Events

Concerts and Recordings

Interactive map of all known places where Louis Sauter’s music has been performed or recorded, including links to pictures and videos.

Upcoming Concerts and Events

  • Athens Summer Contemporary Music Days
    Kallithea, 10-12 July 2024
    Sauter’s Ensemble sur un chemin désolé for flute and tuba will be performed by Iwona Glinka and George-Theodoros Rarakos at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.

  • Rachmaninoff Meets Paganini
    Newcastle, 18 August 2024
    Pianist Erin Sweetman and the Christ Church Camerata directed by David Banney will perform Sauter’s arrangement of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Read more here.

Past Concerts and Other Events

  • A Journey Through Space and Time
    Mossel Bay, Oudtshoorn, Still Bay and George, respectively 6, 7, 22 & 24 March 2024
    Viridian String Quartet performed the second movement of Sauter’s arrangement of Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata at four concerts in March.
  • Μουσικές Στιγμές στο Χρόνο
    ERT Trito, 7 March 2024
    Sauter’s Suite cosmique recorded by Vicky Stylianou was broadcast on ERT Trito Programma. Listen here, presentation at 01:42:25, music at 01:43:05.
  • Chordofoon
    Antwerp, 2 March 2024
    Pianist Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort and the Ataneres Ensemble performed Sauter’s arrangement of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. More information.
  • YouTube
    Columbia, 26 February 2024
    Jasmin des montagnes by Milagros Wasi.
  • Chordofoon
    Knocke-Heist, 24 February 2024
    Pianist Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort and the Ataneres Ensemble performed Sauter’s arrangement of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. More information.
  • Contemporary music doesn’t bite 2!
    Patras, 19 February 2024
    Sauter’s L’âme d’un poète was performed by Iwona Glinka, flute, Yaroslav Tokarev, violin, Rober Smagulov, viola and Nikolai Komissarov, cello. More info here.
  • Zondagmiddagconcert Staffa Trio
    Vorden, 28 January 2024
    Staffa Trio performed Las bodas de Helena at the Dorpskerk. They had performed the same program on the 21st.
  • Μουσικές Στιγμές στο Χρόνο
    ERT Trito, 22 December 2023
    Beautiful Christmas program, including music by Adolphe Adam, Guillaume Lekeu, Max Reger, Federico Mompou, Ottorino Respighi, Gerald Finzi, Daniel Pinkham, Gian Carlo Menotti, Otmar Macha and ending with Louis Sauter’s Variations on “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” (at 1:49:02). Listen here.
  • Vom Himmel hoch
    Uttenreuth, 17 December 2023
    Flutist Anja Weinberger performed Sauter’s Noël dans le Comté de Nice.
  • Georgian Music Concerts
    Barrie, 22 October 2023
    Sauter’s Regard de l’anniversaire XXV was encored by Sinfonia Toronto directed by Nurhan Arman. Information.
  • 25th & 5th! – A Glorious Intersection
    Toronto, 21 October 2023
    The world premiere of Sauter’s Regard de l’anniversaire XXV was performed by Sinfonia Toronto directed by Nurhan Arman. Information.
  • Ode aan Ruud Bos
    Hilversum, 8 October 2023
    Flens Fluitensemble directed by Egbert Jan Louwerse performed music by Louis Sauter. More information here.
  • Night Serenades
    Borjomi and Batumi, 22 and 24 August 2023
    Arrangements of two operetta duets by Sauter (Tanzen möcht ich from Die Csárdásfürstin and Lippen schweigen from Die lustige Witwe) were performed by Eilika Wünsch (soprano), Ricardo Marinello (tenor), Sabine Grofmeier (clarinet – 22 August only), and the Georgian Virtuosi. More information. Watch videos of the Borjomi performances of Tanzen möcht ich and Lippen schweigen.
  • Ensemble Zera 2nd Project
    Seoul, 15 August 2023
    Sauter’s arrangement of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue was performed by Ensemble Zera. Details here.
  • Luxuzne sonate
    Zagreb, 15 July 2023
    Pianist Mia Elezović performed Sauter’s Odysseus 2012 for toy piano.
  • Chordofoon
    Piano’s Maene Ruiselede and Tervuren, 21 & 26 May 2023
    Liebrecht Vanbeckevoort and the Ataneres Ensemble performed Sauter’s arrangement of the Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin. More information here (Sold out) and here.
  • Harpy Hour
    London, 12 May 2023
    Harpist Olivia Jageurs premiered Sauter’s Danse basque during her online Harpy Hour show. More information here.
  • October Orchestra
    YouTube, 15 April 2023
    A beautiful recording of La Seine, the first of Sauter’s Trois fleuves.
  • Kids 4 Harmony
    Lenox, 15 April 2023
    Sauter’s arrangement of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue was performed by jazz pianist Ted Rosenthal with Kids 4 Harmony. Read the article.
  • Youthful Gems
    Toronto, 14 April 2023
    Sinfonia Toronto directed by Johannes Rieger performed Sauter’s arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Album for Youth Op. 39. Information.
  • Chamber Music at CRS
    New York, 8 April 2023
    Sauter’s arrangement of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue was performed by jazz pianist Ted Rosenthal together with Michael Roth & Doori Na (violins), Sarah Adams (viola), Eliot Bailen (cello), Daniel Bailen (double bass). Information.
  • Violin Recital
    Middlebury, 30 March 2023
    Emily Sunderman performed Sauter’s 2 Pièces pour violon seul.
  • Estórias com Música
    Sesimbra and Lisbon, 25 and twice on 26 March 2023
    Sauter’s arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Children’s Album Op. 39 was performed by soloists of the Lisbon Metropolitan Orchestra. More information here and here.
  • Concert at Bezistena
    Yambol, 12 February 2023
    Sauter’s arrangement for piano and strings of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue was performed in Bulgaria by Marin Gonev, piano, and the “Dianopolis” Chamber Orchestra, conductor Ivan Stoyanov. Watch on Facebook.
  • Ensemble ARTIS XXI
    Morgado do Quintão, 10 February 2023
    Sauter’s Ballade du cœur qui a tant battu was performed by Luísa Vaz Pinto (mezzo-soprano), Rute Gomes (flute) and Inês Cavalheiro (harp). More information.
  • Guitar Music
    YouTube, 23 January 2023
    A beautiful recording of Sauter’s Las bodas de Helena by guitarist Eleni Diraki.
  • Christmas Concerts
    Jacksonville area, 20 and 22 December 2022
    Sauter’s Christmas song The Sun is Shining on the Snow was performed by Two Flutes (Anne McKennon and Sophia Parra) at senior centers.
  • A Parent’s Love
    Lebanon, 17 December 2022
    Laissez-moi mes rêves for SATB choir and string quartet was performed by the Lebanon Community Chorus in Lebanon, Oregon.
  • Music Saturday
    Vermont, December 2022
    Violinist Emily Sunderman performed Sauter’s 2 pièces pour violon seul in Cornwall, Vermont and, on 10 December 2022, at the Ilsley Public Library in Middleton.
  • ΜΟΥΣΙΚΕΣ ΣΤΙΓΜΕΣ ΣΤΟ ΧΡΟΝΟ με την Κάτια Καλλιτσουνάκη
    ERT Trito, 3 November 2022
    Vicky Stylianou’s recording of Sauter’s Vagabondages for piano was broadcast on ERT Trito, a channel of the Greek national radio. Available on demand here (information about the recording at 22:56, music at 23:40).
  • Kwidzyn Festival
    YouTube, 23 October 2022
    Online broadcast of the concert in Kwidzyn featuring Sauter’s Concertino pour flûte et orchestre à cordes.
  • Con Tutti Open Podium
    Haarlem, 23 October 2022
    Ballade du cœur qui a tant battu was performed at the Open Podium by Netty Smit, flute, Aad Doorduijn, tenor, and Tom Oosthuizen, piano.
  • Patrizia & Franck
    YouTube, 22 October 2022
    A refreshing recording of Sauter’s Ballade du cœur qui a tant battu by mezzo-soprano Patrizia Iervolino Finocchietti and flutist Franck Douvin.
  • Port Fairy Spring Music Festival
    Port Fairy, 15 October 2022
    Sauter’s arrangement of Haydn’s Piano Concerto in D was performed during the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival. Pianist Anna Goldsworthy was accompanied by Helen Ayres and Mana Ohashi, violins, Christopher Moore, viola, Svetlana Bogosaljevic, cello, and Jill Griffiths, double bass.
  • Ensemble Popolo
    Hokuto, 8 and 9 October 2022
    Members of Ensemble Popolo practiced and performed Sauter’s arrangement of Haydn’s Piano Concerto in D major during their Summer Camp at Fermata in Hokuto, Japan.
  • Kwidzyn Festival
    Kwidzyn, 19 September 2022
    Apophtegmes for string quartet was performed by NeoQuartet.
  • Kwidzyn Festival
    Kwidzyn, 16 September 2022
    Sauter’s Concertino for flute and string orchestra was performed by Iwona Glinka and the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Volodymyr Syvokhip. The concert was broadcast on YouTube on 23 October 2022 (see above).
  • Ta-ta-ta-taaaaaa!
    Grevenbroich, 28 August 2022
    Pianist Dorothy Gemmeke performed Sauter’s Tristan im Mondschein. Read more here and here.
  • Summer Concert
    South Hadley, 26 August 2022
    Sauter’s sax quartet arrangement of Guy Miaille’s Automne was performed by the Berkshire Hills Music Academy Saxophone Quartet.
  • Night Serenades
    Batumi, 25 & 26 August 2022
    Sauter’s new arrangement for clarinet, piano and string quintet of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue was performed in Batumi. The opening concert was broadcast live on TV, watch the video on Facebook.

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