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Rob Hao

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pianist and composer, in London
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A piece of my piece 'Hedgehog' which I wrote in my final year at the RCM. Here glowingly performed by Damian MacDonald as part of @ensemblemania 's Line Tracing 6 concert in Hobart.

#flute #contemporaryclassical #hedgehogs taken in Salamanca Arts Centre by @robhao

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“Poulenc's unflinching zest for life is audible in every movement…glorious, thick dissonances that the duo plays wholeheartedly. Gray and Hao are well-timed in the unison passages…Hao and Gray play all of it solidly.” —AllMusic

Enjoy Poulenc performed by pianists Antony Gray and Rob Hao wherever you listen to music at the link in bio! by @robhao

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“Classical music lovers and listeners searching for background music with an intellectual edge will appreciate Palimpsest, pianist Rob Hao’s first full-length album. … Hao emphasizes shifts in texture with meticulous shaping of lines and individual notes.… Hao’s Palimpsest is a creative highlight on the album that follows the abruptly unfinished end of the Schubert sonata. An astonishingly smooth transition catapults the listener into a stimulating chaos, where fragments and shadows of Schubert’s unfinished piece swirl as though caught in a whirlwind. Repeated melodic figurations and pitch collections help ground the flurry of notes. The composition Palimpsest 571 is creative and energetic, bringing a classic composer into the frenetic energies of our own time.… Conscientious recording and production techniques capture the nuances and fine details of the interpretations that Hao has worked so diligently to create.” –AllMusic

Enjoy Palimpsest by pianist Rob Hao wherever you listen to music: listn.fm/palimpsest. by @robhao

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TONIGHT: ATONAL KAT PRESENTS: CHEWY, CRUNCHY – MICHAEL FINNISSY / ANNIE ARIES

Atonal Kat returns to Cafe OTO tonight for a particularly dense edition of its sporadic sonic soirées, curated by Xenia Pestova Bennett and Ed Bennett. The series is built around exploratory music and intense listening, and this edition places the generative, improvised electronics of Annie Aries alongside a programme celebrating Michael Finnissy in his 80th year.

Bern-based Swiss-Philippine composer, sound artist and performer Annie Aries works with a customised modular synth, spatial sound and embodied performance. Her live sets explore the point where generative systems stop behaving predictably and improvisation takes over, with contemporary electronics and club music entering a practice also shaped by installation and experimental sound environments.

The second half turns to Michael Finnissy, with Mary Dullea, Rob Hao, Darragh Morgan and Xenia Pestova Bennett performing music from across his work. Born in Brixton in 1946, Finnissy began composing at four and later studied at the Royal College of Music. While there, he privately imagined his future music as a kind of “cabinet of curiosities”: an individual account of world music capable of holding together periods, genres and references with both affection and irony.

That breadth extends well beyond music. His aesthetics have been shaped by underground and avant-garde cinema, from Brakhage, Jack Smith and Warhol to Pasolini, Jarman and Godard, as well as Hokusai, Cézanne, Hockney, Rauschenberg, Satie and Ives.

Tonight’s programme includes Ninth Political Agenda, Mississippi Hornpipes, Molly House and the UK premiere of Fortsetzung von Schuberts Sonaten-Fragment D769A, plus further works.

🎟 £12 adv / £7 members

→ Tickets via Stories and cafeoto.co.uk

→ Doors 7:30pm taken in Café OTO by @robhao

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Day 98/100 of practising my hoover technique for Tuesday's concert at @cafeotodalston for Finnissy's 'Molly house' with @xeniapestova
@ted_bennett1979 , Darragh Morgan and Mary Dullea.

So clean!! taken in Café OTO by @robhao

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Artist Spotlight: Rob Hao @robhao // Finnissy @ 80

In 2026, one of Britain’s most significant composers, Michael Finnissy, celebrates his 80th birthday. To mark the occasion, Australian pianist Rob Hao performs three major recent works for solo piano.

'Ninth Political Agenda' presents three contrasting settings of Lone Pilgrim, while 'Skladanje skozi slovenski pesmi' reworks Slovenian folk songs through different imagined approaches to folk performance.

Completing the programme is 'Tenth Political Agenda', written especially for Rob Hao. Exploring the life and influences of Frédéric Chopin, the work fragments and recontextualises material from Chopin and his musical influences, alongside his personal relationship with Tytus Woyciechowski.

Three works offering a fascinating insight into Finnissy’s distinctive approach to folk traditions, musical history and reinterpretation.

📅 Tuesday 24 November, 1pm
📍 St Paul’s Hall
🎟️ Standard £20 // Solidarity £26 // Kirklees Resident £18 // Under 30 £6

Link in bio

Photo Credit
Rob Hao © @jameschenvln
Michael Finnissy © Philip Adams taken in St Pauls Hall by @robhao

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The kat is bak! New atonal kat night coming to @cafeotodalston on 6 Oct for both chewy and crunchy sounds with Finnissy vs Aries.

Swiss-Philippine sound artist @annieruefenacht aka Annie Aries performs with a customized modular synth, exploring the interplay between generative processes and improvised performance with contemporary electronica and club influences.

Then, the brilliant Mary Dullea, @robhao, @darragh_morgan_violin et al serenade radical British composer and pianist Michael Finnissy, celebrating his 80th year.

Curated by @ted_bennett1979 and @xeniapestova #atonalkat

This month’s cat is wee Molly from next door taken in Café OTO by @robhao

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Antony Gray and @robhao make their @officialcharts Classical Chart Debut this week at #38!

Do you have your copy yet? 🎧🔗⬆️ by @robhao

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.@robhao and Antony Gray's Poulenc: Music for Two Pianos is a Gramophone Editor's Choice!

“…a delightful album… a comprehensive survey of all of [Poulenc's] music for two pianos… The fecundity of invention, drawing on a range of genres from classical to music-hall, is astonishing, each cue unmistakably by the composer of ‘Babar the Little Elephant.’ All in all ', une grande fête pour ‘le petite maître’.” —Jeremy Nicholas by @robhao

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🔥 @robhao and Antony Gray's new “Poulenc: Music for Two Pianos” release is hot! Check it out on all platforms via our bio link and streaming in top playlists from Idagio, Tidal, Spotify, Deezer, and #AppleMusicClassical! by @robhao

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Divine Art is delighted today to present Francis Poulenc: Music for Two Pianos performed by pianists Antony Gray and Rob Hao! Among the highlights of this superb new release are the first commercial audio recording of Antony Gray’s own transcription for two pianos of Poulenc’s score from the film “Voyage en Amerique”, the first recording of Poulenc’s two piano reduction of the “Concert Champêtre”, plus the recently discovered Valse de musique de soie!

Add it to your library today ➡️ listn.fm/poulencmusicfortwopianos

Don't miss it featured in Spotify & Deezer's Classical New Release picks, Idagio's Editor's Choice, and as a top new release on #AppleMusicClassical! by @robhao

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