On 16th November, the Colin Currie Group will come together at Abbey Road Studios in London to record Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians, one of the composer’s most steadfast and redefining works. This album is to be the fifth release on Colin Currie Records and the third in a series of Steve Reich recordings.

Colin returns to Germany on 10th November to perform a concert with the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt. After its triumphant world premiere at the Royal Festival Hall earlier this year, Colin performs Danny Elfman’s Percussion Concerto once again, marking its German premiere.

This week, on October 28th, Colin’s latest single, Tromp Miniature, is released on Colin Currie Records. It exhibits Bryce Dessner’s soulful composition which brings to life the power and beauty of the marimba. Commissioned in 2014 by the TROMP International Percussion Competition in Eindhoven, this work for solo marimba became the centre of a unique recording project for Colin, who performed the work at home during lockdown.

After their very well-received performance of Xenakis at the Southbank centre last month, which was praised by Bachtrack as “an experience of overwhelming proportions that will leave an indelible mark of pure joy on the sizeable crowd which sat enraptured in the Queen Elizabeth Hall”, the Colin Currie Group embark on a series of concerts in the US, in celebration of Steve Reich.

The Colin Currie Group enticed Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank centre earlier this month with their performance of works by Xenakis alongside the JACK Quartet, which was met with praise by the press. The musicians garnered several fine reviews from various sources including Bachtrack, who claimed:

“The evening concert was a blast, an experience of overwhelming proportions that will leave an indelible mark of pure joy on the sizeable crowd which sat enraptured in the Queen Elizabeth Hall.”

Colin returns to London’s Southbank Centre where he continues his long-standing programme of events as Artist-in-Association. In a major development for his ensemble, the Colin Currie Group will present an evening of music by Iannis Xenakis to celebrate the composer’s centenary of birth.

After a successful world premiere of Bruno Mantovani’s Allegro barbaro at the Monte Carlo Spring Festival followed by a performance in Paris at the Maison de la Radio in April, this autumn, Colin performs the Austrian premiere of the same work with the Tonkünstler Orchestra in Vienna (Musikverein) and Grafenegg (Auditorium).

Colin makes his concerto return to the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday 29th July with the European Premiere of Nicole Lizée’s riveting concerto ‘Blurr is the Colour of My True Love’s Eyes’. The work was written for Colin and premiered in Canada last month with the NAC Orchestra. On this occasion, he rejoins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alpesh Chauhan.