At 10, Nicolas Horvath was selected for a program initiated by Monaco's Princess Grace for children with musical predispositions.
He received the Academie de Musique Prince Rainier III Prize unanimously with the congratulations of the jury.
Nicolas Horvath stands out by organizing marathon concerts such as Erik Satie's Vexations which he performed 12 times alone and without any stop or break, the Nights of Minimalist Piano[1] and the complete Erik Satie or Philip Glass piano music.
On April 21, 2012, with Andrea Clanetti Santarossa, they did in Monaco's Entrepot Gallery the very first Monacan happening on La Monte Young music. Some of the audience was scandalized by it and left the gallery shouting.[2]
On December 12, 2012, he gave in Paris's museum Palais de Tokyo a non-stop solo version of 35 hours of Erik Satie's Vexations. Starting December 12 at noon and ending December 13 at 11 pm.[3]
From the June 23 to July 27, 2013, he was invited by the DO NOT OPEN Gallery in Brussels to give his first exhibit, highly influenced by Clyfford Still & Hermann Nitsch[4]
On April 11, 2014, in the Palais de Tokyo, he premiered the GlassWorlds, a gigantic Philip Glass Homage where 120 composers from 56 countries and all musical genres wrote a work for this program.[5]
On October 10 to 12, 2015, in Paris's Le Grand Rex, for the 1st encore of Danny Elfman's anniversary concert, Nicolas Horvath was in duet with the composer himself to perform Elfman's Oogie Boogie's song.
On October 31, 2015, The Gallery of Estonia (the Estonian pavilion) as part of the Milan World Expo closing day invited him to give the first Jaan Rääts music only recital.[7]
On May 25, 2016, he gave a Jaan Rääts recital at Strasbourg European Parliament for the inauguration Ceremony of Estonia at the lead of the Council of Europe.[8]
On the night of October 1 to 2, 2016, at the Paris Philharmonie Boulez Hall, he performed a twelve-hour-long marathon of piano works by Philip Glass.[9]
In April 2017, he requested to all Jaan Rääts' students, such as Erkki-Sven Tüür, Tõnu Kõrvits, Timo Steiner, Kerri Kotta ... to compose each of them an exclusive piece for an all-Estonia Jaan Rääts Homage tour (for the 85th anniversary of composer).[10]
On March 18, 2018, he gave a world premiere in Nantes during the Festival Variations the complete piano music of Erik Satie.[11]
On March 24, 2018, he was invited by the Labenche Museum in Brive-la-Gaillarde to give a Claude Debussy recital for his centenary on the composer's last piano. During this concert Nicolas Horvath premiered Claude Debussy works completed by the musicologist Robert Orledge.[12]
On September 9, 2018, he gave the world premiere of Moondog 's Complete Book of Canons n°1, 2 & 3 and The Great Canon in Toulouse for the Opening Concert of the Moondog Season and for the Piano aux Jacobins Festival.[13]
On April 28, 2019, he was the first pianist ever to perform in a single concert and without any break all 15 Karlheinz Stockhausen's Klavierstuke for solo piano in Nantes for the Variations Festival.[14]
On May 17 and 18, 2019, he was selected by Philip Glass himself to perform Glass' Etudes nos. 13 and 14 during the Philip Glass & Friends concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris.[15]
Little Big Adventure : Symphonic Suite & OST, (Little Big Adventure Wayô Piano Collection (CD2 track 10 to 13 + 2 bonus track on digital release) transcription by Nicolas Horvath) 2CD Wayô Records, 2021
Magician Lord : Original Soundtrack (Magician Lord Wayô Piano Collection (piste 19) transcription by Nicolas Horvath), CD & LP Wayô Records, 2020
Chamber music
Thérèse Brenet : Le Visionnaire, Editions Musik Fabrik, 2012
Julius Eastman : Three Extended Pieces for Four Pianos, 2 CD 2 LP, Sub Rosa, 2021
Collaborations
Merzbow + Nicolas Horvath : PiaNoise, CD Sub Rosa, 2022
Opening Performance Orchestra + Nicolas Horvath : Fluxus Edition, CD Sub Rosa 2022
Lustmord + Nicolas Horvath : The Fall / Dennis Johnson's November Deconstructed, CD, 2 LP Sub Rosa, 2020
Melek-Tha + Nicolas Horvath : Les Montagnes du Délire Sonores, 6 CD + LP
Electroacoustic / Dark Ambient
N.Horvath : The Tape Years, 6 CDR La Fabrique des Reves, 2020
N.Horvath : Twilight Amorphousness Of The Vague Abysses, CDR Valse Sinistre Productions, 2015
N.Horvath : At The Mountains Of Madness, CDR Valse Sinistre Productions, 2015
N.Horvath : The Dreams In The Witch-House, CDR Valse Sinistre Productions, 2015
2015 : Glassworlds, (GlassWorlds Vol.1, Naxos – Grand Piano GP677)
2015 : Philip Glass Complete Piano Etudes, (Livret : GlassWorlds Vol.2, Naxos – Grand Piano GP690)
2016 : The Metamorphose, (GlassWorlds Vol.3, Naxos – Grand Piano GP691)
2016 : On Love, (GlassWorlds Vol.4, Naxos – Grand Piano GP692)
2016 : Enlightenment, (GlassWorlds Vol.5, Naxos – Grand Piano GP745)
2019 : AMERICA, (GlassWorlds Vol.6, Naxos – Grand Piano GP817)
2021 : co-authored with Deborah Hayes, Anne-Louise Brillon de Jouy's piano sonatas, (Brillon de Jouy - The Piano Sonatas Rediscovered, Naxos – Grand Piano GP872-73)
2021 : co-authored with Deborah Hayes, Hélène de Montgeroult's piano sonatas (Hélène de Montgeroult - Complete Piano Sonatas, Naxos – Grand Piano GP885-86)
Articles
2016 : Jaan Rääts biography, (Programme des Activités Culturelles et Promotionnelles du Conseil de l'Europe, Conseil de l'Europe)
2018 : Dr Jekyll & Mister Hyde, (Régis Campo, Musique de l'émerveillement. Aedam Musicae)
2019 : Alvin Lucier's Music for Piano with Slow Sweep Pure Wave Oscillators XL, (Notice de concert - Deep Listen. Festival Musica Strasbourg)
2021 : On Jean Catoire piano music (Booklet : Jean Catoire Complete piano music Nicolas Horvath Discoveries (Collection 1001 Notes / ACEL)
2022 : co-authored with Marie-Lise Babonneau, Régis Campo, David Christoffel and Yannis Constantinides, Parachever (Les Annales de Metaclassique - Vol. II. Aedam Musicae)
French translations
2015 : Glassworlds, (GlassWorlds Vol.1, Naxos – Grand Piano GP677)
2015 : Les Études pour piano de Philip Glass, (Livret : GlassWorlds Vol.2, Naxos – Grand Piano GP690)
2016 : La Métamorphose, (GlassWorlds Vol.3, Naxos – Grand Piano GP691)
2016 : Amour à mourir, (GlassWorlds Vol.4, Naxos – Grand Piano GP692)
2016 : L’illumination, (GlassWorlds Vol.5, Naxos – Grand Piano GP745)
2017 : Erik Satie - Complete Piano Work, New Salabert Edition Vol.1, (Naxos – Grand Piano GP761)
2018 : Erik Satie - Complete Piano Work, New Salabert Edition Vol.2, (Naxos – Grand Piano GP762)
2018 : Erik Satie - Complete Piano Work, New Salabert Edition Vol.3, (Naxos – Grand Piano GP763)
2019 : AMERICA, (GlassWorlds Vol.6, Naxos – Grand Piano GP817)
2019 : Erik Satie - Complete Piano Work, New Salabert Edition Vol.4, (Naxos – Grand Piano GP823)
English translations
2021 : Jean Catoire : Complete Piano Works all volumes, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / 28CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries
2022 : William Susman : Quiet Rhythms Book I, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD Belarca – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries
2022 : Morteza Shirkoohi : Divine Thoughts, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries
2022 : Dennis Johnson : November, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / 6CD ACEL– Nicolas Horvath Discoveries
2022 : John Cage : In a Landscape, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries
2022 : Hans Otte : The Book of Sounds, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / 2CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries
2022 : Tom Johnson : One Hour for Piano, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries
2022 : Melaine Dalibert : En Abyme, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries
2022 : Tom Johnson : The Chord Catalogue, Digital Collection 1001 Notes / 4CD ACEL – Nicolas Horvath Discoveries
