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The creation of new music for the keyboard is an important part of The Gilmore’s overall mission. Each Gilmore International Keyboard Festival includes the premiere of newly commissioned work for keyboard instruments. Listed below are the compositions commissioned by The Gilmore solely, or in collaboration, since its inception in 1991.
| Year | Composer | Title / Description of Piece | Co-Commissioned By | Commissioned For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Timothy Andres | new work | Kirill Gerstein (2010 GA) | Kirill Gerstein (2010 GA) |
| 2012 | Brad Mehldau | Variations on a Melancholy Theme | Kirill Gerstein | Kirill Gerstein (2010 GA) |
| 2012 | Chick Corea | The Visitors (for piano and vibraphone) | Berklee College of Music; The Fine Family Foundation; Karlsons & Associates, LLC; Tom and Donna Lambert; Peter and Libby Seaver in memory of Patricia Holmes Clark | Kirill Gerstein (2010 GA) |
| 2012 | Michael Daugherty | Everybody’s Got the Right | Anthony de Mare’s Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano project | |
| 2011 | Mason Bates | Devil’s Radio | Yuja Wang (2006 GYA) | |
| 2011 | Fred Hersch | Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky | Natasha Paremski (2006 GYA) | |
| 2010 | Oliver Knussen | Ophelia’s Last Dance | Russell Gabier Fund | Kirill Gerstein (2010 GA) |
| 2010 | Nico Muhly | Drones & Piano | Joan Sharda | Bruce Brubaker |
| 2008 | Richard Danielpour | Fantasy for Piano | Adam Golka (2008 GYA) | |
| 2008 | Yevgeniy Sharlat | Sonata (2008) | Christopher Falzone (2004 GYA) | |
| 2008 | Frederick Rzewski | Natural Things, for piano and chamber ensemble | Opus 21 and Carnegie Hall | Opus 21 |
| 2006 | Carl Vine | 3rd Piano Sonata | Australian Arts Council & The Colburn School | Elizabeth Schumann (2004 GYA) |
| 2006 | Elliott Carter | Intermittences | Carnegie Hall | Peter Serkin |
| 2006 | Curtis Curtis-Smith | Concerto for violin, piano, and strings | Kuopio Symphony Orchestra (Finland) and an anonymous local donor | Ralf Gothóni & Elina Vahälä / KSO |
| 2004 | Richard Adams | Tandem Voices, for two pianos & percussion ensemble | Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra & the Western Michigan University Centennial Committee | KSO; Lori Sims & Silvia Roederer |
| 2004 | Derek Bermél – William Bolcom – C. Curtis-Smith – David Del Tredici – Lukas Foss – Ralf Gothóni – Fred Hersch – Jennifer Higdon – Fred Lerdahl – Bright Sheng – Stanley Walden – Mischa Sarche Zupko | “Thirteen Ways of Looking at The Goldberg,” Variations on the Aria from the J.S. Bach Goldberg Variations | Gilbert Kalish | |
| 2004 | Bruce Brubaker | PIANOMorphosis, a multi-disciplinary recital, with music by John Adams and Philip Glass | Steinway Piano | Bruce Brubaker |
| 2002 | Basil Twist | Basil Twist’s Petrushka, a puppet version of the Stravinsky ballet, set for two pianos | Lincoln Center and the Walker Art Institute | Basil Twist |
| 2000 | Louis Andriessen, Milton Babbitt, Elliott Carter, Chen Yi, Hannibal, John Harbison, Wolfgang Rihm, Frederic Rzewski, Tan Dun and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich | The Carnegie Hall Millennium Piano Book | Carnegie Hall | Ursula Oppens |
| 1998 | Michael Daugherty | Route 66, for orchestra | The National Endowment for the Arts | Detroit Symphony Orchestra |
| 1994 | Lowell Lieberman | Nocturne for solo piano | Peter Serkin | Peter Serkin |
| 1994 | Ned Rorem | Piano Concerto No. 4 | Curtis Institute (Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation) & the National Endowment for the Arts | KSO / Gary Graffman |
| 1991 | Ramon Zupko | Fluxus No. 9 for piano and tape | Abraham Stockman | |
| 1991 | Curtis Curtis-Smith | Concerto for left hand and orchestra | KSO / Leon Fleisher |