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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* 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)
* 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
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
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
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