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22. March 2022, BKA Theatre, Berlin

HESSE-FRAGMENTS I
Cycle for voice and piano

Yvonne Friedli, voice
Martin Schneuing, piano


30. March 2022, 19:00, Festival ARS NOVA, Concert Hall of the Conservatory, Košice (SK)

PSALM 130
for soprano and organ

Slovak First Performance

Aneta Holá, soprano
Ján Fic, organ


4. April 2022, 17:00, Organ Hall of the Janáček Academy of Music and Theatre, Brno (CZ)

PSALM 130
for soprano and organ

Zuzana Barochová, soprano
Ján Fic, organ


10. April 2022, 15:00, Palladium, Malmö (SE)

PRELUDIO E DANZA
for solo bass clarinet

Karin Dornbusch, bass clarinet


27. April 2022, 17:00, Festival FORFEST, Music School Kojetin (CZ)

BOLERO-BLUES
for piano

Elena Letňanová, piano


29. April 2022, 17:00, Organ Hall of the Janáček Academy of Music and Theatre, Brno (CZ)

PSALM 130
for soprano and organ

Zuzana Barochová, soprano
Ján Fic, organ


18. May 2022, 19:00, Small Concert Hall, Slovak Radio, Bratislava

DE PROFUNDIS
4 canzoni per voce e due strumenti melodici secondo le poesie di Michelangelo Buonarroti

Andrea Pietrová, voice
Ema Benčaťová, flute
Rosario Portuendo, violin


22. May 2022, 17:00, Concert cycle “Schubertiada”, Riehen (CH)

ARIA
for string quartet

Belenus String Quartet, Zurich


03. June 2022, Festival Music Summer at the Zurich Lake, Foundation Kunst(Zeug)Haus, Rapperswil (CH)

PRELUDIO E DANZA
for bass clarinet

Karin Dornbusch, bass clarinet


06. June 2022, Kulturkiche, Frankfurt

PSALM
for solo voice on the poem by Paul Celan

Irene Kurka, voice


20. June 2022, 17:00, Organ Hall of the Janáček Academy of Music and Theatre, Brno (CZ)

SUITE DE POCHE
for harpsichord

PSALM 130
for soprano and organ

Zuzana Barochová, soprano
Ján Fic, harpsichord & organ


29. June 2022, 16:30, Festival “FORFEST”, Museum, Kroměříž (CZ)
7. July 2022, 19:00, Concert Cycle “Lichtzwang”, Chapel of the Corpus Christi, Olomouc (CZ)

MEADOW SONG
for soprano and alto flute

Nao Higano, soprano
Monika Štreitová, alto flute


12. August 2022, 18:00, El Muelle de la Fuga, Bogotá, Columbia

PSALM
for solo voice on the poem by Paul Celan

Natalia Merlano Goméz, voice


26. August 2022, 19:30, Chamber Music Festival, Concert Hall, House of Music, Budapest

3. STRING QUARTET “HOMMAGE à MEDNYÁNSZKY”

World Premiere

V4 String Quartet


28. August 2022, 14:30, Family concert, Nikolaisaal, Big Hall of the Chamber Academy Potsdam (D)

“E” and “Engel im Werden”
from “AD PARNASSUM” for strings upon pictures of Paul Klee

String Orchestra of the Kammerakademie Potsdam (D)


28. August 2022, 18:00, St. Jakob´s Church, Polička (CZ)

PSALM 130
for soprano and organ

Zuzana Barochová, soprano
Ján Fic, organ


29. September 2022, 19:30, Linehan Concert Hall, University of Maryland, Baltimore (USA)
02. October 2022, 15:00, Clocktower Auditorium, Collington Senior Living Community, Bowie, Maryland (USA)

MEADOW SONG
for soprano and clarinet

Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano
Natalie Groom, clarinet


15. October 2022, 18:00, Chamber Music Festival “Zwischentöne”, Kursaal, Engelberg (CH)

2. STRING QUARTET “GOLDBERG”

World Premiere

Merel Quartet, Zurich


19. October 2022, 18:00, Pálffy Palais, Bratislava

MINIFANFARE
for brass quintet

Bratislava Brass Quintet


27. October 2022, 18:00, Musical Autumn, Synagogue, Nitra (SK)

BOLERO-BLUES
for piano

Elena Letňanová, piano


3. November 2022, 19:00, Slovak Cultural Institute, Slovak Embassy, Rome (I)

SUITE DE POCHE
for guitar

Miriam Rodriguez Brüllová, guitar


5. November 2022, 17:00, St. Michael Chapel, Polička (CZ)

PSALM
for solo voice on the poem by Paul Celan

Zuzana Barochová, voice


10. November 2022, 19:00, International Music Festival MELOS-ETHOS, Moyzes Concert Hall, Bratislava

2. STRING QUARTET “GOLDBERG”

Slovak First Performance

Mucha String Quartet


13. November 2022, 10:30, International Music Festival MELOS-ETHOS, Mirbach Palais, Bratislava

SUITE DE POCHE
for guitar

Karol Samuelčík, guitar


22. November 2022, 19:00, Chamber Hall of the Slovak Philharmony, Bratislava

BOLERO-BLUES
for piano

Elena Letňanová, piano


25. November 2022, 19:30, Eufonie, International Music Festival, Warsaw (PL)

3. STRING QUARTET “HOMMAGE A MEDNYÁNSZKY”

Polish first performance

V4 String Quartet


2. December 2022, Music Departement of the State University of São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)

PERPETUUM MOBILE
for piano

Lorraine Gregorio de Oliveira, piano


15. December 2022, 18:00, Palais Belcredi, Brno-Líšeň (CZ)

SUITE DE POCHE
for harpsichord

Ján Fic, harpsichord



13. January 2023, 19:30 Music Stage Zürich, Alte Helferei, Zurich

2. STRING QUARTET “GOLDBERG”

Merel String Quartet, Zurich


22. January 2023, 15:30, Kathryn Greenhoot Recital Hall, Queens University of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC (USA)
23. January 2023, 19:30, Max Noah Recital Hall, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA (USA)

MEADOW SONG
for soprano and clarinet

Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano
Natalie Groom, clarinet


26. February 2023, 13:00, Art Song Festival, Sam Houston State University, virtual performance (USA)

MEADOW SONG
for soprano and clarinet

Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano
Natalie Groom, clarinet


5. March 2023, 20:00, Concertgebouw, Brugge (B)
6. March 2023, 19:30, Don Bosco, Basel (CH)
7. March 2023, 19:30, City Theatre, Olten (CH)
9. March 2023, 19:30, Wigmore Hall, London (GB)

HOMMAGE à MEDNYÁNSZKY
for string orchestra

World Premiere of the orchestral version of the work

Chamber Orchestra Basel (CH)


17. March 2023, Women Composers Festival of Hartford, Hartford, virtual performance (USA)

MEADOW SONG
for soprano and clarinet

Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano
Natalie Groom, clarinet


21. April 2023, 16:30, Concert Hall, Music Academy, Bratislava

DE PROFUNDIS
4 canzoni per voce e 2 strumenti melodici secondo le poesie di Michelangelo Buonarroti

Andrea Pietrová, mezzosoprano
Ema Benčaťová, flute
Rosario Portuendo, violin


30. April 2023, 15:00, Sweenery Concert Hall, Smith College Department of Music, Northampton, MA (USA)

MEADOW SONG
for soprano and clarinet

Jennifer Piazza-Pick, soprano
Natalie Groom, clarinet


26. May 2023, 19:30, Celebratory concert “250 years of H.G.Nägeli”, Tonhalle, Zurich

12. June 2023, 19:30, ZHdK, Toni-Areal, Zurich

THREE SHAKESPEARE SONGS
for mixed choir a cappella

Chamber Choir of the ZHdK
Markus Utz, conductor


30. May 2023, 19:00, Conrad Prebys Concert Hall, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla (USA)

MEADOW SONG
for soprano and violin

Natalia Merlano Goméz, soprano
Ilana Waniuk, violin


18. June 2023, 20:00, Festival Forfest, Church St. Maurice, Kroměříž (CZ)

PSALM 130
for soprano and organ

PSALM
for solo voice on the poem by Paul Celan

Zuzana Barochová, soprano
Ján Fic, organ


1.August 2023, 14:00, Washington National Opera Institute, The John Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington DC (USA)

MEADOW SONG
for soprano and clarinet

Jennifer Piazza Pick, soprano
Natalie Groom, clarinet


31. August 2023, VoxLAB´s VårFest, Majorstuen Kirke, Oslo

STORY
for voice and tape

Anna Molnár, voice


8. September 2023, Festival “Glassperlenspiele”, Aula Calw, Calw (D)

HESSE-FRAGMENTS I
Cycle for soprano and piano

Sophia Körber, soprano
Christine Rahn, piano


30. September 2023, 20:00, Festival of Women Composers, Stiftskirche, Tübingen (D)

THE PRAYER
for mixed choir

Ensemble Horizons
Matthias Klosinski, conductor


20. October 2023, concert in the framework of the 8. Woodwind Symposium, Riga (Latvia)

PRELUDIO E DANZA
for bass clarinet


Jaume Cerdà-Martí, bass clarinet


18. November 2023, 18:00, Opening concert of the Martinů Festival, Hall of the Symphony Orchestra Basel, Basel (CH)

PSALM OF A STARVING MAN
for mixed choir on a text by composer (based on a poem by Ján Brocko)

First performance of the revised version of the work

MIRABILIA MUSICAE
for female choir on a poem “Loreley” by Heinrich Heine

Choir of the Basel Theatre
Michael Clark, conductor

SLOVAK DANCE
for solo violoncello

Simone Drescher, violoncello


27. November 2023, 19:30, Gallery of the Music Academy, Prague (CZ)

SUITE DE POCHE
for harpsichord

Ján Fic, harpsichord


8. and 12. December 2023, Ecclesiastical Conservatory, Bratislava

Workshops of Iris Szeghy with students of Conservatory

diverse students of the Conservatory


12. December 2023, 18:00, Ecclesiastical Conservatory, Bratislava

PORTRAIT-CONCERT Iris Szeghy
different chamber music works

Students and Teachers of the Ecclesiastical Conservatory in Bratislava


16. December 2023, Banatul Philharmonic, Timisoara (RO)

RETURN
Offertorium for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra
upon a text by the composer and fragments of the Mass of Dead

First performance

Luiza Fatyol, soprano
Banatul Philharmonic Choir (Chorusmaster Josif Todea)
Banatul Philharmonic Orchestra
Gabriel Bebeselea, conductor


27. December 2023, 19:00, Church of the All Saints, Humenné (SK)

CHRISTMAS CAROL
for organ

Ján Fic, organ



24. January 2024, Music Academy Hans Eisler, Berlin

HESSE-FRAGMENTS I
Cycle for voice and piano

Chaeson Kwak, voice
Martin Schneuing, piano


26. January 2024, International Clarinet Festival, Stockholm

PRELUDIO E DANZA
for bass clarinet

Karin Dornbusch, clarinet


5. February 2024, 17:45, Small Concert Hall, Music Academy in Freiburg im Br.

CIACCONA
for solo violin

Lilli Felicia Schmitt, violin


9. April 2024, 20:00, Concert Cycle “Unheard Music”, BKA Theater, Berlin

HESSE-FRAGMENTS I
Cycle for voice and piano on texts by Hermann Hesse

Hanna Habétler, voice
Martin Schneuing, piano


18. April 2024, 14:30, Concert Hall of the Music Academy in Bratislava

CANTO TRISTE
Nocturne for violoncello and piano

Barbora Klapalová, violoncello
Barbora Gajdošová Tolarová, piano


23. April 2024, 19:00, Concert Hall of the Janáček Music Academy, Brno (CZ)

A DAY IN MANHATTAN
for 2 harpsichords

First performance

Elena Pokorná & Ján Fic, harpsichords

SUITE DE POCHE
for harpsichord

Ján Fic, harpsichord


15. May 2024, 19:30, Concert Hall of the Albrecht House, Bratislava (SK)

SIMPLE AND DIFFICULT
Song cycle for voice and piano on poems by Milan Rúfus

Eva Šušková, voice
Júlia Novosedlíková, piano


21. May 2024, Master Recital, Concert Hall of the Music Academy, Freiburg im Br. (D)

CIACCONA
for solo violin

Lilli Felicia Schmitt, violin


29. May 2024, 10:30, Master-Recital, Music Academy Basel, Basel

SLOVAK DANCE
for solo violin

Henrietta Simon, violin


27. June 2024, 19:00, Space for Culture, Aachen (D)
29. June 2024, 13:00, Lunch concert, Art Station St. Peter, Cologne (D)

MEADOW SONG
for voice and violin

Franziska Gross, soprano
Katharina Schmauder, violin


5. July 2024, 20:00, Hospitalhof, Stuttgart
6. July 2024, 20:00, Hospitalhof, Stuttgart

MEADOW SONG
for 2 sopranos

Angelika Luz & Danielle Barash, sopranos


12. July 2024, Varna Summer Festival, Varna (BG)
13. July 2024, Solinaria Youth Festival, Sozopol (BG)
16. July 2024, Sofia Music Weeks Festival, Sofia (BG)

THREE SHAKESPEARE SONGS
for mixed choir

First Bulgarian performance of the work

EuroChoir
Marco Amherd, conductor


7. September 2024, 19:00, concert series “musica aperta”, Old Town Hall, Winterthur (CH)

ARIA
for string quartet

Belenus String Quartet, Zurich


16. September 2024, 19:00, Clarials Church, Bratislava

CANTO TRISTE
for violoncello and piano

Andrej Gál, violoncello
Peter Javorka, piano


28. September 2024, 16:00, Bratislava Music Festival, Bratislava

STRING QUARTET No. 3 “HOMMAGE à MEDNYÁNSZKY”

Slovak first performance of the work

Mucha Quartet, Bratislava


26. Oktober 2024, 16:00, Old Articular Church, Kežmarok (SK)

MINUTE-FUGUE
for organ

First performance

Big Lutheran Church, Kežmarok (SK)

PERPETUUM MOBILE
for organ

Premiere of the organ version of the piece

Ján Fic, organ


14. November 2024, 19:00, Café Artjamming, Freiburg i.Br. (D)
16. November 2024, 19:00, Raum durch Kunst, Sindelsdorf (D)

MEADOW SONG
for soprano and violin

Franziska Groß, soprano
Katharina Schmauder, violin


17. November 2024, 17:00, The Music Window, Hottinger Hall, Zurich
1. December 2024, 17:00, Maison 44, Basel

PSALM
for solo voice on the poem by Paul Celan

Leila Pfister, voice


3. December 2024, International Music Festival Meetings New Music Plus, Janacek Music Academy, Brno (CZ)

Double-Portrait Iris Szeghy & Peter Graham

PSALM
for solo voice on the poem by Paul Celan

PERPETUUM MOBILE
for harpsichord – first performance of the harpsichord version of the work

PSALM 130
for soprano and organ

THREE SONGS OF APPENZELL
for voice and harpsichord – first performance of the harpsichord version of the work

A DAY IN MANHATTAN
for 2 harpsichords

Nao Higano, soprano
Kateřina Alexandra Šťastná, mezzosoprano
Elena Pokorná & Ján Fic, harpsichords
Ján Fic, organ


15. December 2024, 17:00, Church Thalwil (CH)

CHRISTMAS CAROL
for organ

Gerda Dillmann, organ


23. and 24. January 2025, 20:00, St.Paul´s Church, Bern

PSALM 130
for mixed choir and organ

BernChor 21, choirmaster Ewald Lucas
Lee Stalder, organ


Spring 2025, Sydney

THREE SHAKESPEARE SONGS
for mixed choir

Australian first performance of the work

a bel cappella, Sydney
Monica Buckland, choirmaster


4. April 2025, 19:00, Big Concert Hall of The Slovak Radio, Bratislava

PERPETUUM MOBILE
for organ

SPRING SONATA
for organ

Ján Fic, organ


11. April 2025, 16:00, private concert, Conservatory Košice (SK)

SPRING SONATA
for organ
/3. and 4. movement/

Ján Fic, organ


4. Mai 2025, 19:00, Prediger Church, Zurich

THREE SHAKESPEARE SONGS
for mixed choir

a bell cappella, Sydney
Monica Buckland, Leitung