past events
30.09.2025 | 20:00
2K+ antifestival, Novi Sad, Serbia
Brigitta Muntendorf, Marko Nikodijevic
Novosadska Sinagoga
16.10.2025 | 19:30
Der Kleine Prinz von Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
catinblack ensemble und Szene 10
Szene 10, Essen
14.11.2025 | 19:30
KO-LAB
catinblack ensemble & ensemble S201
Szene 10, Essen
05.12.2025 | 19:30
Symphonic Pocket, catinblack ensemble
Sara Cubarsi, Simon Bahr, Jiaying He, Isaac Roth Blumfield.
Szene 10, Essen
26.09.2025 | 20:00
8 Bässe für ein Halleluja
Düsseldorf Festival
34 Ost, Düsseldorf
11.09.2025 | 19:30 Uhr
—— Beauty. Nevertheless ——
Musik von Sebastian Gramss für
Trio basso und Weltempfänger (TV)
Szene 10, Essen
12.09.2025 | 20:00 Uhr
—— Beauty. Nevertheless ——
Musik von Sebastian Gramss für
Trio basso und Weltempfänger (TV)
o-ton, Köln
Baku Contemporary Music Days Festival
19.05.2025
Opening Concert
Hasanova, Rahilia - "Extinct Volcanoes" with Humay Gasimzade (piano)
Gani, Said - "Refraction" for contrabass solo
Allahverdi, Firuddin - Trio with Szilard Benes (clarinet) and Yevsevi Zubkov (vibraphone)
23.05.2025
solo "late night music"
24.04.2025
John Knowles Paine Hall, Harvard Group for New Music
Premiering new works by HGNM composers:
Victor Arul - 4 million cats, I goose, 05 armchairs
Isaac Roth Blumfield - The Great Emptying
Marisse Cato - ELASTIC(mother)
Darcy Copeland - eroding sky; a new and brighter star
Weilu Ge - Cat in loop x catinblack
18.01.2025 | 18:00 - "great symphony"
Pina Bausch Theater, Folkwang Universität der Künste
Michael Edwards - "great symphony in C" for two contrabasses and electronics with Niek de Groot.
Günter Steinke - Duo für Viola und Kontrabass with Barbara Maurer.
Tamon Yashima - "not even death is kind to me" for Heckelphon and Contrabass.
Sebastian Gramss/Javad Javadzade Duo - "Improvisation".
World premiere of all pieces.
fokwang gala - elena firsova "chamber concerto" wp
03.10.2024
17.03.2023
"bein-sent" by jonah haven with catinblack ensemble
23.08.2023
01.09.2023
16.09.2023
10.03.2023
FLEISCH 4 Leftovers of Eternity e-mex-ensemble
Anneliese Brost Musikforum Bochum
20.01.2023
bassmasse with s.gramss, d.manderscheid, d.sanchez garcia
16.11.2022 - wuppertal, LOCH
17.11.2022 - darmstadt, bessunger knabenschule
18.11.2022 - münchen, einstein kultur
19.11.2022 - zoglau, raum für musik
20.11.2022 - berlin, industriesalon schönweide
26.06.2022 bass trio in kunsthalle hangelar
with sebastian gramss and dieter manderscheid
06.04.2022 "verbunden" kunstation sankt peter with catinblack ensemble
firsova, elena - "pro et contra" (wp)
haas, georg friedrich - aus freier lust verbunden
pagh-paan, younghi - "no ul"
suslin, viktor - grenzübertrit
16-18.12.2021 folkwang kontrabass marathon 14. (campus essen-werden)
donatoni, franco - lem 1
firsova, elena - for slava
davidovsky, mario - synchronism 11
riley, terry - "in d" (original "in c", version for contrabass ensemble by scodanibbio, stefano)
luciano berio/stefano scodanibbio - sequenza XIVb
11.12.2021 klassik lounge, dkn, bazzar kafferösterei
davidovsky, mario - synchronism 11
09.11.2021 wdr3 campus konzert an der folkwang universität der künste
(broadcast on 26.01.2022) (catinblack ensemble)
pagh-paan, younghi - "NO-UL"
rayeva, olga - metamorphosis (WP)
haas, georg friedrich "...aus freier lust...verbunden..."
01.11.2021NOW! festival, folkwang museum "nähe und ferne"
haas, georg friedrich - einklang freier wesen (catinblack ensemble)
30.10.2021 NOW! festival, folkwang neue aula, (campus essen-werden)
davidovsky, mario - synchronism 11
27.11.2020 wdr3 campus konzert an der folkwang universität der künste
(broadcast on 20.01.2021)
abbasov, jalal - munaja't I
luciano berio/stefano scodanibbio - sequenza XIVb
hasanova, rahilia - shadow play
20-21.12.2019 folkwang kontrabass marathon 12. (campus essen-werden)
haydn, josef - baryton trio hob.XI:120
angerer, paul - gloriatio
abbasov, jalal - munaja't I
23.11.2019 hausmusik am blücherturm
abbasov, jalal - munaja't I
bach, j.s. - suite 2 for cello, prelude
02.04.2019 concert at georgian state conservatoire
shostakovich, dmitri - piano quintet
kancehli, gia - a little daneliade
giorgi gigashvili - piano, temo jaiani - violin I, nika barateli - violin II, mamuka babuadze - viola, georgiy imanov - cello, javad javadzade - contrabass
07.03.2019 - georgian cellos, at tbc art gallery
garayev, gara - adagio (seven beauties)
cellos: georgiy imanov, elen jimshitashvili, jarri pipper, evgeny inchagov:
contrabass: javad javadzade
31.01.2019 "shadow play" at yarat, baku
program:
ajiashvili, hana - contrabasscontra (wp) 2018
firsova, elena - for slava (wp) (version for contrabass) 2007/2018
guliyev, mammad - sonata for flute piccolo and contrabass 1986
hasanova, rahilia - shadow play 1990 (wp)
nijat salmanov - flute piccolo
javad javadzade - contrabass
21. may 2018 into the light, at music and drama theatre, tbilisi
program:
zeynalova, Khadija - khazar (wp)
gubaidulina, sofia - sonata (georgian premiere)
linde, hans-peter - sonata in E (gp)
smirnov, n. dmitri - into the light (wp)
adel javadzade - piano
javad javadzade - contrabass
19. march 2018 duos for three at tik-talk anticafe, baku
program:
g.rossini - duetto
g.f.händel/j.halvorsen - passacaglia
d.n.smirnov - dialogue in the dark
j.mysliveček - trio g dur
uzeyir hajibeyov - arazbary (arr. for trio (vln.vc,cb) kh.zeynalova)
vioilin - elina kuliyeva, cello - eyyub aliyev, contrabass javad javadzade
14. march 2018 “contrabass alone III” mən tək kontrabasda?
yarat, baku
program:
jalal abbasov - munaja't I
julien-francois zbinden - hommage a j.s.bach
giselher klebe - 6 stücke
teppo hauta-aho - kadenza
knut güttler - variations on the tune greensleeves
rufat ramazanov - züm-zümə
dmitri n. smirnov - 2 pieces: scorpio and between pisces and aries
28. february 2018 “contrabass alone II”
concert in georgian folk art museum, tbilisi
program:
jalal abbasov - munaja't I
julien-francois zbinden - hommage a j.s.bach
giselher klebe - 6 stücke
teppo hauta-aho - kadenza
knut güttler - variations on the tune greensleeves
rufat ramazanov - züm-zümə
dmitri n. smirnov - 2 pieces: scorpio and between pisces and aries
5. february 2018 “contrabass alone”
concert in round room of music and drama theatre, tbilisi
program:
jalal abbasov - munaja't I
julien-francois zbinden - hommage a j.s.bach
giselher klebe - 6 stücke
teppo hauta-aho - kadenza
knut güttler - variations on the tune greensleeves
rufat ramazanov - züm-zümə
22. december 2017 concert “duos for three” at akhundov gallery, tbilisi
program:
g.rossini - duetto
g.f.händel/j.halvorsen - passacaglia
d.n.smirnov - dialogue in the dark
j.s.bach/d.n.smirnov - sarabande
a.schnittke - hymn ii
j.mysliveček - trio g dur
musicians: violin nino shamugia, cello georgiy imanov, contrabass javad javadzade
28. november 2017 concert “metamorphosen” at akhundov gallery, tbilisi
program:
j.s.bach - 3. brandenburg concerto.
dmitri n. smirnov - blake intermezzo as second movement of concerto
richard strauss - metamorphosen (arr. for septet)
musicians: violins: nino shamugia, ina tevdoradze, violas: mariam chikvaidze, ilia chkhaidze, cellos: murad ibrahimov, georgiy imanov, contrabass: javad javadzade
2. december 2016 concert in tbilisi conservatory big hall
program:
r. strauss - till eulenspiegel ein mal anders
gmahler - lieder eines fahrenden gesellen
r. wagner - wessendonck lieder
r. wagner - siegfried idyll
ruysdael kwartet, agata igras – flute, celine moinet – oboe, levan tskhadadze & paolo beltramini – clarinet, amy harman - bassoon, herve joulain & irakli zandarashvil – horn, anahita ahsef – soprano, tamar licheli – piano, nino shamugia & ana tigashvili – violin, mariam chikvaidze – viola, javad javadzade – double bass, david shamanauri – trumpet, mariam makarashvili – percussions.
30. october 2016 concert in sala verde del municipio di corato (italy)
program:
j. brahms - sonata e moll for cello and piano (arr. by thomas martin)
r.gliere - intermezzo and tarantella
g.bottesini - grand allegro alla mendelssohn
adel javadzade - piano
27. june 2016 concert in fondazione palmieri (lecce, italy)
program:
j. brahms - sonata e moll for cello and piano (arr. by thomas martin)
teppo hauta-aho - kadenza for contrabass solo
jalal abbasov - munaja’t I for contrabass solo
g.bottesini - grand allegro alla mendelssohn
g.bottesini - tarantella
piano: adel javadzade
22. december 2015 concert in kapellhaus, baku
program:
j. brahms - sonata e moll for cello and piano (arr. by thomas martin)
p. hindemith - sonata for contrabass and piano
j.f.zbinden - hommage a j.s. bach
piano: julia kerimova
11. october 2014 concert in national art museum of azerbaijan, baku
program:
hans fryba - suite in old style
j. m. sperger - sonata d dur t40
knut güttler - variations on the tune greensleeves
giorgi makhoshvili - regreps
reinhold gliere - tarantella
piano: adel javadzade
24. may 2014 concert in kirche, chamber hall of state philharmonie, baku
program:
i.stravinsky - soldier’s tale
musicians: clarinet - shukur mammadov, bassoon - ilgar hajiyev, trumpet - rovshan guliyev, trombone - igor butenko, percussion - alexey chumakov, violin - roman mints, contrabass - javad javadzade, conductor - rauf abdullayev, narrator - mabud maharramov
25. may 2013 concert in national art museum of azerbaijan, baku
program:
g.bottesini - concerto for contrabass no.2 h moll (piano reduction)
z.kodaly - epigrams (arr.)
a.piazzolla - kicho for contrabass and piano
j.abbasov - munaja’t I for contrabass solo
bela bartok - suite for piano solo
piano: adel javadzade
29. june 2012 solist’s concert of azerbaijan state symphony orchestra
program:
j.s.bach - concerto for two violins d moll: elina kuliyeva, yelena gokchayeva
c.saint-saens - concerto for cello and orch.: murad ibrahimov
j.m.sperger - concerto no.15 d dur for contrabass and orch: javad javadzade
h.rzayev - concertino for xylophone: ramiz sevdimaliyev
r.strauss - 2 concerto for horn and orch. samir mammadov
c.saint-saens - rondo capriccioso: sabina guliyeva
azerbaijan state symphony orchestra, conductor - rauf abdullayev
20. december 2011 concert in kapellhaus, baku
program:
g.f.handel - sonata g moll
j.m.sperger - sonata d dur t 40
j.bottesini - la sonnambula
a.malikov - dance of turkish girls (arr. j.javadzade)
29. noyabr 2011 concert in the union of azerbaijan composers, baku
latifa v. aliyeva’s “muslim traditions and azerbaijan music” book presentation
alim qasimov, fargana qasimova and ahli beyt meddahlari
jalal abbasov - munaja’t I for contrabass: javad javadzade
munaja’t III for marimba: murad javadzade
22. december 2010 concert in baku music academy, baku
program:
hans fryba - suite in old style
e.dal abbako - sonata h moll
d.dragonetti - concerto a dur (piano reduction)
kara karayev - travels from symphonic engravings don quixote (arrangement)
g.bottesini - la sonnambula
piano: adel javadzade