An unusual artist with an unconventional résumé, pianist and electroacoustic composer Nicolas Horvath is known for his boundariesless musical explorations. Horvath is both an enthusiastic promoter of contemporary music—he has commissioned numerous works (including no fewer than 120 as part of his Homages to Philip Glass project in 2014) and collaborated with leading contemporary composers from around the world, including
Alvin Lucier, Mamoru Fujieda, Jaan Rääts,
Alvin Curran and Valentyn Silvestrov—and a rediscoverer of forgotten or neglected composers such as
Moondog,
Julius Eastman, Nobuo Uematsu, Germaine Tailleferre, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Hélène de Montgeroult, Jean Catoire, Karl August Hermann...
