Past Events
2013 May 17, 2013 - 5:00 PM performance of Sanctus with the Ton Beau Quartet at the Canadian Music Centre, Toronto -8:00 PM performance of lumena with Eros Tang (violin) and Dorothy Yu (piano) at Mazzoleni Hall, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto. May 2, 2013 - 9:00 PM performance of Sanctus by Quartetto Indaco at the Museo della Triennale, Milan, Italy. April 28, 2013 - 2:00 PM performance of Misericordia by the Grand Philharmonic Choir and the TorQ Percussion Quartet, conducted by Mark Vuorinen at Newmarket Theatre, 505 Pickering Crescent, in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. April 20, 2013 - 12:00 PM performance of Kõik saab korda by
the E STuudio Girls' Choir, conducted by Külli Lokko at the Tallinn
International Choir Festival concert at St. Nicholas' Church in Tallinn,
Estonia. April 15, 2013 - 6:00 PM world premiere of Kõik saab korda with the E STuudio Girl's Choir, conducted by Külli Lokko at the Tartu Salem Church in Tartu, Estonia. April 13, 2013 - 4:00 PM world premiere of Misericordia for the Larkin Singers and the TorQ Percussion Quartet at the Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square, Toronto, ON, Canada. April 6, 2013 - 8:00 PM World Premiere of Entropic with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kensho Watanabe at Gould Rehearsal Hall, 1616 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA, USA. April 4, 2013 - 7:00 PM Performance of Prayer of Quiet for 2 guitars by Dmitri Timoshenko and Ilkka Turta at the Wäinö Aaltosen Museo, Itäinen Rantakatu 38, Turku, Finland March 30, 2013 - 3:30 PM World Premiere of Three Movements for Solo Marimba by Jonny Smith at Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Lane, Toronto, ON, Canada. March 15, 2013 - 8:00 PM World Premiere of offering for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and bass with ensemble 39 at Field Concert Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA, USA. February 23, 2013 - 3:00 PM Performance of Guitar Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet with Gideon Whitehead (guitar), Brendon Elliott and Haram Kim (violins), Hyeri Shin (viola) and Xin Shi (cello) at the Day of Remembrance of the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Liberties Act, which resulted in a letter of apology from the U.S. government and a check for redress to each Japanese American who had been incarcerated in concentration and internment camps during WW2. The concert took place at Main Line Unitarian Church, 816 S. Valley Forge Road, Devon, PA, USA. January 17, 2013 - 7:30 PM Performance of Guitar Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet with Gideon Whitehead (guitar), Brendon Elliott and Haram Kim (violins), Hyeri Shin (viola) and Xin Shi (cello) at the opening of the One Book One Philadelphia celebration at the Free Library of Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2012 December 11, 2012 - 5:15 World Premiere of Cantus Game for violin and brass trio with Allie Switala (Violin), Noah Dugan (Trumpet), Eric Huckins (Horn) and Danny Schwalbach (Trombone) at Field Concert Hall in Philadelphia, PA, USA. December 7, 2012 - 8:00 PM performance of Sanctus for String Quartet with the Ton Beau Quartet at Gallery 345 in Toronto. November 28, 2012 - 8:00 PM World Premiere of Guitar Quintet for Guitar and String Quartet with Gideon Whitehead (guitar), Brendon Elliott and Haram Kim (violins), Hyeri Shin (viola) and Xin Shi (cello) at Field Concert Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA. November 27, 2012 - 12:00 PM "A Traveller's Guide to Riho Maimets' Sanctus, for String Quartet" - discussion and performance by the Ton Beau Quartet at the University of Toronto Art Centre. November 26, 2012 - 18:00 Performance of Sanctus for string quartet with the Insomnia Quartet at the Tallinn Vanalinna Muusikamaja (Tallinn Old Town Music House). November 25, 2012 - 16:00 Performance of Sanctus for string quartet with the Insomnia Quartet at the Tartu German Institute. November 24, 2012 - 18:00 Performance of Sanctus for string quartet in Narva-Jõesuu with the Insomnia Quartet at the Narva-Jõesuu Sanatorium. November 23, 2012 - 14:00 Estonian Premiere of Sanctus for string quartet in Narva-Jõesuu with the Insomnia Quartet - Mari Targo (Violin I), Valeria Rjumina (Violin II), Mairit Mitt (Viola) and Theodor Sink (Cello) at the Poska Street Senior's Home. November 18, 2012 - Performance of Sanctus for string quartet with the Ton Beau Quartet at the St. Luke's Anglican Church, Creemore, ON, Canada. November 15, 2012 - 8:00 PM Performance of Sanctus for string quartet with the Ton Beau Quartet at the New Music Gallery at St-George the Martyr, 197 John Street, Toronto, ON, Canada. November 13, 2012 - 8:00 PM Performance of Beatitude for violin and ensemble with the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal at the National Arts Centre, 53 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada. November 11, 2012 - 8:00 PM Performance of Beatitude for violin and ensemble with the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal at the New Music Gallery at St-George the Martyr, 197 John Street, Toronto, ON, Canada. November 9, 2012 - 7:30 PM Performance of Beatitude for violin and ensemble with the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal at the Salle de concert du Conservatoire, 4750, rue Henri-Julien, Montréal, QC, Canada. November 7, 2012 - 8:00 PM Performance of Beatitude for violin and ensemble with the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal at the Eckhard-Grammaté Hall, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. November 5, 2012 - 8:00 PM Performance of Beatitude for violin and ensemble with the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal at the Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, 149 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada. November 3, 2012 - 8:00 PM Performance of Beatitude for violin and ensemble with the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal at the Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB, Canada. November 2, 2012 - 7:30 PM World Premiere of Beatitude for violin and ensemble with the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal at the Banff Centre for the Arts, 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, AB, Canada. October 7, 2012 - 19:30 Performance of Aftermath at St. Matthew's Church, Ealing, London, UK by Dmitri Timoshenko. September 30, 2012 - 6:00 PM Performance of Mu süda, ärka üles at the Nõmme Cultural Center (Nõmme Kultuurikeskus) by the Chamber Choir Noored Eesti Hääled, conducted by Maret Alango in Tallinn, Estonia. September 29, 2012 - 8:00 PM Performance of Chorale Groove at the Dartmouth Community Concert Association by the TorQ Percussion Quartet in Dartmouth, NS. September 27, 2012 - 8:00 PM Performance of Chorale Groove at Memorial Hall, University of New Brunswick Campus by the TorQ Percussion Quartet in Fredericton, NB. September 26, 2012 - 7:30 PM Performance of Chorale Groove at the Marigold Cultural Centre by the TorQ Percussion Quartet in Truro, NS. September 23, 2012 - 18:00 Performance of Aftermath at Masku Seurakuntatalo by Dmitri Timoshenko (guitar) at 76 Maskuntie, 21250 Masku, Finland. -Performance of Aftermath at Café Vivaldi by Jordon Dodon (guitar) in New York, NY. September 21, 2012 - 8:00 PM Performance of Chorale Groove at the DF Cook Recital Hall, Memorial University by the TorQ Percussion Quartet in St. John's, NF. September 15, 2012 - 8:00 PM Performance of Chorale Groove at the Mount Allison Performing Arts Series by the TorQ Percussion Quartet in Sackville, NB. September 14, 2012 - 7:30 PM Performance of Chorale Groove at the Indian River Festival by the TorQ Percussion Quartet in Kensington, PE. August 11, 2012 - 20:00 Performance of illalla for kantele, flute, oboe and guitar at the Messukylä Vanha Kivikirkko Soi (Messukylä Old Stone Church) in Tampere, Finland with the Northon Quartet. August 10, 2012 - 21:00 Performance of rappel for flute and tape and illalla for kantele, flute, oboe and guitar in the Prayer Room of the Pengonpohjan Chapel (Pengonpohjan rukoushuone), Ylöjärvi, Finland with the Northon Quartet. August 7, 2012 - 20:00 World Premiere of illalla for kantele, flute, oboe and guitar at the Herttoniemi Church in Helsinki, Finland with the Northon Quartet, part of the Metrolla musiikkiin Festival. 22:00 - Performance of lumena by Frederico Corrando (flute) and Egidio Fedele (guitar) at Palazzo Jelpo in Canna, Italy, part of the Incontri di Canna International Chamber Music Festival. August 2, 2012 - 21:00 Performance of Canticle for string quartet, by Quartetto Indaco, at Pavia CIty Hall at the 2012 highSCORE Festival in Pavia, Italy. June 21, 2012 - 16:00 Performance of Kuu - by Tuudur Vettik, SATB arrangement by Maimets, by the graduating choral conducting students of the Estonian Academy of Music at the Estonia National Concert Hall in Tallinn. June 17, 2012 - Performance of Mure murrab meele for mixed choir, performed by Noored Eesti Hääled, conducted by Maret Alango, at Kochi Kabel, Rummu tee 3d, Tallinn, Estonia. May 28, 2012 - 7:15 PM, Swedish début, world premiere: Canticle for string quartet, performed by the Stenhammar String Quartet at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (Linneanum, Thunbergsvägen 2, Uppsala, Sweden). May 25, 2012 - 4:00 PM, Performance of Mu hing jääb truuks ("I will remain faithful") at Speak to me, piano recital of Viola Yip at Conrad Hall, Wolfe Center, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA. May 24, 2012 - 9:00 PM, Guitarist Omar Fassa performs Aftermath at the Chiesa di San Lucia at 9:00 PM in Pavia, Italy. May 15, 2012 - 7:30 PM, Performance of Lase kiik käia ("Let the Cradle Swing") with the Tartu Academic Women's Choir at Trinity St-Paul's United Church, Toronto, Canada. - Nominated an Emerging Artist for the Ontario Premier's Award for Excellence in the Arts. April 29, 2012 - British début, Performance of Sanctus at St. Andrew's Church, London, UK with the Villier's String Quartet at 3:00 PM. - Announced winner of the Villiers Quartet Competition.
April 24, 2012 - 6:00 PM, premiere of Mure murrab meele for mixed choir at the Estonian National Opera Chamber Hall (Estonia kammersaal) with Noored Eesti Hääled "Young Estonian Voices" Chamber Choir, conducted by Maret Alango in Tallinn, Estonia.
April 22, 2012 - 2:00 PM, Taaveti laul 131 ("Psalm of David 131) for mixed choir will be performed by the Estonia Choir, conducted by Ingrid Silm, at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 817 Mt. Pleasant Road, Toronto. *Concert entitled Ärka üles, mu hing ("Awake, My Soul") featuring sacred music by Estonian composers from the 19th century to the present day. April 3, 2012 - Aftermath performed by Thomas Bégin at 8:00 PM at the salle de récital du Conservatoire de Montréal
April 1, 2012 - 8:30 PM Prayer of Quiet performed by James Lowrie and Patrick Power at James Lowrie's 3rd year recital at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music, Room 330
March 24, 2012 - 8:00 PM premiere performance of Media vita with the vocal ensemble Heinavanker in the Estonian Music Days Festival at St Michael's Church (Rüütli 9) at 8:00 PM
March 22, 2012 - 7:30 PM performance of memento with Calvin Cheng (violin) at the University of Toronto's Walter Hall in Toronto, Canada, at Calvin Cheng's 4th Year Recital
March 20, 2012 - 7:30 PM performance of memento with Calvin Cheng (violin) at the University of Toronto's Walter Hall in Toronto, Canada, at a student composers concert
March 10, 2012 - 3:15 PM performance of Prayer of Quiet at the Montréal Conservatory with Thomas Bégin and Nicolas Raymond (guitars)
March 7, 2012 - 7:00 PM performance of Chorale Groove with the torQ Percussion Quartet at the Lebovic Centre for the Arts in Stouffville, Ontario, Canada
Feb. 14, 2012 - performance of lumena with Kaili Maimets (flute) and pianist at Gallery345 at 8:00 with LesAmis Concerts
Feb. 7, 2012 - performance of Sprout for piccolo, flute and cello with Kaili Maimets (picc.), Laura Chambers (flute) and Beth Silver (cello) at Student Composer Concert at Walter Hall
Feb. 5, 2012 - premiere of Chorale Groove for mallet quartet by the TorQ Percussion Quartet in Walter Hall at 7:30
Friday, January 27, 2012 at:
12:00, Walter Hall - rappel for flute and electronics performed by Kaili Maimets (flute)
7:30, Walter Hall - Karen Kieser Prize Concert
January 16, 2012 - 7:30 in Walter Hall, University of Toronto: violinist Calvin Cheng gives premiere of memento for solo violin
2011
December 16, 2011 - Guitarists Dmitri Timoshenko and Vahur Kubja perform Prayer of Quiet at Kuressaare Castle
December 14, 2011 - Guitarists Dmitri Timoshenko and Vahur Kubja perform Prayer of Quiet at Pärnu Town Hall
December 12, 2011 - Guitarists Dmitri Timoshenko and Vahur Kubja perform Prayer Quiet at the Tallinn Old Town Music House
December 11, 2011 - Guitarists Dmitri Timoshenko and Vahur Kubja perform Prayer of Quiet at Tartu Town Hall
December 10, 2011 - Maimets featured in an article of the second-largest Estonian daily newspaper, Eesti Päevaleht
December 9, 2011 - Premiere of Prayer of Quiet for 2 guitars at Narva Castle in Estonia by Dmitri Timoshenko and Vahur Kubja
November 22, 2011 - Pianist Wesley Shen performs mu hing jääb truuks at a student composers concert at the University of Toronto in Walter Hall
November 4, 2011 - Maimets named winner of 2011 Karen Kieser Prize in Canadian Music
October 23, 2011 - Premiere of mu hing jääb truuks at Tartu College, performed by Riho Esko Maimets, on the occasion of the 100th jubilee celebrations of the Estonian Academic Women's Society
October 18, 2011 - Canadian premiere of My Beloved for Horn and Piano by Courtney Prizrenac (Horn) and Renee Kruisselbrink (Piano) at a student composers concert at the University of Toronto in Walter Hall
September 7, 2011 - U.S. Debut: U.S. premiere of My Beloved for Horn (Corey Klein) and Piano (Paul Schwartz) in Coral Galbes, Florida.
August 13, 2011 - Selected to take part in the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal (ECM+) Générations 2012 project!
July 18, 2011 - Riho Esko Maimets announced Winner of the highSCORE Prize 2011
July 16, 2011 - Premiere of My Beloved for French Horn (Corey Klein) and Piano (Ethan Braun) in Pavia, Italy.
July 12, 2011 - Premiere of Sanctus for String Quartet in Pavia, Italy. Click here for more information.
July 8, 2011 - Italian Début: Guitarist Omar Fassa gives the Italian premiere of Aftermath. Click here for more information.
June 18, 2011 - Dmitri Timoshenko performs Aftermath in Tampere, Finland, at the Messukylän Kirkko.
May 22, 2011 - rappel for flute and tape is premiered at Fuze - an evening of new Canadian electroacoustic music, at Gallery345 in Toronto, with Kaili Maimets playing flute.
- Taaveti laul 131 and Mu süda, ärka üles are performed at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Tallinn, Estonia, by Noored Eesti Hääled under the direction of Martin Sildos.
April 23, 2011 - lumena is performed by the Oriole Duo at their founding concert at Heliconian Hall in Toronto.
April 7, 2011 - Jenny Metsälä (flute) and Olli Hyyrynen (guitar) will perform lumena and in memoria aeterna at the Lasnamäe Music School at 17:00. April 6, 2011 - Jenny Metsälä (flute) and Olli Hyyrynen (guitar) will give the Estonian premieres of lumena and in memoria aeterna at the Estonian Academy of Music, in Orelisaal (organ hall) at 19:00. March 22, 2011 - iil receives its premiere at the fourth Student Composers Concert at the University of Toronto's Walter Hall with Kaili Maimets and Amelia Lyons (flutes), Sarah Steeves (cello) and Jacqueline Leung (piano).
March 18, 2011 - REBIRTH - Kaili Maimets (flute), Patrick Power (electric guitar) and Etienne Levesque (marimba) will perform contemplation, lumena and Aftermath at Toronto's Heliconian Hall at 7:30 PM, along with compositions by Caleb Chan and Mitch Renaud. February 9, 2011 - Aftermath for solo guitar will receive its Canadian premiere at a student composers concert at the University of Toronto's Walter Hall at the Faculty of Music, with James Lowrie at the guitar. January 25, 2011 - Aftermath for solo guitar receives its Finnish premiere in Turku, Finland at a solo recital of Dmitri Timoshenko. A review of the concert in the Turun Sanomat can be found here. January 23, 2011 - 2:30 PM at the Macmillan Theatre Stage, University of Toronto. Master's Students of the U of T's opera division will premiere the opera The Jealous Husband, libretto by Michael P. Albano. The Jealous Husband consists of six scenes, one of which is written by me.
2010
December 3, 2010 - 7:00 PM Dmitri Timoshenko (guitar) will premiere my first piece for solo guitar, Aftermath, at Vanalinna Muusikamaja (The Old Town Music House), Uus 16c, Tallinn, Estonia.
November 30, 2010 - Patrick Power (guitar) and Kaili Maimets (flute) will perform lumena "when I was snow" at Walter Hall at 7:30 PM at the second U of T student composers concert. November 27, 2010 - Toronto's Estonia Choir will premiere Jõuluks, text by Anna Haava, at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church under the direction of Ingrid Silm. Jõuluks was commissioned by the Estonia Choir in the summer of 2010. November 13, 2010 - Students of the Tabasalu Music School (Estonia) perform my piano music for children at the North-East Regional Estonian Piano Music Competition (Loode-Eesti muusikakoolide Eesti klaverimuusika konkurss). Click here for more information.
Karilin Tammik - Praemuna
Kirke Viira - Õuedaamide valss
Emma Tsirk - Gorilla polka
Johanna Lass - Krahvinnade tüli
Lisa Loifenfeld - Nõidade valss
October 19, 2010 - Patrick Power (guitar) and Kathleen Ludwig (cello) will perform In memoria aeterna at Walter Hall at 7:30 PM at the U of T student composers concert Rehepeksu ringmäng "Threshing Game" for violin and piano is included as compulsory repertoire for violinists up to the age of 10, at the 2011 Noor muusik "Young Musician" International Music Competition, Tallinn, Estonia.
June 18, 2010 - ...aux étoiles receives its second performance at the Estonia Concert Hall at the 2010 graduation ceremony of the EAMT, performed by the EAMT Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Paul Mägi.
June 8, 2010 - Lux aeterna for string quartet and piano trio is premiered by the Super Nova Quartet (Jonathan Crow and Mark Fewer, violins; Douglas McNabney, viola; Denise Djokic, cello), Elmar Oliveira (violin), Matt Haimovitz (cello) John Novacek (piano), with the composer conducting. Lux aeterna was commissioned by the Scotia Festival of Music, the premiere taking place at the Sir James Dunn Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
May 8, 2010 - ...aux étoiles is premiered by the EAMT Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Toomas Vavilov at the Tallinn Methodist Church, along with the new orchestral works of Riho's undergraduate colleagues.
February 21, 2010 - Sprout receives its Finnish premiere at the Kuopio Academy of Music and Dance, with Jenny Metsälä (piccolo), Arianna Grava (flute) and Ada Alakärppä (violin). | Future Events
May 24, 2013 - 5:00 PM World premiere of .:i:.:ili:.:i:. with Jiyeon Kim at The Cleveland Institute of Music's Mixon Hall, 11021 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH, USA. May 25, 2013 - 8:00 PM World premiere of Laudate Dominum with the Oriana Women's Choir, conducted by Mitchell Pady at Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Road, Toronto. May 26, 2013 - 3:00 PM performance of Sanctus with the Villiers String Quartet at St. Andrew's Church, Fulham Fields, Greyhound Road, London W14 9SA, UK. October 1, 2013 - 7:00 PM World premiere of new work for choir and strings with Choir21 and string orchestra conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste, October 1, 2013, Koerner Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada. |