Performances
Figures Outside a Dacha, with Snowfall, and an Abbey in the Background
February 2025, Barbican Centre, London
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Ilan Volkov (cond.); Carl Faia, Steven Daverson (elec.)
Figures Outside a Dacha, with Snowfall, and an Abbey in the Background (World Première of larger version)
Co-commissioned by WDR and BBC Radio 3
La Nitroglycérine des Lumières
November 2023, St Paul's Hall, Huddersfield
Ensemble Nikel
La Nitroglycérine des Lumières (World Première)
Co-commissioned by hcmf// and the PRS Foundation Composers' Fund
In Focus: Made in Manchester
17th June 2023, Wigmore Hall, London
Yifan Ma (Piano)
Exotic Vapour (London Première)
Made in Manchester
4th May 2023, Carole Nash Recital Room; Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Yifan Ma (Piano)
Exotic Vapour (UK Première)
Musik der Zeit 3: Tempowechsel
21st January 2023, WDR Funkhaus Wallrafsplatz, Köln
WDR Sinfonieorchester; Manuel Nawri (cond.); Carl Faia (elec.)
Figures Outside a Dacha, with Snowfall, and an Abbey in the Background (World Première)
Co-commissioned by WDR and BBC Radio 3
NEWTON: Contemporary British Music
13th February 2020. Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow.
Moscow Studio for New Music; Igor Dronov (Conductor)
Elusive Tangibility III: Clandestine Haze (Russian Première), alongside music by Croft, Ferneyhough, Turnage, Knussen, and others.
Universität Kassel 20th Century Music Seminar Series
27th November 2019. Music Department, Universität Kassel.
Steven discusses the mathematical processes that underpin his current music, in the context of other multitemporal works since 1950, including Stockhausen's GRUPPEN.
New Music Manchester: INCOGNITO #2
31st October 2019. Carole Nash Recital Room, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.
Arkanar: A Report from the Interior (UK Première), alongside works by Ma and Benito Gutierrez.
Komponistenportrait
6th June 2019. Villa Concordia, Bamberg.
Ashot Sarkissjan
Giacometti's Razor (German Première), and Steven presents the ideas behind his work.
Fellowship at the Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia
April 2019 - March 2020, Bamberg.
Artist Residency supported by the Free State of Bavaria and the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung.
RNCM Composition Faculty Seminar
27th February 2019, 14.00. Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Steven presents a lecture on his recent work.
Echt jetzt?
9th October 2018, Morat Institut, Freiburg
Klaus Steffes-Holländer
Exotic Vapour (World Première), plus work by Causton, Trojahn, Bauckholt, Illés, Mundry, and Klartag.
Darmstadt Ferienkurse
23rd June 2018, Darmstadt
Jack Adler-McKean
Arkanar: A Report from the Interior (World Première of Revised Version)
Boston University Guest Artist Series: Ashot Sarkissjan
February 26th 2018. Commonwealth Avenue Concert Hall; Boston, MA
Ashot Sarkissjan
Giacometti's Razor (North American Première), plus works by Dillon, Haas, and Lim.
King's College London, Composers' Seminar Series
30th January 2018. Music Department, Strand Campus
Steven presents a lecture on his recent work.
Tracing the Moon
23rd November 2017. hcmf// 2017; Phipps Hall, University of Huddersfield.
24th November 2017. Jacquline du Pré Music Building; St Hilda's College Oxford
28th November 2017. Deptford Town Hall; Goldsmiths, University of London
Explore Ensemble
Elusive Tangibility II: firelife (UK Première), plus works by Alessandrini, Poppe, and Romitelli
Die Tuba: Ein Weg in die Zukunft
24th October 2017. BKA Theater, Berlin
Jack Adler-McKean
Arkanar: A Report from the Interior, plus works by McBride, Ahmetjanova, Corcoran-Tadd, Howard, Skytterholm-Egan, Friel, Johnson, and Aperghis.
Made in Japan
17th October 2017. Studio Ernest-Ansermet, Geneva
Hélène Fauchère (Voice); Ensemble Contrechamps; Yann Kerninon (Conductor)
Elusive Tangibility IV: 月見 (Swiss Première), plus Stockhausen's Kurzwellen, and traditional music for shakuhachi
Südseite nachts
14th March 2017. Theaterhaus Stuttgart.
ensemble recherche
Elusive Tangibility II: firelife (German Première), plus other works by Hoban, Haensler, Ekman, Streich, and Djordjevic
Cambridge University Music Faculty Composers' Seminar Series
22nd February 2017, 14.00. Faculty of Music, West Road, Cambridge
Steven presents a lecture on his recent work.
Jack Adler-McKean, Tuba Recital
Late February 2017. Rochester, NY (dates to TBC)
New Complexity: A British Invasion
10th February 2017. 22.00, Spectrum, New York, NY
Jack Adler-McKean
Arkanar: A Report from the Interior (North American Première)
Brunel University Composers' Seminar
8th February 2017, 16.00. Brunel University London
Steven presents a lecture on his recent work.
Darmstadt Ferienkurse
12th August 2016. Lichtenburgschule, Darmstadt
Jack Adler-McKean
Arkanar: A Report from the Interior (World Première)
RCM New Perspectives
19th March 2015. Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall, Royal College of Music, London
RCM New Perspectives Ensemble; Tim Lines
Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik
11th May 2014. Festsaal, Saalbau Witten
ensemble recherche
Filonov's Microscope (World Première)
Darmstadt Ferienkurse
14th August 2014. CentralStation, Darmstadt.
Decoder Ensemble
Pegasos (World Première)