nina guo
soprano
Past Happenings
2024
AUGUST
Aug 12: Improv w/ Seijiro Murayama, Chris Pitsiokis, Shun Momose, Richten25, Berlin
Aug 2: Tanglewood Prelude Concert w/ members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood
July 11: DownEast New Music Festival, Northeast Harbor, Maine
July 10: DownEast New Music Festival, Bar Harbor, Maine
June 30: The Entertainment at UpToThree with ensemble mosaik,
Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin. Broadcast live on TeslaFM & Cashmere Radio
June 29: The Entertainment at UpToThree with ensemble mosaik.
Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin. Broadcast live on TeslaFM & Cashmere Radio
June 18: The Talking Car by Agnieszka Polska, Wiener Festwochen.
Halle G im Museumsquartier, Wien.
June 17: The Talking Car by Agnieszka Polska, Wiener Festwochen.
Halle G im Museumsquartier, Wien.
June 16: The Talking Car by Agnieszka Polska, Wiener Festwochen.
Halle G im Museumsquartier, Wien.
May 18: THE SERMON by Hugo Abraham, Paris
May 15: Elaine Mitchener's 5 Days in May, DAAD Galerie, Berlin
May 5: Significant Other Festival, Newcastle, UK
April 29: 90 Mil Voice Workshop, Berlin
April 22: 90Mil Voice Workshop, Berlin
April 17, 18: The Talking Car by Agnieszka Polska, de Singel, Antwerp.
April 15: 90Mil Voice Workshop
April 12: LIQUID ROOM: Robert Ashley (and theTheatre of Voices) w/ ICTUS &
Contrechamps
ARCHIPEL Festival, Maison communale de Plainpalais, Geneva.
March 17: LIQUID ROOM: Robert Ashley (and theTheatre of Voices) w/ ICTUS &
Contrechamps
Maison de la Poste, Brussels
March 16: Sweet Wreath Radio Art Festival, Birmingham, Alabama
Feb 22: Soprano soloist with London Sinfonietta,
Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London
Feb 18: Departure Duo at Frequency Series, Constellation, Chicago
Feb 10: Departure Duo, concert of Boston Conservatory student works
Feb 8-10: Departure Duo residency at Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music, Boston
Jan 20, 21: ZUSAMMEN FALLEN at Neuköllner Oper, Berlin
Jan 13, 14: ZUSAMMEN FALLEN at Neuköllner Oper, Berlin
Jan 6, 7: ZUSAMMEN FALLEN at Neuköllner Oper, Berlin
2023
Dec 16: The Entertainment, live on Cashmere Radio. Musical guests: Dominik Belavy, Jacob Greenberg.
Nov 13: Aventures&Nouvelles Aventures (Ligeti) w/ Callithumpian Consort at Symphony Hall, Boston
Nov 8: Departure Duo recital at Boston Conservatory
Nov 8-9: Departure Duo Residency at Boston Conservatory pt. 1
Oct 31: lecture/workshop at New England Conservatory on contemporary vocal techniques and modern score interpretation
Oct 14: The Entertainment. live on Cashmere Radio. Musical guests: Yuna Malina Klein (violin), Miako Klein (recorders), Mathis Mayr (cello). Listen here.
Oct 1: MOSSOPERA (performance) w/ Leonie Brandner at Big Art Fair, Amsterdam
Sept 29-Oct 1: MOSSOPERA (installation) w/ Leonie Brandner at Big Art Fair, Amsterdam
Sept 29: Three Voices (Feldman), km28, Berlin
Sept 8: Writing beyond yester-morrow: performative moderation at Pop-Up Teahouse, C-Space, Berlin,
Aug 21-26: Writing beyond yester-morrow Artist Lab
July 7, 8: Scenes from a Novel (Kurtág) & Evil's Peak (Johnson) at DownEast New Music, Bar Harbor, Maine.
June 15: Fail More by Mike Mulshine, Sound and Music Computing Conference, Reaktorhall, Stockholm.
May 12, 13, 14: HER | ALIVE.UN.DEAD w/ Guerilla Opera, composed by Emily Koh. Pao Arts Center, Boston
April 28: Departure Duo & Kevin Toksöz Fairbairn, Goethe Institut, Boston
April 2: MOSSOPERA w/ Leonie Brandner, finissage performance. Trüdelhaus, Baden, CH.
March 30: Evelyn Saylor Portrait Concert, km28, Berlin.
March 27: Ensemble Du, Martin Buber Conference
March 25: The Entertainment on Cashmere Radio. Musical guest: Weston Olencki. 17h cet.
March 8: duo w/ Ted Moore, Century Bar, Philadelphia
March 6: Aventures & Nouvelles Aventures (Ligeti), First Mondays at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston
Feb 24: Nina&Augustė, closing for Tell me a story, Rathaus Johannithal.
Feb 19: cresc...2022 w/ Ensemble Modern. premiering works by Katherine Balch, Kitty Xiao, Piotr Peszat
Feb 5: Xinsheng w/ ensemble mosaik, ECLAT, Theaterhaus, Stuttgart. 20h.
Feb 5: The Entertainment on Cashmere Radio. Musical guest: Lukas Papenfusscline.
Feb 2: MOSSOPERA opening w/ Leonie Brandner, Baden, CH.
2022
Dec 21: Unzeitiger Gast by Andrej Koroliov w/ Decoder Ensemble. Resonanzraum, Hamburg.
November 4: Departure Duo at First Church JP, Boston.
October 23-30: Charlie's Angels Residency, Stanford University
October 21: lit w/ Julius Windisch & Robert Lucaciu, Donau115, Berlin.
October 7: Immensity Of release. Departure Duo's first album w/ New Focus Records!
October 4: Nina&Auguste at km28, Berlin
Sept 30: AMADOKA at Translationale Festival, Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, 20:30h.
Sept 17: Leider at biegungen im ausland, Ausland, Berlin.
Sept 16: Leider at Theater neben dem Turm, Marburg.
Sept 10: Moos Oper with Leonie Brandner, Pro Argovia Experiment w/ Punkt und Halbi Festival, Wohlen, Aargau
Sept 7: "SOTW" w/ Haukur Hardarson & Auguste Vickunaite, Hosek Gallery, Berlin
Sept 6: Departure Duo at km28, Berlin
Aug 23: Nina&Augustė Paris house concert
Aug 19-20: Nina&Augustė 22 hour radio work with Radio Art Zone 2022, Esch-sur-Alzette.
July 28: Nina&Augustė at Braille Satellite, Lithuania
July 20: Hurdy+ concert w/ Caroline Cecilia Tallone, studio börne, Berlin
July 14: MOSS OPERA w/ Leonie Brandner, workshop performance. Make-Up, Berlin
July 10: duo w/ Ted Moore, Kühlspot, Berlin.
July 9: duo w/ Ted Moore, Untergrün Summerfest, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin.
June 22: concert w/ Wet Ink. 7:30pm, Abrons Art Center, NYC.
May 29: Departure Duo at SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA, Festival Hall.
May 17-June 12: Vocal Fellow at SPOLETO FESTIVAL USA, Charleston.
May 7: Silicon Valley Requiem by Andrew Watts at UC Santa Barbara
May 1: Departure Duo at Center for New Music (C4NM), San Francisco
April 24: Departure Duo at Indexical, Santa Cruz.
April 22-23: Beyond the Grave Series, Santa Cruz, Evergreen Cemetery, Santa Cruz.
April 18-19: Departure Duo Residency at UC Santa Barbara
April 15-16: Beyond the Grave Series, Evergreen Cemetery, Santa Cruz.
April 10: ZAPPA mit BuschKollegium, Obertsrot, Kirchl, 18:30h
April 9: ZAPPA mit BuschKollegium, Karlsruhe, Tempel, Szenario, 20h
April 5: Video premiere on I Care If You Listen: Departure Duo presents Sarah Gibson's The Boys Are There.
March 18-19: Stimmung at Passion: SPIEL Festival, Weimar National Theater
March 5 (POSTPONED): cresc...2022 w/ Ensemble Modern. premiering works by Katherine Balch, Kitty Xiao, Piotr Peszat
Feb 23-27: Opera Lab Berlin: HU-MAN ORCHESTRA, Theater im Delphi, Berlin.
Feb 1: Terrestrial Voices curated by Alexander Burenkov, AyarKut Foundation. Info here
Jan 13-31: V.A.L.M. residency w/ Augustė Vickunaitė
2021
Dec 14: Nina&Augustė at km28, Berlin
Dec 11: Nina&Augustė at RealNoReal, Madrid
Dec 6: Opera Lab Berlin Kreidler Conspiracy
Nov 25: Au Topsi Pohl w/ James Banner
Nov 24: FU BEST
Nov 19-20: High Desert Soundings Festival, Wonder Valley, CA.
Nov 5: Departure Duo filming project, Ainsley House
Nov 1-3: Departure Duo Workshop at UC Santa Barbara
Oct 18-31: Departure Duo at Cherrystone Residency, CA
Oct 3: Stimmung, Opera Lab Berlin, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin.
Sept 23-26: Radio moderator for SEANAPS Festival 2021
Sept 1-8: Athena workshops, Northampton, MA
August: Departure Duo recording project, Boston
August 21: Departure Duo at PorchFest, Jamaica Plain
July 31: MUSIKIÍ FESTIVALAS, backsteinboot (Berlin).
July 29: Leider record release concert, music by Rishin Singh. km28, Berlin.
July 26: Carolyn Chen portrait concert organized by Judith Hamann. km28, Berlin.
July 25: km28 opening night w/ Sarah Saviet & Joseph Houston. Jennifer Walshe's Trí Amhrán, THEY GO PEOPLE AND PERSON, and songs by Charles Ives.
July 21: The Entertainment live on Cashmere Radio. Listen here. Musical guest: Tomomi ADACHI
July 18: Recording project w/ Haukur Þór Harðarson
July 18: Jennifer Walshe's Trí Amhrán w/ Joseph Houston, AIMC
June 29: Nina&Auguste at Goaty's (eis shop), Falkensee
June 6: Nina&Auguste w/ tmrw at La Mutant Theatre, Valencia
June 3, 4: Nina&Auguste at Cabaré Brutale, CCOP, Porto
May 7: blauch räusch sound poetry release w/ Unknown Tapes (NYC)
May 5: Jennifer Walshe's meanwhile back at the ranch w/ Ensemble Ascolta. Acht Brücken, Köln. Information here.
April 23-25: Mum Hum by Mauro Hertig. Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik on WDR.
April 16: The Entertainment live on Cashmere Radio and FM. Listen here. Musical guest: Sarah Saviet
March 15-28: Recording project w/ Decoder Ensemble. Music by Davor Vincze.
March 19: The Entertainment live on Cashmere Radio and FM. Listen here. Musical guest: Augustė Vickunaitė
March 6: Papiripar Festival. Radio collaboration with Maximilian Glass.
Feb 19: The Entertainment live on Cashmere Radio. Listen here. Musical guest: Jack Adler-McKean
Jan 24 - Feb 14: Stimmung rehearsals
Jan 10: Active Listening Festival, Berlin, curated by Haukur Thor Hardarson and Jack Adler-McKean
2020
Dec 3: Jennifer Walshe's Nature Data, performed live on Cashmere Radio
Nov 28: Sheeps online premiere through SoundsAbout
Oct 30: Sound Studies Masters Defense
Oct 19 Nick Dunston Trio, Monday Meetings at LOFT, Köln
Oct 15-18 Radio moderator, SEANAPS Festival, Leipzig
Sept 24 Nina&Auguste w/ Worst Behavior, km28, Berlin
Sept 13 Nina&Auguste workshop, €urOPER at C. Rockefeller Center, Dresden
Aug 3 Historical Documents of the (East German) Avant-Garde, Opera Lab Berlin
July 5 Sound&Poetry, Vol. 2 w/ Tina&Jasmina on Radio Corax
July 4 Nina&Auguste, NNOI Festival, Brandenburg
June 8 Stimmung workshop, Berlin
June 7 Everything Illegal radio performance w/ Hardi Kurda, Berlin
June 1-30 FRAMED Berlin at-home residency, Berlin
May 20 Nina&Auguste on Radio T, Chemnitz (broadcast June 15)
Mar 12 Workshop for Aylward opera
Mar 10 Departure Duo, The Undercroft, Baltimore
Mar 7 Departure Duo w/ Maren Brehm, Philadelphia
Mar 6 Departure Duo, Scholes Street Studio, NYC
Mar 5 Departure Duo House Concert, Cambridge
Feb 29 Departure Duo Recital, Brandeis University
Feb 23 Departure Duo Composer Residency, Brandeis University, Boston
Feb 10 Nina&Auguste, Studium P, Vilnius
Feb 8 Nina&Auguste, Empty Brain Resort, Vilnius
Jan 30 - Feb 4 Odyssey, Opera Lab Berlin, Theater im Delphi, Berlin
Jan 17 Nina&Auguste w/ tmrw, km28, Berlin
2019
Dec 5 Vanitas by Laine Rettmer, ILLUMINUS, Boston
Dec 1 Nina&Auguste, tour movie+final presentation, SoundsAbout, Berlin
Nov 29 Nina&Auguste, Water ~ Sound ~ City, SoundsAbout, Berlin
Nov 15 Nina&Auguste, WIM, Zürich
Nov 14 Nina&Auguste, FlorensCargo, Offenbach
Nov 8 Nina&Auguste, SEANAPS Festival, Leipzig
Nov 1 Harvey, Gee w/ ECCE, NYC
Oct 28 ECCE NYC Residency
Oct 26 Workshop for Aylward opera
Oct 20 Departure Duo, Spectrum, NYC
Oct 19 Departure Duo, MAKESHIFT Boston
Oct 11 Departure Duo w/ Original Gravity, Turtle Swamp Brewery, Boston
Sept 20-21 Humbug, Opera Lab Berlin at Musiktheater Tage, Vienna
Sept 11 Departure Duo, km28, Berlin
Aug 31 Nina&Auguste w/ OPPRESS.pre, ACUD Macht Neu, Berlin
Aug 30 Nina&Auguste, Sonic Curiosities, Villa Kuriosum, Berlin
Aug 11 Nina&Auguste, Sentimental Punk, Kotti Shop, Berlin
July 16 Nina&Auguste, Prokoje4, Warsaw
July 1-7 Hand Of Project, London
June 27 Nina&Auguste, Cashmere Radio, Berlin
June 19 Angelus Novus Recording, NYC
June 17 Mr. Punch (Finnissy) w/ Callithumpian Consort, SICPP, Boston
June 13 Departure Duo House Concert, Boston
June 4 Petrushka Reloaded w/ Junge Norddeutsche Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie
May 24 Nina&Auguste w/ Drone Day, Berlin
May 17 Nina&Auguste, Festivalis Druskomanija, Druskininkai
Apr 21 FERAL by Marty Brody (wp) w/ ECCE, Wellesley
Apr 18 Seeber, Aperghis w/ Callithumpian Consort, Boston
Apr 7 Departure Duo Recital, Clark University, Worcester
Mar 27 NEC Alumni Panel
Mar 25 Departure Duo, New School for Music, Cambridge
Mar 24 Departure Duo, Scholes Street Studio, NYC
Mar 23 Departure Duo, Temple University, Philadelphia
Mar 11-21 Departure Duo Artist Residency, Yellow Barn, Putney
Mar 9 Petrushka Reloaded w/ Junge Norddeutsche Philharmonie, Konzerthaus, Berlin
Mar 7 Petrushka Reloaded w/ Junge Norddeutsche Philharmonie, Szczecin
Feb 28 Beckett's Rough for Radio 1, SoundsAbout, Berlin
Feb 14 Nina&Auguste, km28, Berlin
Feb 2-3 Departure Duo at Oh My Ears, Phoenix
Jan 30 Departure Duo House Concert, San Diego
Jan 26 Departure Duo at Craft in America, Los Angeles
Jan 25 Departure Duo, Westridge School, Pasadena
Jan 16-17 HE PŪTŌRINO MĀKUTU, Hear the Future, San Diego
2018
Dec 19 Nina&Auguste w/ oqko, Paloma Bar, Berlin
Nov 29 - Dec 1 Beckett's Rough for Radio 1, HKW
Nov 6 Nina&Auguste w/ Listening Body, Singing Ear, UdK stairwell
Oct 21 Departure Duo, Red Room, Baltimore
Oct 18 Departure Duo w/ Her Voice, Greenpoint
Oct 16 Departure Duo, Radio Bean, Burlington
Oct 15 Departure Duo, Outpost 186, Cambridge
Sept 21 Nina&Auguste, Studium P, Vilnius
Sept 19 Nina&Auguste, Kaunas
Aug 11 The Act of Homemaking, curated by Leonie Brandner
July 14-28 Darmstadt Ferienkurse
July 7 Nina&Auguste w/ Jonas Mekas & Friends, Berlin
June 22 Rollbergidyll, Opera Lab Berlin, 48 Stunden Neukölln
June 4 Departure Duo at Spoleto Festival, Charleston
Apr 13 Departure Duo, Scholes Street Studio, NYC
Apr 12 Departure Duo, Outpost 186, Cambridge
Mar 28 Departure Duo Residency, University of Georgia Athens
Feb 23 Departure Duo Recital, Clark University, Worcester
Feb 17 Angelus Novus w/ ECCE, Dimenna Center, NYC
Jan 7 Departure Duo + NO HAY BANDA, Montreal