Joseph Houston

Joseph Houston is a British pianist whose wide-ranging curiosity has led to activity in a variety of fields, particularly contemporary and experimental music. He is based in Berlin, and his playing has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 6 Music, Radio Cemat Rome, and Albanian national television. Collaboration with composers makes up a large part of Joseph’s work, and he has given first performances of works by, among others, Christian Wolff, Simon Holt, Colin Matthews, Michael Zev Gordon, Antonia Barnett-McIntosh, Louis D’Heudieres, Martin Suckling, Charlotte Bray, Catherine Lamb, Stephen Crowe, Nomi Epstein, and Christian Mason.

In recent years Joseph has performed all over Europe and in China at venues and festivals such as the Berlin Biennale, Lille Piano(s) Festival, Ухо Festival (Kiev, Ukraine), the BBC Proms, Suture Soven Festival, Wigmore Hall, Cheltenham Music Festival, Kammer Klang (Cafe Oto), Pharos Contemporary Music Festival (Cyprus), Unerhörte Music (Berlin), Ryedale Festival, Occupy the Pianos Festival (London), Music Week Festival (Beijing Normal University), Piano Salon Christophori (Berlin), Pianodrom Festival (Albania), KM28 (Berlin), Pirelli HangarBiccoca (Milan), and Summartonar Festival (Faroe Islands). He is also the pianist for the Octandre Ensemble, a London-based ensemble focusing on music written since 1945.

Sarah Saviet

Violinist SARAH SAVIET specialises in contemporary music. In addition to her international appearances as a soloist, she commissions and performs as a member of the Saviet/Houston Duo and ensemble mosaik. In 2023 she released her debut solo album  SPUN (Coviello Contemporary) which presents music by Lisa Streich, Evan Johnson, Lawrence Dunn, Liza Lim, and Arne Gieshoff and was nominated for the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik prize. Other notable solo recordings appear on another timbre, All That Dust and HCR/NMC. In 2024 the Saviet/Houston Duo released a clearing, an album of co-composed music for violin and piano (Marginal Frequency). Important musical collaborators include Elaine Mitchener, Rebecca Saunders, Soosan Lolavar, Catherine Lamb, Bryn Harrison, Arne Gieshoff and Liza Lim. Sarah has been a visiting artist and taught masterclasses at University for the Arts Berlin, Hochschule für Musik Hannover, Hochschule für Musik Leipzig, Manhattan School of Music, Harvard University, UC San Diego, Lucerne Festival Academy and held artist residencies at Britten Pears Arts.