2024:
January 27, 2024, 2:00 pm (Richmond, BC, Canada)
Anna Pidgorna’s organization Pickle Underground and Music Encore Concert Society are co-presenting “Glowing Hope”, the opening concert of Ukrainian Lights festival featuring exceptional Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Canadian musicians. “Glowing Hope” focuses on works by Ukrainian composers performed by Denys Panchenko, Taryn Plater, Anna Sagalova and Eugene Skovorodnikov, with Anna leading the audience through the program. The concert takes place at Tom Lee Richmond Music Experience Centre at 12180 Riverside Way, Richmond, BC. Get more info and tickets here.
February 4, 2024, 2:00 pm (Richmond, BC, Canada)
Anna Pidgorna’s organization Pickle Underground and Music Encore Concert Society are co-presenting “Kharkiv Invincible”, the second concert of Ukrainian Lights festival. “Kharkiv Invincible” presents two virtuoso musicians who evacuated from Kharkiv, Ukraine because of russia’s aggression: composer-guitarist Denys Panchenko and pianist Anna Sagalova. The program includes a piano partita by Kharkiv composer Mark Karmynsky. Anna will lead the audience through the program. The concert takes place at Tom Lee Richmond Music Experience Centre at 12180 Riverside Way, Richmond, BC. Get more info and tickets here.
February 11, 2024, 2:00 pm (Richmond, BC, Canada)
Soprano Natalya Gennadi and pianist Anna Sagalova perform Anna Pidgorna’s “Eileen’s Lament” from Keening Songs at the concert “Her Winding Path” as part of the Ukrainian Lights Festival co-produced by Pickle Underground and Music Encore Concert Society. The program includes Calendar Songs by Ukrainian composer Yurii Ishchenko, selections from Samuel Barber’s Hermit Songs and short works by Hugo Wolf and Stanyslav Lyudkevych. The concert takes place at Tom Lee Richmond Music Experience Centre at 12180 Riverside Way, Richmond, BC. Get more info and tickets here.
February 18, 2024, 2:00 pm (Richmond, BC, Canada)
Anna Pidgorna’s organization Pickle Underground and Music Encore Concert Society are co-presenting “Dreaming of Spring”, the final concert of Ukrainian Lights festival. “Dreaming of Spring” features violinist Petro Krysa and pianist Eugene Skovorodnikov performing Beethoven’s “Spring Sonata” along with works by Mozart, Schubert, and Ukrainian composers Skoryk and Shtoharenko. Anna will lead the audience through the program. The concert takes place at Tom Lee Richmond Music Experience Centre at 12180 Riverside Way, Richmond, BC. Get more info and tickets here.
March 2, 2024, 7:30 pm (Baltimore, MD, USA)
Violinist Negar Afazel and the Peabody Camerata premiere Dark Verse for solo violin and SSAA choir setting poetry by Iranian iconoclast poet Forugh Farrokhzad. This performance is part of a larger project inspired by the Woman-Life-Freedom movement. Anna will be present at the premiere and the pre-concert Q&A. Tickets are free. Information here.
March 30, 2024, time TBD (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Morgan Zentner and Katelin Coleman premiere Anna Pidgorna’s Lesya’s Song for English horn and bassoon at the Notional Space (1523 E Pender Street, Vancouver, BC). More details TBD.
September 16, 2024, 7:30 pm (Victoria, BC, Canada)
Duo Inquietum (Liam Hockley, clarinets and Mark Takeshi McGregor, flutes) perform Stockhausen Menagerie as part of SALT New Music Festival at Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, Ring Road, Victoria, BC. More info and tickets here.
2023:
January 10, 2023, 8:00 pm (New York, NY, USA)
Anna Pidgorna and librettist Maria Reva present their opera Plaything along with pianist Jennifer Szeto and mezzo-soprano Kristin Hoff from Musique 3 Femmes, and soprano Bridgit Esler, at the Opera America New Works Forum. More info here.
January 15, 2023, 7:30 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Pickle Underground and Canzona Chamber Players host a private fundraiser for the Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts in Kharkiv, Ukraine, featuring pianist Anna Sagalova and Anna Pidgorna as MC. The concert features works by Ukrainian composers Mykola Lysenko, Mark Karmynsky, Volodymyr Ptushkin, and Myroslav Skoryk, as well as David Jaeger. Soprano Rachel Krehm joins in for a performance of “Eileen’s Lament” from Anna Pidgorna’s cycle Keening Songs.
January 17, 2023, 7:30 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Pickle Underground and Canzona Chamber Players host a fundraising concert at the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto, to benefit the Kotlyarevsky National University of Arts in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The concert presents pianist Anna Sagalova, withAnna Pidgorna as MCing, and features works by Ukrainian composers Mykola Lysenko, Mark Karmynsky, Volodymyr Ptushkin, and Myroslav Skoryk, as well as David Jaeger. Soprano Rachel Krehm joins in for a performance of “Eileen’s Lament” from Anna Pidgorna’s cycle Keening Songs.
April 22, 2023, 8:00 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Wesley Shen performs Obsessive Circularity of Thought for solo harpsichord as part of a concert guest-curated by Arlan Vriens and exploring our experiences during the pandemic, focusing on attentiveness, opening the possibility for deeper contemplation, revealing our inner most thoughts and acting as a catalyst for renewing artistic practice in a changing world. More info here.
April 30, 2023, 3:30 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Orpheus Choir of Toronto premieres A Charge in the Air, a work exploring bipolar disorder through the eyes of everyday objects with text by Maria Reva. The performance takes place at Grace Church-on-the-Hill (300 Lonsdale Road, Toronto). More info here.
May 6, 2023, 7:30 pm (St. Catherine’s, ON, Canada)
Chorus Niagara performs A Charge in the Air, a work exploring bipolar disorder through the eyes of everyday objects with text by Maria Reva. The performance takes place at First Ontario Performing Arts Centre (250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines). More info here.
June 11, 2023, 7:30 pm (Montreal, QC, Canada)
Anna Pidgorna performs Weeping for a dead love with Architek Percussion at a concert presented by Le Vivier. The work is inspired by Ukraine’s lamentation tradition and features a traditional singing style. More info here.
July 1, 2023, 11:00 am (Bantry, County Cork, Ireland)
Soprano Anna Devin and pianist Deirdre Brenner perform the world premiere of the complete Amhráin Chaointe (Keening Songs) cycle at West Cork Music Festival. Commissioned by the Irish Art Song Project in 2019, only excerpts of the cycle have been performed live to date. The concert takes place at St. Brendan’s Church. More info here.
July 28, 2023, 8:00 pm (, Ireland)
Soprano Anna Devin and pianist Deirdre Brenner perform Amhráin Chaointe (Keening Songs) at Boyne Music Festival. The concert takes place at . More info here.
September 16, 2023, 3:00 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Soprano Rachel Krehm and pianist Janelle Fung perform “Eileen’s Lament” from the cycle Amhráin Chaointe (Keening Songs) at a house concert in Toronto. More info and tickets here.
September 24, 2023, 7:30 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Two songs from the cycle Amhráin Chaointe (Keening Songs) will be performed by soprano Rachel Krehm and pianist Anna Sagalova at “Healing Through Music: A Fundraiser for Ukraine.” The concert also features violinist Stanislav Pronin. All funds raised will go towards first aid kits for Ukraine’s frontline defenders. More info and tickets here.
October 19, 2023, 7:30 pm (Montreal, QC, Canada)
Stick&Bow (Krystina Marcoux, marimba and Juan Sebastian Delgado, cello) premiere Like moths to a flame, which they commissioned as part of their 5th anniversary celebration project. The concert is presented by LeVivier at La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines. Info and tickets here.
2022:
March 26, 2022 8:00 pm (Lübeck, Germany)
Violist Marie Yamanaka performs The Child, Bringer of Light with Ensemble Klangrauschen at Haus Eden Lübeck. More info here.
June 24, 2022 7:00 pm (Reggio Emilia, Italy)
Mezzo-soprano Svitlana Melnyk performs Weeping for a dead love with percussion students from the Reggio Emilia Music Conservatory at the Chiostri di San Pietro.
July 6, 2022 7:00 pm (Martinskirche Kassal, Germany)
Accordionist Eva Zöllner performs Light-play through curtain holes as part of a concert for accordion and organ. More info here.
July 8, 2022 8:00 pm (Matthias Kirche Neuwied, Germany)
Accordionist Eva Zöllner performs Light-play through curtain holes as part of a concert for accordion and organ. More info here.
July 10, 2022 7:00 pm (ev. Kirche Birnbach, Germany)
Accordionist Eva Zöllner performs Light-play through curtain holes as part of a concert for accordion and organ. More info here.
August 13, 2022, 8:00 pm (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Duo Inquietum (Mark Takeshi McGregor and Liam Hockley) premieres The Stockhausen Menagerie for flute and clarinet as part of their Zodiac concert featuring Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Tierkreis at Celebration Hall, Mountain View Cemetery.
August 21, 2022 Time TBD (Wuppertal, Germany)
Accordionist Eva Zöllner performs Light-play through curtain holes at Future Now Festival. More info here.
September 17, 2022, 7:30 pm (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Anna Pidgorna performs A soul’s keening for her beloved for voice and string orchestra with Turning Point Ensemble at the Annex Theatre. Info and tickets here.
September 18, 2022, 2:30 pm (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Anna Pidgorna performs A soul’s keening for her beloved for voice and string orchestra with Turning Point Ensemble at the Annex Theatre. Info and tickets here.
September 28 and 29, October 1, 2022, 8:00 pm (Berlin, Germany)
Musique 3 Femmes presents the world premiere of the opera Plaything (libretto by Maria Reva) at ufaFabrik, with Rachel Krehm (Parrot), Kristin Hoff (Isla), Sheree Spencer (director), Jennifer Szeto (music director), and Ensemble Paramirabo. Info and tickets here.
October 28, 2022, 8:00 pm (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Anna Sagalova (piano) and Ken Lee (violin) perform A Pärtian Meditation on an Invented Folksong, along with a program of solo piano works by Ukrainian composers Mykola Lysenko, Myroslav Skoryk, Mark Karmynskiy and Vladimir Ptushkin at Murrey Adaskin Salon at CMC BC. Info and tickets here.
November 4 and 5, 2022, 7:30 pm (Montreal, QC, Canada)
Opera McGill presents the Canadian premiere of the opera Plaything (libretto by Maria Reva), directed by Sheree Spencer, with music direction by Jennifer Tung. This opera was developed by Musique 3 Femmes as part of the Mécénat Musica Prix 3 Femmes prize. Info and tickets here.
November 23, 2022, 12:00 pm (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Anna Sagalova (piano) and Marina Thibeault (viola) premiere a new arrangement of A Pärtian Meditation on an Invented Folksong, along with a program of solo piano works by Ukrainian composers Mykola Lysenko, Myroslav Skoryk, Mark Karmynskiy and Vladimir Ptushkin at Barnett Hall at UBC. Info and tickets here.
November 26, 2022, 7:30 pm (Montreal, QC, Canada)
Violinist Carissa Klopoushak and pianist Serhiy Salov perform A Pärtian Meditation on an Invented Folksong at the “Grand Concert in Celebration of Ukrainian Culture” produced by The Ukrainian National Federation (UNF). Info and tickets here.
2021:
June 10-12, 2021 7:00 pm (Russell, KS, USA)
Ad Astra Music Festival premieres Pidgorna’s chamber opera Our Trudy with libretto by Maria Reva. This fully staged production takes place at Bickerdyke Park as part of Prairiesta 2021. More info here.
September 25, 2021 (East Haddam, CT, USA)
I-Park Artists Residence presents “Music Along the Trail”, a musical walk featuring recordings by composers who have been in residency at I-Park over the last 20 years. The musical walk includes Pidgorna’s piece Weeping for a dead love. More info here.
October 10, 2021 7:30 pm (Montreal, QC, Canada)
SMCQ and Musique 3 Femmes present excerpts from Plaything, a chamber opera with libretto by Maria Reva, performed by soprano Rachel Krehm, mezzo Kristin Hoff and Ensemble Paramirabo conducted by Jennifer Szeto. The livestream is available to view for free until mid April, 2022. More info here.
2020:
April 2020 8:00 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada) – CANCELED
Orpheus Choir of Toronto was schedule to premiere Pidgorna’s new choral work A Charge in the Air, but the performance was cancelled due the the Covid-19 pandemic.
May 2020 8:00 pm (Princeton, NJ, USA) – CANCELED
Princeton Sound Kitchen was scheduled to present Pidgorna’s song cycle Invented Folksongs in a semi-staged production, but the event was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
November 12, 2020 7:30 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Women’s Musical Club of Toronto presented a virtual concert for its subscribers, which featured accordionist Michael Bridge, clarinetist Kornel Wolak and cellist Amahl Arulanandam in a premiere of Pidgorna’s Lekking Birds commissioned by WMCT.
2019:
January 27, 2019 3:00 pm (Montreal, QC, Canada)
Violist Marina Thibeault performs The Child, Bringer of Light at the Journée Portes Ouvertes Relève taking place at Le Gesù at 1200, rue de Bleury, Montreal. More info here.
March 22, 2019 7:30 pm (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
Anna Pidgorna performs Teach your daughters at the Now Hear This festival of contemporary music presented by New Music Edmonton. More info here.
March 24, 2019 Time 2:00 pm (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
UltraViolet performs the premiere of Anna’s piece Keening at the Now Hear This festival of contemporary music presented by New Music Edmonton. More info here.
April 3, 2019 Time TBD (Camrose, AB, Canada)
UltraViolet performs Anna’s piece Keening at the University of Alberta, Augustana Campus in Camrose. More info here.
April 5, 2019 7:30 pm (Calgary, AB, Canada)
UltraViolet performs Anna’s piece Keening at a concert presented by New Works Calgary at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church in Calgary. More info here.
April 27, 2019 7:00 pm (Glendale, CA, USA)
Members of Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra perform the West Coast premiere of Like doves with grey wings embracing at the Glendale City Church at 610 E California Ave. More info here.
April 28, 2019 2:00 pm (Santa Monica, CA, USA)
Members of Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra perform Like doves with grey wings embracing at the the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica at 1220 2nd St. More info here.
July 13, 2019 7:30 pm (Annan, ON, Canada)
Violinist Andrea Tyniec and pianist Angela Park perform A Pärtian meditation on an invented folksong at the Historic Leith Church.
July 14, 2019 2:00 pm (Russell, KS, USA)
Ad Astra Music Festival features a short concert and talk to introduce the Russell community to Anna’s music and the writing of her sister, Maria Reva. The two will be collaborating on a chamber opera about a local historical figure – artist, community organizer and educator Trudy Furney – which will be premiered at Prairiesta 2021. The concert and talk take place at the More info here.
September 22, 2019 7:30 pm (Talkeetna, AK, USA)
Anna is the featured composer at the Wild Shore Music Festival taking place in a number of locations around Alaska. The festival showcases a number of Anna’s pieces, along with a new commission for Wild Shore Trio and Cipher Duo called Lullabies for my unborn children. Sheldon Community Arts Hangar, Talkeetna, AK 99676. More info here.
September 26, 2019 6:30 pm (Kenai, AK, USA)
Anna is the featured composer at the Wild Shore Music Festival taking place in a number of locations around Alaska. The festival showcases a number of Anna’s pieces, along with a new commission for Wild Shore Trio and Cipher Duo called Lullabies for my unborn children. Kenai Fine Art Center, 816 Cook Ave., Kenai, AK 99611. More info here.
September 28, 2019 7:30 pm (Homer, AK, USA)
Anna is the featured composer at the Wild Shore Music Festival taking place in a number of locations around Alaska. The festival showcases a number of Anna’s pieces, along with a new commission for Wild Shore Trio and Cipher Duo called Lullabies for my unborn children. Bunnell Street Arts Center, 106 W. Bunnell Ave., Homer, AK 99603. More info here.
September 29, 2019 7:30 pm (Anchorage, AK, USA)
Anna is the featured composer at the Wild Shore Music Festival taking place in a number of locations around Alaska. The festival showcases a number of Anna’s pieces, along with a new commission for Wild Shore Trio and Cipher Duo called Lullabies for my unborn children. University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508. More info here.
October 3, 2019 8:00 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
World-renowned trumpet players Ole Edvard Antonsen, Ingrid Jensen and Jens Lindemann will premiere The three woes, a new work for trumpets and string orchestra commissioned by Soundstreams. The concert takes place at Trinity St. Paul’s Centre at 427 Bloor Street West. More info here.
October 3, 2019 7:00 pm (Selianitika, Greece)
Ilana Waniuk of Thin Edge New Music Collective performs the new violin version of The Child, Bringer of Light at Helenikon Idyllion. More info here.
October 5, 2019 7 pm (Freiburg, Germany)
Ilana Waniuk of Thin Edge New Music Collective performs the new violin version of The Child, Bringer of Light. More info here.
October 9, 2019 7:30 pm (Leipzig, Germany)
Ilana Waniuk of Thin Edge New Music Collective performs the new violin version of The Child, Bringer of Light. Stadtbibliothek Leipzig. More info here.
October 10, 2019 7:30 pm (Dresden, Germany)
Ilana Waniuk of Thin Edge New Music Collective performs the new violin version of The Child, Bringer of Light. Hochschule für Musik Dresden, Kleiner Saal. More info here.
October 11, 2019 7:30 pm (Chemnitz, Germany)
Ilana Waniuk of Thin Edge New Music Collective performs the new violin version of The Child, Bringer of Light. Morgner Archiv. More info here.
October 12, 2019 8:00 pm (Fulda, Germany)
Ilana Waniuk of Thin Edge New Music Collective performs the new violin version of The Child, Bringer of Light. Vonderau Museum.
November 19, 2019 8:00 pm (Princeton, NJ, USA)
Anna presents the premiere of a video inspired by her piece On the courtship displays of Birds-of-Paradise, featuring Gamin and Michael Bridge, as part of Princeton Sound Kitchen’s “Movie Night”. Taplin Auditorium, Princeton University. More info here.
2018:
January 25, 2018 8:00 pm (New York, NY, USA)
Trio Klaritas performs Like doves with grey wings embracing at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. For tickets and more information, click here.
February 17, 2018 7:30 pm (Victoria, BC, Canada)
Soprano Heather Pawsey performs Off the Voice at Open Space Gallery. More info here.
March 23, 2018 TBA (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Soprano Heather Pawsey performs Off the Voice at the Canadian Music Centre, BC Region.
March 24, 2018 TBA (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Soprano Heather Pawsey performs Off the Voice at the Chali-Rosso Gallery.
March 25, 2018 11:00 am (Cowansville, QC, Canada)
Violist Marina Thibeault performs The Child, Bringer of Light at Musée Bruck. For more information, click here.
March 25, 2018 11:30 am (Coaticook, QC, Canada)
Violist Marina Thibeault performs The Child, Bringer of Light at Pavillon des arts et de culture. For more information, click here.
May 5, 2018 8:30 pm (Mothe-Saint-Héray, France)
Violist Claire Poillion performs The Child, Bringer of Light at l’Orangerie de La Mothe-Saint-Héray in France. She will perform among large-scale paintings by Guillaume Brandy and Francis Dalschaert. For more info, visit the artists’ page.
May 9, 2018 7:00 pm (Rockport, MA, USA)
Anna Pidgorna performs a full length concert of her ‘invented folksongs’ with Ensemble Ludovico as a culmination of their residency with Rockport Music at the Shalin Liu Performance Centre. More info here.
June 14, 2018 6:00 pm (Bielsko-Biala, Poland)
Thin Edge New Music Collective performs The Child, Bringer of Light along with works by Ana Sokolović, Anna Höstman, Linda Catlin Smith, Emile LeBel and Jocelyn Morlock. Sala Koncertowa ZPSM im St. Moniuszki w Bielsku-Biatej ul. Wyspiańskiego 5a.
June 15, 2018 7:00 pm (Katowice, Poland)
Thin Edge New Music Collective performs The Child, Bringer of Light along with works by Ana Sokolović, Anna Höstman, Linda Catlin Smith, Emile LeBel and Jocelyn Morlock. Sala Koncertowa, Akademia Muzycna im. Karola Szymanowskiego w Katovicach.
2017:
February 1, 2017 8:00 pm (Calgary, AB, Canada)
Anna performs Weeping for a dead love with University of Calgary percussion ensemble at the Forms of Sound 2017 Festival taking place at the Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall at the University of Calgary. More info on Facebook.
February 2, 2017 8:00 pm (Calgary, AB, Canada)
University of Calgary faculty and students perform Like doves with grey wings embracing at the Forms of Sound 2017 Festival taking place at the Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall at the University of Calgary. More info on Facebook.
February 21, 2017 8:00 pm (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Ensemble Paramirabo premiere Waiting at a concert presented by Music on Main as part of their joint tour with Thin Edge New Music Collective, Raging Against the Machine: Coming together. The concert will take place at the Fox Cabaret (2321 Main Street). More info here.
February 22, 2017 8:00 pm (Montreal, QC, Canada)
Katelyn Clark will perform Obsessive circularity of thought as part of a program of works for harpsichord, organetto, electronics, & film. The concert takes place at Chapelle St-Louis (4230, rue Drolet). More info here.
February 24, 2017 7:30 pm (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
Ensemble Paramirabo performs Waiting at a concert presented by New Music Edmonton as part of their joint tour with Thin Edge New Music Collective, Raging Against the Machine: Coming together. The concert will take place at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church. More info here.
March 2, 2017 8:00 pm (Montreal, QC, Canada)
Ensemble Paramirabo performs Waiting as part of their joint tour with Thin Edge New Music Collective, Raging Against the Machine: Coming together. The concert will take place at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal (4750 Henri-Julien). More info here.
March 4, 2017 8:00 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Ensemble Paramirabo performs Waiting as part of their joint tour with Thin Edge New Music Collective, Raging Against the Machine: Coming together. The concert will take place at The Music Gallery (197 John Street). More info here.
May 7, 2017 3:00 pm (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Anna performs Weeping for a dead love with Sandbox percussion as part of the Concert on the Slope Series. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 139 St. John’s Place, Brooklyn, New York. More info here.
May 16, 2017 8:00 pm (Princeton, NJ, USA) – POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE
Anna teams up with composer-vocalist Annika Socolofsky in the premiere of Anna’s piece The Mint Picker’s Man for vocal duo and string quartet. The performance takes place as part of the Princeton Sound Kitchen series in a concert featuring traditional Irish singer Iarla Ó Lionáird and Daedelus String Quartet. More info here.
May 24, 2017 7:30 pm (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Standing Wave and soprano Carla Huhtanen perform several scenes from Anna’s opera-in-progress Wild Dogs set to a libretto by Val Brandt. The concert takes place at the Orpheum Annex. Info will be posted here.
June 24, 2017 7:30 pm (New York, NY, USA)
Members of the ensemble Mise-En perform Weeping as part of the Mise-En Festival 2017 during the 7:30 pm set of a multi-hour new music marathon taking place at the Taipei Cultural Centre (1 E 42nd St, New York, NY). More info here.
August 16, 2017 (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Wesley Shen performs Obsessive circularity of thought at the Canadian Music Centre in Toronto.
August 25, 2017 8:00 pm (Waterloo, ON, Canada)
Dobrochna Zubek performs The Child, Bringer of Light as part of a concert with Thin Edge New Music Collective at Maureen Forrester Recital Hall at Wilfred Laurier University. The concert is part of the Waterloo Region Contemporary Music Sessions.
September 23, 2017 7:30 pm (Duhamel, QC, Canada)
Marina Thibeault performs the viola version of The Child, Bringer of Light. For more information, click here.
October 8, 2017 12:00 and 1:30 pm (Princeton, NJ)
The ‘door score’ for Anna Pidgorna’s violin duo Through closed doors is making its premiere appearance in the US as part of a big arts festival to celebrate the opening of the new Lewis Centre for the Arts at Princeton University. The piece will be performed by Andie Springer and Olivia De Prato as part of walkthrough tours of the building starting at 12:00 pm and at 1:30 pm. Anna’s hand-crafted illustrated score for her mini-opera Mirror, mirror will also be on display during the walkthrough. More info here.
October 16, 2017 8:00 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Soundstreams opens their 35th season with a newly commissioned fanfare by Anna Pidgorna to mark this special anniversary. For more information and tickets, click here.
October 21, 2017 7:30 pm (Calgary, AB, Canada)
Harpsichordist Katelyn Clark will perform Anna Pidgorna’s Obsessive circularity of thought at Calgary New Music Festival 2017. The concert will take place at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church in Calgary. More info here.
November 5, 2017 11:00 am (Sorel-Tracy, QC, Canada)
Violist Marina Thibeault performs The Child, Bringer of Light at Georges-Codling Hall at Marché des Arts Desjardins. For more information, click here.
November 12, 2017 3:30 pm (Paris, France)
Violist Claire Poillion performs The Child, Bringer of Light at Galerie Ephémère (16 rue du Val de Grâce, Paris V). The performance is free of charge.
November 28, 2017 8:00 pm (Princeton, NJ, USA)
Anna teams up with composer-vocalist Annika Socolofsky in the premiere of Anna’s piece The Mint Picker’s Man for vocal duo and string quartet. The performance takes place as part of the Princeton Sound Kitchen series in a concert featuring traditional Irish singer Iarla Ó Lionáird and Daedelus String Quartet.
December 8, 2017 Time TBD (Montreal, QC, Canada)
Violist Marina Thibeault performs The Child, Bringer of Light at RedPath Church as part of her first doctoral recital.
2016:
January 7, 2016, 7:30 pm (Poznan, Poland)
Dobrochna Zubek performs The Child, Bringer of Light as part of the “Fast Forward Crescendo” concert at Zamek Cesarski.
February 10, 2016, 8:00 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Premiere of a new work for accordionist Michael Bridge and saenghwang player Gamin as part of Soundstream’s Squeezebox concert. Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor Street West.
March 1, 2016, 8:00 pm (Princeton, NJ, USA)
Anna will premiere Teach your daughters for voice, violin and prepared piano with the duo aTonal Hits as part of the Princeton Sound Kitchen series. Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall. Free.
March 20, 2016, 2:00 pm (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
Like doves with grey wings embracing performed at NME 2016 Now Hear This Festival. Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 10037 84 Ave, Edmonton.
April 8, 2016, 7:30 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Essential Opera performs Mirror, mirror as part of the “She’s the one” concert at the Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Ave, Toronto.
April 19, 2016, 8:00 pm (Princeton, NJ, USA)
aTonalHits premiere A Pärtian meditation on an invented folksong as part of our Princeton General Exam concert where all the second years respond to another composer. Taplin Auditorium at Fine Hall.
April 22, 2016, 8:00 pm (Seoul, South Korea)
Korean traditional instrument specialist gamin performs On the courtship displays of Birds-of-Paradise with Russian accordionist Alexander Sheykin at the National Gugak Centre. Info here.
May 28, 2016, 5:00 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Anna will premiere a new work for voice, violin, cello, percussion and electronics at the 21C Festival. The concert will also include Bridal Train. Conservatory Theatre at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Info and tickets.
October 2, 2016, 2:00 pm (Princeton, NJ, USA)
Anna performs What else can I give him? for cimbalom, violin, bass and percussion as part of the Unruly Sounds Festival taking place in front of the Princeton Public Library. Info on Facebook.
October 14, 2016, 7:30 pm (Sackville, NB, Canada)
David Rogosin performs …obsessive circularity of thought… as part of Mount Allison University Music Department’s Anniversary Celebration “Music by alumni composers” concert. Brunton Auditorium, Mount Allison University. Info. CANCELED due to technical difficulties.
November 12, 2016, 11:30 am (Toronto, ON, Canada)
The Gryphon Trio performs Like doves with grey wings embracing as part of an IAMA Toronto 2016 showcase examining the last 150 years of composition in Canada. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe Street, Toronto.Info.
December 13, 2016, 8:00 pm (Princeton, NJ, USA)
Anna performs Drown in the depth for voice, violin, cello, percussion and electronics at the Princeton Sound Kitchen series at Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall.
2015:
February 11, 2015, 8:00 pm (Montreal, QC, Canada)
Katelyn Clark premieres …the obsessive circularity of thought… for solo harpsichord at Chapelle historique du Bon Pasteur, 100 rue Sherbrooke E. More info.
February 15, 2015, 7:30 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Katelyn Clark performs …the obsessive circularity of thought… for solo harpsichord the Canadian Music Centre, 20 St. Joseph St. More info.
March 3, 2015, 8:00 pm (Princeton, NJ, USA)
Anna performs Off the voice at Princeton Sound Kitchen’s Movie Night at Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall.
April 4, 2015, 8:00 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
New Music Concerts presents The Ukrainian-Canadian Connection, including the premiere of Weeping at the Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis Street. Pre-concert talk at 7:15 pm.
May 19, 2015, 8:00 pm (Princeton, NJ, USA)
Anna premieres Weeping for a dead love with So Percussion quartet as part of the Princeton Sound Kitchen series. Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall.
August 3, 2015, 3:00 pm (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
The Gryphon Trio premieres Like doves with grey wings embracing at the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival. École secondaire publique De La Salle. Info here.
September 15, 2015, 8:00 pm (Princeton, NJ, USA)
The Chimera Trio performs the US premiere of Like doves with grey wings embracing as part of the Princeton Sound Kitchen series. Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall.
September 28, 2015, 6:00 pm (Kyiv, Ukraine)
The Gryphon Trio performs Like doves with grey wings embracing at the Kyiv Music Fest. Будинок Актора, вул. Ярославів Вал, 7. Info here.
October 4, 2015, 11:00 pm (Lviv, Ukraine)
The Gryphon Trio performs Like doves with grey wings embracing at the Contrasts International Music Festival. Info here.
November 22, 2015, 2:00 pm (Mississauga, Canada)
Thin Edge New Music Collective performs Through closed doors with the one-and-only door score, and The child, bringer of light at the Great Hall in the Unitarian Congregation, 84 South Service Rd.
December 8, 2015, 8:00 pm (Princeton, NJ, USA)
Anna her newly invented ‘folksong’ What else can I give him? for cimbalom, violin, bass and percussion as part of the Princeton Sound Kitchen series. Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall.
2014:
September 20, 2014, 8:00 pm (Waterloo, ON, Canada)
Thin Edge New Music Collective performs Through closed doors with the original door score at the Button Factory (Waterloo Community Arts Theatre), 25 Regina St. Tickets available here.
September 21, 2014 (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Thin Edge New Music Collective performs Through closed doors with the original door score at a private fundraiser. Entrance by invitation.
May 25, 2014 (Kamloops, BC, Canada)
Chamber Musicians of Kamloops perform Toss a flower on the water. Details TBA.
March 25, 2014 (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Violist Claire Poillion premieres the new viola version of The Child, Bringer of Light at a concert organized by the Association Mujeres en Música (Women in Music). Sala de Conferencias y Eventos of the Solís Theater of Montevideo. Time TBA.
March 5, 2014 (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Gryphon Trio premieres Toss a flower on the water composed for the Soundstreams Emerging Composers’ Workshop as part of TSO’s New Creations Festival. The performance takes place before the main evening concert. More info here.
February 21, 2014, 8:00 pm (Toronto, ON, Canada)
Thin Edge New Music Collective premieres Through closed doors for two violins. The child, bringer of light also on the program. Gallery 345 (345 Sorauren Ave). Tickets: $20 regular,$15 students/seniors/arts workers, $5 with New Music Passport.
January 29, 2014, 5:00 pm (Toronto, Canada)
Rachel Mercer performs The Child, Bringer of Light at the Paintbox Bistro, 555 Dundas Street East, Toronto.
January 27, 2014, 8:00 pm (Toronto, Canada)
Rachel Mercer performs The Child, Bringer of Light at Dave’s, 730 St. Clair Ave West, Toronto.
January 18, 2014, 7:30 pm (Vancouver, Canada)
Anna will perform Off the Voice at the Vancouver Pro Musica Further Series Electroacoustic Festival 2014 at the Western Front, 303 E 8th Ave.
2013:
December 1, 2013, 7:30 pm (Linz, Austria)
Alfred Melichar performs Light-play through curtain holes at Galerie Thiele.
November 11, 2013, 7:30 pm (Vienna, Austria)
Light-play through curtain holes for solo accordion performed by Alfred Melichar at the ISCM World New Music Days 2013. Berio-Saal, Konzerthaus, Lothringerstraße 20.
November 1, 2013, 8:00 pm (Toronto, Canada)
Rachel Mercer performs The Child, Bringer of Light as part of Toronto’s New Music Concerts series. Live amplification and sound diffusion by Anna Pidgorna. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis Street.
July 2, 2013 (Maccagno, Italy)
Thin Edge New Music Collective performs Bridal Train at the SoundSCAPE Festival.
January 24, 2013, 8:00 pm (Calgary, Canada)
Concert premiere of the opera On the eve of Ivan Kupalo at Calgary’s Happenings New Music Festival.
February 1, 2013, 8:00 pm (Vancouver, Canada)
Thin Edge New Music Collective premieres Bridal train for flute, violin, accordion and piano at the Canadian Music Centre on 837 Davie Street, Vancouver. (Note: the date has been changed from February 4, 2013). Tickets $15-$20.
February 3, 2013, 7:30 pm (Victoria, Canada)
Thin Edge New Music Collective performs Bridal train for flute, violin, accordion and piano at Wood Hall on 900 Johnson St, Victoria. Tickets $15-$20. More info here.
February 10, 2013, 3:00 pm (Toronto, Canada)
Thin Edge New Music Collective performs Bridal train for flute, violin, accordion and piano at Gallary 345 on 345 Sorauren Ave, Toronto. Tickets $15-$20.
February 11, 2013, 8:00 pm (Montreal, Canada)
Thin Edge New Music Collective performs Bridal train for flute, violin, accordion and piano at Sala Rosa on 4848 boul. Saint-Laurent. Tickets $15-$20.
2012:
November 17, 2012 (Edmonton, Canada)
The Child, bringer of light performed by Ian Woodman as part of the Edmonton New Music Festival.
November 8, 2012 (Halifax, Canada)
Evelyn’s Watcher performed by Jeff Reilly as part of Musikon’s “Spider’s Logic” happening at Saint Mary’s Gallery, Halifax, NS.
June 29, 2012 (Ottawa, Canada)
Première of The unanswered for chamber ensemble composed for NAC’s Composers Program.
7:30pm, Southam Hall, National Arts Centre, 53 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON
April 28, 2012 (New York, USA)
Paul Dwyer performs The child, bringer of light at the Oberlin Conservatory Alumni Celebration Concert at the DiMenna Centre, Mary Flagler Cary Hall, New York.
March 12, 2012 (New York, USA)
Première of The child, bringer of light performed by Paul Dwyer at Carnegie Hall.
7:30pm, Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY
February 18, 2012 (Halifax, Canada)
Première of Mirror, mirror performed by Janice Jackson at Oscillations 2012.
8:00pm, Gallery 2053, 2053 Gottingen St, Halifax, NS
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