Radialsystem during Sasha Waltz’s Zühoren Festival

Brought together by a shared desire to perform challenging, relevant, and wide-ranging programs, the Saviet/Houston duo presents uncompromising performances that generate immersive and intense listening experiences.

The duo formed in 2019 to present a concert on the theme of Nature and Conservation at Radialsystem in Berlin as part of Sasha Waltz’s festival ‘Zuhören.’ Recent performances include George Lewis’ ‘The Mangle of Practice’ at Wigmore Hall, CONSTELLATIONS concert tour with music by Catherine Lamb, Chiyoko Szlavnics, Michaela Catranis, and Saviet/Houston; Feldman’s 80-minute work ‘For John Cage’, performed as part of Zeitströme Festival in Darmstadt. The duo premiered Rebecca Saunders and Enno Poppe’s Taste at 2022 Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik

Upcoming projects include a concert of music for violin and harmonium, a new work by Catherine Lamb for violin and piano, and an album of music composed by the duo for violin, piano, and e-bows.

Performance of Morton Feldman’s For John Cage in Darmstadt, 2020
Rehearsing Catherine Lamb’s Prisma VII, 2021
Performing John Cage at Radialsystem, 2019