano
7:30 PM, First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road South, Rochester, NY

August 23, San Francisco
Pianist Eunmi Ko plays selections from Constellations and music by Bela Bartok and Robert Schumann
San Francisco International Piano Festival
The Freight & Salvage, 202 Addison St, Berkeley, CA
7:30 PM

August 19, Staunton Music Festival
Piano Roll Blues, for piano-seven hands, performed in a concert featuring music for one piano, from one to eight hands
12 PM, First Presbyterian Church, 100 East Frederick St, Staunton, VA

May 10, Rochester, NY
Broken Cries, for cello octet
Eastman Cello Ensemble
12:10 to 12:50 PM, Hochstein School of Music Performance Hall
Live broadcast on Rochester Public Radio WXXI Classical 91.5 FM "Noon from Hochstein" series

March 25, New York
Music for Strings and Hammers
Strings & Hammers, 6 pm, Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street

March 23, Rochester
Music for Strings and Hammers
Strings & Hammers, 3:30 pm, Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music

March 21, Provo, UT
Guest Composer at Brigham Young University
Piano Trio No. 2
Ballast for viola and organ

March 20, Conroe, TX
Music for Strings and Hammers
Strings & Hammers, 2 pm, Lone Star College

March 19, Baytown, TX
Music for Strings and Hammers
Strings & Hammers, 7:30 pm, Lee College, Performing Arts Center Black Box

March 18, Houston
Music for Strings and Hammers
Strings & Hammers, 3 pm, Kindred Lutheran Church, 2515 Waugh Drive

March 12, New York
Focusing
Deviant Septet
3 pm, Church of the Holy Trinity

February 19, Houston
Focusing
Deviant Septet
8 pm, Duncan Hall, Rice University

February 10, Rochester
Constellations for piano
Yi-Wen Chang, piano
7:30 pm, Nazareth College Wilmot Recital Hall, 4245 East Avenue

January 29, Rochester
premiere performance
Impromptus for violin and piano
Renée Jolles, violin, and Margaret Kampmeier, piano
3 pm, Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

January 22, Rochester
Ballast
the Rodland Duo in concert at Third Presbyterian Church, 3 pm

January 20, Miami
Constellations: Orion, Cygnus, Cassiopeia, Argo Navis, Aquila
Eunmi Ko, piano
10 am, Florida International University

January 17, Miami
Constellations: Orion, Cygnus, Cassiopeia, Argo Navis, Aquila
Eunmi Ko, piano
Kaleidoscope Piano Concert Series, 7pm

2016

November 23
Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio
November 24
Festival Internacional de Música Contemporánea de Madrid
premiere performances in Madrid, SPAIN
Music for Strings and Hammers
Strings & Hammers (Sini Virtanen, violin, Julia Keller, double bass, and Eunmi Ko, piano)

November 2, Rochester
Folgore’s Months, The Sacred Harp
the Eastman Wind Ensemble at the Eastman School of Music, Mark Scatterday conducting

September 18, Tampa - Steinway Series, University of South Florida
September 13, Gainesville - University of Florida
from Constellations: Cygnus, Cassiopeia, Columba, Argo Navis, & Lyra
Eunmi Ko, piano

August 13 - 8 pm, Naum Art Hall, Seoul, Korea
August 10 - 7 pm, Kumho Art Hall, Seoul, Korea
from Constellations: Cygnus, Cassiopeia, & Lyra
Eunmi Ko, piano

June 11, Rome, Italy
June 13, Maccagno, Italy
June 14, Lucca, Italy
from Constellations: Cygnus, Cassiopeia, & Lyra
pianist Eunmi Ko at the Sala dell’Immacolata in Rome, the Auditorium di Maccagno, and the Cluster Associazione di Compositori in Lucca.

June 11, Oberlin College & Conservatory of Music
June 21, Houston
premiere performances
Ballast
Rodland Duo (Carol Rodland, viola, and Catherine Rodland, organ)
Commissioned for premiere performances at the American Viola Society Festival, at Oberlin, on June 11th, and the American Guild of Organists national convention in Houston, on June 21st

May 25, Bogotá, Columbia
Songs for Persephone
Concierto Camerata Javeriana, at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

April 30, Rochester
Focusing
Deviant Septet in concert, Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Benson Forum on Creativity, April 29 and 30

April 1, Rochester
Octet
the Eastman Wind Ensemble at the Eastman School of Music, Kevin Holzman conducting

March 22, Columbia, Missouri
Rhapsodies
New Music Enemble, conducted by Stefan Freund
Whitmore Recital Hall, Fine Arts Building, University of Missouri

March 20, Chatter Cabaret, Albuquerque
March 17, William Harris Lee & Co., Chicago
March 16, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
March 12, Britt Music & Arts Festival, Medford, OR
The Sighs
Dieter Hennings, guitar

March 11, Boston
Refrain and Beauty and the Beast, from Dove Songs
Tony Arnold, soprano, and Alison d’Amato, piano
the Florestan Recital Project

February 26, Columbia, Missouri
premiere performance
Focusing
Deviant Septet in concert at the University of Missouri
Koussevitzky Foundation for Music commission for Deviant Septet

February 24 - 26, Columbia, MO
guest composer, Mizzou New Music Initiative
University of Missouri

2015

December 6, Lexington, KY
The Sighs
Dieter Hennings, guitar
Singletary Center for the Arts, University of Kentucky

November 29, Salida, CO
Melissa’s Quilt
Walden Chamber Music Society
Matt Diekman, viola; Rachel Hargroder, percussion

November 11, Louisville
from Preludes: Shadows, Dancing Light, First Star, Rooks
University of Louisville New Music Ensemble
University of Louisville New Music Festival, November 10-15

November 6, Rochester
November 8, Ithaca
premiere performances
The Sighs
Dieter Hennings, guitar
Hatch Hall, Eastman School of Music; Ford Hall, Ithaca College

September 9, New York
Beauty and the Beast, from Dove Songs
Tony Arnold, soprano; Jacob Greenberg, piano
Resonant Bodies Festival, 7:30 pm, Merkin Hall, New York

June 27, Crested Butte, CO
String Quartet No. 3
JACK Quartet
Crested Butte Music Festival

April 10, Tampa
Alive
Constellations
Saffron
Commedia
New Music Consortium, Barness Recital Hall, University of South Florida
McCormick Percussion Group; McCormick Duo; Eunmi Ko and Ivana Muncan, piano; Alexander Ravitz, clarinet, Lindsey Jones, violin

April 9 - 11, Tampa
Guest Composer, New Music Consortium
University of South Florida

March 16, Rochester
Away
Rochester Institute of Technology Chamber Choir and Chamber Orchestra

February 8, Rochester
premiere performance
The Sleepers, on text by Walt Whitman
Jamie Jordan, soprano; Cordancia chamber orchestra
Christ Church

January 25, Syracuse
Dove Songs
Tony Arnold, soprano; Alison d’Amato, piano
Society for New Music, Syracuse

January 16, New York
premiere performance
String Quartet No. 3
JACK Quartet, Roulette performance space, Brooklyn