Joseph Kubera, Pianist

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Concerts


2009

September 17, 2009 – Interpretations Series, Roulette, NYC

New works by Yusef Lateef, including “A Syllogism” for baritone and piano and the Percussion Concerto.

August 18 – 29, 2009 – Ostrava New Music Days, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Performance of Michael Byron’s solo “Dreamers of Pearl,” plus ensemble works by Elliot Sharp and Lejaren Hiller and works of participants Kudirka, Bakla, Oliver, Ferencik and Tsurumoto.

July 10 – 12, 2009 – Yachats Music Festival, Yachats, OR

May 8, 2009 – Bohemian Hall, NYC

S.E.M. Ensemble. Rudolf Komorous’ “Wu” for solo piano; ensemble work by Martin Smolka

May 6, 2009 – Alice Tully Hall, NYC

Concert with Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble; music of Salvatore Sciarrino

March 21, 2009 – Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble, Staten Island, NY

Concert featuring baritone Anthony Turner and soprano Elizabeth McCullough, with ensemble

March 8, 2009 – Interpretations Series, Roulette, NYC
March 3, 2009 – Veterans Auditorium, San Francisco, CA

Concerts with baritone Thomas Buckner. Music of Stuart Saunders Smith

February 21, 2009 – Mills Music Festival 2009, Mills College, Oakland, CA

Gala Dedication Concert of new Littlefield Concert Hall. Solo performance of Roscoe Mitchell’s “8-8-88.” Other soloists include Pauline Oliveros, Terry Riley, Joan Jenrenaud

February 8, 2009 – Interpretations Series, Roulette, NYC

Premiere of Larry Austin’s “Redux Two” for piano and octophonic computer music

2008

December 18, 2008 – Paula Cooper Gallery, NYC

Concert with S.E.M. Ensemble. Music of Marcel Duchamp

October 20 – November 2, 2008 – Ostravska Banda European Tour

Concerts in Berlin, Germany; Utrecht, Netherlands; Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic; Cieszyn, Poland. Cage “Concert for Piano and Orchestra,” works by Andriessen, Feldman and Martin Smolka

October 4, 2008 – Ergodos, Unitarian Church, Dublin, Ireland

European premiere of Michael Byron’s solo, “Dreamers of Pearl”

September 17, 2008 – Minimalism Turns Fifty, Players Theater, NYC

Performance of piano solos by Terry Jennings. Presented by Music on MacDougal.

August 2, 2008 – New Albion Festival, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Piano 4-hands performance with Sarah Cahill of Terry Riley’s “Etude from the Old Country”

July 11 – 13, 2008 – Yachats Music Festival, Yachats, OR

Solo performance of Anthony Coleman’s “East Orange”

June 17, 2008 – Roulette, NYC

Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble. Music of Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell

June 8, 2008 – Christ Church, Staten Island, NY

Recital with baritone Anthony Turner and soprano Marilyn Damon. Sprituals.

May 23, 2008 – Prague Spring Fesiival, Czech Republic

Concert with Ostravska Banda, including works by Andriessen and Srnka

May 21, 2008 – Janacek May, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Concert with Ostravska Banda

April 11, 2008 – The Kitchen, NYC

“Nights Errant” concert organized by David Grubbs. Performed Julius Eastman’s solo “Piano 2.”

April 10, 2008 – Greenwich House, NYC

North River Music Series. Concert with baritone Thomas Buckner. Music of Stuart Saunders Smith

March 20, 2008 – Mills College, Oakland, CA

Recital with baritone Thomas Buckner. Music of Ives, Mitchell, Mathieu and Torikai

March 15, 2008 – Issue Project Room, NYC

Craig Shepard’s piano solo “November,” plus piano works of Morton Feldman

March 7, 2008 – Roulette, NYC

Piano four-hands concert with Sarah Cahill. Music of Terry Riley, Ingram Marshall, Kyle Gann, Michael Byron

February 28, 2008 – University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD

Concert with baritone Thomas Buckner. Music by Stuart Saunders Smith, Robert Ashley, and improvisation.

February 14, 2008 – Interpretations Series, Roulette, NYC
January 27, 2008 – Veterans Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
January 25, 2008 – University of Santa Clara, CA

Concerts with baritone Thomas Buckner. Music by Stuart Saunders Smith, William Duckworth and Jon Gibson

2007

October 9, 2007 – Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

Recital with Thomas Buckner, baritone. Music by William Duckworth and Jon Gibson

September 28, 2007 – Old First Concerts, San Francisco, CA

Two-piano concert with Sarah Cahill; four-hand pieces by Terry Riley and Ingram Marshall; solo performance of Michael Byron’s “It is the Night and Dawn of Constellations Irradiated”

August 19 – Sept. 2, 2007 – Ostrava New Music Days, Czech Republic

Cage “Concert for Piano and Orchestra,” Xenakis “Dikthas” with Conrad Harris, violin, plus ensemble works by festival participants

July 13-15, 2007 – Yachats Music Festival, Yachats, Oregon

June 16, 2007 – Saratoga Springs, NY

Performance of John Cage and Lejaren Hiller’s “HPSCHD” with Anthony de Mare, piano, in a computerized electronic environment developed by Joel Chadabe

June 9, 2007 – Richmondtown Library, Staten Island, NY

Michael Byron’s solo “Dreamers of Pearl”

2007

May 21, 2007 – Zankel Hall at Carnegie, NYC

Featured performer in Xenakis’ Palimpsest, with the Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble

 

May 12, 2007 – Arika Festival, Newcastle, England

Directing performance of Julius Eastman’s music for 4 pianos

 

April 26, 2007 – Triptych Festival, Glasgow, Scotland

Four-hand music of Terry Riley, with Sarah Cahill, piano

 

April 25, 2007 - Triptych Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland

Four-hand music of Terry Riley, with Sarah Cahill, piano

 

April 12, 2007 – Merkin Concert Hall, NYC

Concert with Thomas Buckner, baritone. Music of Chris Dahlgren and others.

 

March 31, 2007 – Sonoma State College, CA

Concert with Thomas Buckner, baritone. Music of composer Mel Graves.

 

March 30, 2007 – Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA

Concert with Thomas Buckner, baritone. Music of Robert Ashley, William Duckworth and others

 

March 8, 2007 – Merkin Concert Hall, NYC

New York premiere of Michael Byron’s hour-long solo Dreamers of Pearl, written for Joseph Kubera.

 

March 3 , 2007 – Staten Island Museum, New York.

Concert with soprano Elizabeth McCullough. Music of Ives, Mozart, Ravel, Faure.

 

2006

November 22 and 25 - Pacific Crossings Festival, Japan

Duo-piano concerts in Tokyo and Kanazawa with Sarah Cahill, and joined in two pieces by Leslie Howard. Music by Percy Grainger and Henry Cowell

 

October 25 - November 7 - European Concert Tour with the Ostrava Band, Petr Kotik conductor

Performances and radio recordings in Ostrava, Czech Republic; Bratislava, Slovak Republic; Cieszyn, Poland; and Paris, France. Featured pianist in Cage's

Concert for Piano and Orchestra and Xenakis' Palimpsest

 

August 12, 2006 – Cooler in the Shade series, Lotus Fine Arts, NYC

David Gunn’s Utopiano (solo) and Forbidden Flute (with Jacqui Martelle)

 

July 25, 2006 – The Stone, NYC

Concert with S.E.M. Ensemble.  Solo piano works by Julius Eastman and Sam Hillmer; ensemble work by Reiko Fueting

 

July 7-9, 2006 – Yachats Music Festival, Yachats, Oregon

Ives’ First Sonata (4th movement) and Cowell’s Exultation, plus ensemble performances

 

June 21, 2006 -- Greenwich House Music School, NYC

Chris Chalfant’s Dreams and Nightmares, also a duo piano improvisation with Chris Chalfant

 

April 27, 2006 – Merkin Concert Hall, NYC

Recital with baritone Thomas Buckner

 

April 24, 2006 – Recital Hall, Music Building, UC Santa Cruz, CA

Michael Byron’s Dreamers of Pearl (solo)

 

April 21, 2006 – Veterans Auditorium, San Francisco, CA

Recital with baritone Thomas Buckner

 

April 18, 2006 – New York Studio School, NYC

Piano Music of Morton Feldman:  For Bunita Marcus, Piano Piece (to Philip Guston)

 

March 26, 2006 – Holy Name College, Oakland, CA

Solo Recital sponsored by Four Seasons Concerts

 

February 10, 2006 – Faust Harrison Pianos, NYC

Concert of music by Somei Satoh, with baritone Thomas Buckner

 

February 2, 2006 – Merkin Concert Hall, NYC

Performing Lisa Karrer’s River Kotekan with Gamelan Son of Lion and pianist Marja Ilic. 

 

January 29, 2006 – Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

World Premiere performance of Michael Byron’s Dreamers of Pearl, written for the pianist.  Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center

 

2005

October 28, 2005 - Terry Riley 70th Birthday Concert, Mills College, Oakland, CA.

Joseph Kubera and Sarah Cahill perform new piano four-hand pieces by renowned composer Terry Riley

 

October 1, 2005 - Terry Riley 70th Birthday Celebration, Royce Hall, UCLA.

Joseph Kubera and Sarah Cahill premiere several new piano four-hand pieces by Terry Riley

 

August 25, 2005 – Ostrava New Music Days, Czech Republic

Boulez Structures and Cage’s Winter Music for Two Pianos, with Heather O’Donnell

 

July 13, 2005 – Music Festival of the Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY

Lukas Foss’s Solo (1981) and Katherine Hoover’s Pieces for Piano (1981), plus accompaniments to songs by Stephen Dickman, Victoria Bond and Norman Dello Joio

 

April 3, 2005 – New York Studio School, NYC

Feldman’s Crippled Symmetry (1983) with S.E.M. Ensemble

 

2004

 

Oct 14, 2004 – Sounds Like Now Festival, La Mama E.T.C., NYC

Annea Lockwood’s Ear-Walking Man (1995)

 

July 11, 2004 – Yachats Music Festival, Yachats, Oregon

Michael Sahl’s Serenades (1994)

 

May 18, 2004 – Divadlo Archa, Prague, Czech.Republic

Feldman’s Why Patterns, with S.E.M. Ensemble

 

May 8, 2004 – Chelsea Art Museum, NYC

Cage and Hiller’s HPSCHD, with Anthony de Mare and Robert Conant

Project of the Electronic Music Foundation

 

March 29, 2004 – Roulette at the Flea Theater, NYC

Recital, “The Conspiracy to Commit Beauty” – Music by Beth Anderson, Michael Sahl, Boudewijn Buckinx, Frank Nuyts. 

 

April 1, 2004 – The New School, NYC

Cage, Four Walls, performed to dance by Sin Cha Hong, with Jay Clayton, voice

 

2003

 

December 16, 2003 – Paula Cooper Gallery, NYC

Soloist in Olga Neuwirth’s “locus…doublure…solus” with Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble

 

December 5, 2003 – Faust Harrison Pianos, NYC

Pianists for the New Millennium -- Solo Recital.  Works by Beth Anderson, “Blue” Gene Tyranny, Stuart Saunders Smith, Eric Richards, Gerhard Ruehm, Anthony Coleman and Salvatore Sciarrino

 

November 19, 2003 – Weill Hall at Carnegie, NYC

Soloist, Beth Anderson’s Piano Concerto

 

November 8, 2003 – The Muddy Cup, Staten Island, NYC

Two-Piano Recital with Sarah Cahill.  Music by Josef Matthias Hauer, Ingram Marshall, Michael Byron, Terry Riley, Morton Feldman, Larry Polansky, Robert Ashley and “Blue” Gene Tyranny

 

November 7, 2003 -- Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Two-Piano Recital with Sarah Cahill.  Program as above

 

Oct. 27, 2003 -- Zankel Hall at Carnegie, NYC

Cage Winter Music with Joan La Barbara, voice, Solo for Voice 45 from Song Books

 

August 28, 2003 – Ostrava New Music Days, Czech Republic

Christian Wolff, Exercises 19 & 20 (1982), with Marilyn Nonken,

 

August 27 – Ostrava New Music Days, Czech Republic

Cage’s Music of Changes (1951)

 

June 6, 2003 -- Edgefest, UC Berkeley, CA

Performance with Sarah Cahill, piano, of Terry Riley’s Cinco de Mayo (1997)

 
April 3, 2003  -- Podewil, Berlin

La Monte Young’s The Piano Sound from “Vision” (1959), Alvin Lucier’s Still Lives (1996) and Earle Brown’s Folio (1952-53)