Futur Proche

A new album by harpsichordist Gośka Isphording


For two seasons, harpsichordist Gośka Isphording toured Europe with Belgian choreographer Jan Martens' celebrated production Futur Proche — a meditation on our uncertain world, performed alongside the dancers of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. The harpsichord was at the heart of it. Now, that music has been recorded. Seven works by seven contemporary composers. A solo harpsichord journey shaped like the performance itself — urgent, vulnerable, alive. The recording exists. What it still needs is you.

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    about


    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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    music


    SOLO

    * Scott Wilson (CA)
    figment / ornament / glow
    for harpsichord and electronics (2026)

    * Holy Vita Gowland (UK)
    proxy
    for harpsichord and electronics (2026)

    * Hugo Morales Murguía (MX/NL)
    alpha 2.0 – specific aim training routines
    for harpsichord and NES (2025)

    * Utku Asuroglu (T)
    notes from underground
    for harpsichord and electronics (2025)

    * Daan Janssens (BE)
    nebulae
    for harpsichord and electronics (2025)

    * Boris Jakopovic (HR)
    circles and rounds (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)

    * 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)

    Jukka Tiensuu (FI)
    veto (1998)

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

    Louis Andriessen (NL)
    overture to orpheus (1982)

    Luciano Berio (IT)
    rounds (1965)

    SOLO WITH ENSEMBLE/ ORCHESTRA

    * Aleksander Nowak (PL)
    halny concerto for harpsichord and highlander trio (2025)

    * 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

    2026

    27 June - 1 July 2026
    Aspekte der Musik des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts für Cembalo
    lectures and masterclasses
    Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe
    Karlsruhe, DE

    24-30 August 2026
    Masterclasses and participants' concert
    Summer Academy of Music Krakow 2026
    Kraków, PL

    26 September 2026
    September Me festival
    They Have Waited Long Enough
    Katharine Dain - soprano
    Ragazze Quartet
    Gośka Isphording - harpsichord
    Amersfoort, NL
    tickets

    past

    2026

    28 May 2026
    In Bloom: Dialogues between old and new
    solo
    Korzo, The Hague, NL
    tickets

    26 May 2026
    Polskie Radio PR 2 (PL)
    Aleksandra Gryka - nonstopping center
    broadcast 1:00 AM

    17 May 2026
    Polskie Radio PR 2 (PL)
    Cezary Duchnowski - Sequenza II
    broadcast 1:00 AM

    26 April 2026
    premiere Dominik Strycharski - from my room
    Hashtag Ensemble
    Warsaw, PL
    tickets

    24 April 2026
    Polskie Radio PR 2 (PL)
    Anahita Abbasi - Interwined Distances
    Nina Fukuoka- howto jouissance
    broadcast 10:00 PM

    18 April 2026
    Polskie Radio PR 2 (PL)
    Zbigniew Bargielski- Klavertett
    broadcast 1:00 AM

    10 April 2026
    Tallin Harpsichord Festival
    solo recital
    Tallin, EE

    1 April 2026
    Polskie Radio PR 2 (PL)
    Ewa Trębacz - Abrasion
    broadcast 10:00 PM

    21 March 2026
    Happy Bachdag
    Tilburg, NL

    13 March 2026
    MYTHE
    solo recital
    Pakhûs SOLO, Stiens, NL
    tickets

    2 March 2026
    Deutschlandfunk - Musik-Panorama
    Riot Ensemble - CD Gates
    broadcast 21:05 PM

    25, 26, 27 Februari 2026
    Wildsong
    Nederlands Dans Theater
    Jan Martens – choreography
    solo: Hanna Kulenty – GG Concerto
    Het Balletorkest
    Matthew Rowe – conductor
    Amare, The Hague, NL
    tickets

    24 Februari 2026
    Linke Soep!
    solo
    De Link, Tilburg, NL
    tickets

    22 Februari 2026
    Polskie Radio PR 2 (PL)
    Hanna Kulenty - GG Concerto
    broadcast 1:00 AM

    20 Februari 2026
    CrossCurrents Festival
    solo recital
    premiere Scott Wilson - figment / ornament / glow
    premiere Holy Vita Gowland - proxy
    Birmingham, UK
    tickets

    7 Februay 2026
    BBC3 - New Music Show
    Riot Ensemble - Too Much is Never Enough
    broadcast 22:30 PM

    4 February 2026 premiere
    5, 6 February 2026
    Wildsong
    Nederlands Dans Theater
    Jan Martens – choreography
    solo: Hanna Kulenty – GG Concerto
    Het Balletorkest
    Matthew Rowe – conductor
    Amare, The Hague, NL
    tickets

    22 January 2026
    Too much is never enough
    Riot Ensemble
    Barbican, London, UK
    tickets

    2025

    14 December 2025
    Surprises and Syncretism
    solo: H.M.Górecki- Harpsichord Concerto
    The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
    dir.Mateusz Molęda
    NOSPR, Katowice, PL

    5-6 December 2025
    studio recording
    Leopoldinum Orchestra
    NFM, Wrocław, PL

    19 November 2025
    Prix Annelie de Man
    Orgelpark, Amsterdam, NL

    21 Octovber 2025
    FIMNME
    Foro Internacional de Música Nueva
    solo recital
    Pabellón Escénico, Mexico, MX

    10 October 2025
    Klavecimbel onder hoogspanning
    solo recital
    Muziekcentrum De Bijloke, Ghent, BE

    3 - 5 September 2025
    Masterclasses and participants' concert
    Summer Academy of Music Krakow 2023
    Kraków, PL

    31 August - 2 September 2025
    studio recording
    Warsaw, PL

    7 June 2025
    Andriessen Festival 2025
    solo recital
    Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, NL

    17 May 2025
    Musica Electronica Nova
    Homo Ludens
    solo recital
    premiere Ewa Trębacz – abrasion
    premiere Hugo Morales Murguia – alpha 2.0 – specific aim training routines for harpsichord and NES
    The National Forum of Music, Wrocław, PL

    8 April 2025
    Music Biennale Zagreb
    solo recital
    premiere Utku Asuroglu – notes from underground
    premiere Daan Janssens – nebulae
    premiere Boris Jakopovic – cirles and rounds
    ZPC, Zagreb, HR

    24-26 March 2025
    studio recording
    Riot Ensemble
    Deutschlandfunk, Cologne, DE

    21 March 2025
    premiere Vykintas Baltakas – canon perpetuus super Thema Regium
    Tilburg, NL

    20 February 2025
    Deutschlandfunk Kultur – Neue Musik
    Anna Sowa – minimal movement
    broadcast 00:05 AM

    19 January 2025
    Nieuwe Noten Amsterdam
    solo recital
    Amsterdam, NL

    16 january 2025
    Xenakis on Wire
    duo Isphording/ Tatiana Koleva perc
    Culemborg, NL

    15 january 2025
    Xenakis on Wire
    duo Isphording/ Tatiana Koleva perc
    Amsterdam, NL

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    discography



    GATES
    THE RIOT ENSEMBLE
    (2026)
    Coviello Classics COV 92516


    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


    VERNISSAGE
    ZBIGNIEW BARGIELSKI
    (2026)
    CD Accord ACD 359


    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