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Colin Currie

Percussion
Visiting Professor of Modern Ensembles, Royal Academy of Music, London
Associate Artist, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Artistic Director, Colin Currie Group
Ambassador, Chamber Music Scotland

Documentary released featuring Colin Currie and Jonathan Bloxham at Grafenegg

30 August 2024

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New Release: Colin Currie appears on Bryce Dessner album Solos

23 August 2024

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Colin Currie returns as Guest Artist of the Grafenegg Festival Academy

19 July 2024

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Colin Currie releases Danny Elfman Percussion Concerto on Sony Classical

21 May 2024

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Colin Currie Quartet embarks on Scottish tour

22 April 2024

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Colin Currie play/conducts Lapland Chamber Orchestra

03 April 2024

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Colin Currie in the US with Danny Elfman concerto

05 March 2024

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Colin Currie Quartet premieres new works at Wigmore Hall

27 February 2024

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Colin Currie Group premieres new works at Festival Présences and Southbank Centre

08 February 2024

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Colin Currie Group

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Accolades for Colin Currie and the Hallé Orchestra’s Steve Reich festival

07 February 2024

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Colin Currie conducts the Hallé orchestra’s Steve Reich festival

01 February 2024

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Colin Currie receives critical acclaim for conducting debut with Scottish Chamber Orchestra

22 November 2023

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Colin Currie directs Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Reich, Wolfe and Andriessen

06 November 2023

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Grafenegg Academy celebrates Ligeti and Gruber with Artistic Curator Colin Currie

14 July 2023

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Colin Currie premieres Beano Concerto at Royal Festival Hall

19 June 2023

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Colin Currie to conduct Hallé Orchestra’s Steve Reich festival

02 May 2023

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Colin Currie Group tour Japan and release landmark Steve Reich recording

21 April 2023

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Dazzling, dramatic new percussion concertos premiered by Colin Currie

01 December 2022

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Colin Currie and Philharmonia Orchestra perform Luke Bedford premiere

24 November 2022

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Colin Currie Group perform US Premiere of Steve Reich Traveler's Prayer at Carnegie Hall

01 November 2022

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Colin Currie Group perform Xenakis at the Southbank Centre to critical acclaim

12 October 2022

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Colin Currie Group

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Colin Currie premieres Lizée Percussion Concerto at the BBC Proms

12 August 2022

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Colin Currie as Artistic Curator of Grafenegg Music Academy 2022

15 July 2022

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Colin Currie Group performs at Bath Music Festival and Kings Place

19 May 2022

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16 artists to appear in Autumn/Winter programme at London's Southbank Centre

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Colin Currie premieres works by Danny Elfman and Bruno Mantovani

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Colin Currie Group mark 50th anniversary of Steve Reich 'Drumming'

01 December 2021

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Colin Currie Group

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Colin Currie Group give three performances of Music for 18 Musicians at the Southbank Centre

30 June 2021

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Colin Currie Group

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Southbank Centre

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Intermusica Interludes: 7 musical moments to watch and listen

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Colin Currie introduces Mantovani's new Percussion Concerto, Allegro Barbaro

02 April 2020

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Colin Currie and Marin Alsop’s recording of Higdon Percussion Concerto inducted into National Recording Registry

26 March 2020

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Southbank Centre & Intermusica announce International Chamber Music Series for 2020/21 season 

20 February 2020

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Kian Soltani
Colin Currie Group

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Southbank Centre's International Chamber Music Series

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Colin Currie Group gives four sold-out performances of Reich's Drumming amongst Riley artworks

06 December 2019

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Colin Currie Group

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Colin Currie makes his conducting debut with European premiere of Reich/Richter

22 October 2019

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Colin Currie Group

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Barbican

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Colin Currie Group makes their debut at Edinburgh International Festival

06 August 2019

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Colin Currie Group

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Edinburgh International Festival

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The Colin Currie Group performs at Shanghai’s Music in the Summer Air Festival

26 June 2019

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Music in the Summer Air Festival

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Martyn Brabbins & Colin Currie perform James MacMillan’s Percussion Concerto No.2 with Philharmonia Orchestra

07 June 2019

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Sir James MacMillan
Martyn Brabbins

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Philharmonia

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The Colin Currie Quartet performs at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival

06 May 2019

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Norfolk and Norwich Festival

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Colin Currie tours the United States with Alisa Weilerstein, Inon Barnatan & Sergei Kachatryan

22 April 2019

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Harris Theater, Chicago

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Colin Currie & Martyn Brabbins give Scottish premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's Martland Memorial

11 April 2019

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Martyn Brabbins

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Colin Currie & Steve Reich Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton released on Colin Currie Records

08 April 2019

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Colin Currie Group

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Colin Currie Records

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Southbank Centre & Intermusica reveal International Chamber Music Series for 2019/20

22 February 2019

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Kian Soltani
Colin Currie Group

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Southbank Centre

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Host of Intermusica artists to appear in Barbican 2019/20 classical season, including portraits for Yuja Wang and Antoine Tamestit

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Sir James MacMillan conducts 60th birthday concerts with Colin Currie & the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

07 February 2019

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Sir James MacMillan

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Scottish Chamber Orchestra

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Colin Currie presents a celebration of percussion on BBC Radio 3

11 January 2019

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BBC Radio 3

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Colin Currie & Marin Alsop give world premiere of Helen Grime Percussion Concerto

02 January 2019

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Southbank Centre

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Colin Currie Group returns to Cambridge Music Festival

07 November 2018

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Cambridge Music Festival

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Colin Currie's The Scene of the Crime released on Colin Currie Records on 26 October

12 October 2018

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Colin Currie Records

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Colin Currie gives orchestral and chamber concerts with Seoul Philharmonic

16 August 2018

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Seoul Philharmonic

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Colin Currie Quartet makes debut at the NCPA Beijing

10 August 2018

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NCPA Beijing

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10 Intermusica artists nominated for 2018 Gramophone Awards

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Colin Currie gives two world premieres at the BBC Proms with JACK Quartet

30 July 2018

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BBC Proms

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Colin Currie & Martin James Bartlett perform at the BBC Young Musician 40th Anniversary Prom

01 July 2018

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Martin James Bartlett

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BBC Proms

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“A Drumming for this decade”: Critical acclaim for the Colin Currie Group’s debut album

25 June 2018

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Colin Currie Records

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Colin Currie & the Colin Currie Group perform at Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele

08 June 2018

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Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele

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Colin Currie & Håkan Hardenberger perform at Bergen International Festival

20 May 2018

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Bergen International Festival

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Colin Currie plays Roukens Percussion Concerto in the Netherlands with Het Gelders Orkest

10 May 2018

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Het Gelders Orkest

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The Colin Currie Group debuts at the Barbican Centre 

28 April 2018

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Barbican Centre

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Colin Currie & Martyn Brabbins perform Belgian premiere of Turnage's Martland Memorial

21 April 2018

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Martyn Brabbins

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Antwerp Symphony

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Colin Currie gives Birtwistle European premiere with Nicolas Hodges at Southbank Centre's International Chamber Music Series

05 April 2018

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Southbank Centre

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Colin Currie Group & Intermusica raise nearly £2,000 in Shelter's Vertical Rush 2018

16 March 2018

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Colin Currie Group

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JustGiving
Vertical Rush

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Colin Currie & Nicolas Hodges give Harrison Birtwistle world premiere at the Library of Congress

10 March 2018

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Library of Congress

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The Colin Currie Group releases debut album on Colin Currie Records

09 March 2018

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Colin Currie Records
Saffron Hall

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Colin Currie joins BBC Philharmonic for Simon Holt's 60th birthday celebration

03 February 2018

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Bridgewater Hall

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Intermusica at the Southbank Centre's 2018/19 classical season

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Colin Currie performs Corigliano's Conjuror in return to Houston Symphony

18 January 2018

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Houston Symphony

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The Colin Currie Group performs at Time Unwrapped at Kings Place

06 January 2018

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Kings Place

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Colin Currie Group performs at the Fondation Louis Vuitton's celebration of Steve Reich

18 November 2017

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Fondation Louis Vuitton

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Colin Currie gives Scandinavian premiere of HK Gruber's into the open... with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

08 November 2017

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Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

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Colin Currie gives UK premiere of Brett Dean's The Scene of the Crime with Håkan Hardenberger at Snape Maltings

28 October 2017

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Snape Maltings

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Colin Currie launches record label & announces debut recording of the Colin Currie Group

24 October 2017

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Colin Currie's website

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Colin Currie gives world premiere of new work by Dave Maric at Sir James MacMillan's The Cumnock Tryst

14 September 2017

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The Cumnock Tryst

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Colin Currie and Håkan Hardenberger give Brett Dean world premiere Malmö Chamber Music Festival

05 September 2017

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Brett Dean

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Malmo Chamber Music Festival

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Colin Currie’s Carter recording released on Ondine

08 August 2017

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Ondine

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Colin Currie performs Andrew Norman's Switch on tour with the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland

20 July 2017

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National Youth Orchestras of Scotland

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Colin Currie & Sir James MacMillan perform MacMillan percussion concertos in New Zealand Symphony Orchestra tour

22 June 2017

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Sir James MacMillan

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New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

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Colin Currie Group give sold-out concerts at the Elbphilharmonie's Maximal Minimal Festival

27 April 2017

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Elbphilharmonie

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Colin Currie Group achieve target for Drumming fundraising campaign

07 April 2017

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Kickstarter

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Colin Currie gives world premiere of Turnage Martland Memorial with Marin Alsop at Royal Festival Hall

24 March 2017

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Southbank Centre

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Colin Currie Group launches Kickstarter campaign to record Drumming

22 March 2017

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Kickstarter page

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Colin Currie releases new records on NMC & Hyperion

17 February 2017

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NMC Recordings

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Colin Currie Group performs Reich's Tehillim for first time in two sold-out concerts in Tokyo

15 February 2017

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Tokyo Opera City

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Colin Currie in Pittsburgh Symphony debut and solo recitals in Washington and Princeton

01 February 2017

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Pittsburgh Symphony

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Intermusica artists star in the Southbank Centre's 2017/18 Classical Season

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Colin Currie gives recital alongside students from the Royal Academy of Music

13 January 2017

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Royal Academy of Music

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HK Gruber conducts Colin Currie in US premiere of into the open... with New World Symphony Orchestra

19 November 2016

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HK Gruber

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New World Symphony Orchestra

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Members of the Colin Currie Group lead a Reich Day at Wells Cathedral School’s Cedars Hall

05 November 2016

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Wells Cathedral School

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Colin Currie Group brings Music for 18 Musicians to Cambridge Music Festival

25 October 2016

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Cambridge Music Festival

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Colin Currie performs new recital programme in Wells & Glasgow

25 October 2016

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Wells Cathedral School
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

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Colin Currie Group debuts at the 30th Macau International Music Festival

23 September 2016

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Macau International Music Festival

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Colin Currie performs MacMillan in Danish National Symphony Orchestra debut

25 August 2016

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Danish National Symphony Orchestra

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Colin Currie performs Rouse at Grand Tetons Music Festival

22 July 2016

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Grand Tetons Music Festival

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Colin Currie gives a world premiere with Sydney Symphony Orchestra

23 June 2016

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Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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Colin Currie Group sells out performances in London & Rotterdam

01 June 2016

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Colin Currie's recording of Andrew Norman's Switch released on Reference Recordings

25 May 2016

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Reference Recordings

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Colin Currie Group returns to Royal Festival Hall for Music for Eighteen 18 Musicians

10 May 2016

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Southbank Centre

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Colin Currie & Thierry Fischer perform with Utah Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall

15 April 2016

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Thierry Fischer

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Carnegie Hall

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Colin Currie performs MacMillan Percussion Concerto No.2 with Marin Alsop in São Paulo

25 February 2016

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Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo

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Just announced: Colin Currie Group to perform Tehillim in Tokyo & London

04 February 2016

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Colin Currie gives European premiere of Andrew Norman's Switch at the Barbican

27 November 2015

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Barbican Centre

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Colin Currie gives Austrian premiere of HK Gruber's Into the open... with the Wiener Symphoniker

01 November 2015

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HK Gruber

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Wiener Symphoniker

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Colin Currie in adventurous solo percussion programme

27 October 2015

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Colin Currie gives world premiere of Andrew Norman’s “Switch” with Utah Symphony

23 October 2015

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Utah Symphony

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Colin Currie gives first performances as Oregon Symphony Artist in Residence

12 September 2015

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Oregon Symphony

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Colin Currie performs Scottish & US premieres of MacMillan's Percussion Concerto No.2

01 August 2015

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Sir James MacMillan

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Edinburgh International Festival
Cabrillo Festival

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Colin Currie gives HK Gruber world premiere at BBC Proms

06 July 2015

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HK Gruber

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BBC Proms

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Colin Currie Group: UK tour reviews

01 June 2015

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HK Gruber & Colin Currie: Kurt Schwertsik 80th birthday concert at Wiener Konzerthaus

01 June 2015

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HK Gruber

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Wiener Konzerthaus

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Mary Bevan, Colin Currie & Marin Alsop: winners at RPS Music Awards

06 May 2015

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Mary Bevan

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Royal Philharmonic Society

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Colin Currie makes China Debut with the Miro Quartet in Beijing

03 May 2015

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National Centre for the Performing Arts

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Colin Currie Group return to UK for three-date tour

12 April 2015

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St David's Hall, Cardiff
Glasgow Concert Halls

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Colin Currie Group: five-concert tour to the Netherlands

25 March 2015

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Colin Currie gives world premiere of James MacMillan's new percussion concerto in Utrecht

24 October 2014

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Sir James MacMillan

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Tivoli Vredenburg

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Colin Currie launches Rotterdam residency

16 September 2014

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Colin Currie: Metal Wood Skin begins at Southbank Centre

03 September 2014

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Colin Currie performs world premiere of Andriessen’s Tapdance with Asko|Schoenberg

10 May 2014

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Colin Currie: Wigmore Hall residency and solo recital

26 March 2014

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Colin Currie in Cleveland Orchestra debut with Giancarlo Guerrero

04 March 2014

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Chansonnier

HK Gruber

Counter-tenor

Tim Mead

Harpsichord

Richard Egarr

Piano accompanist

Roger Vignoles

Saxophone

Jess Gillam

Contralto

Avery Amereau