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.’
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Hayden's Drei Bruchstücke (2026) for keyboard and percussion to be premiered by duo Nada Contra at BKA, Berlin
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.
Event Address: The Snug,
Hyde Park Book Club 27-29 Headingley Ln., Headingley, Leeds LS6 1BL
Performers: rarescale: Carla Rees (flutes) and Amy Jolly (cello)
Programme: An Invite to Delight: new works for flute and cello by Ellen Sargen, David Gorton, Sam Hayden and others
Sam Hayden’s work 'Piano Moves II' to be premiered at Trinity Laban's New Lights Festival
Sam Hayden's piece Piano Moves II will be performed on June 17th 2025 in The Peacock Room, King Charles Court, Trinity Laban, London at this year’s New Lights Festival, which takes place from June 17 to June 19, 2025. The world premiere of Piano Moves II, composed for two pianos and amplification, will be performed by pianists Michaela Livadiotis and Evi Wang, alongside a rich programme of contemporary music by Trinity Laban Composition staff and students.
