DARIUS PAYMAI

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09-05-2024
1pm old logic

Harriet Cameron and Jingyi Cao
text by Alexia Peniguel

Milton Court Concert Hall
London, UK
13-05-2024
7pm love song

six voices
EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble as part of Exposure 2024

Milton Court Concert Hall
London, UK
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19-03-2024for two (spring)

Milton Court Concert Hall
London, UK
violin — Victoria Willumsen Lewis
piano — Yihan Chen

with 
new works by Guildhall MMus composers
01-12-2023as if almost erasing

choreography by Samara Langham

The Place
London, UK

violas — Isobel Doncaster, Georgia Russell
dancers — Charlotte Guilbert-Greene, Sally Hsu, Ashley Lin, Elvi Rose Christiansen Head

with
new works by Guildhall MMus composers in collaboration with LCDS choreographers
30-11-2023as if almost erasing

choreography by Samara Langham

The Place
London, UK

violas — Isobel Doncaster, Georgia Russell
dancers — Charlotte Guilbert-Greene, Sally Hsu, Ashley Lin, Elvi Rose Christiansen Head

with
new works by Guildhall MMus composers in collaboration with LCDS choreographers
26-11-2023unfinished

performing with fellow Guildhall Students as part of Unfinished Collective, led by Lara Agar and Sylvia Lim

Iklectik Art Lab
London, UK
including a new text score (work in progress) by myself

melodica, piano, voice, movement
29-09-2023lee shore

Milton Court Concert Hall
London, UK

pianos — Yihan Chen, Maxime Trechsel

with
new works by Guildhall MMus composers
01-10-2022slow dance

Palazzo del Pugliese
Florence, IT

‘cello — Francesco Dillon

with
Lorenzo Romano — Unreasonable behavior
Supriano — Toccata no. 5
Abel — Arpeggiata
Silvia Borzelli — here/folia (fp)
23-09-2022
me fait languir

St John’s Smith Square
London, UK

The London Chamber Orchestra cond. Christopher Warren-Green

A New World
with
new works by James Banner, Robert Crehan, Florence Anna Maunders, Alexander Papp
Dvorak Symphony No.9 In E Minor, ‘From The New World’

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17-12-2021for three (williams)

Hundred Years Gallery
London, UK

bass clarinet — Cara Doyle
‘cello — Maddy Hamilton
objects — Darius Paymai

New World: New Music
with
works by Matt Ridge, Matt Ulery, Caroline Shaw, Jessie Montgomery, Judd Greenstein
27-10-2021piano quartet

St Mary’s Church
Weymouth, UK

violin — Jessica Meakin
viola — Freya Hicks
‘cello — Evie Coplan
piano — William Bracken

with
Suk — Piano Quartet in A minor Op. 1
Bridge — Phantasy Piano Quartet in F-sharp minor

read a review of the concert by The Cross-Eyed Pianist


18-10-2021Festival of Laurence Crane: A Tribute Concert

St Giles Cripplegate
London, UK

performing
Christian Drew — Bobby D (harmonium)
Patrick Hegarty — Willow Hymn (harmonium)
Lara Agar — Ham (guitar, voice)

more info here
playlist of recordings here Images by Tatiana Telle
11-09-2021six bars

Pembroke House
London, UK

piano — James Creed

Nice to See You 3
09-07-2021piano quartet

All Saints, Blackheath
London, UK

violin — Jessica Meakin
viola — Freya Hicks
‘cello — Evie Coplan
piano — Lewis Bell

with
Suk — Piano Quartet in A minor Op. 1
Mozart — Piano Quartet in E-flat major K. 493
28-03-2019La Monte Young: Composition 1960 #7

St Anne and St Agnes
London, UK

a 3-hour performance of La Monte Young’s seminal Composition 1960 #7 organised by Patrick Hegarty

performed by Patrick Hegarty, Mark Bowler, Christian Drew, Laurence Crane, Julian Anderson, Lara Agar, Matthew King, Rob Crehan, Darius Paymai, Abel M.G.E., Sam Gooderham, Curtis Day, Mathis Saunier, Cloe Savannah Hotham, Billy Marshall
23-05-2018Strawberries

The Courtauld Gallery
London, UK
soprano — Ellie Neate
alto flute — Simon Williams

Sunday Music: Voiceworks
with
new works by Guildhall BMus composers responding to and performed amongst the Courtauld’s collection
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