November 23 and 24, 2019
Concert
Premiere of String Quartet No. 2, European premiere of Litost String Quartet No.1, world premiere of Isolationtudes for solo piano, world premiere of Divertimento for violin and piano, European premiere of Dialogue for violin and piano.
La Voirie, Biel, Switzerland
September 21, 2019
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson Trio
Gamut Festival, Zurich, Switzerland
March 30, 2019
"Improvisations on "What If This Present Were The World's Last Night"
from the Holy Sonnets Of John Donne by John Eaton.
John Eaton Memorial Concert.
Symphony Space Leonard Nimod Space New York
November 26, 2017, 17:00
Concert II: Composition and Improvisation
Christoph Metzger, tenor (CH), Martin Christ, piano (CH), Annalisa Orlando, piano (I), Martina Kirchner, flute (HR/CH), Matthias Kirchner, guitar (D/CH), Azra Ramic, bass clarinet (BIH/CH), Ursula Grossenbacher, violin (CH), Katrin Scholl, violin (D/CH), Maria Gloria Alexandra Mihai, violin (RO/CH), Maria Strelbitska, violin (UA/CH), Ellen Fallowfield, cello (GB/CH), Dominik Alig, percussion (CH) Tapiwa Svosve, saxophone (ZW/CH), William Parker, bass (USA), Hamid Drake, percussion (USA), Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, artistic leader, trumpet (USA/CH)
Farelhaus, Biel
November 24, 2017, 20:00
Concert I: Improvisation
New Quartet: William Parker, bass (USA), Hamid Drake, percussion (USA), Tapiwa Svosve, saxophone (ZW/CH), Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, trumpet (USA/CH)
Guests: Manuel Engel, Piano (CH), Fork Burke, Text (USA/CH)
Farelhaus, Biel
October 24 - November 1, 2016
Composition Workshop
leader: Jyderup Accordion Traef
near Copenhagen, Denmark
October 13, 2016
Recording session
with Rob Brown, alto sax, Hamid Drake, drums, William Parker, bass Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, trumpet
October 12, 2016
Anti-Columbus Day Concert
William Parker, bass, Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, trumpet
New York City
September 11, 2016 (premiere)
To Everything There Is, part one for mixed choir
Konzertchoir Langenau
Christoph Metzger conductor
Reform Church, Langnau, Switzerland
August 30, 31 and September 1, 2016
Music workshop for 50 refugees from 17 different lands
sponsored by the GAD Foundation Biel, Switzerland
May 14, 2016
Concert JKM Trio "World Jazz"
21:00, Alte Krone, Old City, Biel, Switzerland
May 13, 2016
Concert JKM Trio "World Jazz"
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, trumpet vocals, keyboard
Manuel Engel, keyboard
Kevin Chesham, percussion
19:30 Biel Library, Biel, Switzerland
November 20, 2015
Africa Blues Project
with Kara Syllaka, singer, guitarist, Senegal
JAMR, Geneva, Switzerland
November 15, 2015
Second Concert
20:00, Machinehaus-Kulturbrauerei
Berlin, Germany
November 14, 2015
First Concert
William Parker, Bass
Hamid Drake, percussion
Ernie Oodoms, voice
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, trumpet
20:00, Volksbad Jena, Germany
November 6, 2015
Lecture "Music and Architecture"
Architecture School, Luzern, Switzerland
November 2-6, 2015
Africa Project, part one
Primary School, Dotzigen, Switzerland
September 9, 2015
The Genesis Suite
a work for speaker, Chorus and Orchestra by Arnold Schönberg, Nathaniel Shilkret, Alexandre Tansman, Darius Milhaud, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Ernst Toch, and Igor Stravinsky
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, speaker
Biel Symphony Orchestra, Kaspar Zehnder Conductor
19:30, Kongress Centre, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
September 1, 2015
Kinder Konzert with Biel Symphony Orchestra
Biel, Switzerland
August 25-27, 2015
Music Workshop
with young people from Syria, Irag, Iran, Kosovo, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Albania, Suisse, Eretria, and Portugal
Gadd Stiftung, Biel, Switzerland
April 19, 2015
ROTATIONS III 2015, premiere
for solo trumpet and alto sax and seven instruments
Transfornational Ensemble
Keir Neuringer, alto sax
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, trumpet
Philadephia, Pa.
April 11, 2015 7 p.m.
All Voices Matter 2015, premiere
A concert of Music for voices and Instruments by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
A Mother's Lament, premiere
for voice and instruments, dedicated to the Memory of young Black and Hispanic men killed by the Police 2014-15
All Lives Matter, for voices and instruments
text by Fernando Passoa
Velez Culture Centre, 107 Suffolk Street, New York
March 21, 2015
Looking for Water, a music action in honor of World Water Day
Students from the Rittamatte school, Biel, Switzerland
Bahnhof Plaza, Biel, Switzerland
January 25, 2015
Echo of Wood, for multiple recorders
Eveline Noth, Recorder
Heilggeist Kirche , Bern
January 17, 2015
TONE MOTION THEATRE dedicated to Martin Luther King, by William Parker
Part five: Yes i Dream of Freedom, A Flower in a Stained Glass
"Music and Dance" Spirit Catchers
Transformational Music Ensemble
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson guest artist
8 p.m., Roulette 509 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn New York
November 30, 2014
Portrait Concert "VociVociVoci"
Premieres: For Voice and Trumpet, 2014, for mezzo soprano and trumpet; Rotation I, 2014, for flute and trumpet; Echo of Wood, for multiple recorders; VociVociVoci IV for voice and trumpet.
Other works:The Light Shines; Petit Variations for violin and piano obbligato; VociVociVoci I-II-III for voices
With: Susannah Haberfeld, Mezzosoprano, Eveline Noth, Recorders, Hannah E. Haenni, Vocals, Martina Kirchner, Flutes, Helen Pringle, Vocals, Vokalensemble Suppléments Musicaux, Conductor, Violin, Moritz Achermann, Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, Trumpet, Vocals, Piano
All compositions by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
Voirie, Brunngasse 1, Biel
Reservations 079 314 26 36 (sms) / [email protected]
Entrance: CHF 20.-
October 19, 2014, 17:00
The Light Shines
Heiliggeistkirche, Bahnhofsplatz, Bern
October 18, 2014, 19:00
Premiere of The Light Shines for choir
Vocale Ensemble Suppléments Musicaux, Moritz Achermann conductor
The Temple, Le Locle CH
January 13, 2014
Variations for Solo Bass
James Rapport Bass
Valdiva, Chile
January 5, 2014
Variations for Solo Bass
James Rapport Bass
Conception, Chile
November 24, 2013
Variations for Solo Bass
James Rapport Bass
Vienna, Austria
Donnerstag, 3 Oktober 2013, 18:30 Uhr
Abendklänge
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, Trompet, Percussion, Musik
Pascale Van Coppenolle, Orgel
Aurélie Jossen und Lorenzo le kou Meyr, Kunstprojekt
Stadtkirche Biel
Sonntag 29th September 2013 10:00 Uhr
Kunst in Gottesdienst
Kunstprojekt: Aurélie Jossen und Lorenzo le kou Meyr
Orgel: Pascale Van Coppenolle
Trompette, Musik: Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
Stadtkirche Biel
February 2 2013, 20:30
BARAKA
New African World Music, Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, trumpet, voice, piano, percussion; Hamid Khadari, multiple percussion
Le Carré Noir, Obergass 12, Biel CH
October 25 2012
Four Corners
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, trumpet piano alphorn, Dominic Lash, double bass, Angharad Davies violin, Mark Saunders, percussion
Oto's, London
July 3rd 2012
"La forêt tropical" "Unser Regenwald"
A music and visual performance conceived by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson and the students of the Planke School, Biel, Switzerland
first performance 17:00 second performance 18:15
July 1st 2012, 11 Uhr
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson spielt eine raumbezogene Kompostion zu Otto Zitkos Arbeit in situ
Haus der Kunst, St. Josef, Solothurn, Switzerland
Baselstrasse 27, Solothurn. Res.032 621 0980
May 9th 2012
Premiere of "Une Pensée Parfume" and "Carlson Songs"
for soprano and piano, text by Carolyn Carlson
Salomé Glardon Conservatory of Music, Lausanne, Switzerland
April 2012
Alphorn in America
Travels to New York City, Oklahoma City and San Fransisco to produce a new movie with Aline d'Auria, to be called "Alphorn in America" where Nelson will play the alphorn in different locations to be filmed by d'Auria.
Sunday 29th April 2012 at 10pm
On Swiss Italian National Television RSI LA 1:
Aline d'Auria's last reportage about Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson in New York... playing an Alphorn!!
The short will be visible from Monday onwards here
February - July 2012
Artist in Residence at the Planke Schule, Biel, Switzerland
including KLANGESCHULE performance on July 3, 2012
March 9th 2012, 20:00
Voices and Instruments
A work for young voices and instruments, in homage to Marton Feldman
"Lange Musik Festival", Dampfzentral Bern, Switzerland
October 8, 2011
BIBLIo'sound
Reading music and trumpet
11 a.m., Stadtbibliothek Biel, Switzerland
September 7, 2011
Artist in residence
Casa Pantrova, Carona, Switzerland
May 28, 2011
Private cookcert, Biel
May 19, 2011
AU JOLI MOIS DE MAI
Alte Krone Art Gallery, ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE Art by Tiziana de Silvestro and Mingjun Luo, music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
March 5 and 6, 2011
"Neu Wohnen" Cookcert
Biel, Switzerland
November 6, 2010
"Jalalu's Dawn" at CPH Dox 2010
International Documentary Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
October 28, 2010
"Jalalu's Dawn" at the Womex Music Festival
Copenhagen, Denmark
September 20-27, 2010
Artist in Residence
Casa Pantrova, Carona Switzerland
July 2010
"Jalalu's Dawn" wins Second Prize
Film Festival Centovalli, Ticino, Switzerland
June 19-20, 2010
Music and Dance Performance
Festa Europea della Musica, Vorno, Italy
June 10-12, 2010
Music and Dance Performance/Improvisation
Athens Dance Festival, Greece
May 7 and 8, 2010
projekt.raum
Susanne Mueller Nelson, Kosmas Kosmopoulos, Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
Espace d'Art Contemporain, Porrentruy, Switzerland
April 13, 2010
Concert at The Stone
William Parker (bass), Ellen Christi (vocals), Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson (trumpet)
The Stone, New York City
April 2, 2010
Guest Artist with Shortt Dogg Funk Band Jazz Lab
University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma
April 1, 2010
"Night Songs" for solo piano
Ward De Vleeschhouwer, piano
University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
December 20, 2009
Performance with poet Kristiina Ehin
Tartu, Estonia
December 18-19, 2009
Jazz concert
Clazz Jazz Club, Tallinn, Estonia
December 13, 2009
Guest artist with Musamari Children's choir with orchestra
Tallinn, Estonia
September 29 - October 6, 2009
Concerts in Budapest, Hungary
September 21-28, 2009
Artist in residence
Casa Pantrova, Carona, Switzerland
September 10-14, 2009
Dance and music performance
Vorno, Italy
August 12-24, 2009
Concerts with jazz in Estonia
May 27, 2009
Portraits of Sound
A concert of music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson featuring the world premiere of For Langston, a work for narrator, solo voice and ensemble based on the poetry of Langston Hughes.
Northwest School of the Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina
December 20, 2008
Sounds
Concert of dance music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
Godor, Budapest, Hungary
21:00 p.m.
December 18, 2008
Sanctuary
Concert of composed and improvised music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
Fono Theatre, Budapest, Hungary
20:00 p.m.
Tour dates for Les Rêves de Karabine Klaxon, Fall 2008
October 14-15: Théâtre de Corbeil-Essonnes
November 22-14: Festival les
Boréales, Caen
November 27 and 29: Nouveau Théâtre de Montreil
December 1-2:
Nouveau Théâtre de Montreil
December 4-8: Pavillon Noir, Aix-en-Provence
Choreography by Carolyn Carlson
Live music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
See CCN for photos and more information.
Sunday August 31, 2008
Cookcert
Le Bain de Paquis, Geneva, Switzerland
13:00-16:00
August 1 and August 19, 2008
Morning Trumpet Music Installation
Le Bain de Paquis, Geneva, Switzerland
6 a.m.
July 27, 2008
Jazz Concert
Le Bain de Paquis, Geneva, Switzerland
5 p.m.
July 6 2008
Concert at Godor
Budapest, Hungary
June 28 - July 5, 2008
Concerts with Chalaban in Morocco
Wednesday April 16, 2008: 7:00p.m.
Premiere of Questions Answers and Echos (sometimes) for eleven instruments
Black Box Theater, Charlotte, North Carolina
See the concert flier
Tour dates for Les Rêves de Karabine Klaxon, Spring 2008
April 28-29: Théâtre de la Couple, Saint Louis, France
May 6-10: Am Stram Gram Le
Théâtre, Geneva, Switzerland
May 13-14: Théâtre de Grasse, Grasse,
France
May 18: L'Octogone, Pully, Switzerland
May 28-31: Théâtre des Louvrais,
Pontoise, France
Choreography by Carolyn Carlson
Live music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
See CCN for photos and more information
Friday, March 7th, 2008
Cookcert
Cooking and Jazz by the Music Chefs
Restaurant du Théâtre, Biel, Switzerland
Time: 19:00
Monday December 17th, 2007
Concert with Romanian Musicians from Circus Zingarro
Les Sette de la Butte, Paris
Tour dates for Les Rêves de Karabine Klaxon, Fall 2007
November 29 - December 1: Théâtre de Nîmes, Nîmes, France
December 11 - 12: Opéra, Rouen, France
Choreography by Carolyn Carlson
Live music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
See CCN for photos and more information.
New video of Jalalu in concert
Sunday September 9th, 2007
Cookcert
Cooking and Jazz by the Music Chefs
At the Parkhotel Schloss M�nchenwiler, Switzerland
Time: 11:30 Price: 68 CHF
Reservations: +41 (0)26 672 81 81
Tour dates for Les Rêves de Karabine Klaxon, Spring 2007
January 8-13: Maison de la Danse, Lyon, France
February 20: Avant-Scène, Cognac, France
February 28: Pordenone, Italy
March 2 and 3: Chiasso, Switzerland
March 5: Lugano, Switzerland
March 12-14: Le Colisée, Roubaix, France
April 3-7: Centre Culturel Balavoine, Arques, France
Choreography by Carolyn Carlson
Live music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
See CCN for photos and more information.
Tour dates for Les Rêves de Karabine Klaxon, Fall 2007
December 10th, 2006 in Noisy-Le-Grand, France
December 13th, 2006 in Besancon, France
Choreography by Carolyn Carlson
Live music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
See CCN for photos and more information.
Saturday September 23rd, 2006 - 20:00 and 22:00
7 Minutes
Dance: Beatrice Borragio
Music: Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
Historical Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland
August 19th, 2006
Cookcert
Cooking and Jazz by the Music Chefs
Restaurant L'Ecluse, Biel, Switzerland
Time: 19:00
Reservations: 00 41 32 322 1840
June 21st, 23rd, 24th and 25th, 2006
Les Rêves de Karabine Klaxon
Le Cartouserie, Bois de Vincennes, Paris, France
Choreography by Carolyn Carlson
Live music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
See CCN for photos and more information.
June 7th, 2006
Les Rêves de Karabine Klaxon
Dinan, France
Choreography by Carolyn Carlson
Live music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
See CCN for photos and more information.
May 21st, 2006
Woo of Wii for clarinet quartet
The Swiss Clarinet Players
Stadttheater Biel
Time: 11:00
May 15th, 2006
Les Rêves de Karabine Klaxon
Carré Magique, Lannion, France
Choreography by Carolyn Carlson
Live music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
See CCN for photos and more information.
May 13th, 2006
project raum
A work for video, dance and music
BBZ Biel, Switzerland
19:30
April 29th, 2006, 16:00
Kids and Jazz
A concert for and with children, for the whole family
At the Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
April 22nd, 2006
Krikri Festival 2006
solo performance and Night Songs (piano: Ward De Vleeschhouwer)
At the Galerie Link, Blekersdijk 39, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
18.30 - 23.00
March 24th, 2006
Première of NACHT NIGHT NUIT NOTTE
A Music-Visual-Theatre work for twenty performers
A commission from the Zentrum Paul Klee
At the Zentrum Paul Klee
20:30 and 23:00
"Museums Night"
February 28, March 1 and March 2, 2006: 15:00 - March 3 and March 4, 2006: 19:00
Les Rêves de Karabine Klaxon
Dance production for children, inspired by The Ugly Duckling and Finnish animal stories
Choreography by Carolyn Carlson
Live music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
Centre Chorégraphique National Roubaix-Nord Pas de Calais, 33 rue de l'Epeule, 59100 Roubaix, France
Reservations: +33 (0)3 20 24 66 66
December 10 and 11, 2005
Sounds Without Borders
A concert with professional and children performers
at DANCESTREET, 1e Rozendwarsstraat, Amsterdam
time: 19.00
New Dates!
SALAM
Contemporary hiphop dance theater
November 6, 2005: Magdeburg Theater, Magdeburg, Germany
November 16, 17 and 18, 2005: Frascati Theater, Amsterdam
Choreography: Farid (Joker) M. Baroug
Live Music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
September 29 and October 1, 2005
SALAM
Contemporary hiphop dance theater
Choreography: Farid (Joker) M. Baroug
Live Music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
Tanzhaus, Dusseldorf, Germany
August 27, 2005
T.M.T.
Trumpets and Trumpets - Trumpets and Trommels
three trumpet players who also sing, play a variety of
percussion instruments and keyboards.
Free outdoor concert in Geneva, Switzerland
3 p.m. at Le Bain Paquis, across from the big fountain on the lake
August 21, 2005
Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson's Total Music Trio
Free outdoor concert in Geneva, Switzerland
3 p.m. at Le Bain Paquis, across from the big fountain on the lake. Just bring your body in a swim suit ... or no swim suit...
July - August 2005
Playing for the following dance classes:
July 18-29: Joachim Heckmann at the Arena Studios, Zurich, Switzerland
August 1-5: Jennifer Hanna at the HJS in Amsterdam
August 8-12: Gabrielle Staiger at the HJS in Amsterdam
August 15-18: Kevin Wynn at the Amsterdam Dance Centre
June 1, 2005
Improvisation event
Choreography by Carolyn Carlson, music by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
at La Piscine de Roubaix, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie André DiligentRoubaix, France
21.30 p.m., entrance free.
May 24, June 6, June 12 and June 14 2005
CLOCK OF EBONY
Choreography by Linda Magnifico, live music composed and performed by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
Luzern State Theater, Luzern, Switzerland
January 26, 2005
World premiere of Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson's Night Songs for piano
De Rode Pomp, Ghent, Belgium.
Pianist: Ward De Vleeschhouwer
October 13, 2004
Sightseeing by Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson
performed by the Thelema Trio at De Rode Pomp, Ghent, Belgium.
