Upcoming Performances

21 May 2022, Routine Investigation Ensemble, Kühlspot, Berlin

Gregor Forbes (piano), Nuno Pinto (electric guitar) and Johannes von Buttlar (percussion). ‘Infinite Avenues’ (Forbes, 2016); ‘Maß und Gewicht’ (Stefan Beyer, 2021); ‘Drifter’ (Linda Catlin Smith, 2019); ‘Trois Cyclopédies’ (Forbes, 2022).

https://www.tixforgigs.com/de-DE/Event/42214/routine-investigation-ensemble-infinite-avenues-kuhlspot-berlin

20 May 2022, Routine Investigation Ensemble, BLECH: Raum für Kunst, Halle (Saale)

https://www.tixforgigs.com/de-DE/Event/42213/routine-investigation-ensemble-infinite-avenues-blech-raum-fur-kunst-halle-saal

19 May 2022, Routine Investigation Ensemble, Kulturnhalle Leipzig

First concert by the Leipzig-based experimental music trio, Gregor Forbes (piano), Nuno Pinto (electric guitar) and Johannes von Buttlar (percussion). ‘Infinite Avenues’ (Forbes, 2016); ‘Maß und Gewicht’ (Stefan Beyer, 2021); ‘Drifter’ (Linda Catlin Smith, 2019); ‘Trois Cyclopédies’ (Forbes, 2022).

https://www.tixforgigs.com/de-DE/Event/42210/routine-investigation-ensemble-infinite-avenues-kulturnhalle-leipzig

Past Performances

28 March 2022, … and I play guitar, Glasgow Experimental Music Series, The Old Hairdresser’s, Scotland

‘Diffuse Planes’ for solo guitar by Gregor Forbes, performed by Martin Steuber

25 March 2022, … and I play guitar, Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, Belgium

Lecture and ‘Diffuse Planes’ for solo guitar by Gregor Forbes, performed by Martin Steuber

22 March 2022, … and I play guitar, University of Częstochowa, Poland

Lecture and live premiere of ‘Diffuse Planes’ for solo guitar by Gregor Forbes, performed by Martin Steuber

5 February 2022, … and I play guitar, Grieg Begegnungsstätte, Leipzig

Online premiere of ‘Diffuse Planes’ for solo guitar by Gregor Forbes, performed by Martin Steuber

28 January 2022, Altered Forms Trio, BLECH: Raum für Kunst, Halle (Saale)

With Gregor Forbes (piano) ,Robert Lucaciu (bass) and Johannes von Buttlar (drums)

27 January 2022, Altered Forms Trio, Kulturhof Gohlis, Leipzig

Premiere concert by Leipzig-based free-improvisation trio, Altered Forms Trio, with Gregor Forbes (piano), Robert Lucaciu (bass) and Johannes von Buttlar (drums)

12 December 2021, Ensemble Modèle Réduit Concert, Kulturnhalle, Leipzig

Compositions by Christian Wolff, performed by Ensemble Modèle Réduit (Sébastien Branche, Chris Weinheimer, Johannes von Buttlar, Walburga Walde, Hans Arnold, Andreas Nordheim, Pina Bettina Rücker, Gregor Forbes)

10 December 2021, Ensemble01 Concert, Weltecho, Chemnitz

‘Among Olive Trees’ for string quartet by Gregor Forbes, performed by Ensemble01

7 December 2021, Neues bei Grieg!, Grieg Begegnungsstätte, Leipzig

Compositions by Christoph Renhart, performed by Gregor Forbes and Hugo Pavia

26 November 2021, album launch concert by Malo Moray and his Inflatable Knee, Subbotnik, Leipzig

Improvised and experimental music by Malo Riebel / Malo Moray and his Inflatable Knee, featuring Gregor Forbes on synth

23 November 2021, Neues bei Grieg!, Grieg Begegnungsstätte, Leipzig

Composition by Helmut Zapf, performed by Gregor Forbes and Filipa Portela

26 October 2021, solo recital by Nuno Pinto in conjunction with Ensemble Vertixe Sonora, SVT Espacio de Arte, Vigo, Spain

‘Clouds’ for solo electric guitar, performed by Nuno Pinto

29 June 2021, Neues bei Grieg!, Grieg Begegnungsstätte Leipzig

‘Journal Nr. 5 “Warten”’ by Annette Schlünz, performed by Gregor Forbes

22 June 2021, Neues bei Grieg!, Grieg Begegnungsstätte Leipzig

‘De Dentro Afuera’ by Elena Mendoza, performed by Pétur Björnsson, Hugo Paiva and Gregor Forbes; ‘Nana de los que do durmen’ by Elena Mendoza, performed by Filipa Portela and Gregor Forbes

8 June 2021, Neues bei Grieg!, Grieg Begegnungsstätte Leipzig

‘The Mangle of Practice’ by George Lewis, performed by Sarah Saviet and Gregor Forbes; ‘Oraculum’ by George Lewis, performed by Bruce Collings

3 October 2020, ZiXP Festival, z.i.m.m.t, Leipzig

Klangskulptur, for field recordings and improvisers, performed by Chris Weinheimer, Hans Arnold, Barnabas Herrmann, Johannes von Buttlar, Andreas Nordheim, Izabela Kaldunska, Walburga Walde and Martin Hesse.

1 March 2020, Kurt-Weill-Zentrum, Bauhaus, Dessau

A Vine, for bassoon and cello, performed by Ronan Whittern and Nathan Watts

17 December 2019, Old Hairdresser’s, Glasgow

Scenes of Collective Agency, score for improvisers, and At Cross-Purposes

2 November 2019, The Project Café, Glasgow, GEMS Mini-Festival

Differend performed by Zakia Fawcett, Emi See and Gregor Forbes

1 November 2019, St Andrews West, Glasgow, GEMS Mini-Festival

Study in Solitudes performed by Rebecca Pericleous and Justyna Jablonska

16 October 2019, Gewandhaus Mendelssohn Saal, Leipzig, Musica Nova

Dissonance of Emancipation (premiere) performed by Ensemble AvantGarde

19 September 2019, Kulturnhalle, Leipzig, ZiXP Festival

Scenes of Collective Agency (premiere) score for improvisers, performed by ZiXP Festival Orchestra

3 September 2019, Grieg Begegnungsstätte, Leipzig

A Spacious Room performed by Felix Anton Lehnert and Ensemble01

26 June 2019, Die Theater Chemnitz, Backstage-Junior Concert

A Spacious Room performed by Felix Anton Lehnert and Ensemble01

25 June 2019, Die Theater Chemnitz, Backstage Concert

A Spacious Room (premiere) performed by Felix Anton Lehnert and Ensemble01

11 May 2019, Silent Music, Druskomanija Festival, Vilnius, in a church at midnight

Study in Solitudes (premiere) performed Twenty Fingers Duo

13 March 2019, Voice and Piano Recital, Woolmarket, Horndon-on-the-Hill

Piano Piece 2015(2) performed by Sasha Valeri Millwood

11 February 2019, Student concert at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

‘Expressive Commentary’ (premiere) from Text Scores performed by Patrick Shand

9 February 2019, The Project Café, Glasgow, Glasgow Experimental Music Series

Colour Fields performed by Rebecca Pericleous, Matthew Jansen Giraldo and Gregor Forbes

22 November 2018, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, Glasgow Experimental Music Series

Passing Piece (collaboration with designer Neslihan Tepehan; premiere) performed by Gregor Forbes, Filipa Portela and Rebecca Pericleous

3 November 2018, The Project Café, Glasgow, Glasgow Experimental Music Series

At Cross-Purposes II (premiere) performed by Emma Pantel, Justyna Jablonska, and Gregor Forbes

10 October 2018, Gewandhaus Mendelssohn Saal, Leipzig, Musica Nova

Colour Fields performed by Ensemble AvantGarde - Steffen Schleiermacher (piano), Andreas Seidel (violin), and (clarinet)

9 June 2018, Glasgow Experimental Music Series at The Project Café - Artisans of Piano Music

Commodity Music Analysed (premiere), Piano Piece 2015(1), Piano Piece 2015(2) performed by Gregor Forbes

2 June 2018, The Project Café, Glasgow, Glasgow Experimental Music Series

Infinite Avenues redux version performed by Marija Rackauskaite, Rory Comerford and Gregor Forbes

22 May 2018, Più, For Fika’s Sake, Glasgow

‘A Wilderness’ performed by Gregor Forbes

19 May 2018, Glasgow Experimental Music Series at The Pipe Factory, Glasgow

‘Canvases’ performed by Adam Hall, Hanna Vigren, Sophia Bosbach, Harry Gorski-Brown, Thaddeus Chung-Yu, Olaya Garcia Alvarez, and Josh Dunbar

24 March 2018, Glasgow Experimental Music Series at The Project Café, Glasgow

‘Terraces’, ‘Boulevards’ and ‘At Cross-Purposes’ performed by Adam Hall and Gregor Forbes

22 March 2018, Claude Debussy In Memoriam Conference, University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel

‘People and Statuary’ performed by Peter Dykes, Andrew McLean, and Sasha Valeri Millwood

18 March 2018, Chamber Music Recital, RCS, Glasgow

‘People and Statuary’ performed by Sophia Bosbach, Clara Lafuente Garcia and Gregor Forbes

16 March 2018, RCS Piano Festival, Glasgow

‘Allotments (2)’ performed by Keesia Donahue, Monika Masanauskaite, Alina Meszoly-Horvath, Lam Hei Ching, Alex Standing, Hrisheek Ganesh, Zanete Peterson, and Tianshu Pan

3 December 2017, Glasgow Experimental Music Series at Pipe Factory, Glasgow

‘Autumn Melody with Leaves’ performed by Fran Sanchez, and ‘At Cross-Purposes’ performed by Fran Sanchez and Jacob Gustaffson

19 November 2017, Poetry at Midnight, Cam FM/Online, hosted by Will Hall

‘Piano Piece 2015(1)’, ‘Piano Piece 2015(2)’, and ‘Autumn Melody with Leaves’ (recordings)

3 November 2017, Clydes’ Water, The Salmon Bothy, Portsoy, Sound Festival

‘Breezy Trees’ and ‘Placement of Six Cacti’ performed by Gillian Horn, Rhiannon Carmichael, Ana Rodriguez Garcia, Victoria Lopez, and Chris McShane

25 May 2017, Piano Recital, Stevenson Hall, RCS

‘Piano Piece 2015(1)’ and ‘Piano Piece 2015(2)’ performed by George Kypridemos

25 March 2017, 840: New Music for Clarinet, Violin and Piano, St James’ Church, Islington, London

‘Colour Fields’ performed by George Sleightholme, Emma Welton and Alex Wilson

25 February 2017, Piano Festival, Stevenson Hall, RCS

‘Allotments’ performed by Keesia Donahue, Alexa Stier, Shinny Ma, George Todica, Monika Masanauskaite, Alina Meszoly-Horvath, Shantanu Patel, and Lam Hei Ching

5 February 2016, Schott Recital Room, London,

‘Piano Piece 2012’ performed by Tim Parkinson

3 February 2016, Crossline’s Wood Room, RCS

‘Autumn Melody with Leaves’ performed by Fran Sanchez

12 December 2015, NEO Concert, St Serf’s Edinburgh

‘Vision of Excess’ performed by New Edinburgh Orchestra, conducted by Tim Paxton

11 December 2015, Music of Things, Ledger Recital Room, RCS, Glasgow

‘Piano Piece 2015(1)’ and ‘Piano Piece 2015(2)’ performed by George Kypridemos

5 December 2015, Music of Trees and Leaves, Ledger Recital Room RCS

‘About Fountains’ performed by Sandra Scott and David Walker; ‘Autumn Melody with Leaves’ performed by Fran Sanchez

8 May 2015, PLUG 6, Stevenson Hall RCS

‘Six Bassoons’ performed by Donagh Marnane, Dmitris Theodorakakis, Ryan Sullivan, Ronan Whittern, Megan Ferries, Rhiannon Carmichael, and conducted by Leon Reimer

20 March 2015, ‘Ungaretti Book Launch’, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh

‘Soldati (after Ungaretti)’ performed by Ryan Bancroft and the composer

23 February 2015, ‘A Forest of Reeds’, Ledger Recital Room RCS

‘Autumn Melody with Leaves’ performed by Fran Sanchez

12 December 2014, Student Composer Concert (me, Sam Beagles, Aran Browning), AGOS

‘Breathing Piece’ (Aran Browning, flute) and ‘Bowing Piece’ (Emma Yole & Lisa Robertson, violins)

22 February 2014, Britten Sinfonia workshop recital, Recital Room West Road

‘Fantasy Realised’ performed by members of Britten Sinfonia and students

14 February 2014, NME Concert, Recital Room West Road

‘Something There’, ‘I Know the Place’, ‘fragment from Lament for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias’, ‘The Pool’, ‘Circumstance’ performed by Hiroshi Amako (tenor) and the composer (piano)

31 January 2014, Solo Recital, Robinson College Chapel

‘Piano Piece 2013’ performed by the composer

30 January 2014, Compline, St Catharine’s Chapel

‘Piano Piece 2012’ performed by the composer

24 January 2014, Kellaway Series – New Music by Student Composers, St Catharine’s Chapel

‘Piano Piece 2012’ (performed by Ben Comeau), ‘Solo Incidents’ (performed by Jon Coote)

26 November 2013, New Music Ensemble Lunchtime Concert, West Road Concert Hall

‘Night Errand’, ‘Piano Piece 2013’ performed by the composer

25 November 2013, Queen’s College MagSoc Recital Series Composer’s Concert

‘Three Events’, ‘Piano Piece 2012’, ‘Winter Coming’ performed by the composer

14 March 2013, St John’s Divinity School, Cambridge

‘Violin and Electronics’ performed by Peter Sheppard-Skaerved and the composer

21 February 2013, New Music Ensemble concert at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge

‘Three Events’, ‘Piano Piece 2012’ performed by the composer

Wednesday 14 November 2012, St John’s Divinity School (‘Interface’)

‘Three Events’, ‘Piano Piece 2012’, ‘Winter Coming’ performed by the composer

Sunday 11 March 2012, Madingley Hall, Cambridge

…shapes like big machines rose out of the dimness… performed by Lydia Murphy (violin), Hugo Popplewell (cello) and Gabriella Flatt (piano)

Friday 2 March 2012, Robinson College Chapel

Roundelay, Thither, Gnome, Paris performed by Jack Harrison (voice) and Gregor Forbes (piano)