Sam Hayden’s recent commissions include Emergence (2004, rev. 2010) for solo accordion, ensemble and live electronics for Frode Haltli and the Oslo Sinfonietta; Relative Autonomy (2004) for the London Sinfonietta; Substratum (2006, rev. 2008) for the BBC Symphony Orchestra; schismatics II (2007, rev. 2010) for electric violin and computer for Mieko Kanno; Die Modularitäten (2007) for Ensemble Mosaik; permutazioni / a caso (2009) for RepertorioZero, Misguided (2011) for clarinets, saxophones, trumpet and trombone for ELISION, surface / tension (2012) for oboe and ensemble, for Christopher Redgate and CIKADA, String Quartet 'Transience' (2014), written for Quatuor Diotima and Die Abkehr (Turning Away) (2017), written for Ensemble Musikfabrik.
'...Hayden certainly doesn't go out of his way to win friends and influence people with his music.'
‘I was struck by the drivenness, the savage intellectuality, of Substratum.’
The first movement of Hayden’s remnants IV, for saxophone quartet will be premiered by Sidera Saxophone Quartet at Forlì Open Music 2026, curated by Area Sismica, at Auditorium Forlì Conad Città di Forlì on Saturday Novemeber 14th 2026 at 21:00.
The Austrian premiere performance of Hayden’s attente for solo flute will be performed by Yuri Matsuzaki at the SONify!@ARTikulationen Concert | 6 October 20:30, at the TiP.
The event is part of theARTikulationen 2026 Metaphors in Practice Symposium-Festival of Artistic Research October 6-8, Graz, Austria
Hayden’s new work 'Drei Bruchstücke' (2026) for MIDI keyboard and percussion to be premiered by duo Nada Contra on 9.6.2026 at BKA, Berlin as part of the Unerhörte Musik series.
See Duo Nada Contra | Four Stances in Sound for more details.
Tue, 09.06.2026, 20:00 - 22:30 | Berliner Kabarett Anstalt (BKA-Theater)
Hybrid Event performance link: Duo Nada Contra | Four Stances in Sound | Unerhörte Musik 9.6.2026
Address: Berliner Kabarett Anstalt (BKA-Theater) Mehringdamm 34 10961 Berlin, Kreuzberg
Hayden’s new work 'Pfad(e) I-VII' for soprano saxophone and guitar to be premiered by duo Galeano/Javaid at Kunststation St. Peter.
See here for details.
The concert features music by Franklin Cox, Sam Hayden, Wieland Hoban and Evan Johnson.
Franklin Cox: Purgatory
Sam Hayden: Pfad(e) (2023-24) UA
Wieland Hoban: Zendegi Bayad Kard UA
Evan Johnson: Woefully arrayed (2023-24) UA
Lunchkonzert
27 June 2026, 13:00 Uhr
Address: Kunststation St. Peter Jabachstraße 1 50676 Köln [Innenstadt]
The UK premiere performance of Hayden’s interlace for piano trio will be performed by The Fidelio Trio at the Peacock Room, Trinity Laban, Greenwich, London, on Monday June 22 2026 at 1.00pm.