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2024

18 June – Khon’s, Houston, Texas
Improvised Performance

30 May – 2 June – AJIRN Conference – Melboune, Australia
Improvised telematics, immersive performance with Michel Seta

18 May – Performance @ Senko Issha – Taipei, Taiwan
Improvised Performance

17 May – MRT Underpass – Taipei, Taiwan
Popup gig @ Shilin MRT

28 April – 6 May – Belgium – announcements coming soon

15 March – Spatial Monuments: a d&b audio immersive experience with LASALLE – Singapore
Mentored immersive technology applications and improvised performance with Brian O’Reilly

8 March – Visual Musics – Singapore
Improvised performance with Christoven Tan

1 March – Music in Research Singapore, Symposium – Singapore
Collaborative performance for Dance, Erhu and Electronics based on Mahakit Mahaniranon’s composition “Twilight Phenomena”

28 February – Double Duo – Singapore
Performance with Mahakit Mahaniranon

7 February – Bottle Smokers, d&b audio – Singapore
Lighting Design and operation

2- February – Rock Indie Festival – Technical Director – Singapore
Directed technical development, application and operation of festival

2023

30 November – EP Release – “Something for Everyone, Nothing for Anyone”
Dirk Stromberg released a collaborative EP with Scott Wilson entitled “Something for Everyone, Nothing for Anyone”. Recorded 16 October 2023.

24 November, Khatiulistiwa, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Dirk played with Yong Yandsen in an improvised concert at Khatulistiwa in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

22 November – The Percussion Store, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Dirk played with Yong Yandsen in an improvised concert at The Percussion Store in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

17 November – House of Tri, Bangkok, Thailand
Improvised performance with Mahakit Mahaniranon

16 November – Rangsit University, Thailiand
Dirk presented his work in instrument design and concept of instrumental approaches to lighting at Rangsit University. 

16 November – Noise House, Bangkok
Dirk performed with Thai composers and improviser Mahakit Mahaniranon  and dancer

15 November – Marimo, Bangkok
Dirk performed with Thai composers and improviser Mahakit Mahaniranon  

4 November NowNet Arts Conference, Telematic Conference
Dirk chaired the Singaporean site for the NowNet Arts Conference

4 November, NowNet Arts Ensemble, Telematic Work
Dirk performed in the large-scale telematic work “In 3” with the NowNet Arts Ensemble. 

3 November – Duo Performance – Hidden Sessions, Singapore
Dirk presented a Hidden Session with guest artists Lyall and BZ, students from Electronic Music, and local improvisers. The event was also an opportunity for Audio Production students to volunteer and develop their production skills. 

14 October – BEAST Performances, UK
Performed Intensity Studies at BEAST, UK

11 October – MiniBEAST, UK
Presented work by Singaporean-Based composers as well as my work “Rising Tones”

October 11-14 – Artist in Residence at the University of Birmingham, UK
Dirk Stromberg was an artist in residence at the University of Birmingham, UK. He presented workshops on improvisation and instrument design to graduate students. He also presented his work and design approaches at the graduate seminar. He presented work by Singaporean-based composers at a MiniBEAST Concert. On the 14th of October, he presented a solo concert as well as a collaborative concert with students and faculty from University of Birmingham. 

October 6-7 – Intensity Studies – Hidden Sessions, Singapore
Dirk Stromberg presented an ambisonic and lighting improvised performance as part of a series of previews for developing research.

September 30 – October 1 – Interactive Bar for Bombay Sapphire – Sunda Festival, Singapore
Dirk presented an interactive light and sound installation as part of a Bombay Sapphire bar at the Innaugeral Sunda Festival. 

September 28 – Choppa Festival, Singapore
Performed with Brian O’Rieley and Yong Yandsen at the annual Choppa Festival

14 August – Zeitmusik – Esplanade, Singapore
Devised a Soundpainting performance as part of the Zeitmusik concert series

31 May – 3 June – Global Connections Conference – LASALLE, Singapore
Technical Director for a hybrid telematic conference and performances.

31 March 2023 – Salome – Projector X, Singapore
Performed a new devised score with Madamdata and Cheryl Ong for the 1922 film, Salome at the Projector X. The event was in conjunction with educational and industry initiatives with d&b audiotechnic.

28 January 2023 – Hidden Vibe – Singapore
Curated an evening of improvised music and performed a duo with Dirk Wachtelaer
https://fb.me/e/2gD8q7ZhX

7 January 2023 – Serious Play Improv – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Performance with Dirk Wachtelaer
https://fb.me/e/2bnSalmZQ

6-15 January 2023 – Serious Art Play – Singapore Art Week, Singapore
Collaborative work with Clare Chong, Aaron Andrew Ang, Moirah Loh, and Aloyisius Norman
https://www.mccy.gov.sg/KAYA/Arts/Redefining-the-way-we-play-Singapore-Art-Week-2023

2022

19 November 2022 – Avant-Garden – Singapore, Cologne, Oslo
Telematic-Hybrid Performance with Tim O-Dwyer, Georg Wissel, Dirk Stromberg and Michal Seta
https://fb.me/e/6OOcJhiN1

4 November 2022 – Oscutererium – NowNet Arts Conference
Performed the Virtual/Hybrid reality work with Redspills at the NowNet Arts Conference.

4 November 2022 – Co-Hosted NowNet Arts Conference – LASALLE College of the Arts
International-multi-location conference focused on telematic arts
https://fb.me/e/2gMpTfxvx

19 October 2022 – Presentation of Kohnomos – NAFA, Signapore
Presentation to funding partners for the performance instrument/installation, Kohnomos. A collaboration with Joyce Koh

9 October 2022 – Bangkok Street Noise gig with Gate – Bangkok
Duo gig with Gate
https://fb.me/e/4i5UrA4m5

8 October 2022 – Solo Performance – Jam Cafe, Bangkok
Solo performance at the experimental edge series
https://fb.me/e/2bAu8Nqeb

7 October 2022 – Student Workshop Performance – Mahidol University, Thailand
Performed with students from Mahidol University and LASALLE College of the Arts as a conclusion to a series of improvisation workshops

6 October 2022 – Classisim – Speaker Box, Bangkok Thailand
Classisim played a gig at Speaker Box Bangkok Thailand
https://fb.me/e/358kG97hn

4 October 2022 – Classisim – Rachipath University, Thailand
Classisim did a full length concert at Rachipath University

4 October 2022 – 7 October – Improvisation Workshop, Mahidol University Thailand
Led a series of workshops with students from LASALLE and Mahidol University focusing on Anthony Braxton’s “Musical Language Types”

30 September 2022 – Choppa Frestival, Singapore
Improvised duo with Dharma
https://fb.me/e/2ROWq8p2e

7 July 2022 – Substrat, La Sat, Montreal
Hybrid and immersive collaborative work for audio, data, and DMIs
https://fb.me/e/aikHR7dDC

31 May 2022 – Premiere of Oscuterium, La Sat, Montreal
Mixed Virtual and Physical performance of the new space and artistic applicaiton in an Oscuterium

16 May 2022 – Music Makers Festival, California
Performing in Perriplayear

5 April 2022 – Soundpainting performance, National Junior College

24 Mrch 2022 – Mid-Residency Presentation, La Sat, Montreal
Presentaiton of development work for Web XR Residency at La Sat

19 February 2022- Images of Ascension Lecture Recital, CoderDojo, Belgium
Performance and talk of the work and technology behind the multimedia performance and broadcast of “Images of Ascension”
https://sh1.sendinblue.com/ackk58orr9pfe.html?t=1644937659&fbclid=IwAR0spinW1iEAFBhx6qJNuHllAflr60brWxUGSsoz8wTXH-Lhm1p4WXII4PY

15-18 February 2022 – Arts x Tech Lab Exhibition, National Museum Singapore
Exhibition and conclusion of research funded project by NAC for the development of an AI drummer
https://www.nac.gov.sg/singapore-arts-scene/technology-and-innovation/arts-x-tech-lab

January 2022 – Stay, Sydney Festival, Australia
Audio Engineer and Implementation – https://content.sydneyfestivalcdn.org.au/2022/site/daybills/Stay_Daybill.pdf

8 January 2022 – Dance Nucleus Da:ns Lab – Esplanade Singapore
Project consultant –

January 2022 – Reference in Organized Sound Journal

Organised Sound Journal:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/organised-sound/article/abs/kaoncpt-collective-building-a-musical-culture-of-notinreallife-performance-through-conducted-live-comprovisation/70846F37101F283B08D9F0296FFE639C

2021

15 December 2021 – Arts X Tech Lab Presentation, Singapore
presentation of the use of MASSE in Images of Ascension

13&14 November – Images of Ascension, ArtScience Museum, Singapore
Semi-Improvised work for music and video. Video my Clare Chong, Music By Dirk Stromberg, Live visuals and additional music by Qush Abdul
https://www.marinabaysands.com/museum/events/images-of-ascension.html

4-7 November 2022 – NowNet Arts Conference, Online
Co-Host Partner
7 November 2021 – Perriplayear
6 November 2021 – In Front of the Body
Alt_F Trio performance with D Andrew Stewart and Michel Seta
5 November 2021 – Telematics and Education, Paper presentation
https://nownetarts.org/nownet-arts-conference-2021

14 August 2021 – In Front of the Body – Improvisation Festival, Canada (online)
Alt_F Trio performance with D Andrew Stewart and Michel Seta – http://improvfest.ca/the-artists/

May 2021 – January 2022 – Arts X Tech Grant, National Arts Council, Singapore
Collaborated on the development of an artificial intelligence duo partner

27 June 2021 – Perripplayear @ Boreal Electo-Acoustic Music Society (BEAMS), Canada
beams.ca

15-18 June 2021 – Alt F – NIME, Shanghi China
Group improvised performance and virtual production

11-12 June 2021 – Age of Revelation, SCCC Singapore
Sound Design and Mix (Film)
https://ce2021.singaporeccc.org.sg/events/age-of-revelation/

3-5 June 2021 – Arrhythmia Conference, LASALLE College of the Art
Conference Presentation

28 May 2021 – World Drone Day @ BEAMS
Improvised Drone Performance (UrTeam) https://blog.beams.ca/2021/05/droneday-2021-schedule-live-streaming.html

11- 22 May 2021 – Tactility: Hold to Reset, SIFA,
Sound Designer

9 April 2021 – Performance, University of Lethbridge
Perriplayear

8 April 2021 – Keynote Speaker, University of Lethbridge
Limitations, Circumstances and Education
http://exhibition.iast.ca/daasymposium 

26 & 27 February 2021 – Anticlockwise Music, Esplanade Presents
Technical Consultation, Implementation and Operation for Telematics

20 Feb 2021 – CHOPPA Festival, Singapore
Andy Yang, Andy Chia, Dirk Stromberg

6 Feb 2021 – NowNet Arts Lab Ensemble Performance

6 Feb 2021 – Perripplayer – Symposium IX @ SAT, Montreal

2020

30 December 2020 – BlackKaji Radio Episode 2
Improvised Duet with Sudar Chandra Kumar
https://theobservatory.com.sg/BlackKaji-Radio-Episode-2

10 December 2020 – Back in Touch, Third Space Sessions
Production Design and Curation for Improvisational concert to a Virtual Reality Space

22 November 2020 – Audio Arts Festival, Poland
Perripplayer – Comprovsational telematic performance

5 November 2020 – NowNet Arts Conference Performance
Telematic improvised performance

3 October 2020 – NowNet Arts Lab Ensemble Online Performance Series
Telematic imprvised performance

6 September 2020 – NowNet Lab Ensemble Online Performance Series
Collaborative Soundpainting Performance
https://www.facebook.com/events/3517329494946285/

24 August 2020 – Lion City Sound, After Hours Series – A Sound Talk on Education
Invited Panelist

7 August 2020 – Improvisation Festival, International Institute in Critical Studies in Improvisation
Streamed Performance for Instrument Controlled 3-point camera shoot and Solo Phallophone – https://improvfest.ca/find-your-local-start-time/?fbclid=IwAR3ZonIhWeipdm6Dq-19WiIWllgWovdNWrXFQX9fEYi7l7LeTW8D5iK8JYA

31 July 2020 – Here/There SG/TH, Third Space Sessions
Curator and conceptual VR designer

30 July 2020 – 2020 Tropical Lab: In Spite of… , LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore
online installation work | https://www.tropicallabpresents.com/dirk-stromberg

17 July 2020 – Network Music Festival, Birmingham, UK
Comprovisation by Michel Seta
https://kaoncpt.gitlab.io/perrippleyear/nmf2020/

26 June 2020 – NAC – From The Living Room: SAJB Sax Quartet
Audio Engineer

22 June 2020 – NAC – From The Living Room: Tetra Quartet
Audio Engineer

17 June 2020 – NAC – From The Living Room: Donax Quartet
Audio Engineer

16 June 2020 – NAC – From The Living Room: YIn Harmony
Audio Engineer

10 June 2020 – NAC – From The Living Room: NADA
Audio Engineer

26 May 2020 – NAC – From The Living Room: Abby Lai x Sri Mahligai
Audio Engineer

22 May 2020 – Here/There, Third Space Sessions, Singapore
Curator

20 May 2020 – From The Living Room: Hang Qian Chou x MUSA
Audio Engineer

15 May 2020 – From The Living Room: Joshua Lim x CLARQuinet
Audio Engineer

14 May 2020 – From The Living Room: Isabella Chiam x Sai Vignesh, Sai Akilesh, Sughosh Pavan
Audio Engineer

17 April 2020 – Pentatronic, Third Space Sessions, Singapore
Streamed Performance for Instrument Controlled 3-point camera shoot and Solo Phallophone

15 April 2020 – CyberSOTU, Amsterdam (streamed)
Streamed Performance for Instrument Controlled 3-point camera shoot and Solo Phallophone

March 2020 – Primitive Touch: Stromberg & Wachtelaer
Album Release: Dirk Stromberg Phallophone, Dirk Wachtelaer Drums

May/June 2020 European Tour

20-22 March 2020 – Taiwan Tour
Improvised performances

19 March 2020 – Bangkok
Classicism Performance

28/29 February 2020 – University of Birmingham, BEAST, UK
Concert

25-27 February 2020 – University Of Birmingham, BEAST, UK
Talks

20 February 2020 – ArtScience Late, Singapore
Improvised Performance with Cecile Chagnaud (video), Brian O’Reilly (electronics), Andreas Schlegel (Visuals)

1 February 2020 – CHOPPA Festival, Singapore
Improvised Performance with Zeekos and Jon He

26 January 2020 – Yogja Noise Bomb Festival, Indonesia
Classism – trio for phallophone, guitar and drums

19 January 2020 – Blackkaji, Singapore
Improvised Performance

2019

14 December 2019 – Third Space Session
mas/o/typ

7 December 2019 – KLEX Festival, Malaysia
Improvised performance

30 November 2019, Jam Cafe Bangkok, Thailand
Classism  – trio for phallophone, guitar and drums

26 November 2019 – Make It Up Club, Melbourne, Australia
Solo Improvised Performance

8 November 2019 – NowNet Festival, Singapore, USA
Telematics improvised performance

November 2020 – Stromberg & Wachtelaer: Volume 1: Live at Jam Cafe, Bangkok
Album Release: Dirk Stromberg, Phallophone – Dirk Wachtelaer, Drums

10 October 2019 – Third Space Session

4 October 2019 – Green Papaya, Quezon City, Philippines
Improvised Performance with Tengal, Joee Mejas

20 September 2019 – Singapore Music Research Symposium – NUS
Improvised music with Artificial Intelligence program

29 August 2019 – Third Space Sessions, Campur – Goodman Arts Center, Singapore
Improvised Music

26 August 2019 – Music Improvisation Summer School – LASALLE College of the Arts
Duet – Tim O’Dwyer and Dirk Stromberg

4 August 2019 – Zietmuzik – Yong Siew Toh Conservatory – Singapore
Soundpainter

21 July 2019 – Ex War 8 – Jam Cafe Bangkok, Bangkok Thailand
Duet – The Dirks
Dirk Stromberg – Phallphone
Dirk Wachtelaer – Drums

3 June 2019 – Phallophone to Ascension – DomDom, Hanoi, Vietnam
Lecture Recital on improvised music and collaboration

3 June 2019 – Troy University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Lecture demonstration with Chamber group

2 June 2019 – Mansi Art Space – Hanoi, Vietnam
Vietnamese Chamber Music – soloist – Phallophone

31 May 2019 – ASEAN-China Music Festival – Nanning, China
Vietnamese Chamber Music – soloist – Phallophone

10 May 2019 – Third Space, Singapore
Mork Tiber and Dirk Stromberg, Sa, and Game of Patience

20 April 2019 – The Saxophone Store- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mork Tiber, Dirk Stromberg, and Yong Yandsen

12 April 2019 – Third Space, Singapore
Scott  Wilson, Dirk Johan Stromberg, Timothy Tan, Mervin Wong, Brian O’Reilly

1-8 April 2019 – time:crystals: – Dhoby Ghaut Arts Center, Singapore
Interactive Installation (Creator), System Design/Implementation, and Performance
Robert Casteels, Pete Kellock, Mervin Wong, Timothy Tan

21 March 2019 – Seed – ArtScience Museum, Singapore
System Design/Implementation and FOH Engineer

15 March 2019 – Performance – Ruang Gulma – Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Phallophone Performance

13 March 2019 – Utawi Art Space, Salatiga Indonesia
Phallophone Performance

8 March 2019 – Third Space
FOH Engineer for George Chua and Black Zenith

28 February 2019 – Performance – Jam Cafe Bangkok
Phallophone Performance

27 February 2019 – Live Sound Workshop – Rachipath University, Bangkok Thailand

25-26 February 2019 – System Desing and Optimization Workshop – Mahidol University, Salaya Thailand

1 February 2019 – HiGH: A Sound Experiment – Singapore
Improvised performance with Darren Moore, Madam Data, Sheu-Li, Natalie Tze, Andy Chia and Joee & I

25-26 January 2019 – COPPA Improvisation Festival – LASALLE, Singapore
Phallophone Performance with Mork Tiber

23-26 January 2019 – Aida, Musical – United World College SEA, Singapore
Sound Designer and Process Consultant

2018

25 November 2018 – KLEX 2018 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Improvised Performance

16 – 18 November 2018 – Music in New Technologies Conference – Halifax, Canada
Line Segments – Installation

18 November 2018 – Music in New Technologies Conference – Halifax, Canada
Collaborative Concert with D Andrew Stewart

17 November 2018 – New Music Series – Halifax, Canada
Group Improvisation

16 November 2018 – Research Presentation
An Approach to Interactivity: an Analysis of Line Segments

25 October 2018 – ARI Conference – NUS, Singapore
Collaborative performance with Gabriele de Seta

30 September 2018 – ThirdSpace Presents, Another Sound Experiment – Goodman Arts Space, Singapore
Improvised Quartet Performance: Sudarshan Chandra Kuma (Electronics), Andy Chia (Dizi and Electronics), Tim O’Dwyer (Sax) and Dirk Stromberg (Phallophone)

13 September 2018 – Audio Mostly Conference – Wrexham, UK
Research Presentation: Approaches to Interaction

12 September 2018 – Audio Mostly Conference – Wrexham, UK
Images of Ascension: Structured Improvisations for Video and Solo Phallophone

13 August 2018 – Esplanade Recital Studio – Singapore
Soundpainting Chamber group with Zeitmusik

6 July | Improvised Performance, The Vat – Philadelphia, USA
Dirk Johan Stromberg

4 July | Patriots album release party – Wonders of Nature – Brooklyn, USA
ThingNY & Dirk Johan Stromberg

30 June | Improvised Performance, Phoenixville, USA
Dirk Johan Stromberg, Julius Masri, Bonnie Lander, ADA

24 June 2018 |  Vibrations, Images, Home – Houston, USA
Poets: Laura Pena, Billie Hill, Loeva Smith, Sandi Stromberg
Dancers: Jhon Stronks, Nicole McNeil,
Music: Dirk Johan Stromberg

16 June 2018 | Spektrum, Berlin
Solo Performance

13 June 2018 | Rompone Art Space, Cologne
Georg Wessel, Matthias Kaiser, Dirk Stromberg

11 & 12 June 2018 | Performances and Lectures at SCRIME, Bordeaux
Time Reversal Mirror – Etienne Rolin, Dirk Stromberg

10 June 2018 | Junta Painting Expo, Bordeaux
Solo and Group performances – Dirk Stromberg & Etienne Rolin

8 June 2018 | Rolinad, Bordeaux
Amielle Bousard, Etienne Rolin, Jean-Luc Petite, Dirk Johan Stromberg

Etienne Rolin and Dirk Johan Stromberg – 6 June 2018 @ Apo33, Nantes
Etienne Rolin, Bansuri and Bassett Horn | Dirk Johan Stromberg, Phallophone and Analog Synths – http://apo33.org/index.php/en/2018/03/27/3038/

31 May 2018 | Zaal 100 | Amsterdam
Solo and Group Performances w/ Olivier Schrueder, Oguz Buyukberber and Dirk Stromberg – https://www.facebook.com/events/202426527154171/

29 May 2018 | De Ruimte Cafe, Amsterdam
Solo Performance – https://www.cafederuimte.nl/programma/

Sounding Out Festival – 21 April 2018 @ YST Conservatory, Singapore
Improvised music (Phallophone)

2018:time:space: – 12 April 2018 @ Eunoia JC
Xie Zhizhong – Soundpainter, Dirk Johan Stromberg, Technical Director

SEADOM Conference – 12-17 March @ Mahidol University, Salaya
Paper presentation on Soundpainting and Soundpainting workshops

8 March 2018 | Soundpainting Performance @ NJC

Dear Himalaya from Chiang Mai – 23 February 2018 @ ACeltic, Chiang Mai
Improvised music (Phallophone)

Choppa Late January 2018 @ LASALLE

Another Sound Experiment – 12 January 2018 @ Artistry 
Improvised music and video: Olivier Schreuder, Brian O’Reilly, Dirk Johan Stromberg, Robert Casteels, Max Reifer, Amon, Aquilla

Open Waters Concert – 7 January 2018 @ The Coast
Improvised Music

2018:time:space: 7 January 2018 @ Dunn Theatre

Mint Forum – 5 January 2018 @ Halifax Public Library
Research Presentation: Phallohone: searching for an artistic voice through DIY practice

2017

Duoture Tour – Malaysia  November 2017
27 November 2017 @ Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Solo Performance
26 November 2017 @ KLEX Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
DuoTure – Extended Solo Performance with Video Artist Cecile Chagnaud
DuoTure – Short Solo Performance with Video Artist Cecile Chagnaud
24 & 25 November 2017 @ MAP Festival – Malacca, Malaysia
DuoTure – Extended Solo Performance with Video Artist Cecile Chagnaud
DuoTure – Short Solo Performance with Video Artist Cecile Chagnaud

1 November 2017 @ Interdisciplinary Symposium, Singapore
DuoTure – Extended Solo Performance with Video Artist Cecile Chagnaud
DuoTure – Short Solo Performance with Video Artist Cecile Chagnaud

1 November 2017 @ Interdisciplinary Symposium, Singapore
Lecture Presentation @ 3pm

23 September 2017 @ LASALLE College of the Arts
Group Performance with Walter Thompson – Soundpainting Ensemble

17 August 2017 – Esplanade Recital Studio – Singapore
Soundpainted Chamber group with Zeitmusik

Bordeaux – 12 – 16 June 2017
12 June – Studio Session with Gryorgy Kurtag Jr and Etienne Rolin
13 June – Lecture Demonstration at Bordeaux Conservatory
14 June – Cercle Populaire de Rions NASA Ensemble with Special Guest – Dirk Johan Stromberg @ Rions – Soundpainting performance with Group Performances with Julie Laderach (Violoncello), Bruno Laurent (Contrabass), Etienne Rolin (basset Hron), Amaelle Bruussard (Sax)
15 June – Chez Mon Cuv @ 77 Rue Kleber – Solo and Group Performances with Julie Laderach (Violoncello), Bruno Laurent (Contrabass), Etienne Rolin (basset Hron), Amaelle Bruussard (Sax)

Noise Happening #3 – Nantes – 10 June 2017
Solo Performance on Phallophone

Moers Sessions @ Moers Festival – 4 June 2017
Improvised performance with Angelika Niescier (Sax) and Joe Herstein (Drums)

Islak Kopek @ Moers Festival – 3 June 2017
Getting the band back together after 10 years. Robert Reigle (sax), Korhan Erel (electronics), Sevket Akinci (guitart), Giray Gurkal (guitar), and Dirk Stromberg (phallophone)

“unspeakable eintopf” @ Tastatut – Cologne, Germany – 2 June 2017 – CANCELLED

Lecture Demonstration – 13 April 2017 – CANCELLED

2017:time:space: @ LFS – 7 April 2017

2017:time:space: @ NJC – 8 March 2017

Sound Painting Performance@ Esplanade – 3 March 2017
Conductor – Etienne Rolin, Guest Artist – Dirk Johan Stromberg, Orchestra – SOTA IBCP Students

CANCELLED DUE TO VENUE CLOSURE | Choppa, Approaches to Improvisation – The Music Salon – 26 February 2017
Etienne Rolin, Dirk Johan Stromberg

Images of Ascension – HCMC @ Gallery – 25 February 2017
Dirk Johan Stromberg: Performer, Engineer and Producer
Clare Chong: Director

Concert – Artistry Cafe- 4 February 2017
Josten Myburgh, Tim O’Dwyer, Dirk Johan Stromberg and more

Another Sound Experiment – The Music Salon, Singapore – 24 February 2017
Carl Stone, Akai Hirume, Peter Ivan Edwards, Bani Haykal, Tim O’Dwyer and Dirk Johan Stromberg

CHOPPA Festival @ Lasalle College of the Arts – 21 January 2017
Performer w/Phallophone

2017:time:space: @ SOTA, Singapore – 20 January 2017

2016

Hearing Images | Seeing Sounds – Technical Consultant, Engineer and Facilitator @ Dhoby Ghaut Arts Center – December 2016
Robert Casteels, Milenko Prvacki, Joshua Yang, Dirk Johan Stromberg, Hilmi Johandi

Improvised Performance @ Music Salon, Singapore – 12 November 2016
Dirk Johan Stromberg, Brian O’Reilley, Tim O’Dwyer, Nicola Wiese

CHOPPA Festival @ Brother Joseph McNally Gallery – 6 October 2016
Frank Gartowski, Tim O’Dwyer, Brain O’Reilley, Dirk Johan Stromberg

Composer, Sound Designer, Re-recordist, Foley Artist @ MOVIE Toogie’s Trip to Bukuokuka – Release TBC
Engineer, Guitar, Bass, Strombophone, Phallaphone

2016:time:space: @ temp’ora, France – 30 August – 2 September 2016

Artist in Residence @ SLOSS Furnaces, USA – 14 June – 1 July
Composer, Performer and Collaborator: Guitar, Electronics and Phallaphone

Recording and Mixing Engineer @ Wei III – June 2016

Composer @ MOVIE: Anderer3: The Quiet Cat – April 2016
Strombophone with analog and digital synthesis

Moderator @ Music Playground Singapore – 27 April 2016
Moderating talk on Improvisation with guest artists Rick Smith and Corey Manders

Recording Engineer @ Honestly! 3 Operas, one Hour! – 2 April 2016
Presented by L’arietta

Lecture Demonstration @ Geek Talks – 3 March 2016
Hosted by HackerspaceSG
Lecture demonstration of Tristimulus Synthesis

Performance Demonstration @ Music Playground Singapore – 17 February 2016
Hosted by HackerspaceSG
Isaiah Koh and Dirk Stromberg Presented the Phallaphone and Strombophone.

Nu Ensemble @ Sing Jazz, featuring George E. Lewis – 5 February 2016
Phallaphone free improvisation performance.

Recording Session with Robert Reigle – 31 January 2016
Robert Reigle – Tenor Saxophone, Tim O’Dwyer – Alto Saxophone, Bani Haykal – Guitar and Voice, Dirk Stromberg – Phallaphone

Saturday Sound Experiment, featuring Robert Reigle@ Artistry Cafe – 30 January 2016
Robert Reigle – Tenor Saxophone, Ryan Hess – Tenor Saxophone and Electronics, Andy Chia – Dizi and Electronics, Bani Haykal – Voice and Percussion, Ramu – Percussion, Isaiah Koh – Strombophone, Dirk Stromberg – Phallaphone

Tim O’Dwyer and Dirk Stromberg Duet @ 2016 Choppa Festival – 29 January 2016
Tim O’Dwyer – Meta Sax, Dirk Johan Stromberg – Phallaphone

2015

2015:time:space: @ Duong Dai Festival, Hanoi – 21 November 2015
Performance

2015:time:space: @ NUS School of Architecture – 26 – 29 October 2015
Workshops and Performances

Commission – Hanging Gardens, Esplanade Concert Hall – 24 October 2015
Philharmonic Winds, Singapore. Live Electronics and Audio Engineer

Project Ra @ Esplanade, Singapore – 1 October 2015
Guitar

Sound Islands ’15 @ NTU, Singapore – 27 August 2015
Having a Ball with the Sphere, Paper presentations

Guiding Words @ SOTA, Singapore – 5 – 6 August 2015
Music Director/Audio Engineer, Interdisciplinary Performance

Jazz in July @ Esplanade, Singapore – 13 July 2015
Bass and Guitar with Project Ra

2015:time:space: @ Art Science Museum, Singapore – 9 July 2015
Multimedia Collaborative work for Strombophone, Sphere, two Voices, Plucked Strings, Tape, Processing and Video – Shows at 8 and 9pm.

Music Tech Fest @ Umea, Sweden – 30 May 2015
Featuring: Tim O’Dwyer and Dirk Stromberg

Miss Hecker @ Berlin, Germany – 24 May 2015
Featuring: Chris Heenan, Audrey Chen, Korhan Erel and Dirk Stromberg

Artists for Vanuatu @ Gillman Barracks – 15 April 2015
Featuring Hell Low, weish and Erik Satay and the Kampong Arkestra

time:space:2015 @ Art Science Museum – 26 March 2015
– Postponed to 9 July 2015 out of respect to the late Lee Kuan Yew.

Futurist Orchestra @ Art Science Museum – 12 February 2015
Conducted by Luciana ChessaRussolo Instrument Orchestra

Erik Satay and the Kampong Orchestra @ SOTA – 6 February 2015
Multi-disciplinary live composition, Strombophone 2.0

An Image of Conversations @ Gillman Barracks – 27 January 2015
Aya Sekine (JP) – Keyboards
Bani Haykal (SG) – Percussion and Electronics
Dirk Stromberg (US) – Strombophone
Heddy Boubaker (FR) – Analog Synths
NZSDLX (SG) – Electronics

2014

Erik Satay and the Kampong Orchestra @ Blue Jazz – 3 November 2014
Multi-disciplinary live composition, Strombophone 2.0

2014:time:space: – 2 & 3 October 2014
New collaborative multi-media work.

Duong Dai Festival 2014: Hanoi, Vietnam

11 August 2014
String Installation, excerpts form 2014:time:space:, Tape Music and improvisations for aHarp.

10 August 2014
‘Iterations of Integrations’ for Solo Stromophone

9 August 2014
Trioture
With Special Guest Bao Long (Saxophone)

Jazz in Hanoi – 8 August 2014
Jazz performance, guitar

Process, School of the Arts Singpore – July 31
Premier: ‘Tape Music’ for any three instruments

Artistry Cafe – 9 July 2014
Richard Barrett, Malina Zaric, Bani Haykel, Tim O’Dwyer and Dirk Stromberg

Jazz in July, Esplanade – 4 July 2014
Live jazz at Esplanade, bass

Mosaic Festival, Singapore – 15 March 2014
Live Latin Music, bass

Trioture
School of the Arts, Singapore – 11 January 2014

2013

Duong Dai Festival
Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory, Vietnam – 14-17 November 2013
Composer/Performer – New works in collaboration with Do Kien Cuong and Taylor Shane Constante as part of the collaborative group, Trioture

Da:ns Festival: What’s Your Move?
Esplanade, Singapore – 11 October 2013
Guitar

Asian Composers’ League Forum: Electro-Acoustic Concert
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, Singapore – 23 September 2013
Technical Director

Zeitmusik 20
Esplanade Recital Studio, Singapore – 28 August 2013
Technical Director

Jazz in July
Esplanade, Singapore – 1-14 July 2013
Guitar

Metropolitan Orchestra: Lord of the Rings
Star Theatre, Singapore – June 2013
Principle Guitarist

Faculty Lecture Recital: Decomposing Jazz
School of the Arts, Singapore – 28 February 2013
Performing standards on guitar and presenting an introduction to jazz.

Studio Session
LaSalle College of the Arts
Recording session with Tim O’Dwyer, Tony Buck and Magda Mayas

Choppa
Night and Day Bar – 8 January
Duet with Tim O’Dwyer (Strombophone and Saxophone)

2012

Ho Chi Minh City New Music Festival
Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music – 8 December 2012
Featured Artist, Structured improvisation with Taylor Shane Constante

Ho Chi Minh City New Music Festival
Trung Nguyen Coffee, Pham Ngoc Tach – 6 December 2012
Sharing of musical practice in electronic music with local press

New Music Concert
LaSalle College of the Arts – 29 August 2012
Solo and group performance and lecture

Becomings 2012
SOTA, Singapore – 1-3 August 2012
Collaborative Monkey Fist work for Video, Dance, FakeCoder/Responsive Canvas and Visual Artist.

SOTA Faculty Concert
SOTA, Singapore – 13 July 2012
Collaborative work for EWI and Strombophone

Koko the Great
e-book – 10 March 2012
Composition and sound design for an e-book by Natalie Hennedige.

Tongues
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival – National Musuem – Singapore – 16-19 February 2012
A play on sexuality and religion in society. Script by Jason Wee and Sean Tobin, directed by Sean Tobin. Sound design, composition, and performance by Dirk Johan Stromberg.

Lecture Demonstration
Singapore – National Junior College – 31 January 2012
Lecture demonstration on compositional approaches in my work, particularly looking at the Strombaphone. Performance of “Linger.Keeper”.

Lecture
LaSalle College of the Arts – Singapore – 27 January 2012
Sharing some compositions and techniques of my compositions for students.

2011

Duong Dai Festival (Contemporary Music Festival) 
Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music – Vietnam, 3 December 2011
Contemporary music festival in HCMC. Works by contemporary composers. Premier of “Linger.Keeper”, a collaborative work by Heidi Nicole Stoeckley and Dirk Johan Stromberg, a MonkeyFist production.

Stack
Singapore – August 2011
Collaborative installation work by John Stewart Jackson and Dirk Johan Stromberg. Sound is a musique concrete work that delves into some acoustic-ecological concerns. A MonekyFist production.

SOTA Arts Festival
Singapore – July 2011
Lots of interesting works composed and performed by students. Lots of recording, rehearsing and music directing in general.

Tempest Concert
Monmouth College –  USA, 3 April 2011
Performance of a number of works inspired by Shakespeare’s work, The Tempest. Works include Beethoven’s Tempest Sonata, Nonensemble’s premiere of Dirk Stromberg’s composition Deeper Than Ever Did Plummet Sound and a new collaborative improvisation work with Julia Andrews and Dirk Stromberg.

The Tempest
Galesburg Orpheum Theatre – USA, 9-10 April 2011
Collaborative work with Monmouth College Theatre, Visual Arts and Music Departments. Work will include new music composed by Julia Andrews and Dirk Stromberg, performed by the composers.

VoyAge
NUS Arts Festival – Singapore, 25 March 2011
Collaborative performance with Singaporean-Canadian Dancer Yvonne Ng. This will be the premiere of Dirk Stromberg and John Stewart Jackson’s Enriched Guitar.