Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye.
Roger Admiral performs repertoire spanning the 17th through the 21st century. He works regularly with UltraViolet Ensemble (Edmonton) and Aventa Ensemble (Victoria). Roger also teaches piano at University of Alberta, Augustana Campus.
Recent performances include György Ligeti's Piano Concerto with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, the complete piano works of Iannis Xenakis for Vancouver New Music, and recitals for Curto-Circuito de Música Contemporânea Brazil with saxophonist Allison Balcetis, for Lincoln Center's Great Performers series with baritone Nathan Berg, and Carnegie / Weill Hall with violinist Guillaume Tardif. In 2023 he will premiere Steven Takasugi's Klavierkonzert with the SWR Symphonieorchester for the Donaueschingen Musiktage.
UPCOMING
September 25, 2022
Philip T. Young Auditorium (Victoria)
With Aventa Ensemble
Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Ró
Rolf Wallin - Topologie d’une cité fantôme
Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Hrim
Bent Sørensen - Deserted Churchyards
Bent Sørensen - Funeral Procession
Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Aequilibria"
September 28 / October 2, 2022
University of Alberta Convocation Hall (Edmonton)
Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre (Camrose)
With Robert Uchida, violin, and Rafael Hoekman, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven - Trio, Op. 70 No. 1 (Ghost)
Matthew Ricketts - Still There
Johannes Brahms - Trio, Op. 8
November 13, 2022
Philip T. Young Auditorium (Victoria)
With Aventa Ensemble
David Eagle - As mountain winds
Jocelyn Morlock -Velour
Jordan Nobles - Simulacrum
Giorgio Magnanensi - QUID
Marcus Goddard - Antarctica: Life Emerging
November 17, 2022
Augustana Chapel (Camrose)
With UltraViolet Ensemble
Emilie LeBel - new work
Nicolas Arnaez - new work
Rio Houle - Catalogue
George Lewis - Shadowgraph, 5
November 26, 2022
With Pro Coro Canada (Edmonton)
Gioachino Rossini - Petite messe solennelle, for soloists, choir, piano and harmonium
January 22, 2023
Philip T. Young Auditorium (Victoria)
With William Linwood, percussion
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte
February 10, 2023
University of Alberta Convocation Hall (Edmonton)
With Guillaume Tardif, violin
Edvard Grieg - Sonata in c
Robert Schumann - Fantasie, Op. 131
March, 2023
American Musicological Society Pacific Northwest Chapter, Augustana Chapel (Camrose)
With Guillaume Tardif, violin
Béla Bartók - First Sonata
Alban Berg - Piano Sonata
Arnold Schoenberg - Phantasy
Anton von Webern - Four Pieces, Op. 7
March, 2023
American Musicological Society Pacific Northwest Chapter, Augustana Chapel (Camrose)
With Edmonton Saxophone Quartet
Howard Bashaw - 13 for Saxophone Quintet (first performance)
Anthony Tan - Pose II: On the Shadows of Ideas
Dorothy Chang - Five
Huck Hodge - mi'ma'amakin
April 2, 2023
Philip T. Young Auditorium (Victoria)
With Aventa Ensemble
Missy Mazzoli - Still Life With Avalanche
Philippe Leroux - Ailes
Taylor Brook – Lore
György Ligeti - Chamber Concerto
October, 2023
Donaueschinger Musiktage, with the Südwestrundfunk Sinfonieorchester conducted by Titus Engel
Steven Takasugi - Piano Concerto (first performance)
February, 2024
Annesley Black - 4238 de Bullion
Annesley Black - a piece that is a size that is recognized as not a size but a piece
Stefan Prins - Piano Hero
Roger Admiral performs repertoire spanning the 17th through the 21st century. He works regularly with UltraViolet Ensemble (Edmonton) and Aventa Ensemble (Victoria). Roger also teaches piano at University of Alberta, Augustana Campus.
Recent performances include György Ligeti's Piano Concerto with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, the complete piano works of Iannis Xenakis for Vancouver New Music, and recitals for Curto-Circuito de Música Contemporânea Brazil with saxophonist Allison Balcetis, for Lincoln Center's Great Performers series with baritone Nathan Berg, and Carnegie / Weill Hall with violinist Guillaume Tardif. In 2023 he will premiere Steven Takasugi's Klavierkonzert with the SWR Symphonieorchester for the Donaueschingen Musiktage.
UPCOMING
September 25, 2022
Philip T. Young Auditorium (Victoria)
With Aventa Ensemble
Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Ró
Rolf Wallin - Topologie d’une cité fantôme
Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Hrim
Bent Sørensen - Deserted Churchyards
Bent Sørensen - Funeral Procession
Anna Thorvaldsdottir - Aequilibria"
September 28 / October 2, 2022
University of Alberta Convocation Hall (Edmonton)
Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre (Camrose)
With Robert Uchida, violin, and Rafael Hoekman, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven - Trio, Op. 70 No. 1 (Ghost)
Matthew Ricketts - Still There
Johannes Brahms - Trio, Op. 8
November 13, 2022
Philip T. Young Auditorium (Victoria)
With Aventa Ensemble
David Eagle - As mountain winds
Jocelyn Morlock -Velour
Jordan Nobles - Simulacrum
Giorgio Magnanensi - QUID
Marcus Goddard - Antarctica: Life Emerging
November 17, 2022
Augustana Chapel (Camrose)
With UltraViolet Ensemble
Emilie LeBel - new work
Nicolas Arnaez - new work
Rio Houle - Catalogue
George Lewis - Shadowgraph, 5
November 26, 2022
With Pro Coro Canada (Edmonton)
Gioachino Rossini - Petite messe solennelle, for soloists, choir, piano and harmonium
January 22, 2023
Philip T. Young Auditorium (Victoria)
With William Linwood, percussion
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte
February 10, 2023
University of Alberta Convocation Hall (Edmonton)
With Guillaume Tardif, violin
Edvard Grieg - Sonata in c
Robert Schumann - Fantasie, Op. 131
March, 2023
American Musicological Society Pacific Northwest Chapter, Augustana Chapel (Camrose)
With Guillaume Tardif, violin
Béla Bartók - First Sonata
Alban Berg - Piano Sonata
Arnold Schoenberg - Phantasy
Anton von Webern - Four Pieces, Op. 7
March, 2023
American Musicological Society Pacific Northwest Chapter, Augustana Chapel (Camrose)
With Edmonton Saxophone Quartet
Howard Bashaw - 13 for Saxophone Quintet (first performance)
Anthony Tan - Pose II: On the Shadows of Ideas
Dorothy Chang - Five
Huck Hodge - mi'ma'amakin
April 2, 2023
Philip T. Young Auditorium (Victoria)
With Aventa Ensemble
Missy Mazzoli - Still Life With Avalanche
Philippe Leroux - Ailes
Taylor Brook – Lore
György Ligeti - Chamber Concerto
October, 2023
Donaueschinger Musiktage, with the Südwestrundfunk Sinfonieorchester conducted by Titus Engel
Steven Takasugi - Piano Concerto (first performance)
February, 2024
Annesley Black - 4238 de Bullion
Annesley Black - a piece that is a size that is recognized as not a size but a piece
Stefan Prins - Piano Hero