The Piano and Live Electronics Repertoire List
This repertoire list is meant to serve as a reference tool for performers, composers and musicologists, and was originally compiled as part of the author’s doctoral research at McGill University in 2009. The term “live electronics” is taken to include live processing as well as triggered fixed sounds in this context, although exclusively fixed media (“tape”) works are not listed. Due to the wide discrepancy in current terminology, an attempt has been made to strive for consistency throughout the list. However, the composers’ original terminology is left in several instances: when specifically itemizing the required hardware, software or processing, or when the description forms an integral part of the title. Works for the Yamaha Disklavier are included, as well as works for more than one piano and works for piano and other keyboards with live electronics. In case of multiple versions of the same work with different instrumentation, only the versions for piano and live electronics are listed.
The full list of contributors is available on the author’s website.
Repertoire
Peter Adriaansz (*1966) — Waves: four pieces for E-bow piano, sines & live delay (2007)
Pedro Amaral (*1972) — Transmutations (1999), for piano and live electronics
Chengbi An (*1967) — Gediao (2006), version for piano and live electronics
Steve Antosca (*1955) — Invisible Landscape (2001), for conducted electronics and piano
Newton Armstrong (*1970) — Three Windows (2010), for piano and live electronics
Bernd Asmus (*1959) — malang mujur (1995/97), for piano and live electronics
Kevin Austin (*1948) — Onde (1980), for piano, tape and live electronics
Larry Austin (*1930) — Accidents (1967), for piano and live electronics
— Accidents Two: Sound Projections for Piano with Computer Music (1992)
— Quadrants: Event / Complex No. 4 (1972/1994), for Disklavier and tape/electronics
— ReduxTwo (2008), for piano and octophonic computer music
Miguel Azguime (*1960) — De l’Étant Qui le Nie (1998), for MIDI piano and live electronics
Jacopo Baboni Schilingi (*1971) — Deuxiéme réflexion (1996), for piano and computer
Michael Bach Bachtischa (*1958) — 64 Sounds for Piano (2000), for piano and live electronics
Richard Barrett (*1959) — Adrift (2004–07), for piano and live electronics
Daniel Becker (*1960) — Revolution (2004), for Disklavier and live electronics
Burton Beerman (*1943) — Conversations (2004), for piano and Kyma
Michael Beil — Doppel (2009), for two pianos, live electronics and live video
Martin Bergande (*1960) — madu 0.8 pyong (2005), for two pianos and live electronics
— bam-ui_waltz.midi (2005), for Disklavier
Gary Berger (*1967) — Raumfalter (2010), for piano and live electronics
Brian Belet — (Disturbed) Radiance (2006), for piano and Kyma
Marcus Bittencourt (*1974) — Malédiction (2001), for piano and unmanned ensemble (automated live electronics controlled by the pianist)
— Mifune (2004), for piano and unmanned ensemble (automated live electronics controlled by the pianist)
Annesley Black (*1979) — 4238 de Bullion (2008), for piano, live electronics and live video
Per Bloland (*1969) — Elsewhere is a Negative Mirror, Part I (2005), for piano with electromagnetically controlled resonance
Jerke van den Braak (*1984) — Composition for 2 wiimotes and Disklavier (2007)
Benjamin Broening (*1967) — Nocturne/Doubles (2001), for piano and live electronics
— Third Nocturne (2010), for piano and live electronics
— Night Falls (Nocturne Loops) (2010), for four pianos and live electronics
Chris Brown (*1953) — Shuffle (2004), for piano and interactive computer music system
— Retrospectacles (2003), for piano and interactive computer processing
Ludger Bruemmer (*1958) — Le temps du miroir (2004), versions for piano and live electronics and for piano, computer and video
— Move (2006), for piano and live electronics
Jamie Bullock (*1977) — Variations (2007), for piano and live electronics
Alex Burton — structures défuntisées (2005), for Disklavier and live electronics
Madelyn Byrne — Suite for Piano and Computer: The Elements (2004)
John Cage (1912–1992) — Electronic Music for Piano (1964), software version by Christopher Burns
Edmund Campion (*1957) — Natural Selection (2002), for MIDI grand piano and live electronics
Lawrence Casserley (*1941) — Transformations 2 (1970), for piano and live electronics, Max/MSP version (2003)
— Vista Clara (1983), for piano and live electronics, ISPW version (1996) and Max/MSP version (1999)
Paulo C. Chagas (*1953) — Orbital Studies (2008), for piano and live electronics
Pierre Charvet (*1968) — Neuf Etudes aux deux mondes (2000), for piano and computer
Miguel Chuaqui (*1964) — La Persistencia de la Memoria (2008), for MIDI-generating piano and Interactive Electronics
Thomas Ciufo (*1965) — Three Meditations (2001), for prepared piano and computer
Michael Clarke (*1956) — Enmeshed II (2007), for piano and computer
Ricardo Climent (*1965) — DejaVu88~ (2001), for piano and live electronics
Denis Cohen (*1952) — Jeux (1983/89), for MIDI piano and computer
Elliot Cole (*1984) — The Parable of the Sower (2006), for piano, microphones and delay
Nick Collins (*1975) — noPia oConcert (2009), for piano and live electronics
— Kinesics (2009), for piano and live electronics
— Chip Chip (2010), for piano and live electronics
James Correa (*1968) — Ekdysis/b (2003), for piano and live electronics
— Sound and Colors reply to one another (2006)
Cindy Cox (*1961) — Darsana I (1993), for Disklavier
David Cronkite (*1964) — Alchemical Cuisine (2005), for Disklavier and live electronics
Jocy de Oliveira (*1936) — Encontrodesencontro (1985), version for piano and live electronics
— Wave Song (1985), version I for piano and live electronics (with Ron Pellegrino)
Inouk Demers (*1970) — Chambre, vue (2006), for piano, live electronics and video (with Anna Geyer)
Agostino Di Scipio (*1962) — 6 studi dalla muta distesa delle cose (1995–97), for piano and live electronics
— 3 pezzi muti dalla superfice al fondeo (2005–07), for piano and live electronics
Christopher Dobrian (*1959) — Line/Phase Minutiae (1991), for Disklavier
— Entropy (1991), for Disklavier and computer graphics
— There’s Just One Thing You Need To Know (1998), for computer piano and computer-mediated synthesizer
— Distance Duo (2001), for Disklavier and interactive computer improviser
— JazzBot (2005), for Disklavier and computer-controlled percussion robots
Paul Doornbusch (*1959) — Continuity 4 (2008–10), for piano and live electronics
Sascha Janko Dragicevic (*1969) — Quarks No. 3 from Strom fliehender Zeitraume (2000–01), for piano and live electronics
Louis Dufort (*1970) — Particules (2006), for Disklavier, live electronics and video
— Hyper Lucidity (2005), for Disklavier and live electronics
Michael Edwards (*1968) — segmentation fault beta 1.1 (1996), for prepared piano and custom-designed real-time sound mixing software (Artimix, with Marco Trevisani)
— I believe the highest human achievement can be accomplished with a raging heart (2006–07), for piano and computer
— for Madga Cordell, if she’ll have it (2007), for piano and computer
Marios Joannou Elia (*1978) — Eco I (2001), for piano and live electronics
Karlheinz Essl (*1960) — Con una certa espressione parlante (1985), for amplified piano and electronics, with assistant and live recording
— Lexikon-Sonate (1992), for computer-controlled piano
— Sequitur XIII (2009), for extended piano and live electronics
Richard Bunger Evans (*1942) — Mirrors (1978), for pianist and two tape recorders
Brent Fariss (*1972) — Piano Sonata No. 1 (1998), for amplified piano and live electronics
— The Lamb and The Snow… or… 47 ways to listen to an out-of-tune piano (2006–08), for piano, cued recordings, speakers and live electronics
Silvio Ferraz (*1959) — Green-Eyed Bay (2000), version for piano and live electronics
— Cortazar, ou quarto com caixa vazia (1999), version for piano and live electronics
Orm Finnendahl (*1963) — Versatzstücke (1999/2004), for piano and tape or live electronics
— Bewegte Beobachtung II (2010), for two pianos and live electronics
Carlo Forlivesi (*1971) — The Fairy’s book covered in dew (1997–98), for piano and live electronics
Patrick N. Frank (*1975) — RZ-gamma-III (2002), for piano and Gamma Synthesizer
Bradford Garton (*1957) — look-ma-no-hands (2006), for computer-controlled Disklavier
Rolf Gehlhaar (*1943) — Klavierstueck 1–2 — constellations (1973), for amplified piano and live electronics
— Diagonal Flying (1989), for piano and live electronics
— Strange Attractor (1991), for computer-controlled piano
John Gibson (*1960) — Blue Traces (2009), for piano and computer
Roberto Girolin (*1975) — Quieti momenti d’inquietudine (2001), for piano, tape and live electronics
— Galassien II (2006), for piano, tape and live electronics
Bob Gluck (*1955) — In the Bushes (2004), for computer-assisted piano and live electronics
— Questions, questions (2005) structured improvisation for computer-assisted piano and computer interface
— Eighteen Hands (2006) software-based performance interface for computer-assisted piano
— Waking the Sleeping Giant (1972/2008), for piano and live electronics
Rob Godman (*1964) — Halo (2005), for piano and live electronics
— Duel (2007), for piano, live electronics and sound projection with optional video
Michail Goleminov (*1956) — Prelude and Fugue for piano and live electronics (2008)
Ali Gorji (*1978) — Urrealis (2005), for piano and live electronics
Annie Gosfield (*1960) — Lightning Slingers and Dead Ringers (2008), for piano and sampler
Larry Goves (*1980) — My name is Peter Stillman. That is not my real name. (2007), for piano, keyboard and distortion
Jonathan Green (*1983) — Into Movement (2007), for piano and motion sensors
Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953) — Ein Schattenspiel (2004), for piano and live electronics
Alexander J. Harker (*1983) — Orbits (2006), for piano and live electronics
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (1919–1994) — Catch 2 (1968), for piano, tape and live electronics
— Pour piano (1973), for piano and live electronics
Stanley Haynes (*1950) — Pyramid Prisms (1977), for piano, tape and live electronics
Sorrel (Doris) Hays (*1941) — 90s, A Calendar Bracelet (1990), for MIDI grand piano and tone generator
Fredrik Hedelin (1965) — Den envetna lyssnaren (1997), for piano and live electronics
Jeff Herriott (*1972) — Velvet Sink (2001), for prepared piano and live electronics
Jean-Luc Hervé (*1954) — Deja piano (2000), for Disklavier and live electronics
Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner (*1964) — What Would Ruth Do (1993), for piano and live electronics
Haruka Hirayama (*1981) — Septangle (2006), for piano and computer
Ralf Hoyer (*1950) — Sonata (1985), for piano, tape and live electronics
— Jam Power (1995), for piano and live electronics
Shintaro Imai (*1974) — Filtering (2002), for piano and live electronics
— Figure in Movement II (2006), for piano and real-time audio/visual processing technique
Bryan Jacobs (*1979) — Song from the Moment (2008), for piano and live electronics
David Jaeger (*1947) — Quivi Sospiri (1983), for piano and synthesizers
Wilfried Jentzsch — PI mi A di NO 2 (1991), for two pianos and live electronics
Victoria Jordanova (*1952) — Piano Sonata (1996), for amplified aged piano and interactive electronics
Jaroslaw Kapuscinski — Yours (2000), for piano and projected body (with Nik Haffner)
— Catch the Tiger! 2.0 (2001), for piano and computer projection
— The Point Is… (2002), for MIDI piano, amplified speech and computer generated visual projection
— Koan (2003), for MIDI piano and real-time computer projection
— Oli’s Dream (2008), for MIDI piano and real-time computer projection (with Camille Norton)
— Counterlines (2009), for MIDI piano, Wacom Cintiq and real-time projection of sound and image (with Javier Sanchez)
— Juicy (2009), for Disklavier and computer controlled image and sound (with John Edmark)
Max E. Keller (*1947) — Selbstgespräche (2004), for piano and live electronics
Thomas Kessler (*1937) — Piano Control (1974), for piano and live electronics (with synthesizer)
Christopher Keyes (*1963) — Steel3xChrome (1999), for piano and real-time Digital Signal Processing
— In Recent Memory (2003), for piano and real-time interactive computing
— Orion Nebula NGC1976 (?), for Disklavier, live electronics and video
— Spiral Galaxy NGC1300 (?), for Disklavier, live electronics and video
David Kim-Boyle — Shimmer (2004), for piano with resonant glasses, computer and video
— Canon for piano, computer and video (2005)
— Two Interludes for piano, computer and video (2006–08)
John King — 23 Rubai’yat for piano and live electronics
Katharina Klement (*1963) — solo 1 (2002), for piano and four pickups
— 8oo (2004), for piano, live electronics, video and live drawings (with Josef Novotny and Nikolaus Gansterer)
— Chronologie (2006), for piano, video and live electronics (with Dieter Kovacic)
— roze (2007), for prepared piano, four channel tape and delay
Juraj Kojs (*1976) — Three Movements for unprepared piano and electronics (2004)
— All Forgotten (2006), for piano and live electronics
Johannes Kreidler (*1980) — Piano Piece 3 (2004), for piano and live electronics
Johannes Kretz (*1968) — Introduction and Etude (1999), for piano and live electronics
— Klanglogbuch (“SoundLog,” 2005–08), for piano and live electronics
Yannis Kyriakides (*1969) — hYDAtorizon (1998), version for piano with sine waves
— legerdemain (2005), for piano with optional electronics
alcides lanza (*1929) — plectros III (1971), for piano and synthesized sounds
Christien Ledroit (1975) — Shards (2001), for piano and live electronics
HyeKyung Lee (*1959) — Opposed Directions (1997), for Disklavier and live electronics
Andrew Lewis (*1963) — Schattenklavier (2009), for piano and live electronics
Sebastian Lexer (*1971) — Dazwischen (2010) a series of improvisations for piano and live electronics
Lukas Ligeti (*1969) — Delta Space (2002), for Disklavier and live electronics
Elaine Lillios (*1968) — Nostalgic Visions (2009), for piano and live electronics
Cort Lippe (*1953) — Music for Piano and Computer (1996)
José Manuel Lopez Lopez (*1956) — Lo fijo y lo Volétil (1994), version for piano and sampler (two pianists) or for piano and computer-triggered audio
Alvin Lucier (*1931) — Nothing is Real (1990), for piano, teapot and miniature speaker
— Music for Piano with Slow Sweep Pure Wave Oscillators (1992)
Mauro Lupone (*1965) — Himmel-Feuer (2000), for prepared piano, bird whistles and live electronics
Eric Lyon (*1962) — Psychic Driving (1999), for piano and computer
— Private Lesson (2007), for piano and computer
Giorgio Magnanensi (*1960) — Extensio modi (1993), for amplified prepared piano, tape and live electronics
Mesias Maiguashca (*1938) — la seconde ajoutée (1984), for two pianos and live electronics
Philipp Maintz (*1977) — gelände / zeichnung [klavierstück nr. 2] (2005–06), for piano and live electronics
Philippe Manoury (*1952) — Pluton (1989), for MIDI piano and live electronics
Maximilian Marcoll (*1981) — hundert Rahmen, hochkant (2005), for piano and live electronics
— samstag morgen — berlin neukl ln. studie. und selbstportrait. mit hirsch. (2007), for piano and live electronics
Alexandros Markeas (*1965) — Penser—classer (1997), for piano and live electronics
Gustavo Matamoros (*1957) — Piano, ma non tango (1996), for piano, tape and live electronics
Silvia Matheus (*1955) — Hands (2002), for piano, live electronics and video
Paula Matthusen (*1978) — …of one sinuous spreading… (2003), for piano and computer
Philip Mead (*1947) — Lux Perpetua (2005), for piano and live electronics
— Matrix (2006), for piano and live electronics
— Three Evocations (2006), for extended piano and electronic sounds
Flo Menezes (*1962) — Mahler in Transgress (2002–03), for two pianos and live electronics
Emmanuel Ménis (*1975) — Pianissimo (improvvisazione, quasi composta) (2007), for piano, sensors and live electronics
Eduardo Reck Miranda (*1963) — Grain-Streams (1999), for piano, tape and live electronics
Marc Monnet (*1947) — Imaginary travel (1996), for piano and live electronics
— Intermèdes (tulipes, acrobates, chatouillement) (1999), for two pianos, version with live electronics
— Troisième regard (2004), for MIDI piano and optional video
Stephen Montague (*1943) — Haiku (1987), for piano, tape and live electronics
— Tongues of Fire (1983/93), for piano (and stones), tape and live electronics
Stephan Moore (*1973) — Moving Target (2008), for piano and live electronics
Roberto Morales (*1958) — Contortions (2009), for piano, wii remotes and electronics
Nigel Morgan — ARRAY: Compass (2000), for keyboard and interactive system
— Rilievo Schiacciato (2006), for Disklavier
— Fifteen Images (Le Jardin Pluvieux) (2009), for electric piano and digital system
Aleah Morrison (*1979) — Piano with electronics for possibly world’s greatest piano player with cat as only friend (2008), for the Piano with Electronics in G# minor adaptive system developed by Matthew Wilcock
Gordon Mumma (*1935) — Onslaught (1961) from Gestures II (1958–62), for two pianos with live electronics and tape cycling
— Medium Size Mograph (1963), for piano 4-hands with live electronics and magnetic tape
— Presessions (1974), for piano with live electronics and tape cycling
— From the Rendition Series (2006), for piano, two performers with internal live electronics
— Gambreled Tapestry (2007), for piano with internal live electronics
Maki Nakajima (*1965) — 34711ième jour (?), version for piano, MIDI piano, tape and live electronics
Dafna Naphtali (*1960) — Landmine (2000), for Disklavier and live electronics
Olga Neuwirth (*1968) — Kloing! (2008), for computer-controlled piano, pianist and film (with IEM Graz, Lillvan and Marino Formenti)
Vassos Nicolaou (*1971) — Orbit (2005), for MIDI piano and live electronics
Ichiro Nodaira (*1953) — Neuf Ecarts vers le défi (1991), for MIDI piano and computer
Katharine Norman (*1960) — Trying to Translate (1991), version for piano and live electronics
Giorgio Nottoli (*1945) — Archeion (1995–2000), for piano and live electronics
— Risonante Notturno (2006), for piano and live electronics
Kumiko Omura (*1970) — Sea Cloud II (2009), for piano and live electronics
Charlemagne Palestine (*1945) — Celiassedo (?), for piano and live electronics
John Palmer (*1959) — Renge-Kyo (1993), for piano, tape and live electronics
— after silence (1) (2005), for piano, live electronics and tape
Juan Pampin (*1967) — OID (2004), for piano, live electronics and digital video
Brice Pauset (*1965) — Perspectivae Sintagma I (1997), for MIDI piano and live electronics
Bruce Pennycook (*1949) — Praescio VII [Piano and then some] (1994), for piano and computer sounds
Andrea Pensado (*1965) — Desencuentros (1993), for piano and live electronics
Jim Perkins (*1975) — Feed (2007), for piano and live electronics
Russell Pinkston (*1949) — TaleSpin (2000), for Disklavier and electronic sounds
Jonathan Pitkin (*1978) — Con Spirito (2006–07), for piano and Disklavier
Peter Plessas (*1979) — Heroic Motives (2007), for piano and impulse response
Bob Pritchard (*1956) — Postcards From Our Futures (1989/1996), for piano, sound files and optional
video
Maria Mestres Quadreny (*1929) — Tres cànons en homenatge a Galileu (1965), for piano and live electronics
Robert Ratcliffe (*1981) — Mutations (2009), for Disklavier
— Mutations (megamix) (2009), for Disklavier/MIDI playback, live electronics, piano and soundfiles (Max/MSP version, 2010, with Jon Weinel)
Philip Reeder (*1982) — By Response (2008), for upright piano and live electronics
John Richards (*1966) — Suite for Piano and Electronics (with video projection, 2002)
— Suite to 08 (2008), for piano and live electronics
Jean-Claude Risset (*1938) — Duet for one Pianist (1989), for Disklavier
John Ritz (*1978) — thought-forms (2007), for piano and live electronics
Roque Rivas (*1975) — El eco de las sombras (2004), for MIDI piano and live electronics
Joan Riera Robusté (*1968) — Deformacios (2008), for piano and live electronics
Hans Roels (*1971) — Dubbelstuk (2003–04), for computer-controlled player piano and pianist
— Point Black (2006), for piano and live electronics
Neil Rolnick (*1947) — Digits (2005), for piano and computer
— Faith (2008), for piano and computer
Robert Rowe (*1954) — Banff Sketches (1991), for piano and interactive system
Bruno Ruviaro (*1976) — Thirteen Small Parts of Something (2003), for piano and live electronics (with Masaki Kubo)
— Instantânea (2005), for prepared piano and live electronics
Somei Satoh (*1947) — Hymn for the Sun (1973), for two pianos with digital delay
— Kagami (Mirrors, 1975), for two or three pianos with digital delay
— Cosmic Womb (1975), version for two pianos with digital delay
— Incarnation 2 (1977), for piano with digital delay
James Saunders (*1972) — The #[unassigned] series (2000–), versions for piano with dictaphones / CD / E-bow (for Sebastian Berweck) and piano and live electronics (for Philip Thomas)
Giacinto Scelsi (1905–1982) — Aitsi pour piano amplifée (1974) arranged for piano and computer by Kerry Young
Asbjørn Schaathun (*1961) — Physis (2003), for piano and live electronics
Dieter Schnebel (*1930) — 2 Studien (1988), for piano and live electronics
Matthias Schneider-Hollek (*1963) — les jours calmes a Clichy-sous-Bois (2005), for piano and live electronics
Martin Schüttler (*1974) — venus_5 (2002), for piano and live electronics
Oliver Schneller <http://www.oliverschneller.net> (*1966) — Five Imaginary Spaces (2000–01), for piano and live electronics
— And Tomorrow (2004), for piano and live electronics
Roger Smalley (*1943) — Transformation (1968–69), for piano with live electronic modulation
— Monody (1972), for piano with live electronic modulation
Miroslav Spasov (*1964) — Etudes for Listeners (2006), for piano and live electronics
Nikos Stavropoulos (*1975) — Heat (2002), for piano and live electronics
Rand Steiger (*1957) — awhirl (2008), for piano and live electronics
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) — Mantra (1970), for two pianists and live electronics
Alan Stones (*1967) — aux ombres (1998), for piano and live electronics
Morton Subotnick (*1933) — Liquid Strata (1977), for piano and live electronics
— the other piano (2007), for piano and surround sound processing
Jacob Sudol (*1980) — Wash Yourself of Yourself (2009), for Disklavier and live electronics
Kotoka Suzuki (*1971) — Piano con moto (2007), for piano, live electronics and video (with Claudia Rohrmoser)
Jorrit Tamminga (*1973) — Subito Piano (2006), for piano and live electronics
Richard Teitelbaum — The Emperor Walks (1993), for Disklavier with synthesizer obliggato
— Dal Niente (1997), for MIDI piano, sampler and computer
— Seq Transit Parammers (1998), for two Disklaviers and computer
Stefan Tiedje (*1956) — Enlightened Clavier (1999), for piano and live electronics
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay (*1975) — Un Clou, son marteau et le béton (2009)
Hans Tutschku (*1966) — Das Bleierne Klavier (1999), for piano and live electronics
— Zellen-Linien (2007), for piano and live electronics
— Irrgärten (2010), for two pianos and live electronics
Dan VanHassel (*1981) — Lush Intrinsic (2009), for live processed piano and computer
Joseph Martin Waters (Jozefius Vaatierz Rattus, b. 1952) — Drum Ride (1991), version for piano and three live synthesizers
— Drum Ride (1999), version for piano and live electronics
Thomas Wenk (*1959) — Recordame (1997), for piano and live electronics
Gerhard E. Winkler (*1959) — Hybrid VIII (PiAnimaux) (2010), for piano, computer, MIDI piano and live electronics
Matthew Wilcock (*1986) — Short Piano Piece for Person (2009), for piano and live electronics
— Sensible Surrender of Twelve or More Men (2009), for piano and live electronics
Paul Wilson (*1974) — Osin’s Fall (2005), for piano and live electronics
Scott Wilson (*1969) — On the Impossibility of Reflection (2011), for piano and SuperCollider
Randall Woolf — Adrenaline Revival (?), for piano and Digitech TSR 24S processor
John Young (*1962) — X (2011), for piano and triggered electroacoustic sounds
Michael Young (*1968) — piano_prosthesis (2007), for piano and NN Music (Max/MSP)
Nina Young — Kolokol (2010), for two pianos and live electronics
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