complete list of works
R a n d
S t e i g e r
conducting
performing with the Ensemble Sospeso in New York (2002) and the California EAR Unit at Tanglewood (1987)
Rand Steiger was active as a conductor specializing in contemporary works until deciding in 2010 to concentrate entirely on composition. He lead a series of critically acclaimed concerts with the Ensemble Sospeso in New York City in the early 2000's, and with the California EAR Unit at the Los Angeles County Museum in the 1980's and 90's. Among other groups he conducted were the Arditti Quartet, Aspen Chamber Ensemble, La Jolla Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, New York New Music Ensemble, and the Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain (Switzerland). Among his recordings as conductor are operas by Anne LeBaron, Hilda Paredes and Anthony Davis, and chamber works by Elliott Carter, George Lewis, Mark Osborn, Roger Reynolds, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Morton Subotnick, Iannis Xenakis and Wadada Leo Smith. He has also conducted many world, New York and California premier performances, including works of Muhal Richard Abrams, Louis Andriessen, Milton Babbitt, Pierre Boulez, Henry Brant, Elliott Carter, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Gordon, Jonathan Harvey, Aaron Kernis, Scott Lindroth, James Newton, Luigi Nono, Augusta Read-Thomas, Roger Reynolds, Terry Riley, Poul Rudders, Frederick Rzewski, Kaija Saariaho, Giacinto Scelsi, Elliott Sharp, Julia Wolfe, Toru Takemitsu, Jon Tavener, and Erki-Sven Tuur.
selected premiere performances:
composer work venue
first performances
Louis Andriessen Zilver LACMA Pierre Boulez petite derive - en echo Sospeso, Orensanz Center, NY Herny Brandt Revenge before Breakfast CalArts Virko Baley Dreamtime LACMA Anthony Brandt Period Piece Harvard Luis Diego Herra Trio y Percusion Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica Scott Lindroth Relations to Rigor CalArts Salvitore Martirano Thrown 1984 Olympic Arts Festival, L.A. M. McCandless Against Nature LACMA Eric Moe Kicking and Screaming UCSD Hilda Paredes Seed of Time Sospeso, Orensanz Center, NY Mel Powell Sextet LACMA Augusta Read Thomas Bubble: Rainbow (spirit level) Sospeso, Century Club, NY Roger Reynolds Personae UCSD Terry Riley Four Woelfi Portraits LACMA Andrew Rindfleisch Fanatical Dances Harvard Frederick Rzewski Ninety-six Sospeso, Orensanz Center, NY Nicholas Slonimsky Quadraversal LACMA Dorrance Stalvey Pound Songs LACMA Morton Subotnick Key to Songs New Music America Ivan Tcherepin The New Rhythmantics Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group Erki-Sven Tuur Architechtonics III LACMA Julia Wolfe Sleeping Child Bang on a Can Festival Mary Wright He Don't Care LACMA
US premieres
Louis Andriessen Tao Ensemble Sospeso, Miller Theater, NY Georghe Costinescu Pantomime Ensemble Sospeso, Miller Theater, NY Edison Denisov Chamber Symphony UCSD Brian Ferneyhough La Chute d'Icare UCSD Brian Ferneyhough Terain UCSD Olga Neuwirth Torsion: Transparent Variation Ensemble Sospeso, Miller Theater, NY Hilda Paredes The Seventh Seed UCSD Giacinto Scelsi Pranum II CalArts Festival John Tavenar Pilgrimage Ensemble Sospeso, Miller Theater, NY
European premieres
Milton Babbitt Consortini Ars Musica Festival, Belgium Earle Brown Syntagm III Ars Musica Festival, Belgium Scott Lindroth Relations to Rigor Ars Musica Festival, Belgium Steven Mackey Indigenous Instruments WDR, Cologne
New York Premieres
Brian Ferneyhough La Chute d'Icare Miller Theatre Brian Ferneyhough Terrain Weill Recital Hall Brian Ferneyhough On Stellar Magnitudes Weill Recital Hall Virko Baley Dreamtime Weill Recital Hall Morton Subotnick Key to Songs Composers Forum Roger Reynolds Personae Miller Theatre Iannis Xenakis Thallein Miller Theatre
West Coast Premieres
William Albright Rustles of Spring LACMA Milton Babbitt Consortini LACMA Rick Baitz River of January LACMA Todd Brief Idols CalArts Festival Elliott Carter Triple Duo LACMA George Edwards The Isle is Full of Noise LACMA Michael Gordon Though Shall, Though Shalt No CalArts Festival Kamran Ince Turquoise LACMA Aaron Kernis Brautigan Songs CalArts Festival Poul Rudders Corpus cum Figuris L.A. Philharmonic New Music Group Kaija Saariaho Io UCSD Kaija Saariaho Graal Theater UCSD Robert Sexton Sentinel of the Rainbow CalArts Festival Eric Stokes Whittlings LACMA Toru Takemitsu Rain Coming UCSD Michael Torke The Yellow Pages CalArts Festival Mary Wright Sunflower LACMA Julia Wolfe Girlfriend LACMA Iannis Xenakis Thallein UCSD
Southern California Premieres
Paul Drescher Channels Passing M.O.C.A. Explorations Series Oliver Lake Flirtation Blue LACMA James Newton Violet LACMA Kaija Saariaho Lichtbogen Music 3 Festival, San Diego Wadada Leo Smith Tao-Njia LACMA Wadada Leo Smith Giant Sequoia LACMA Steven Mackey Indigenous Instruments LACMA
San Diego Premieres
Pierre Boulez Le Marteau Sans Maitre Athenaeum, La Jolla, CA Earle Brown Centering UCSD Gyorgy Ligetti Chamber Concerto UCSD Steve Reich Eight Lines La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art
