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    Rituvík
    22 Jun 2024, 19:00 – 23:00 BST
    Rituvík, 4848+GJF, Rituvík 640, Faroe Islands
    Incandescence for string quartet (movement 1) will be performed by members of the Icelandic Ensemble, Caput at the String Quartet Concert, Rituvíkar Kirkja (Church of Rituvík), Rituvík, Faroe Islands. Tickets/Info: https://www.wnmd2024.fo/
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2023

 

October:

Desert Rose - Red Dawn, Dusk Flame 

Joseph Dawson
Bloom, Bloomsbury Festival

William Goodenough House,​ London, UK

https://bloomsburyfestival.org.uk/

Friday, October 20, 7pm

September:

Desert Rose - Red Dawn

Joseph Dawson

Lunchtime Concert 

St. James Picadilly,​ London, UK

https://www.sjp.org.uk/whats-on/joseph-myer-dawson-cello/

Friday, September 22, 1:10pm

July:

Intertwined,  for singing solo viola.

Katherine Clarke

Lunchtime Concert - Katherine Clarke (Viola & Voice)

St. John's Church,​ Peterborough, UK

https://stjohnscic.wordpress.com/2023/06/15/25th-july-lunchtime-concert-katherine-clarke-viola-voice/

Thursday, May 25, 4:20pm

 

World premieres of Desert Rose - Red Dawn, Vermillion Wind, Dusk Flame 

Joseph Dawson, Caroline Bordignon

Summer Concert - Music, poetry and Song

St. Catherine of Sienna, Didsbury, Manchester UK

Friday, July 14, 7pm

 

World premiere of Desert Rose - Vermillion Wind 

Caroline Bordignon

Island Garden City of Samal

Samal Island, Philippines

Friday, July 7, 4pm

May:

Renaissance 

Mirjam Bartol

End of Year Recital

Recital Hall,​ Royal College of Music, London, UK

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=2447511075399002&set=a.165627323587400

Thursday, May 25, 4:20pm

 

World premiere of Distant Winds

UnHeard Ensemble

UNHEARD: INSTILL

The Edge Theatre, Chorlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester UK

https://www.manchestertheatres.com/event/unheard:-instill-featuring-loose-time-and-bonjour-claude

Wednesday, May 24, 7pm

 

March:

World premieres of Renaissance, Efflorescence 

solo violin and paintings, solo violin and dance

Mirjam Bartol, Samuel Ow, Mart Henry Bongabong.

'Mamlakah,' Singapore Collaboration

Sky22 Courtyard, by Marriott, Singapore

Friday, March 3, 3pm

2022

October:

Iridescent Light 1-4

oils on stretched canvas, 20 x 20cm

'Synergies,' International Art Exhibition opening

Galleria De Marchi, Via Porta Nova 1/D, Bologna, Italy

Saturday, November 5, 5:30pm

August:

(cancelled) Intertwined for singing solo viola

Katherine Clarke

Lunchtime Concert:  Katherine Clarke (Viola & Voice)

St. John's Church, Cathedral Square, Peterborough, UK

https://fb.me/e/2Dq2Rl8U0

Tuesday, August 9, 1pm

March:

Incandescence, movement I

Ligeti Quartet

Workout Sessions

Online stream, London, UK

https://ligetiquartet.com/workout/sessions/caroline-bordignon-incandescence

Saturday, June 18

2021

July:

World Premiere of Crystal Flame 

Heather Wallington

Psappha 'Composing For' Viola

Online stream, Manchester, UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnOaXH2O3PU

Monday, July 5

June:

Community Concert

classical music, live painting

Chamber Music Box, Caroline Bordignon

Fermata Festival

St. Cuthbert's Church, Earl's Court, London, UK

https://chambermusicbox.com/fermata-festival/

Saturday, June 26, 3pm

 

First Light 

solo cello

Diane Chaplin

'Cello Tuesday'

Portland Cello Project

Online stream, Portland, Oregon, USA

https://www.facebook.com/portlandcelloproject

Tuesday, June 1

 

March:

Incandescence

string quartet

Vórtice Ensamble

String Quartet Smackdown, Golden Hornet

Online stream, Austin, Texas, USA

https://www.goldenhornet.org/smackdown

Saturday, March 27

World Premiere of IRIDESCENT FLARES IIII 

symphony orchestra and live painting

London Symphony Orchestra, Caroline Bordignon

Conducted by Jack Sheen

LSO Panufnik Composer's Scheme

Online stream, LSO St. Lukes, London, UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=zfBVdpYEa74&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.carolinebordignon.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo

Monday, March 8

2020

October:

World Premiere of First Light

solo cello

Ovidiu Marinescu

First and Central Presbyterian Church, Deleware, USA

www.facebook.com/firstndacentralpres/

Saturday, October 24, 7pm

August:

World Premiere of 5 Miniatures for Solo Bassoon and Painting

solo bassoon, painting

Edoardo Casali, Caroline Bordignon

Birmingham Contemporary Group NEXT at Home #3 Imaginary Europe,

Online stream, Florence, Italy.

https://www.bcmg.org.uk/next-at-home-3

August 27

March:
Female Empowerment; AN ILLUSTRATED CONCERT
RNCM composers performed by RNCM musicians which

will be combined with an exhibition of new artwork. 

International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester, UK

https://www.facebook.com/event

Friday, March 13, 8pm

February:

The Christie Festive Showcase

piano, live painting

Fangbin Xia, Caroline Bordignon

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK

https://www.facebook.com/pg/FangbinXiaPiano/posts/

 

Lunchtime Concert: Fangbin Xia (piano) 

piano, live painting

Fangbin Xia, Caroline Bordignon

Forsyth Music Shop, Manchester, UK

https://www.forsyths.co.uk/content/50-past-events

Friday, February 21, 12pm

 

Incandescence I, world premieres of movements II, III

string quartet and live painting 

Equilibrium Ensemble, Caroline Bordignon

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Close Up Concert

The Music Room, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic,  Liverpool, UK

https://www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/classical-music/equilibrium/3411

Monday, February 10, 8pm

2019

December:

World premiere of Phosphorescent Wind

ONMC Christmas Concert

Rosie Middleton, Yi-Hsuan Chen, Caroline Bordignon

mezzo soprano, flute, live artwork

October Gallery, London, UK

https://www.matthewolyver.com/onmc-concert-4-christmas-concert.html

Tuesday, December 6, 7pm

Crystal Eclipse

RNCM Spotlight Concert: Style Transfer

Poppy Philigreen, Celia Denore Lopez, Caroline Bordignon

soprano saxophone, piano, live painting

RNCM, Manchester, UK

https://www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/spotlight-style-transfer/

Tuesday, December 3, 7pm

November:

Iridescent Light, 1-4

'The Illusion of Reality'TIA Little Treasures Exhibition

Galleria De Marchi, Bologna, Italy

http://www.trevisan-international-art.com/treasures.html

Saturday, November 30 - Thursday, December 12

Ultraviolet

soprano and string quartet

'Illuminate Cambridge'

Patricia Auchterlonie and Illuminate String Quartet

Queens Lecture Theatre Emmanuel College, Cambridge

https://www.illuminatewomensmusic.co.uk/2019-season-ii-whats-on.html

Friday, November 9, 7:30pm

Ultraviolet

soprano and string quartet

'Illuminate Oxford'

Patricia Auchterlonie and Illuminate String Quartet

University College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

https://www.illuminatewomensmusic.co.uk/2019-season-ii-whats-on.html

Friday, November 8, 7:30pm

Ultraviolet

soprano and string quartet

'Illuminate Huddersfield'

Patricia Auchterlonie and Illuminate String Quartet

University of Huddersfield Music Department, Huddersfield, UK

https://www.illuminatewomensmusic.co.uk/2019-season-ii-whats-on.html

Wednesday, November 7, 1pm

Ultraviolet

soprano and string quartet

'Illuminate Oxford'

Patricia Auchterlonie and Illuminate String Quartet

St. Michael's Church Near Northgate, Oxford, UK

https://www.illuminatewomensmusic.co.uk/2019-season-ii-whats-on.html

Wednesday, November 4, 1pm

October:

Ultraviolet

soprano and string quartet

'Illuminate Birmingham'

Patricia Auchterlonie and Illuminate String Quartet

Birmingham Centrala, Birmingham, UK

https://www.illuminatewomensmusic.co.uk/2019-season-ii-whats-on.html

Saturday, October 12, 1pm

World premiere of IRIDESCENT FLARES II

Symphony Orchestra

RNCM Brand New Days Orchestra

Conducted by Riley Court-Wood, guest lead by Benedict Holland

https://www.rncm.ac.uk/uploads/RNCM-Brochure-Autumn-19-web-singles.pdf

Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK.

Wednesday, October 9

September:

Ultraviolet

soprano and string quartet

'Illuminate Bangor'

Patricia Auchterlonie and Illuminate String Quartet

Bangor University, Bangor, UK

https://www.illuminatewomensmusic.co.uk/2019-season-ii-whats-on.html

Thursday, September 5, 6:45pm

Silver

wind quintet

Festivo Winds

'Music Says Data Saves Lives'

Manchester Museum, Manchester, UK

https://www.facebook.com/events/manchester-museum/music-says-data-saves-lives/2375845479158830/

Thursday, September 19, 7pm

August:

World Premiere of Ultraviolet

soprano and string quartet

Patricia Auchterlonie and Illuminate String Quartet

Open Session at Snape Maltings, Illuminate Women's Music 2019 Season II

Snape Maltings, Snape, UK

https://snapemaltings.co.uk/whats-on/open-session-illuminate-women/

Thursday, August 22, 5:30pm

July:

World premiere of Ultraviolet Exposure

solo accordion

Iñigo Mikeleiz Berrade

'Music for Bass Oboe and Accordion', ONMC Concert and Social Event

Brunel Museum, London, UK

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Olyver-New-Music-Collective-2207147069504067/posts/​

Wednesday, July 3rd, 7pm

 

June:

World premiere of MIRAGES I

bass clarinet ensemble, contrabass clarinet, carnyx, electronics, visual projection, live painting

'Multiplex, Soundscapes of Heaven and Earth', RNCM Wind Brass and Percussion Festival

Jason Alder, John Kenny, Caroline Bordignon

Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK

https://www.rncm.ac.uk/festivals/soundscapes-of-heaven-and-earth/

Sunday, June 16, 4:30pm

 

May:

Afternoon Concert of Live Painting and Music

piano, live painting

Fangbin Xia, Caroline Bordignon

New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, Volusia County, Florida, USA

https://www.volusia.org/about-us/county-calendar.stml?portalProcess_dd_0_1_1=showPublicEvent&calendar_entry_id=22179

Wednesday, May 29, 2pm

MOTUS III: THE EUPHONY OF SPRING

Collaborative Arts Performances featuring poetry/prose, live painting, music

writer/fine artist Laurie-Lynn McGlynn, composer/live painter Caroline Bordignon

Shannon Lai (cello), Richard Wang (piano), Clara May Hoover (soprano)

https://www.therecord.com/events/9284383-841388-motus-iii-the-euphony-of-spring/

Saturday, May 18, 7pm Cambridge Arts Centre, Cambridge, Ontario

Sunday, May 19, 1:30pm, Christie Theater, Waterloo Region Museum, Kitchener, Ontario

Monday, May 20, 1:30pm, Christie Theater, Waterloo Region Museum, Kitchener, Ontario

Vexations

Erik Satie

AD Festival Days:  Paris Non-Stop

Piano, live painting

Alexey Pudinov, Dennis Tjiok, Nadav Hertzka, students from the RNCM, Caroline Bordignon

Cross St. Chapel, Manchester, UK

https://www.facebook.com/adfestivaldays/

Friday, May 4, 5:15 - 10:15pm

April:

Charity Concert in Support of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe

music and live painting

Cellist Yukyung Na, students from the RNCM, Caroline Bordignon

Nazarene Theological College, Didsbury, Manchester, UK

Tuesday, April 2nd, 12:45pm

 

World Premiere of New Work for Solo Piano

Soundbites: Lunchtime Concert

Piano, Flora Xia, piano

Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon

https://www.musictoyourears.org.uk/index.php/music-to-your-ears-diary

Wednesday, April 3rd, 1 - 1:30pm

March:

INTERTWINED

singing solo viola

Katherine Clarke

Solo Viola Recital

All Saints Parish Church, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK

https://www.facebook.com/events/395600907889805/

Monday, March 4th, 1:10pm - 1:50pm

The Musical Wonders of Theresiensdat

music and live painting

Cellist Abigail Davies, RNCM students, Caroline Bordignon

Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester, UK

https://www.anthonyburgess.org/event/concert-the-musical-wonders-of-theresiensdat/

Tuesday, March 12th, 7:30pm

The Colours of Passing Memory

flute, clarinet

Chloe Tang, Humphrey Ho

RNCM recital

Carole Nash Recital Hall, Manchester, UK

Friday, March 22, 6:30pm

Charity Concert

piano, live painting

Flora Xia, RNCM students, Caroline Bordignon

St. Chrysostom's Church, Manchester, UK

https://www.facebook.com/cbordignonfineart/

Friday, March 22nd, 6:30pm

February:

Charity Lunchtime Concert: Mozart, Chopin, Faure,

Rachmaninoff

piano, live painting

Flora Xia, RNCM students, Caroline Bordignon

https://www.facebook.com/events/244992189753449/

Forsyth Music Shop, Manchester, UK

Friday, February 15th, 12:30 - 1:30pm

XHI: Live Artwork and Musical Exploration 

Lunchtime concert

music, live painting

Dennis Tjiok

https://www.facebook.com/events/369951920404467/

Cross Street Chapel, Manchester, UK

Friday, February 22nd, 1pm

January:

Song of the Sands

XHI: Live Painting and Musical Improvisation

music, narration, dance and visual art

Dennis Tjiok, Kevin Oakes, Ignacio Garcia Prieto, Sarah Wünch, Sophia Wünch, Caroline Bordignon

Gallus Theater, Frankfurt, Germany

https://www.facebook.com/events/418642568676426/

Friday/Saturday, January 4/5

World Premiere of Arrangements for Norwegian Folk Song

Sovnen, Over de Hoje Fjelde

voice trio

Susanna Solsrud (soprano), Isla MacEwan (soprano), Lorna Day (mezzo-soprano)

Rekstensamlingene, Bergen, Norway

https://www.facebook.com/Susannayttrisolsrud/

Saturday, January 26

2018

December:

Limitless Boundaries

TEDx Formby Point Women

Live Painting with music and poetry and ImprovIndigo

Caroline Bordignon (live painter), Meera Maharaj (flute) Sarah Gait (cello), Katie Hale (poet)

Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/30312

Friday, December 7th, 10am - 4:30pm

INTERTWINED

Morning Recital

singing  solo viola

Katherine Clarke

St Michael's Parish Church, Sittingbourne

https://www.katherineclarkeviola.co.uk/concerts

8th December 2018, 11am

November:

World Premiere of Crystal Eclipse

Young Artists’ Platform: Saxophone Heroines

soprano saxophone and piano

David Zucchi, Fionnuala Ward

The Foundling Museum, London, UK

https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/events/yap-saxophone-heroines/

Thursday, November 8, 1pm

INTERTWINED

Lunchtime Recital

singing solo viola

Katherine Clarke

St Alfege, Greenwich

https://www.katherineclarkeviola.co.uk/concert

24th November 2018, 1:05pm​

 

September:

The Hidden Veil

chamber opera

Manchester Contemporary Youth Opera

'5 New Operas'

International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester

https://www.facebook.com/events/470042943515014/

Friday, September 7, 1:30pm, 5:30pm, 7:30pm

 

June:

Intertwined

solo singing viola

Katherine Clarke

RNCM Composers Concert

Carol Nash Recital Room, RNCM, Manchester, UK

Tuesday, June 26, 7:30pm

Intertwined

singing solo viola

Katherine Clarke

Lunchtime Recital

Southwark Cathedral, London

https://www.katherineclarkeviola.co.uk/concerts

Tuesday, June 12, 3:15pm

May:

Orfeo

mezzo-soprano and cello

Lucy Temby

RNCM Masters Graduation Recital, Lucy Temby

Carol Nash Recital Room, RNCM, Manchester, UK

May 23, 4:30pm,

Intertwined

solo singing viola

Katherine Clarke

Lunchtime Recital

St Olave's, Hart Street, London

https://www.katherineclarkeviola.co.uk/concerts

Wednesday, May 23, 1:05pm

 

World premiere of Intertwined

solo singing viola

Katherine Clarke

St Stephen Walbrook, London

https://www.katherineclarkeviola.co.uk/concerts

Tuesday, May 22, 1pm

Colour Timbre

Perception: an experimental cross-arts weekend

music, live painting

Isabel Benito Gutierrez, musicians, Caroline Bordignon

APT Gallery, Deptford, London

https://www.2021concerts.co.uk

Saturday, May 5, 5:45pm

 

April:

World premiere of Iridescent Flares I

symphony orchestra painting/projection

Brand New Days Orchestra Concert

Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

Thursday, April 26, 7:30pm

February:

World premiere of Entr'acte

mixed ensemble and electronics 

conducted by Rita Castro Blanco

'Un Chien Andalou' 1920's Silent Film Screen with Live New Music

Opera Theatre, Royal Norther College of Music, Manchester, UK

Wednesday, February 14, 7:30pm

 

January:

Breath

symphony orchestra

RNCM Brand New Days Orchestra

conducted by Tjeerd Barkmeijer

Brand New Days Orchestra Concert

Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK

Wednesday, Jan. 31, 7:30pm

2017:

October:

A Breath,

mezzo soprano, piano

Helen Johnson, Elsbeth Wilkes

'Women and Words - Poetry and Music, Equator Festival: Women of the World'

Hall 2, Kings Place, London

Saturday, October 21, 7pm

http://www.equatorfestival.com/event/wow-london-women-words-poetry-music/

August:

Classical Evolution 

Music and live painting

Meera Maharaj (flute), Caroline Bordignon (live painting)

Genre Fluid, Fingers Piano Bar, Edinburgh Fringe

Saturday, August 8

July:

RNCM Studentfest

Music and live painting

Meera Maharah (flute), Caroline Bordignon (live painting)

RNCM Reflectory, Manchester, UK

Saturday, August 8

RNCM Studentfest

Music and live painting

Meera Maharah (flute), Caroline Bordignon (live painting)

RNCM Carol Nash Recital Room, Manchester, UK

Friday, July 7th, 11:30am

World premiere of Incandescence

Lux Quartet

Helena Logah, first violin, Philipos Rousiamanis, second violin,

Peter Hartley, viola, Alice Luddington, cello

Painting - Caroline Bordignon

'In Motion', RNCM Studentfest

RNCM Carole Nash Recital Room, Manchester, UK

Friday, July 5th, 2pm

June:

Alla Petrichei, Violin Recital

Cross Street Chapel, Manchester, UK

Live Painting with Music

Saturday, June 30th, 1pm

When Light Dances Upon the Hungarian Sea

solo piano

Zijun Xu

RNCM Piano Day

RNCM Concert Hall, Manchester, UK

Saturday, June 24th, 2pm

Transference

RNCM Composer Concert

soprano, violin, cello

Rita Wood, Rebecca Howell, Joseph Dawson

Tape

RNCM Carole Nash Recital Room, Manchester, UK

Wednesday, June 7th, 7:30pm

May:

Shaken

Composer/Choreographer Dance Collaboration

clarinet, cello, tape

Isobel Mortimer, Isabella Dembinska-Kenner

RNCM composers in collaboration with choreographers from the Northern Ballet School

Northern Ballet School, Manchester, UK

May 20th

RNCM Masters Graduation Concert with Live Painting

violin, live painting

Allah Petrichei, Caroline Bordignon

The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK

May 1st

April:

Castle Hill

string quartet, soprano

Vine Quartet, Eleonore Cockerham

RNCM Rosamond Prize

Friday, April 28th

March:

Flood

choir

BBC Singers

BBC Singers Workshop, RNCM

Maida Vale Studios, London

Thursday, March 30th

Dawendine

soprano, mezzo soprano, flute, cello, piano

Hayley Swanton, Chelsea Burns, Katie Highland, Gabriel Solano,

Dominic Degavino,

Monday Recital Series

V - Based off of Musica Ricercata no. V  by Ligeti

Budafest: RNCM Chamber Music Festival

RNCM Wind Band

Saturday, March 11

February:

Light and Shade

solo cello, live painting

Ellen Porter, Caroline Bordignon

'Synaesthesia' - RNCM Spotlight Concert

New Music for solo cello, piano and visual art

Carol Nash Recital Room, RNCM, Manchester, UK

Sunday, February 12, 1pm

2016:

December:

The Shore at Dawn

soprano, two guitars

Hayley Swanton, Callum Coomber, Mark Reid

'Kinetic'

The Wonder Inn, Manchester, UK

December 7, 7pm

June:

MOTUS II - A Collaboration of Visual, Literary,

Performing Arts and Digital Technologies 

Kitchener Public Library, TheaterKitchener, Ontario, Canada

June 23, 6:30pm and 7:30pm

 

April:

Still, River 

The Pursuit Conference

London, Ontario, Canada

April 28

Still

Zenith, the 42nd Annual

Senior Undergrad Exhibition

UWAG, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

March 18 - April 9

2015:

December:

MOTUS I 

A Collaboration of Visual, Literary,

Performing Arts and Digital Technologies 

The Button Factory, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

December 19, 2pm

November:

Stasis

The Artery,

University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

November, 2015

September:

Ruins

chamber ensemble

Earth Music - Association of Canadian Women's Composers

Conrad Grebel University College, The Chapel, Waterloo Ontario, Canada

Friday, September 18, 6pm

August:

Studies in Portraiture No. 1 - To Be 

Newbridge Project, Ph Space

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Thurs. Aug. 13 - Sat. Aug. 15, 12 - 6pm

 

Figure and Spirit

Edinburgh Fringe

Eric Liddell Center, Liddell Chapel

Edinburgh, UK

Mon. Aug. 17, 2 - 4pm

 

Studies in Air No.1: Perception and Colour

The Loft, Hope City Church

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

June, 2015

May: Fluxes

Northern Chords Festival

Mining Institute, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Manon Quartet

May 28

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