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Thollem is a perpetually traveling musician regularly performing in theaters, art galleries, universities, elementary schools, concert halls, jazz clubs, rock
clubs, festivals, warehouses, houses, streets, prisons, forests, riots and on television, radio and the internet in Canada, U.S., Mexico, Greece, Slovenia,
Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Holland, Ireland, Portugal, France and...

Great Basins
He is available by invitation for performances, workshops and collaborations throughout North America and beyond.
To start a dialogue please write to: booking@thollem.com

2012

Jan. 3 Trio recording with Nels Cline and William Parker Brooklyn, NY
Jan. 6, 7 8 Recording with Scott Rosenberg and many other great musicians San Francisco, CA
Jan. 14 at Nightlight with Crowmeat Bob Raleigh, North Carolina
Jan. 15 at Dialect Gallery with Ron Brendle Charlotte, North Carolina
Jan. 18 at Conundrum Solo Piano West Columbia, South Carolina
Jan. 19 at Easy Lemon Solo Piano Chattanooga, Tennessee
Jan. 25 - Feb. 1 Recording with Ed Pettersen (various projects) Nashville, Tennessee
Feb. 9 at Cliff Bells with Soar Trio Detroit, Michigan
Feb. 10 at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center with Soar Trio Buffalo, NY
Feb. 12 at The High Wire with Soar Trio Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb. 13 at Cornell University with Soar Trio Ithaca, NY
Feb. 16 at The Knight Library with Soar Trio Providence, RI
Feb. 18 at The Lily Pad with Soar Trio Boston, MA
Feb. 19 at Vaudeville Park with Soar Trio Brooklyn, NY
Feb. 25 at Area Sismica benefit Festival Solo Piano Forli, Italia
Feb. 27 - Mar. 1 at Rassegna di Nuova Musica with Francesco Dillon, Daniele Roccato, Marco Rogliano Macerata, Italia
Mar. 3 at Curva Minore Solo Piano Palermo, Italia
Mar. 4 at Curva Minore with Simone Sfamelli Palermo, Italia
Mar. 7 at Bartleby's with Magimc Bologna, Italia
Mar. 9 at Crypt 747 with Thollem/D'Andrea Torino, Italia
Mar.10 at La Giraffa with Thollem/D'Andrea Vittorio Veneto, Italia
Mar. 11 at La Mela Di Newton with Thollem/D'Andrea Padova, Italia
April 9th at University of Wisconsin Music Dept. Workshop/Q & A Madison, WI
April 9th at Audio For The Arts Solo Piano Madison, WI
April - Release Of Thollem/Parker/Cline on Porter Records
May for Pauline Oliveros' Anthology Of Essays On Deep Listening
(I've been invited to write an essay on Deep Listening And the Peripatetic Life of an improvising musician)
May 10th at 119 Gallery with Arrington Lowell, MA
May 11th at TBA with Arrington Boston, MA
May 12th at Machines With Magnets with Arrington Pawtucket, RI
May 13th at Loft Concert with Arrington East Hampton, NY
May 14th at The Spotty Dog with Arrington Hudson, NY
May 15th at The Stone with Arrington NY, NY
May 26th at TBA with Arrington Albuquerque, NM
June, July at Many TBAs with Many U.S. West Coast
August 21st at The Stone with Pauline Oliveros and Susie Ibarra NY, NY
August 24th at The Stone Solo Piano plus guests NY, NY

Previous Dates In 2011

Jan. 15th at Museum Of The Moving Image with the films of Martha Colburn Astoria, NY
January 17th at House Concert Columbus, OH
Jan. 21st - 29th at Sundance Film Festival screening of 'Triumph of the Wild' Park City, Utah
January 21st at University Of Illinois with Bloom Duo Urbana-Champaign, IL
January 22nd at KransbergArtCenter/New Music Circle with Bloom Duo St. Louis, MO
February 26th and 27th at High Mayhem Leading large ensemble improvisation workshop Santa Fe, New Mexico
February 27th at High Mayhem Leading large ensemble Concert Santa Fe, New Mexico
March 1st at KUNM (Savage Beast) with All For Now (Duo with John Dieterich from Deerhoof etc.) 89.9 FM Albuquerque, New Mexico
March 4th at Seco Pearl with All For Now and The Art Of Flying Arroyo Seco, New Mexico
March 5th at High Mayhem with All For Now Santa Fe, New Mexico
March 6th at The Guild Theater with All For Now Albuquerque, New Mexico
March 8th at Tom's with T.D. Skatchit, John Butcher, and Chris Brown Berkeley, CA
March 19-22 recording with All For Now at Post-Consumer Studios Austin, TX
March 25th at Elastic Arts with Jason Stein Chicago, IL
April 1st at 1464 Gratiot Space collaboration with the virtuoso tuner Clem Fortuna and 3 of his tuning inventions Detroit, MI
April 6th at MOCAD (Art X Detroit Fest) with BoxDeserter Ensemble also Marcus Belgrave Detroit, MI SOLD OUT
*Tsigoti Italy Tour April 13 - May 7
Aprile 13 at Dal Verme Roma
Aprile 17 at Ex Stazione FS Boscoreale
Aprile 18 at Agriturismo Capuano Ganji
Aprile 19 at Glamour Catania
Aprile 20 at Auro Catania
Aprile 22 at Tavola Tonda Palermo
Aprile 23 at Center For Arab Culture (Solo Piano) Palermo
Aprile 22, 23, 24 at Tavola Tonda (Improvisation Workshop) Palermo
Aprile 24 at Tavola Tonda (Concert Of Workshop Participants) Palermo
Aprile 25 at Blue Dahlia Marina Di Gioiosa Jonica
Aprile 28 at i Sotteranei Copertino
Aprile 29 at La Macerie Molfetta
Aprile 30 at Hotel de Ville San Giorgio Jonico
Maggio 1 at Japigie Corsano
Maggio 2 at Lughé Lugo
Maggio 3 at MKC Koper, Slovenia
Maggio 4 at XM24 Bologna
Maggio 5 at Circolo Aurora Firenze
Maggio 6 at Dalla Cira Pesaro
Maggio 7 at CSC San Vito Di Leguzzano
May 12th at Teatro Refugio Solo Piano Livorno, IT
May 13, 14 and 15th at Scuola Popolare Di Musica Ivan Illich leading Fronteras Assembled Workshop Bologna, IT
May 14 at Scuola Popolare Di Musica Ivan Illich with Edoardo Marraffa and Stefano Giust Bologna, IT
May 19th at Maxxi Museum accompanying the films of Martha Colburn with Greg Saunier Roma, IT
May 20th at Club Fanfulla 101 with live projection by Luca Tanzini Roma, IT
May 21st at Brigadisco Cave Solo Piano Itri, IT
May 25th at Gathering Of The Tribes Solo Piano also Eli Keszler and Ed Askew NY, NY
June 3rd at Issue Project Room Solo Piano Brooklyn, NY
June 4th at Anthology Film Archives with Martha Colburn and Greg Saunier NY, NY
June 10th at Blue Note with Andrew D'Angelo and Greg Saunier NY, NY
June 11th and 12th at What You Will Fest Columbus, OH
July 18th at College For Creative Studies (Kresge Fellows Night) with Joel Peterson and kurt Prisbee Detroit, MI
July 20th at Robinwood Concert House with BoxDeserter Trio Toledo, OH
July 25th (Approx. at 2:00 PM Chicago time) WNUR Solo Piano Chicago, IL
July 25th at Brown Rice with Anthonly Poretti and more Chicago, IL
July 26th at Elastic Arts Solo Piano also Paul Giallorenzo Chicago, IL
July 27th at Monks Kaffee Pub Solo Piano Dubuque, IA
August 2nd at The Upstage - Solo Piano plus Serena Tideman and Eliza Rickman Pt. Townsend, WA
August 5th at The Northern with Malaikat Dan Singa Olympia, WA
August 7th at Alice Coltrane Memorial Coliseumwith Naked Future Portland, OR
August 9th at House Concert duo with Arrington deDionyso Olympia, WA
August 17th at Royal/T duo with Alex Cline Culver City, CA
August 19th at Artists' Television Access solo piano accompanying the film Face Of A Stranger by David Michalak San Francisco, CA
August 23rd at Tom Duff's solo piano accompanying Face Of A Stranger Berkeley, CA
Sep. 7 at Pacific Film Archive accompanying the films of Martha Colburn Berkeley, CA
Sep. 18 at House Concert Solo Piano Redwood City, CA
Oct. 10 at Small Engine with Raven Chacon and John Dieterich Albuquerque, NM
Oct. 21 at Teatro Micaelense/Jazzores Festival - Solo Piano S. Miguel - Açores
Oct. 23-26 at Jazzores Festival Leading Large Ensemble Workshop S. Miguel - The Azores
Oct. 26 at Teatro Micaelense/Jazzores Festival Leading Large Ensemble Workshop Concert S. Miguel - The Azores
Oct. 29 at Ler Devagar with Carlos Zingaro, Paulo Curado, Ulrich Mitzlaff, João Pedro Viegas Lisboa, Portugal
Nov. 4 at Galeria do Desassossego with PPCM (dUASsEMIcOLCHEIASiNVERTIDAS + Thollem) Beja, Portugal
Nov. 5 at Oficinas do Convento with PPCM Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
Nov. 9 at Trem Azul with PPCM Lisboa, Portugal
Oct. 21 at Jardim da Estrella - Solo Piano Lisboa, Portugal
Nov. 12 at Area Sismica with Edoardo Marraffa and Stefano Giust Meldola, Italia
Nov. 16 at Bartleby with Edoardo Marraffa and Stefano Giust Bologna, Italia
Nov. 19 at XM24 with (Tsi Goat - Thollem and Andrea from Tsigoti) + tba Bologna, Italia
Nov. 25 at Terminal with Tsigoti Macerata, Italia
Nov. 26 at Teatro Moderno with Tsigoti Pistoia, Italia
Nov. 28 at Fanfulla 101 with Tsigoti Roma, Italia
Dec. 2 at La Cité with Tsigoti Firenze, Italia
Nov. 29 on RAI Tre Battiti Redazione (National Public Radio) with Tsigoti (Midnight) Roma, Italia
Dec. 4th at C.A.M. with Renato Cordovani and many of Tuscany's finest improvisers Firenze, Italia
Dec. 7 at Tago Mago with Tsigoti Massa, Italia
Dec. 8 at ArciBlob with Tsigoti Milano, Italia
Dec. 11 at Snatura Radio with Tsigoti Padova, Italia
Dec. 12 - 16 Recording with Tsigoti Italia
Dec. 17 at Metricubi Solo Piano plus Schorinder's Cat Venzia, Italia
Dec. 27 at Fanfulla 101 with Luca Nostro Roma, Italia
Dec. 26, 27 and 28 at MU.VI.MENT.S Festival Leading Improvisation/Collaboration Workshop Itri, Italia
Dec. 28 and 29 at MU.VI.MENT.S Festival Solo Piano Itri, Italia

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Previous Dates In 2010

January 3rd at Teatro Refugio Solo Piano Livorno, Italia
January 4th at Lughè Lugo, Italia
January 11th at Celeste Jazz Bar/Institute of Improvised Music Solo Piano Also Marco Eneidi Vienna, Austria
January16th at Des Geigers Rätsel Solo Piano Liepzig, Germany
January19th at Umlaut Solo Piano Berlin, Germany
January27th at Cafe Babilo With Silvia Tarozzi and Joel Grip Paris, France
January28th at L'Atelier Tampon With Silvia Tarozzi and Joel Grip and Makoto Sato Paris, France
January 30th at Rotterdam International Film Festival With Martha Colburn and McCloud Zicmuse Rotterdam, The Netherlands
February 5th at House Concert Amsterdam, The Netherlands
February 6th at House Concert Amsterdam, The Netherlands
February 18th at ResBox/Steve Allen Theater With Alex Cline also Kris Tiner, Taylor Ho Bynum, Dan Clucas, Jeff Kaiser Hollywood, California
March 2nd at Tom Duff's Also Bruce Ackley and Henry Kaiser Berkeley, California
April 6th at Portland State University with Scott Stobbe and Derek Johnson Portland, Oregon (Daytime)
April 6th at Portland New Music Society with Scott Stobbe and Derek Johnson Portland, Oregon (Nighttime)
April 8th at The Josephine with Zdrastvootie Seattle, Washington
April 9th at KBOO with Zdrastvootie Portland, Oregon
April 10th at Ethos Music Center with Zdrastvootie Portland, Oregon
April 10th at The Artistery with Zdrastvootie Also Why I Must Be Careful Portland, Oregon
April 11th at The Black Lodge with Zdrastvootie Also The Sugar Skulls Seattle, Washington
April 12th House Concert solo Piano Portland, Oregon
April 13th House Concert with John Niekrasz And Gregg Skloff Portland, Oregon
April 14th at Goodfoot with Mae Starr and Monte Trent Allen (Moodring, Rollerball) Portland, Oregon
April 16th at TotallyIntenseFractalMindgazeHut With Ava Mendoza Oakland, California
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*US Tsigoti tour April 29 - June 6*
April 28th at Pianos NY, NY
April 29th at New Museum with Martha Colburn NY, NY
April 30th at Philadelphia Museum Of Art with Martha Colburn Philadelphia, PA
May 1st at May Day Festival Greenbelt, MD
May 2nd at Garfield Artworks Pittsburgh, PA
May 4th at Manhattan's Toledo, OH
May 5th at Bohemian National Home in Exile Detroit, MI
May 6th at Old Miami Detroit, MI
May 7th at WNUR FM On-Air Performance 3:00 PM Chicago, IL
May 7th at Reggie's Chicago, IL
May 8th at The Independent Media Center Urbana, IL
May 12th at Floating Laboratories (solo piano) St. Louis, MO
May 12th at KDHX FM On-Air Performance (Uncontrollable Urge) 11:00 AM St. Louis, MO
May 13th at The Tap Room Also Magic City St. Louis, Missouri
May 15th at Coalmine Kollektiv Albuquerque, NM
May 16th at High Mayhem Santa Fe, NM
May 18th at Echo Curio Also Dos Los Angeles, CA
May 19th at Que Sera Also The Missingmen Long Beach, CA
May 21st at KFJC FM On-Air Performance 4:00 PM SF Bay Area, CA
May 21st at Hotel Utah Saloon Also Temporary Rock Formation San Francisco, CA
May 22nd at The Blank Club Also Hans Keller San Jose, CA
May 28th at KBOO Portland, OR
May 29th at The Artistery Also Moodring, and more! Portland, OR
May 30th at The Josephine Also, Rollerball and Zdrastvootie Seattle, WA
May 31st at Kenton Club Also Portland, OR
June 3rd at Parish Publick House Santa Cruz, CA
June 2nd at Frog Farm Takilma, OR
June 4th at The Sub Zero Festival On the Anno Domini Stage San Jose, CA
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July 15th at KFJC FM On-Air Performance 7:00 PM SF Bay Area, CA
July 21st at Outsound New Music Summit Solo piano with the films of Martha Colburn SF, CA
July 25th at Cafe duNord Trio with John Dieterich (Deerhoof etc.) and Scott Amendola (Nels Cline Singers etc.) Also Shudder SF, CA
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*August 14th - 19th EstamosEnsemble San Francisco Bay Area Residency*
August 14th at CAPP Concert Hall, with ROVA Saxophone Quartet San Francisco, CA
August 15th at SIMM Series, with Estamos Ensemble San Francisco, CA
August 19th at Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, with Estamos Ensemble San Francisco, CA
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August 23rd-25th recording with John Dieterich, (Deerhoof etc.) Mike Watt (The Minutemen etc.) and Tim Barnes (Many Etc.) At Post-Consumer Studios Austin, TX
August 26th at Baby Blue With Thollem/Dieterich/Barnes (Watt leaves us for Stooges Tour) and The Weird Weeds and Plutonium Farmers Austin, TX
August 27th at House Concert With Thollem/Dieterich/Barnes and The Weird Weeds Baton Rouge, LA
August 28th at The Big Top With Thollem/Dieterich/Barnes and The Weird Weeds and Rob Cambre New Orleans, LA
August 29th at Mango's With Thollem/Dieterich/Barnes and The Weird Weeds Houston, TX
Sept. 5th On Watt From Pedro Show with Mike Watt Internet Broadcast
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Sept. 23rd at The Kosmos Solo Piano Albuquerque, NM
Sept. 24th at SITE (Biennial) With the films of Martha Colburn, also Jad Fair Santa Fe, NM
Sept. 25th at High Mayhem With Ben Wright Santa Fe, NM
Sept. 29 - Oct. 2 at filming with Matthew Barney Detroit, MI
Oct. 5th House Concert at Eastern Market Detroit, MI
Oct. 7th at EarthHouseCollective Indianapolis, IN
Oct. 12th at Issue Project Room Solo piano also Martha Colburn Brooklyn, NY
Oct. 19th at Eye Film Instituut With the films of Martha Colburn Amsterdam, Holland
Oct. 28th at SoWieSo Solo piano with filmmaker Tuia Cherici Berlin, Deutschland
Oct. 28th - Nov. 25th Living and developing new projects in Berlin, Deutschland
Nov. 11th at The Exploratorium with Liz Albee and Biliana Voutchkova Berlin, Deutschland
Nov. 16th House Concert Berlin, Deutschland
Nov. 26th at Fylikngen Solo piano and leading large ensemble Stockholm, Sweden
December Living and developing new projects in Portugal
Dec. 16th at Center Pompidou screening of 'Triumph of the Wild' Paris, France
December 16th at ZDB with João Castro Pinto, Ernesto Rodrigues, Carlos Santos Lisboa, Portugal
December 17th at Trem Azul Ébano Marfim Piano Festival (Solo Piano) Lisboa, Portugal
December 18th at Galeria Nomada with dUASsEMIcOLCHEIASiNVERTIDAS Lisboa, Portugal
December 22nd at Espaco Nimas with dUASsEMIcOLCHEIASiNVERTIDAS Lisboa, Portugal

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2009

April 17th at Detroit Institute Of Art - Detroit, MI
BoxDeserterTrio (Skeeter Shelton/JoelPeterson)
April 18th at Kerry Town Concert House Ann Arbor, MI
April 19th at Hungry Brain Emerging Improvisers Series Chicago, IL
April 20th at Iron Post, Urbana, IL
April 21st at Creative Music Forum Springfied, IL
April 23rd and 24th at TapRoom St. Louis, MO
Also K. Curtis Lyle and Zimbabwe Nkenya
April 24th at Mangia St. Louis, MO
With Dave Stone
April 25th at Earth House Collective Indianapolis, IN
April 26th at Urban Spirit Columbus, OH
April 28th at Exile NY, NY
with Germaul Barnes, Martha Colburn and more...!
April 30th at 2739 Edwin Detroit, MI
May 1st at 1812 Church St. Detroit, MI
(Benefit for World Social Forum)
May 2nd - August 30 at Museum KadE Amersfoort, Holland
(Soundtracks for films of Martha Colburn)
May 3rd at Church Portland OR
with Tim DuRoche, Andre St. James, Scott Stobbe and more...!
May 5th at PSU Portland, OR
(Comprovisation Workshop)
May 6th at PSU Portland, OR
(Solo Concert plus Bonnie Miksch)
May 7th at Gallery 1412 Seattle, WA
(Solos and duos with Amy Denio)
*Working On New Projects
June 22nd at Fundraiser Benefit for Outsound New Music Summit Oakland, CA
With Jon Raskin
June 28-July 2nd at Prisma Forum Oaxaca, Mexico
(Leading Comprovisation Workshop)
July 4th at Radio Universidad Oaxaca, Mexico
July 4th at Teatro Macedonio Alcalá Oaxaca, Mexico
with Orquesta Libertad (part of the Prisma Forum)
July 4th at Blas Galindo (Centro Nacional De Las Artes) Mexico City, Mexico
with Gianluca Gentili (part of the Prisma Forum)
July 15th and 16th at Mexican Centre for Music and Sonic Arts Morelia, Mexico
(Leading A Comprovisation Workshop, Solo concert)
July 22nd at Outsound New Music Summit San Francisco, CA
with Vinny Golia, Rent Romus, and more...
July 31st at Central Park Summer Stage Festival NY, NY
with Germaul Barnes/Viewsic Expressions
August 8th at St. Mary's Park Bronx, NY
with Germaul Barnes/Viewsic Expressions
August 13th at X-Initiative NY, NY
Solo and with Martha Colburn
August 14th at AS220 Providence, RI
Solo and with Martha Colburn
August 18th at Bowery Poetry Club NY, NY
Also Cooper-Moore
August/September In the studio working on new projects
September 11th at ExperimentalPianoSeries (EPS) Chicago, IL
Solo Piano
*Working On New Projects
October 10th at Trinity Chamber Concerts Berkeley, CA
With Bloom Project
October 18th at Brava! Theater For Women In The Arts San Francisco, CA
With Martha Colburn (Part of Performa ' 09)
November 2nd at Mills College Oakland, CA
November 5th at San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art San Francisco, CA
With Martha Colburn and John Dieterich (Deerhoof)
November 7th, 8th and 9th Recording with With EstamosEnsemble Mexico City, Mexico
November 10th at Festival Internacional de Puebla Puebla, Mexico
With EstamosEnsemble
November 12th at SF MOMA San Francisco, CA
With Martha Colburn, John Dieterich, Jad Fair, Mike Evans...
November 16th at Anthology Film Archives NY, NY
With Martha Colburn
November 20th at City Center NY, NY
With BitahkizAyeli By Invitation
November 27th, 28th and 29th Sound/Movement workshop Gap, France
in partnership with Germaul Barnes
November 28th at Centre Municipal Culture et Loisirs Gap, France
With BitahkizAyeli
December 1st at Syncronie Festival Milano, Italy
Duo with Stefano Scodanibbio
December 2nd at Jam Station Ravenna, Italy
Solo Piano
December 4th at Terminal Macerata, Italy
Solo Piano
December 5th at AreaSismica Meldola, Italy
Solo Piano
December 6th at ScuolaPopolareDiMusicaIvanIllich Bologna, Italy
Duo Pianos with Nicola Guazzaloca
December 10th at CSO Spartaco Ravenna, Italia
With Tsigoti
December 11th at Menza Pri Koritu Ljubljana, Slovenia
With Tsigoti
December 12th at MKC Koper, Slovenia
With Tsigoti
December 13th at nEXt Emerson Firenze, Italia
With Tsigoti
December 15th at La Citè Firenze, Italia
Solo Piano
December 16th at Galleria Da. Co. Terni, Italia
With Tsigoti
December 17th at Spazio 72 Grosseto, Italia
With Tsigoti
December 19th at Trok! Milano, Italia
With Tsigoti
December 20th at Arci Aur-ora Piccolo Teatro Bolzano, Italia
With Tsigoti
December 20th - January 8th at L'Isola Cannon Jack Studios Nipozzano, Italia
Composing/Recording new album with Tsigoti

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