Photo by Jeffrey Heyden-Kaye.
Canadian pianist Roger Admiral performs music from the 17th to the 21st century. Performances include Steven Takasugi's Piano Concerto with Südwestrundfunk Sinfonieorchester for Donaueschinger Musiktage, György Ligeti's Piano Concerto with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Matthew Ricketts' Meloscuro with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the piano works of Iannis Xenakis for Vancouver New Music, and collaborations on recitals for Curto-Circuito de Música Contemporânea Brazil, Festival of Contemporary Polish Music (Wrocław), New Music Concerts (Toronto), Lincoln Center's Great Performers series, Carnegie / Weill Hall, and Talea Ensemble Time:Spans (New York City) . He plays with the Edmonton quartet UltraViolet and with Aventa Ensemble in Victoria, BC. For 20 years Roger led the contemporary chamber music class at University of Alberta. He lives in Camrose, AB.
NEXT CONCERTS
September 24-October 1, 2026 Edmonton, Camrose, Lacombe and Calgary
Coinciding with a new Routledge publication on Arnold Schoenberg, authored and edited by musicologist Alexander Carpenter
Arnold Schoenberg - Klavierstücke, Op. 23
Alban Berg - Sonate, Op. 1
October 4/5, 2026 Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre and University of Calgary
With the Edmonton Saxophone Quartet
Howard Bashaw - Quintet for piano and saxophone quartet
Laurie Radford - roiling
George Gershwin - selected songs arranged by the composer
November 28, 2026 New Music Edmonton
With UltraViolet
New works by Andriy Talpash and Raylene Campbell, along with music by Pauline Oliveros, Heather Hindman, and Erin Rogers
TBD, 2026 Augustana Chapel (Camrose)
premiere of Eric Wubbels - A Drop of Water (László Krasznahorkai)
along with works by Anthony Tan, Dorothy Chang and Huck Hodge
March 19, 2027 St. Bartholomew Hall, Brooklyn NY
Talea Ensemble conducted by James Baker
New works for solo piano and ensemble
Michelle Lou - Dead Eyes
Max Murray - foris
Ashkan Behzadi - untitled
Canadian pianist Roger Admiral performs music from the 17th to the 21st century. Performances include Steven Takasugi's Piano Concerto with Südwestrundfunk Sinfonieorchester for Donaueschinger Musiktage, György Ligeti's Piano Concerto with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Matthew Ricketts' Meloscuro with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the piano works of Iannis Xenakis for Vancouver New Music, and collaborations on recitals for Curto-Circuito de Música Contemporânea Brazil, Festival of Contemporary Polish Music (Wrocław), New Music Concerts (Toronto), Lincoln Center's Great Performers series, Carnegie / Weill Hall, and Talea Ensemble Time:Spans (New York City) . He plays with the Edmonton quartet UltraViolet and with Aventa Ensemble in Victoria, BC. For 20 years Roger led the contemporary chamber music class at University of Alberta. He lives in Camrose, AB.
NEXT CONCERTS
September 24-October 1, 2026 Edmonton, Camrose, Lacombe and Calgary
Coinciding with a new Routledge publication on Arnold Schoenberg, authored and edited by musicologist Alexander Carpenter
Arnold Schoenberg - Klavierstücke, Op. 23
Alban Berg - Sonate, Op. 1
October 4/5, 2026 Jeanne and Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre and University of Calgary
With the Edmonton Saxophone Quartet
Howard Bashaw - Quintet for piano and saxophone quartet
Laurie Radford - roiling
George Gershwin - selected songs arranged by the composer
November 28, 2026 New Music Edmonton
With UltraViolet
New works by Andriy Talpash and Raylene Campbell, along with music by Pauline Oliveros, Heather Hindman, and Erin Rogers
TBD, 2026 Augustana Chapel (Camrose)
premiere of Eric Wubbels - A Drop of Water (László Krasznahorkai)
along with works by Anthony Tan, Dorothy Chang and Huck Hodge
March 19, 2027 St. Bartholomew Hall, Brooklyn NY
Talea Ensemble conducted by James Baker
New works for solo piano and ensemble
Michelle Lou - Dead Eyes
Max Murray - foris
Ashkan Behzadi - untitled