U P C O M I N G :
My solo shows are listed here
Columbia Composers & Dither Guitar Quartet
The DiMenna Center, New York City
March 16 2024
premiere of new work
Three Conversations
Play On, Melbourne
October 27 2023
premiere of other tongue
Kyla Matsuura-Miller (violin)
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P A S T :
Is it Working?
August 25 - 27 2023
Missing Persons, Melbourne
Live dance performance
Directed by: Piaera Lauritz,
Performed by: Emma Riches, Claire Leske, Momoko Nanri
Composer: Kitty Xiao
Director of Photography: James Lauritz
A Decade of Rhythm! Fluorescent Cities
July 28 2023
Australian National Academy of Music
Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
performance of fluorescent cities
International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation
Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theater
New England Conservatory, Boston
May 16 2023
premiere of tendons for transformation
Columbia Composers & Mivos Quartet
Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City
April 9 2023
premiere of pour
Adelaide Festival: Chamber Landscapes
UKARIA Cultural Centre, Adelaide
March 12 2023
performance of fluorescent cities
Percussion: Amanda Grigg, Alexander Meagher, Kaylie Melville
Adelaide Festival: Chamber Landscapes
UKARIA Cultural Centre, Adelaide
March 11 2023
performance of In flesh
Timo-Veikko Valve (cello)
Ensemble Modern - Me We
Frankfurt, Germany
19 Feb 2023
cresc…biennale für aktuelle Musik Frankfurt Rhein Main
premiere of In flesh II
Syzygy Ensemble - Inspire
Arts Mildura Hub
October 29 2022
performance of Emei
Transient Canvas
University of Georgia
Dancz Center for New Music
October 14 2022
performance of Empyhsema feathered his appetites
Syzygy Ensemble - Rejuvenate
Melbourne Recital Centre, Australia
October 13 2022
performance of Emei
Is it Working?
Melbourne Fringe Festival
October 6 2022
Created and performed by: Piaera Lauritz, Emma Riches, Claire Leske, Momoko Nanri
Composer: Kitty Xiao
Director of Photography: James Lauritz
Transient Canvas
Boston University
September 25 2022
performance of Empyhsema feathered his appetites
Slow Rise Music
Aki Studio
Toronto, Canada
September 10, 2022
premiere of still there in your body
The ANAM Set Festival
Abbotsford Convent
Melbourne, Australia
May 13 to 15 2022
performance of In flesh
Composer Series - New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, US
February 28 2022
Jordan Hall
New England Conservatory
performance of Two works of introspection
Modulate TV
UK
December 12 2021
live electronic set / modular & hybrid
The ANAM Set
Australian National Academy of Music
Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
November 30 2021
premiere of In flesh
Ensemble Modern
10th International Ensemble Modern Academy
Frankfurt, Germany
November 2021 - March 2022
composer in residence / composition fellowship
November Skies
Colorado, US
November 28 2021
live electronic set / modular & hybrid
Frequency Shift
California, US
August 28 and 29 2021
live electronic set / modular & hybrid
Darmstädter Ferienkurse (GER)
Darmstadt, Germany
July 31 to August 14 2021
workshop and premiere of flight
DJ Set // Empty Plate Radio
Miami, Florida
Wednesday July 28
SICPP Institute at the New England Conservatory: The State of Now!
Boston, US
June 16 - 25 2021
workshop and premiere of metagames
Orlando Contemporary Chamber Orchestra - Pale Blue Dot
Florida, US
June 5 2021
Harriett’s Orlando Ballet Centre
premiere of The Distance of the Moon
Panoramic Voices - Darker Materials
Austin, US
June 3 2021
performance of Brought Into Morning
Modular World
California, US
May 8 2021
live electronic set / modular & hybrid
Hamish Gould: Scattered Self
Presented by Melbourne Composer’s League & Panoramic Music
Australia
April 24 2021
premiere of the intimacy of strangers
Transient Canvas @ Lawrence University
Wisconsin, US
April 21 2021
performance of Emphysema feathered his appetites
Transient Canvas @ Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts
Virginia, US
March 15 2021
Works by Caroline Louise Miller, Teerath Majumder, Avik Shari, Sydney Doemel, Dan VanHassel and Kitty Xiao
performance of Emphysema feathered his appetites
Southeast Museum of Photography
Florida, US
Australian Gothic by Jane Brown
online exhibition featuring music from Novum
Frequency Shift
California, US
December 19 2020
live electronic set / modular & hybrid
Burger Vision 7.0: Denzel World Peace, Kitty Xiao, Demo, Dammitbooster
Rochester, New York
December 12 2020
live electronic set / modular & hybrid
Roger Williams University presents Transient Canvas
Rhode Island, US
December 11 2020
performance of Emphysema feathered his appetites
Burger Vision 6.0: Precious Kindred, Human Kindness, Mr. Seabreeze, Kitty Xiao
Rochester, New York
November 7 2020
A gathering of resistance in the sonic form.
live electronic set / modular & hybrid
No Exit New Music Ensemble Presents Transient Canvas
October 3 2020
Cleveland, US
Transient Canvas perform a program which examines the crossroads of “live” and electronic performance.
performance of Emphysema feathered his appetites
Burger Vision 5.0: Dammitbooster, mono.tron, Kitty Xiao, swamp babes, drh
Rochester, New York
August 8 2020
live electronic set / modular & hybrid
Orlando Contemporary Chamber Orchestra
Florida, US
[POSTPONED 2021] August 29 2020
Harriett’s Orlando Ballet Centre
premiere of The Distance of the Moon
RED NOTE New Music Festival
Illinois State University, US
February 10 - 13 2020
workshop and premiere of Emphysema feathered his appetites
OSSIA New Music at Small World Books
Small World Books, New York
February 1 2020
live electronic set / modular & hybrid
Haleta Wellins Winter Mountain / Bloody Noes / Kitty Xiao / MF
Small World Books, New York
January 16 2020
live electronic set / modular & hybrid
line upon line percussion - 2020 Winter Composer Festival
Austin, US
January 4 2020
Crashbox
live electronic set / modular & hybrid and premiere of Fluorescent Cities
January 9 - 11 2020
Panoramic Voices - A feather on the breath
Austin, US
November 16 2019
premiere of Brought Into Morning
OSSIA New Music - Fleeting
Rochester, New York
October 3
Kilbourn Hall
premiere of So it goes
New Sounds for Organ and Electronics
Rochester, New York
Christchurch
September 20 2019
premiere of Night Crawl
Kitty Xiao - Composition & Piano Recital
Rochester, New York
September 8 2019
Hatch Recital Hall
performance of Xphae Drones & A city’s pounding heart
Yarn/Wire Institute
Stony Brook University, NY
June 19 - July 2 2019
premiere of Xphae Drones
Arts at Ascension Festival
Rochester, New York
13 April 2019
premiere of Light breaks
2019 Image/Sound Festival
Eastman School of Music
Rochester, NY
Thursday 28th of March - 9pm
premiere of A city’s pounding heart
Performed by Switch~ Ensemble
Sarasota Orchestra
Florida, US
March 16 2019
Holley Hall
premiere of Ink and Wash as part of American Composers’ Orchestra’s Earshot program.
American Composers’ Orchestra
Earshot: Sarasota Orchestra
12th - 16th of March 2019 - Sarasota, Florida
Selected composer for 2019 Earshot composer program.
3MBS Fine Music Melbourne: Australian sounds
February 1 2019
Solstice I (2016) for bass clarinet, violin & piano, from Nimbus Trio’s album Novum.
Best Original Score Nomination
Olympus Film Festival, Los Angeles
January 20 2019
Australian short film Solus is nominated for Best Original Score, composed by Kitty.
Augmented Trumpet at Cool Change Contemporary
Melbourne, Australia
December 19 2018
Elliott Hughes performs new compositions for Augmented Trumpet including Impulse (2018), composed by Kitty.
Augmented Trumpet at Maggie’s Art Space
Perth, Australia
December 6 2018
Elliott Hughes performs new compositions for Augmented Trumpet including Impulse (2018), composed by Kitty.
Graduate Composers’ Sinfonietta at Kilbourn Hall
Eastman School of Music
Rochester, NY
November 8 2018
World premiere of Ink and Wash (2018) for Chamber Orchestra.
Augmented Trumpet - First Blood at The Burrow, Fitzroy
Melbourne, Australia
August 4 2018
Elliott Hughes performs new compositions for Augmented Trumpet including the premiere of Impulse (2018), composed by Kitty.
3MBS Fine Music Melbourne: Australian sounds
August 3 2018
Novum (2015) for alto flute, violin & piano, from Nimbus Trio’s album Novum.
Novum at Melbourne Recital Centre
Melbourne, Australia
June 30 2018
Nimbus Trio perform their latest album Novum and new works at Melbourne Recital Centre.
3MBS Fine Music Melbourne: Nimbus Trio
May 26 2018
Nimbus Trio perform Emei live on Music in Melbourne.
NoiseSense and Rubiks Collective present:
The Craft of Sound and Beer
May 20 2018
Two Birds Brewing
Melbourne, Australia
Rubiks Collective perform new works by Simon Eastwood (NZ), Gabriel Bolaños Chamorro (NI), Joungmin Lee (SKR), Nathan Felix (U.S) and Anthony Dunstan (NL/AUS).
Nimbus Trio at Fempocalypse
Melbourne, Australia
May 13 2018
Two Birds Brewing
Nimbus Trio perform at Australian Composers' Concert
Melbourne, Australia
April 8 2018
St Stephen's Anglican Church, Richmond
https://www.facebook.com/events/169027713707405/
Review: https://www.cutcommonmag.com/lewis-goes-to-the-australian-composers-concert/
Novum at Adelaide Fringe Festival
Adelaide, Australia
Saturday 17th of March 2018 - 2pm @ Elder Hall, University of Adelaide
Nimbus Trio perform their latest album Novum and new works at Adelaide Fringe Festival.
https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/nimbus-trio-novum-af2018
Review: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/adelaide-fringe/music/adelaide-fringe-2018-nimbus-trio-novum/news-story/46a150a646f97a05a7dfdd2e46d2053
Nimbus Trio perform I SAID NEON with Gamelan DanAnda
Melbourne, Australia
Sunday 3rd of December 2017 - 7:30pm @ Meat Market, North Melbourne
Nimbus Trio perform new works at I SAID NEON presented by Gamelan DanAnda and Mapping Melbourne Festival.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1482494225199803/
Limelight Magazine: Kitty Xiao on composing new music for old pianos
Tuesday 14th of November 2017
http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/features/kitty-xiao-composing-new-music-old-pianos
Six Piano Project
presented by Six Piano Collective
Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th of of October 2017 - 8pm @ Collingwood Arts Precinct
New sounds, new spaces, old pianos.
https://www.facebook.com/sixpianocollective/
https://www.facebook.com/events/248656898988630/
https://www.instagram.com/sixpianoproject/
Tickets: https://events.ticketbooth.com.au/event/six-piano-project
3MBS Fine Music Melbourne: Six Piano Project
Saturday 28th of October 2017
Music in Melbourne 103.5FM.
CutCommon Magazine: Decaying pianos inspire groundbreaking new collective.
Tuesday 24th of October 2017
https://www.cutcommonmag.com/decaying-pianos-inspire-groundbreaking-new-collective/
PBS: Kitty Xiao, ruined pianos and the gnomes of Cologne spring clean the Sound Barrier!
Sunday 15th of October 2017
PBS FM - The Sound Barrier with Ian Parsons
https://pbsfm.org.au/node/70182
Meeting Points, The Hearkening
Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 23rd of September 2017 - 6:30pm @ Arts Centre Melbourne
Performance with Australian Art Orchestra and CMI
https://www.facebook.com/events/170000653569780/
Coordinates: Beyond the Algorithm
Melbourne, Australia
16th of September 2017 - 8pm @ Bar 303, Northcote
Album launch with Clan Analogue as part of the Melbourne Fringe.
https://www.melbournefringe.com.au/event/analogue-coordinates/
https://www.facebook.com/events/122275401757223/
https://clananalogue.bandcamp.com/album/coordinate-collaboration-beyond-the-algorithm
Nimbus Trio perform at St Georges
Melbourne, Australia
Sunday 25th of June 2017 - 2pm @ St Georges, Travancore
Tickets: https://ticketbud.com/events/8b3764e0-ad62-11e6-9fa2-df87a78c16a6
Weekend Notes Review: http://www.weekendnotes.com/nimbus-trio-st-georges-anglican-church/
Cut Common Magazine: Making a Music Venue 106: Kitty Xiao, performer
Thursday 22nd of June 2017
http://www.cutcommonmag.com/making-a-music-venue-106-kitty-xiao-performer/
Rehearsal Magazine: St George's Series: Nimbus Trio: Performing your own compositions
Thursday 15th of June 2017
http://rehearsalmagazine.com/articles/st-georges-series-nimbus-trio
Arts Centre Melbourne: 5x5x5
Tuesday 11th of April 2017 -
https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/5x5x5/Kitty-Xiao
SOLUS
Saturday 11th of February 2017 - 8pm @ Rivoli Cinemas
World premier of film SOLUS, original music composed by Kitty Xiao.
Tilde New Music Festival
Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 21st of January 2017 @ Testing Grounds, Southbank
Performance of John Zorn's Cobra and A special thing on amplified prepared piano with Hannah Reardon Smith (flute), Kevan Atkins (prepared Rhodes), Martin Koszolko (electronics), Testing Grounds.
https://tilde.net.au/grid/item/OB_009/
Beat the Rush
Austin, TX
Thursday 19th of January 2017 @ The Blanton Museum of Art
Akurra performed at Beat the Rush, a series of gallery concerts at The Blanton Museum of Art.
https://www.facebook.com/events/159135834570169/
Tilde New Music Academy
Melbourne, Australia
15th of January to 20th of January 2017 @ The Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne.
Composer residency.
Nimbus Trio record Novum at Move Records
Melbourne, Australia
Saturday 10th and 17th of December 2016
Nimbus Trio record Novum.
Natasha Lin perform St George's
Melbourne, Australia
Sunday 20th of November 2016 - 2pm @ St George's, Travancore
Australian premier of 'Night Bloom' performed by Natasha Lin.
ABC Classic FM: Australian Art Orchestra Creative Music Intensive 2016
Thursday 10th of November 2016
Broadcast of Solstice II on ABC Classic FM.
Listen to podcast:
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/content/2016/11/10/4571616.htm
https://player.fm/series/new-waves-podcast/australian-art-orchestra-creative-music-intensive
PLEXUS at Beleura House
Victoria, Australia
31st of October 2016 - Beleura House, Mornington
World premier of Solstice I commissioned and performed by PLEXUS.
Australian Art Orchestra Creative Music Intensive 2016 concert
Tasmania, Australia
15th of September 2016
World premier of Solstice II performed by CMI Australian Art Orchestra.
Performance at MONA with Australian Art Orchestra CMI
Tasmania, Australia
11th of September 2016 - MONA, Tasmania
Australian Art Orchestra Creative Music Intensive 2016
5th of September to 16th of September 2016 - Tarraleah, Tasmania
3MBS: Melbourne in Concert
3rd of July 2016
Nimbus (2013), Nipper (2015) & Emei (2016) performed by Nimbus Trio, broadcasted on 3MBS as part of Melbourne in Concert series alongside works by Australian composers Carol Dixon, Ben Bates, Sarah Thomposon and Hana Zreikat.
Keep Composers Weird 2016 concert
Austin, TX
14th of May 2016 - The Museum of Human Achievement
World premier of Akurra (2016).
Cacophony Records
Austin, TX
12th of May 2016
Recording of Akurra at Cacophony Recorders with Grammy award winner Erik Wofford in Austin, Texas.
Keep Composers Weird
Austin, TX
8th of May to 16th of May 2016
Resident composer.
Classical Music Kegger
San Antonio, TX
7th of May 2016 - Renewable Republic
World premier of Night Bloom (2016) for piano.
2016 International 'Maurice Ravel' Composition Competition
9th of April 2016
Announced as semi-finalist.
Composer's Concert
Melbourne, Australia
3rd of April 2016 - St Stephen's Anglican Church
Nimbus Trio perform works by Kitty Xiao, including world premier of Emei (2016) for flute, violin & piano.
Read concert review here:
http://www.cutcommonmag.com/live-review-composers-concert/
TORN
20th of March 2016
World premier of film TORN, original music composed by Kitty Xiao.
www.torn-shortfilm.com
3MBS: The Talent
18th of August 2015
Nimbus Trio perform world premier of Novum inspired by Australian photographer Jane Brown's 'Bushfire Landscape II, Lake Mountain Victoria' from series Australian Gothic.
Nimbus Trio perform 24 Moons
Melbourne, Australia
4th of July 2015 - 24 Moons, Northcote
Nimbus Trio perform Kitty's original works.
Nimbus Trio perform Open Studio
Melbourne, Australia
10th of July 2015 - Open Studio, Northcote
Nimbus Trio perform Kitty's original works.
3MBS: The Talent
6th of May 2015
Nimbus Trio perform Kitty's original works and world premier of Nipper inspired by Australian photographer Narelle Autio's series Nipper I, II, III.
Victorian College of the Arts: Composition for Film and Television
15th of November 2014
Completed course with Mark Buys.
2013 Music Society of Victoria's David Henkels Composition Award
27th of October 2013
Winner of the 2013 Music Society of Victoria's David Henkels Composition Award. Kitty performs award winning composition Nimbus (2013) for flute, violin & piano, at Deakin Edge, Federation Square in Melbourne with Nimbus Trio. Performance broadcasted live on 3MBS.
24th of September 2013 - Recording of own composition 'Ballad' for Violoncello at SoundWorks Music Studio.
20th of July 2013 - Adjudicating the Piano Sections at Geelong Eistedfodd in Victoria.
20th of June 2013 - Completed Film Score for Cervine Chronicle, Director: Ho Rui An. Released 2013, United Kingdom.
14th of October 2012 - Recording session of solo piano piece Lynch's Lullaby composed by Danish composer Signe Lykke. Recorded at The Royal Danish Academy of Music by sound engineer Bjorn Gjessing.
10th of September 2012 - Piano Recital. Performing works by Schubert, Ravel and Liebermann. Peacock Room, King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College Greenwich, London.
16th of June 2012 - 'The Night of the Unexpected’, Spitalfields Music Festival, London. Performing Hoketus by Louis Andriessen. Bishopgate Institute.
1st of May 2012 - Mozart’s Festival Series. Performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major KV 450. Theatre Studio, King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College Greenwich, London.
21st of March 2012 - Rude Health Concert, Performing The state she was in when she got home (2012). Composition in collaboration with cellist Miriam Wakeling and composers Signe Lykke and Soosan Lolavar, Theatre Studio, King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College Greenwich, London.
23rd of February 2012 - Piano Trio Recital. Notting Hill Piano Trio Series. Performing Beethoven’s Archduke Trio and Schumann’s Fantasiestucke Op. 88. St. Johns Church Notting Hill, London.
2nd of June 2011 - Brighton Fashion Week: Frocks Show - Sarina Poppy Design. Performing Silence (2012) for piano, composed by Kitty Xiao in collaboration with Elysium dancers and live film. St. Martins Church Brighton, UK.