Over his 2 night Pyramid Club residency, Pateras will play electronics in a duo collaboration with Daniel Beban on Thursday 15 May, and perform solo piano at an offsite house concert on Friday 16 May, with support from Peter Daly (viola).
Composer, pianist and electroacoustic musician Anthony Pateras has been active since the late 90s. Alongside writing concert works, he performs in electronic, improvised & experimental rock configurations, and composes soundtracks for cinema. Hailing from Australia, Pateras has worked extensively in Europe over two decades and releasing 45 albums on international labels including Tzadik, Another Timbre, Shelter Press/La Becque, Penultimate Press, Futura Resistenza and Ipecac among others.
Collaborations include with violinist Erkki Veltheim, electroacoustic musician Jérôme Noetinger and guitarist Stephen O'Malley. Pateras' tētēma project with vocalist Mike Patton headlined Mona Foma festival in 2017, and he featured on pipe organ for Sunn O)))'s 2019 release Life Metal. He has made work with Chris Abrahams, eRikm, Valerio Tricoli, Marco Fusinato, Han Bennink, Paul Lovens, Lê Quan Ninh and Steve Noble.
Since 2012, Pateras has worked on an ongoing cycle of solo/tape assemblies that blur recorded & performed sonic realities. He has written many orchestral percussion works. His early solo pieces Hypnagogics & Mutant Theatre are widely performed, as are ensemble pieces commissioned and performed by Sinfonieorchester Basel, Eklekto, Synergy, Speak, Percussion Group The Hague, Vanessa Tomlinson, Diego Espinosa and Third Coast Percussion/Timothy Munro. His most recent commission is the percussion/prepared piano quintet Chronotope, performed with Drumming Grupo de Percussão (Lisbon & Vitoria-Gasteiz, 2023).
https://www.anthonypateras.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Pateras
Viola player Peter Daly has been one of the most consistent improvisers in Wellington since the late 1970s. Drawing on his background in classical and folk music, Peter maintains meticulous and subtle control over the viola. Active in free improvisation for more than four decades, he is a versatile musician in other areas of music who collaborates with many performers including Bernard Wells, Phoenix Foundation and Orchestra of Spheres.
$20 presale tickets via UTR (Limited)
House Concert at 73 Holloway Road, Aro Valley, Wellington.
Special thanks to Creative New Zealand for supporting Pyramid Club's programme
