2026
17/10
The Man of Sorrows, La Recta Musica by Cornelis de Bondt / performance with Kali Ensemble: Nirantar Yakthumba (keyboard/organ), Kristia Michael (voice), Marguerite Maire (recorders), Eduardo G.P. Baader (baroque flute), Giuseppe Sapienza (clarinet), Leslee Smucker (violin), Beste Yıldız (cello), Joel Gester Suárez (keyboard/organ)
Orgelpark, Amsterdam
26/09
New work by Danya Pilchen / performance with Kali Ensemble
Orgelpark, Amsterdam
02/03–
29/03
Artistic research residency
Q-O2, Brussels
27/02
default den haag / new work / solo performance on my self-built nāda
tānpurā
Korzo, The Hague
07/02–
09/02
Echonance Festival #4 Aural Cartographies / performance of my work Bagalāmukhī {xⁿ: x⁴ – 5 = 0} by Kristia Michael & Alexis Mastichiadis
Orgelpark, Amsterdam
2025
Grants, Awards, and Commissions
Konrad Boehmer Prize for outstanding and original thesis and final presentation, awarded by the Konrad Boehmer Foundation
Research Associate at the Institute of Sonology
11/10
Temperatura / EVIL GAZE by Danya Pilchen, performed by Nirantar Yakthumba (indian harmonium) & Danya Pilchen (live electronics) / performance of a new adaptation of my work Kamalā {p/q: 2376, 2592, 2673, 2816, 2904, 3168, 3456, 3564, 3827, 3888, 4224, 4356}, performance with Kali Ensemble: Nirantar Yakthumba (indian harmonium), Nirita Yakthumba (electric bass)
GROND, Amsterdam
26/06
Sonology Master’s Final Presentation / Eduardo G.P. Baader (baroque flute) / première of my work Chinnamastā with Pedro Latas & Lucie Nezri (live diffusion), Axel Kolb (trombone), and Kali Ensemble: Nirantar Yakthumba (live electronics/piano), Joel Gester Suárez (live electronics), Gregor Connelly (live electronics) / performance of a new adaptation of my work Bagalamukhī {xⁿ: x³¹ – 2 = 0} with Kali Ensemble: Nirantar Yakthumba (retuned piano), Eduardo G.P. Baader (baroque flute)
Koninklijk Conservatorium, The Hague
05/06
Paper Braids by Danya Pilchen / performance with Kali Ensemble: Nirantar Yakthumba (organ), Joel Gester Suárez (organ), Gregor Connelly (live electronics)
Orgelpark, Amsterdam
22/02
Kalponik Rekha / première of my new work Kamalā {p/q: 2376, 2592, 2673, 2816, 2904, 3168, 3456, 3564, 3827, 3888, 4224, 4356} / solo performance on indian harmonium
Worm, Rotterdam
2024
Grants, Awards, and Commissions
बगलामुखी (Bagalāmukhī) {xⁿ: x⁴ – 5 = 0}, commissioned by Kristia Michael & Alexis Mastichiadis
बगलामुखी (Bagalāmukhī) {xⁿ: x³¹ – 2 = 0}, commissioned by Eduardo Gaspar Polo Baader, funded by Subsidie kunst- en cultuur projecten, Gemeente Den Haag
Sonic Geometry, artistic research at Studio LOOS, The Hague, funded by Gemeente Den Haag
16/12
Among Echoes / première of my new work Bagalāmukhī {xⁿ: x⁴ – 5 = 0} / performed by Kristia Michael & Alexis Mastichiadis
Splendor, Amsterdam
07/12
Paper Braids by Danya Pilchen for 4 organs and live electronics / code for live performance / première with Kali Ensemble: Nirantar Yakthumba (organ), Joel Gester Suárez (organ), Gregor Connelly (live-electronics)
Orgelpark, Amsterdam
25/10
Crawlspace / première of my new work Kamalā {p/q: 32, 33, 36, 39, 40, 42, 44, 48, 52, 54, 56, 60} / solo performance on indian harmonium
Crawlspace, The Hague
07/09–
22/09
Ample Space Between by Danya Pilchen in collaboration with Gregor Connelly / code for sound installation
Trixie, The Hague
06/09
After Hours / performance of for siblings by Lucie Nezri, version for piano 4-hands, performed by Nirantar Yakthumba & Lucie Nezri / performance of an abridged version of my work-in-progress Chinnamastā with Kali Ensemble: Nirantar Yakthumba (live electronics), Joel Gester Suárez (live electronics), Gregor Connelly (live electronics)
Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague
31/05
5 jaar Makersregeling / performance of an abridged version of EVIL GAZE by Danya Pilchen / performed by Nirantar Yakthumba (indian harmonium) & Danya Pilchen (live electronics)
Amare, The Hague
12/05
Resonances / performance of my new work Bagalamukhī {xⁿ: x³¹ – 2 = 0} / performed by Eduardo G.P. Baader (baroque flute) & Nirantar Yakthumba (live electronics)
De Twee Pauwen, The Hague
10/05
Resonances / performance of my new work Bagalamukhī {xⁿ: x³¹ – 2 = 0} / performed by Eduardo G.P. Baader (baroque flute) & Nirantar Yakthumba (live electronics)
Maranatha Kerk, The Hague
28/04
Resonances / première of my new work Bagalamukhī {xⁿ: x³¹ – 2 = 0} / performed by Eduardo G.P. Baader (baroque flute) & Nirantar Yakthumba (live electronics)
Grand Café Utopie, The Hague
25/02
BOUNDARIES by Danya Pilchen / performance with Kali Ensemble: Nirantar Yakthumba (piano), Gregor Connelly (live electronics)
Splendor, Amsterdam
03/02
Echonance Festival #2 In a Landscape / performance of works by Phill Niblock and Éliane Radigue on indian harmonium, with ONCEIM and local musicians
Orgelpark, Amsterdam
2023
Grants, Awards, and Commissions
भैरवी (Bhairavī) {3ⁿ}, commissioned by Orgelpark
03/12
BOUNDARIES by Danya Pilchen / performance with Alejandra Bajerano (double bass), Danya Pilchen (violin), and Kali Ensemble: Nirantar Yakthumba (piano), Giuseppe Sapienza (clarinet), Gregor Connelly (live electronics)
Studio LOOS, The Hague
23/11
a history of the domino problem by Michael Winter / full première with Kali Ensemble: Nirantar Yakthumba (indian harmonium), İdil Yunkuş (violin), Beste Yıldız (cello), Guillermo A. Frias (clarinet), Giuseppe Sapienza (clarinet), Joel Gester Suárez (keyboard)
KM28, Berlin
22/11
a history of the domino problem by Michael Winter / première of an abridged version with Kali Ensemble: Nirantar Yakthumba (indian harmonium), İdil Yunkuş (violin), Beste Yıldız (cello), Guillermo A. Frias (clarinet), Giuseppe Sapienza (clarinet), Joel Gester Suárez (keyboard)
Humboldt University, Berlin
02/11
The Hague International Sound Art Festival / première of EVIL GAZE by Danya Pilchen / performed by Nirantar Yakthumba (indian harmonium) & Danya Pilchen (live electronics)
Zaal 3, The Hague
03/06
Purnima / première of new works by Nirantar Yakthumba & Amarante Nat / performance of my new work Bhairavī {3ⁿ} with Kali Ensemble: Nirantar Yakthumba (self-made tuned metal staves/live electronics), Kristia Michael (voice), Beste Yıldız (cello), Giuseppe Sapienza (clarinet), Joel Gester Suárez (retuned piano)
Orgelpark, Amsterdam
12/05
BOUNDARIES by Danya Pilchen / performance with Alejandra Bajerano (double bass), Danya Pilchen (violin), and Kali Ensemble: Nirantar Yakthumba (piano), Giuseppe Sapienza (clarinet), Gregor Connelly (live electronics)
Studio LOOS, The Hague
29/04-
12/05
Making Time Together. Collective Experiences of Time in Continuous Ensemble Practice / second half of a research residency with Danya Pilchen and Kali Ensemble
Studio LOOS, The Hague
03/03
SONGS OF DESPAIR, RAGE, AND HOPE by Danya Pilchen / performance with Kali Ensemble: Nirantar Yakthumba (piano), İdil Yunkuş (violin), Beste Yıldız (cello), Giuseppe Sapienza (clarinet), Gregor Connelly (live electronics)
Studio LOOS, The Hague
14/02-
03/03
Making Time Together. Collective Experiences of Time in Continuous Ensemble Practice / first half of a research residency with Danya Pilchen and Kali Ensemble
Studio LOOS, The Hague
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