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Harpsichordist Gośka Isphording is one of the most exciting performers in her field. Specializing in contemporary music on historical instruments, she is not only active as a soloist and chamber musician, but also presents the contemporary harpsichord to audiences and composers around the world through close collaborations, lectures and masterclasses.

Gośka has performed at most prestigious festivals and concert halls. Her solo appearances include Gaudeamus Music Week or November Music, and more recently Warsaw Autumn Festival, Gaida Festival, ISCM World Music Days and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

Pan-European appearances have brought Gośka to the attention of a variety of composers, and her inimitable approach to the harpsichord has earned numerous dedications and commissions. Gośka has premiered over a hundred solo and chamber music compositions and is an addressee of harpsichord concerti by Hanna Kulenty, Roderik de Man or Andrzej Kwiecinski. A passion for the careful interplay of apparently disparate forms has led Gośka to co-found The Roentgen Connection. She is also a member of The Riot Ensemble in London and has collaborated with ensembles like Asko|Schönberg, Insomnio Ensemble, Musikfabrik or Sinfonia Varsovia.

She currently teaches contemporary harpsichord techniques at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

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SOLO

* Utku Asuroglu (T)
new work
for harpsichord and electronics (2025)

* Daan Janssens (BE)
new work
for harpsichord and electronics (2025)

* Boris Jakopovic (HR)
new work (2025)

* Krzysztof Wołek (PL/USA)
green grass
for harpsichord and electronics (2024)

* Aled Smith (UK)
lash you face with razor wire
for harpsichord and electronics (2023)

* Janco Verduin (NL)
es dröhnt
for harpsichord and electronics (2022)

* Marco Stroppa (IT)
r - p - o - p - h - e - s - s - a - g - r
for harpsichord and electronics (2022)

* Martyna Kosecka (PL)
éskhatos | at one end of a continuum
for harpsichord and electronics (2022)

* Hadi Yousefi (IR)
eaio (2021)

* Vykintas Baltakas (LT)
canon perpetuus super thema regium (2021)

* Paweł Hendrich (PL)
dualabilis II for harpsichord and electronics (2021)

* Ewa Trębacz (PL/USA)
abrasion for harpsichord and electronics (2021)

* Leonardo Marino (IT)
quando il passato era ancora presente (2020)

* Nina Fukuoka (PL)
howto jouïssance for harpsichord, electronics and video (2019)

* Kuba Krzewiński (PL)
incoporate no.2 for harpsichord and electronics (2019)

* Monika Szpyrka (PL)
the problem that has no name: 1 for harpsichord and electronics (2019)

* Karol Nepelski (PL)
variations on global crowd for solo harpsichord and media (2019)

* Cezary Duchnowski (PL)
sequenza II for harpsichord and electronics (2018)

* Janco Verduin (NL)
la tendre indifférence du monde (2017)

* Wojciech Z. Zych (PL)
poetyka niedo-.../niedo-...poetyka (2007/17)

* Pierre Jodlowski (FR)
lesson in anatomy no.1 for harpsichord, electronics and video (2015)
premiere at Audio Art Festival Kraków 2015

* Dominik Karski (AU/PL)
streampulses (2015)

* Drew Schnurr (USA)
pendulum and mirrors (2015)

* Jarosław Płonka (PL)
cuir for harpsichord and electronics (2014)
premiere at World Music Days Wrocław 2014

* Hanna Kulenty (PL/NL)
cembalo uno (2013)

* Jorrit Tamminga (NL)
lilluke spiekerbak for harpsichord and electronics (2013)

* Katarzyna Szwed (PL/NL)
daytime (from blindmen fairytales) for harpsichord and electronics (2012)

* Eduardo Moguillansky (AR/DE)
regenbogen for harpsichord and electronics (2011/12)

* Katarzyna Szwed (PL)
outer worlds biking (from blindmen fairytales) for harpsichord and electronics (2011)

* Hugo Morales Murguia (MX/NL)
plēktron for prepared harpsichord and cajón (2011)

* Merijn Bisschops (NL)
antipode I for harpsichord and electronics (2010)

* Katarzyna Głowicka (PL/NL)
white dust for harpsichord and electronics (2010)

* Karlheinz Essl (A)
sequitur XII for harpsichord and electronics (2009)

* Margriet Hoenderdos (NL)
january 2009 (2009)


* Hanna Kulenty (PL/NL)
g for g (2009)

* Katarzyna Głowicka (PL/NL)
quasi rublev for harpsichord, electronics and video (2008)

* Aleksandra Gryka (PL)
yuomec for harpsichord and electronics (2006)
premiere at Musica Polonica Nova 2008

* Mariusz Dubaj (PL) introdukcja (2005)

* Katarzyna Głowicka (PL/NL)
dust point red for harpsichord and electronics (2005)

* Anna Thorvaldsdottir (IS)
fingerprints (2003)

* Ewa Trębacz (PL/USA)
chordochromies for harpsichord and electronics (2003)

* Wojciech Widłak (PL)
chromatic fantasy (2003)

* Jasna Veličkovic (RS/NL)
sizif’s song (2002)

* Anna Jędrzejewska (PL)
elementaries for harpsichord and electronics (2001)

* Aleksandra Gryka (PL)
nonstopping center (2000)

Marcel Chyrzyński (PL)
Reflection No.2 (2005)

Jukka Tiensuu (FI)
veto (1998)

Kaija Saariaho (FI)
jardin secret II for harpsichord and electronics (1984/86)

Louis Andriessen (NL)
overture to orpheus (1982)

John Cage (USA)
hpschd (1969)

Luciano Berio (IT)
rounds (1965)

SOLO WITH ENSEMBLE/ ORCHESTRA

* Katarzyna Taborowska (PL)
iteratio - concerto sfumato for harpsichord, ensemble and electronics (2021)
premiere at Poznanska Wiosna Muzyczna Festival (2021)

* Evan Johnson (USA)
linke hand eines apostels for harpsichord and ensemble (2019)
premiere at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2019

* Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (PL)
ao tea roa for harpsichord and orchestra (2019)
premiere at Festiwal Premier, NOSPR Katowice 2019

Juste Janulyte (LT)
windharfe for harpsichord and orchestra (2018)

* Andrzej Kwieciński (PL)
concerto. re maggiore for harpsichord and orchestra (2013)

* Roderik de Man (NL)
le clavecin illuminé for harpsichord solo and ensemble (2012)
premiere at Gaudeamus Music Week 2012

* Hanna Kulenty (PL/NL)
gg concerto for harpsichord and orchestra (2010)

* Agata Zubel (PL)
concerto grosso for recorder, baroque violin, harpsichord and 2 choirs (2004)

Michael Nyman (USA)
concerto for harpsichord and strings (1995)

Iannis Xenakis (GR/FR)
a l'île de gorée for harpsichord and 12 musicians (1986)

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (PL)
harpsichord concerto op.40 (1980)

Krzysztof Penderecki (PL)
partita for harpsichord and orchestra (1971)

Elliot Carter (USA)
double concerto for harpsichord, piano with 2 chamber orchestras (1961)

Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (PL/A)
harpsichord concerto. recitativo ed aria for harpsichord and orchestra (1954/78)


* commission / premiere

concerts

concert archive


upcoming

2024

24 November 2024
Audio Art Festival
GAME OVER
Gośka Isphording – harpsichord
Hugo Morales Murguia – electronics
Aled Smith – electronics
premiere Aled Smith – lash your face with razor wire
Kraków, PL

29 November 2024
solo: I. Xenakis – À l'île de Gorée
Komische Oper Berlin
James Gaffigan– conductor
Schillertheater, Berlin, DE

2025

19 January 2025
solo recital
Amsterdam, NL

21 March 2025
Tilburg, NL

8 April 2025
Music Zagreb Biennale
solo recital
premiere Utku Asuroglu – new work
premiere Daan Janssens – new work
premiere Boris Jakopovic – new work
ZPC, Zagreb, HR

17 May 2025
Musica Electronica Nova
solo recital
premiere Ewa Trębacz – abrasion
Wrocław, PL

7 June 2025
Andriessen Festival
solo recital
Arnhem, NL

27 - 31 August 2025
Masterclasses
Summer Academy of Music Krakow 2023
Kraków, PL

10 October 2025
solo recital
Bijloke, Ghent, BE

1 November 2025
duo Isphording / Tatiana Koleva - perc.
Orgelpark, Amsterdam, NL

14 December 2025
solo: H.M.Górecki- Harpsichord Concerto
NOSPR, Katowice, PL

past

2024

10 november 2024
Xenakis on Wire
duo Isphording/ Tatiana Koleva perc
Finkum/Feinsum, NL

6, 7, 8 September 2024
Ruhrtriennale
FUTUR PROCHE
Jan Martens – choreography
Gośka Isphording – harpsichord
Opera Ballet Vlanderen
Bochum, DE

1 September 2024
Ruhrtriennale
solo recital
Bochum, DE

19 August January 2024
Concertzender (NL) - Concertzendel Live, Zuid #78
Xenakis on Wire
duo Isphording / Tatiana Koleva perc
broadcast 8:00 PM

12 June 2024
airborne extended
PRISM - Konzert XIII
premiere Alexander Bauer – volatile
Vienna, A

9 June 2024
solo
Kraków, PL

26 May 2024
SPOR Festival
Bára Gisladóttir – the moon is an eye is a pond and so on and so forth
Riot Ensemble
Aarhus, DK

19 May 2024
Philosophy of silence and the manifesto of the excluded
solo: I. Xenakis – À l'île de Gorée
Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej
Szymon Bywalec – conductor
NOSPR, Katowice, PL

28 April 2024
Jury of Krzysztof Penderecki Competition for Young Composers
Composition for harpsichord and string quartet
Finalists Concert
Krakow International Festival of Composers
Kraków, PL

9, 11, 13, 14 April 2024
4, 6, 7 April 2024
30, 31 March 2024
Nationale Opera & Ballet
Dancing Dutch
Frank Martin – Petite Symphonie Concertante
Het Balletorkest
Thomas Herzog – conductor
Amsterdam, NL

29 March 2024
Cosmologies / carte blanche à Jan Martens
solo recital
Maison de la danse de Lyon
Lyon, FR

21 March 2024
Happy Bach Dag
solo
Tilburg, NL

5 March 2024
Xenakis on Wire
duo Isphording/ Tatiana Koleva perc
De Link, Tilburg, NL

2023

12 December 2023
duo Isphording / Alicja Pilarczyk vln
Gdansk, PL

29 November 2023
Prix Annelie de Man
Xenakis on Wire
duo Isphording/ Tatiana Koleva perc
Orgelpark, Amsterdam, NL

26 November 2023
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
premiere Bára Gisladóttir – the moon is an eye is a pond and so on and so forth
Riot Ensemble
Huddersfield, UK

12 November 2023
Krzysztof Meyer - Concerto retro op.39
Mieczysław Weinberg - Symphony nr VII for harpsichord and string orchestra op.81
Jan Krzeszowiec – flute
Gośka Isphording – harpsichord
Christian Danowicz – violin, leading
NMF Leopoldiunum Orchestra
The National Forum of Music, Wrocław, PL

14-17 October 2023
Liverpool University Residency
premiere Lawrene Dunn – evermost true
premiere Rachel Beja – luna, visione desperata
premiere S.Whiteley – earworms; a spectre
premiere Matthew Burke – insert title here
Riot Ensemble
Darren Bloom – conductor
Tung Auditorium, Liverpool, UK

7 October 2023
Xenakis on Wire
duo Isphording/ Tatiana Koleva perc
Toonzaal, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL

21 September 2023
Warsaw Autumn Festival
premiere Sky Macklay – plucky
premiere Karol Nepelski – zona
Riot Ensemble
Aaron Holloway-Nahum – conductor
Warsaw Philharmonic, Warsaw, PL

19 September 2023
Warsaw Autumn Festival
Salvatore Sciarrino – Aspern
Hashtag Ensemble
Lilianna Krych – conductor
Teatr Studio, Warsaw (PL)

17 September 2023
Muze van Zuid
Xenakis on Wire
duo Isphording/ Tatiana Koleva perc
premiere Arnold Marinissen – des bruits qui ne parlent pas
Amsterdam, NL

16 September 2023
Warsaw Autumn Festival
Salvatore Sciarrino – Aspern
Hashtag Ensemble
Lilianna Krych – conductor
Teatr Studio, Warsaw (PL)

31 August - 3 September 2023
Masterclasses
Summer Academy of Music Krakow 2023
Kraków, PL

14 July 2023
Festival D'Autan
solo recital
Aveyron, FR

28 June 2023
BEAST unFestival
Workshop
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, UK

23 June 2023
Fundacja2Act
solo recital
harpsichord and electronics
premiere Tomasz Szczepanik - Intimidazione
Kraków, PL

17 June 2023
solo
Eindhoven, NL

17 May 2023 POSTPONED
Xenakis on Wire
duo Isphording/ Tatiana Koleva perc
Willem Twee, s-Hertogenbosch, NL

10 May 2023
FUTUR PROCHE
Jan Martens – choreography
Gośka Isphording – harpsichord
Opera Ballet Vlanderen
Concertgebouw, Brugge, BE

7 May 2023
Xenakis on Wire
duo Isphording/ Tatiana Koleva perc
Het Orgelpark, Amsterdam, NL

26-28 April 2023
FUTUR PROCHE
Théâtre la Villette, Paris, FR

21 April 2023
FUTUR PROCHE
De Warande, Turnhout, BE

13 April 2023
Polskie Radio PR 2 (PL) – Nowa Polska
Anna Sowa – minimal movement
broadcast 10:00 PM

25 March 2023
FUTUR PROCHE
Feestspielhaus, St.Polten, AT

21 March 2023
Holland Dance Festival
FUTUR PROCHE
Amare, The Hague, NL

12 March 2023
Moderne Muziek Nijmegen
Xenakis on Wire
duo Isphording/ Tatiana Koleva perc
Iannis Xenakis – Oophaa
Iannis Xeankis – Komboï
Nijmegen, NL

11 March 2023
POM
Xenakis on Wire
duo Isphording/ Tatiana Koleva perc
Iannis Xenakis – Oophaa
Iannis Xeankis – Komboï
Eindhoven, NL

7 February 2023
György Ligeti - Aventures, Nouvelles Aventures
Donatienne Michel-Dansac – soprano
Julien Leroy – direction
United Instruments of Lucilin
Philharmonie Luxembourg
Luxembourg, LU

24 January 2023
Unerhörte Musik
duo Isphording / Alicja Pilarczyk vln
Minhye Ko perc
Berlin, DE

20 January 2023
duo Isphording / Alicja Pilarczyk vln
Mikołaj Rytkowski perc
Basel, CH

2 January 2023
Concertzender (NL) - Ongehoord
duo Isphording / Fie Schouten bcl
Artur Kroschel - Dualisme
broadcast 10:00 PM

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discography



CHEST OF TOYS
THE RIOT ENSEMBLE
(2018)
Coviello Classics COV 91804


PRESENT & PAST TRACKS
RODERIK DE MAN
(2015)
VisiSonor VR2511


APPROACHING DUTILLEUX
THE RIOT ENSEMBLE
(2015)
Coviello Classics COV 91503


STREAM MACHINES
HENRY VEGA
(2013)
ARTEKsounds ART002


PAST & PRESENT TRACKS
RODERIK DE MAN
(2011)
VisiSonor VR2812


MUSIC 4
HANNA KULENTY
(2011)
DUX 0823


SOLO & ELECTRONICS
ELŻBIETA SIKORA
(2008)
DUX 0679


PER CLAVICEMBALO MODERNO
(2008)
DUX 0605, PWM 10926

appears on


FIGURES
Fie Schouten
(2022)
Trytone TT559-093


PELĒCIS
Amstel Quartet
(2021)
Amstel Records AR022


CHAMBERY
TOBIAS KLEIN
(2018)
Attaca 2018.156


ZOOM IN 12
NEW MUSIC FROM LITHUANIA
(2018)
MICL CD100


BAMBOLEAMOS NO MUNDO
Jan van de Putte
(2017)
Etcetera Records KTC 1657


SHADOW JOURNEY
21ST CENTURY MUSIC FOR HARPSICHORD
(2014)
Prima Facie PFCD036


HOE ALLES OPLOST
Nico Huijbregts
(2014)
Vindu Music vindu 20141


NOVEMBER MUSIC 2010
(2011)
NM 014


CONTINUUM
LUC HOUTKAMP &
THE POW ENSEMBLE
(2010)
X-OR CD 020 / MCN


STORIES FROM ORGAN SAFARI
ARTURAS BUMSTEINAS
(2010)
NMKC 007


NOVEMBER MUSIC 2006
(2007)
NM 010