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		2025 June 6 For Eduard Herzog performed by Lorenz/Beinhauer Alte Schmiede, Vienna, Austria April 8 Simple Constellations performed by Miroslav Beinhauer Slovak Philharmonic Hall, Bratislava, Slovakia March 3 Piano Concerto No. 2 performed by Miroslav Beinhauer and Brno Contemporary Orchestra, conducted by Pavel Šnajdr Brno, CZ 2024 December 8 CELLO & PIANO - new album released by Octopus Press Tracks: Two Instances, For Eduard Herzog, Eight Notes Matthias Lorenz - cello, Miroslav Beinhauer - piano Cover and design: Jaromír Novotný Liner notes: interview with PB by Marek Pokorný Get it on Bandcamp (CD / digital) supported by SoundCzech, Year of Czech Music 2024, Arts and Theatre Institute August 27 Portfolio premiered by Miroslav Beinhauer St. Matthäus Stiftung, Berlin, Germany April 24 String trio no. 2 performed by the S.E.M. Ensemble Bohemian National Hall, 321E 73rd St. NYC, USA preview: April 21, Willow Place Auditorium, 26 Willow Place, Brooklyn Heights 2023 December 18 Live recording of Diptych released on Ostrava Days 2023 Live, Album 2 28 August Diptych for 12 strings premiered by Ostravská banda, conducted by Bruno Ferrandis Ostrava Days Festival CZ 21 April Elsewhere performed by Ostravská banda & S.E.M. Ensemble, conducted by Jiří Rožeň Bohemian National Hall, 321E 73rd St. NYC, USA preview: 19 April, Willow Place Auditorium, 26 Willow Place, Brooklyn Heights 19 April LATE NIGHT SHOW - new album released on Sub Rosa, Belgium Miroslav Beinhauer, piano Brno Contemporary Orchestra conducted by Pavel Šnajdr Liner notes by Eric Wubbels, cover by Markéta Othová Tracks: Piano Concerto No. 2, Major Thirds, No. 4 CD & digital 6 April No. 4 performed by Miroslav Beinhauer Atrium na Žižkově, Prague, CZ 2022 April 26th & 28th Two instances premiered by Andrej Gál and Daan Vandewalle on the occasion of Petr Kotík's 80th birthday PLATO Ostrava (26th), DOX+ Prague (28th) 2021 December 22th There is an island above the city for orchestra on CD! performed by Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra & Peter Rundel part of Ostrava Days Live 2019-2021 double-CD get your copy here October 14th New album (CD and digital download) released on Octopus Press! Usableness of the list / Portfolio Miroslav Beinhauer, piano available from the publisher or on Bandcamp August 26th Piano Concerto No. 2 premiered by Miroslav Beinhauer & Ostravská banda conducted by Bruno Ferrandis Ostrava Days Festival, Ostrava, CZ June 11th Dog Variations performed by Neues Klaviertrio Dresden Hygiene-Museum Dresden, Germany 2020 saw a couple of fine on-line events, and 5 remarkable studio productions: No. 4, Portfolio, Usableness of the List, Simple Constellations and May Way have been recorded by the amazing Miroslav Beinhauer. Stay tuned! 2019 November Summer Work now available on CD! August 31st There is an island above the city premiered by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra cond. by Peter Rundel August 28th No. 4 premiered by Miroslav Beinhauer Ostrava Days Festival, Ostrava, CZ May 20th My Way (1st version) premiered by Ivan Siller Dvorana VŠMU, Bratislava, Slovakia UPDATE: May 2020 saw final version of the piece January 11th String trio no. 2 performed by ensemble recherche Mannheim Gesellschaft für Neue Musik, Germany 2018 December 15th Matthias Lorenz plays Something with something else III Am Kirchberg 27, Frankfurt/Main, Germany !!! UPDATE: A studio recording by the very same Matthias is now right here !!! November Matthias Lorenz takes Something with something else III on tour: Nov. 26th: Wilhelm 13, Oldenburg, Germany Nov. 25th: Kunstverein Bremerhaven, Germany Nov. 8th: Atrium, Prague, CZ Nov. 6th: Unerhörte Musik, BKA, Berlin, Germany Nov. 4th: Tolstefanz Hofstelle Flammer, Germany September 13th Matthias Lorenz plays Something with something else III geh8, Dresden, Germany June 4th Statements? performed by Berg Orchestra Bronislava Smržová - soprano, Peter Vrábel - conductor Továrna Holešovice, Prague, CZ April 21th Waft performed by Duo Vulcain (Daphné Widmer-Fragnière & Simon Engel) Ecole de Musique de la Gruyère, Bulle, Switzerland April 14th Waft performed by Duo Vulcain (Daphné Widmer-Fragnière & Simon Engel) Villa Liebegg, Männedorf, Switzerland March 9th String trio no. 2 premiered by ensemble recherche Morat-Institut, Freiburg, Germany January 31st Elsewhere commissioned & premiered by Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. by Pavel Šnajdr Philharmonic Hall, Brno, CZ 2017 October 9th Last piece (Mostly stepwise) premiered by PHACE Ensemble commissioned by MusicOlomouc festival, Olomouc, CZ October 8th String quartet no. 2 performed by Quatuor Diotima Musikprotokoll Graz, Austria August 25th September performed by String Noise August 28th Summer Work premiered by Ostravská banda, cond. by Bruno Ferrandis August 30th Major Thirds performed by Momenta Quartet & Joseph Kubera Ostrava Days Festival, Ostrava, CZ August 14th Something with something else I premiered by Conrad Harris Spectrum, NYC, USA June 25th September performed by String Noise Embassy of the Czech Republic, Washington, D.C., USA June 22th September performed by String Noise Bohemian National Hall, 321E 73rd St. NYC, USA May 15th Something with something else III premiered by Matthias Lorenz, PLATO @ former Bauhaus market, Ostrava, CZ April 25th Major Thirds premiered by Momenta Quartet & Joseph Kubera Bohemian National Hall, 321E 73rd St. NYC, USA preview concert: April 24th, Willow Place Auditorium (26 Willow Pl, Brooklyn) January The LP "Piano concerto \| Classical blend / Weihnachtsoratorium" (GOD 36) reviewed by Bastian Zimmermann for the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (1/2017) "(...) Es ereignen sich keine musikalisch klischierten Instrumentalgesten." 2016 November 27th Live recordings from the Exposition of New Music 2016 festival now available! Listen to Emanuele Torquati's great performance of First movement and variations (2012) and Melody and Accompaniment (2007) October 23rd First movement and variations (premiere) and Melody and Accompaniment performed by Emanuele Torquati at the Exposition of New Music Festival Brno, CZ July 10th String quartet no. 2 premiered by Fama Q Festival de Música de La Mancha, Quintanar de la Orden, Spain June 21st Piano concerto broadcast on Klara, radio channel of the Belgian VRT Late Night Lab 22:00-00:00 July 30th Pavel Turek´s 2-page coverage of the fresh LP release for the prestigious weekly Respekt (31/2016, in Czech) June 8th New LP just released on the Austrian label GOD Records! Contains Piano concerto and Classical blend / Weihnachtsoratorium more info + sound excerpts here, order here 2015 December 30th 23:15 CET Classical blend / Weihnachtsoratorium broadcast on Czech Radio 3 Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, cond. Rolf Gupta. Listen online. November 1st Slide, series premiered by William Lang Spectrum, NYC, USA October 19th Simple truths premiered by Hayk Melikyan Komitas Chamber Music Hall, Yerevan, Armenia September 3rd Dog Variations performed by Elole Klaviertrio Dresden, Germany August 26th Classical blend / Weihnachtsoratorium premiered by the Janáček Philharmonic, cond. Rolf Gupta Dog Variations revised version premiered by Elole Klaviertrio Ostrava Days Festival, Ostrava, CZ June 7th Uniplanar, version for 4 clarinets live recording available, listen to it here May 12th Hlavní děj / Master process, joint project with visual artist Markéta Othová String Quartet Performed by Fama Q Plato Gallery, Ostrava, CZ February 25th I am standing on a hill premiered by Hayk Melikyan Cafesjian Cetre for the Arts, Yerevan, Armenia February 17th Uniplanar (version for 4 clarinets) premiered by the ensemble of the Brno Conservatory Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie, Brno, CZ January 29th September premiered by String Noise Roulette, NYC, USA 2014 November 26th Major seconds - night walking for double bass performed by Uli Fussenegger Contempuls festival, Prague, CZ October 6th For Eduard Herzog performed by Ensemble ConstantY Lviv, Ukraine June 14th Three Instances performed by Duo Hellqvist/Amaral Villa Romana, Florence, Italy April 7th, 1:05 AM String Quartet broadcast by Czech Radio 3 performed by famaQ, listen online March 22nd Dog Variations premiered by Prague Modern ensemble 43.Poznańska Wiosna Muzyczna festival, Poznan, Poland 2013 October 22nd String Quartet recorded by famaQ for Czech Radio 3 August 26th Piano concerto premiered by Daan Vandewalle and Ostravská banda, cond. Roland Kluttig Ostrava Days, Ostrava, CZ June Just finished: No.4 for piano solo. See Works. July 4th Wind Quintet no. 2 premiered by Phoenix Wind Quintet Festspiele Europäische Wochen Passau, Germany March 26th Hlavní děj / Master process, joint project with visual artist Markéta Othová. Part of Prague Modern's series "nahlížet nasloucháním / écouter-voir / listening eyes" Performed by Fama Q Tranzitdisplay, Prague, CZ February Just finished: slightly monumental Usableness of the list ("Providing more evidence to prove the list's usableness is perhaps not necessary.") for piano solo. See Works. 2012 October 15th new recording of Slide, series (2008) for solo trombone is now available here, Mike Svoboda plays. Find more in Works. April 3rd Waft performed by The Kenners at the Brooklyn College Conservatory NYC, USA January 28th Shift premiered by the ensemble recherche at the Morat-Institut Freiburg, Germany January 27th Three Instances to Petr Kotík on his 70th birthday premiered by Conrad Harris (vln) and Daan Vandewalle (pf) at Club Parník Ostrava, Czech Republic next performances: Jan. 29th at the "Hellichovka", Prague Feb. 7th at the Roulette, Brooklyn (with Joe Kubera on piano) January 17th Scales, Ocatves, Repetitions VII premiere of revised version by the Prague Modern ensemble at the Prague Conservatory Hall Prague, Czech Republic 2011 September 25th Melody and Accompaniment (Scales, Octaves, Repetitions IV) performed by Eva Hutyrová, Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts Prague, Czech Republic August 30th Melody and Accompaniment (Scales, Octaves, Repetitions IV) premiered by Daan Vandewalle (pf) at the Ostrava Days festival Ostrava, Czech Republic May 28th Statements? premiered at the Musik-Akademie Basel (Grosser Saal) Basel, Switzerland April 27th Serenade released on Ostravská Banda on Tour 2CD (Mutablemusic, NYC) April 17th For Eduard Herzog U.S. premiere by the Empyrean Ensemble at the Mondavi Center Davis, CA, USA presentation at the UC Davis (13th) and UC Berkeley (15th)