Repertoire — Colin Currie

““[Currie] moved with taut physicality and fierce focus””

— Boston Globe

Photos of Colin with a small selection of the composers who have written works especially for him:

Colin with Bruno Mantovani after the premiere of ‘Allegro Barbaro’

With HK Gruber after a performance of "into the open..." with Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Colin with conductor Gil Rose & Steve Mackey during the recording of Mackey's percussion concerto, 'Time Release'

Colin with Andy Akiho after the world premiere of his Percussion Concerto with Oregon Symphony

With Steve Reich after Colin conducted Reich/Richter at London's Barbican Centre

The Colin Currie Quartet with Kevin Volans ahead of the Irish premiere of his Four Marimbas in Dublin Castle

With Robert Honstein before the world premiere of his Percussion Concerto at the Palace Theatre in Albany, New York

With Rolf Wallin after a performance of 'Realismos mágicos' at the Wigmore Hall

With Helen Grime and Marin Alsop ahead of the world premiere performance of Grime's Percussion Concerto at London's Southbank Centre

With Harrison Birtwistle on stage at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London at the European premiere of 'Intrada for Piano and Percussion'.

With a Steve Reich and my ensemble in Tokyo for performances of Clapping Music, Mallet Quartet, Quartet (Japanese Premiere) and Tehillim. A great trip!!

At Snape Maltings with Mark-Anthony Turnage for the world premiere of 'Martland Memorial' April 2017

With Andrew Norman in Carnegie Hall for the NY Premiere of 'Switch' for solo percussion and orchestra.

With Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Gillian Moore at the Southbank Centre following a performance of 'The Axe Manual' at my percussion festival Metal Wood Skin.

With James Macmillan in Utrecht following the Premiere of his 'Percussion Concerto No.2' with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.

With Louis Andriessen at the first rehearsal for his wonderful and melancholy 'Tapdance' for Solo Percussion and Large Ensemble.

With Toshio Hosokawa at London's Wigmore Hall following my solo recital debut there.

With Rolf Wallin discussing his new suite of marimba pieces inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez short stories.

With Julia Wolfe in Tribeca, NYC in April 2013.

With Steve Reich in Tokyo, December 2012.

With Kalevi Aho in Gothenberg for the Swedish Premiere of ‘Sieidi’ in November 2012.

With Nico Muhly and Joey Roukens in Rotterdam, November 2012.

With Elliott Carter and Eric Huebner at the World Premiere of 'Two Controversies and a Conversation' in New York City in June 2012.

With Joe Pereira and Jeff Milarsky at the premiere of Joe’s concerto in Los Angeles, May 2012.

Christopher Rouse in Aspen after one of many performances of his concerto. I broke a snare head; Chris said 'Still not loud enough!!!'

With Askell Masson following the premiere of his Percussion Concerto with the Turku Philharmonic in December 2011

With Mr and Mrs HK Gruber in Estonia in October 2011. Wonderrrrrrful!

10 Premieres and counting - with Dave Maric in Ghent in September 2011.

With Michael Torke at the premiere of 'Mojave' in The Netherlands in November 2010.

With Jennifer Higdon and Donald Runnicles at the closing concert of The Grand Teton Music Festival in August 2010

With Steve Reich at London’s South Bank Centre in February 2010, on the first occasion we were to meet.

With Einojuhani Rautavaara in Helsinki in May 2009, a few months prior to the premiere of ‘Incantations’

With Simon Holt following the sensational premiere in Birmingham of 'a table of noises'.

With Steve Mackey in Carnegie Hall, at the US Premiere of ‘Time Release’, March 2008.

With Steve Mackay and Andre de Ridder in Glasgow in autumn 2005.

With Bright Sheng in Amsterdam, performing his marimba concerto with the Concertgebouw Orkest in 2005.

Colin & Danny Elfman after the premiere of Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra

A SELECTION OF COLIN'S CONCERTO REPERTOIRE (alphabetical)

WORLD PREMIERES

Gavin Higgins

Luke Bedford

Nicole Lizée

Bruno Mantovani

Danny Elfman

Steve Reich

Bethan Morgan-Williams

Andy Akiho

Huw Watkins

Robert Honstein

Helen Grime

Harrison Birtwistle

Dave Maric

Brett Dean

Mark-Anthony Turnage

Ross Edwards

Andrew Norman

HK Gruber

Dave Maric

Seven premieres: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic with James Gaffigan, November 2014, Philharmonia Orchestra with Jaime Martin, December 2014, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse with Tugan Sohkiev, December 2014, Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra with Marin Alsop, August 2015, Royal Scottish National Orchestra with Edward Gardner at the Edinburgh Festival, August 2015, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with Marin Alsop, March 2016, São Paolo Symphony Orchestra with Marin Alsop, March 2016.

James MacMillan

Steve Reich

Louis Andriessen

Jiri Gemrot

Rolf Wallin

Nico Muhly

Julia Wolfe

Dave Maric

Elliott Carter

Joseph Pereira

Kalevi Aho

Sally Beamish

Askell Masson

Elliott Carter

Joey Roukens

Christian Muthspiel

Tobias Brostrom

Michael Torke

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Kurt Schwertsik

Steve Martland

Alexander Goehr

Simon Holt

Charlie Parker (arr. Rolf Martinsson)

Michael Nyman

Dave Maric

Jennifer Higdon

Steve Mackey

Thea Musgrave

Joe Duddell

Dave Maric

Michael Torke

Joe Duddell

Errollyn Wallen

““Ever ready to shine, Colin Currie is the brilliant soloist in this entertaining work”
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— Financial Times