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2016 January 25 — Basel, Switzerland

Composers
   Michael Torke, Ecstatic Orange

Performers
   Basel Sinfonietta
   Baldur Brönnimann, conductor
   Etienne Abelin, crank




2015 April 18 - May 3 — Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, Korea

Composers
   D. Schostakovitch, Piano Trio no.2
   F. Mendelssohn, Piano Trio no. 2
   J. Haydn, Piano Trio no.29
   A. Piazzolla, Oblivion, Primavera Porteno, Invierno Porteno

Performers
   Huh Piano Trio
   Etienne Abelin, violin




2015 March 7 (premiere) — Carnegie Hall (and other venues), New York City, Björk, Vulnicura (tour)

(Carnegie Hall)

(King's Theatre, Brooklyn)

(King's Theatre, Brooklyn)

(New York City Center)

(New York City Center)

Review: Björk Unveils 'Vulnicura' During Emotional NYC Matinee Show


2015 January 31 — Sala Fedora Alemán, Caracas, Venezuela

Composers
   J. S. Bach, Sonata in E-major for Violin and Piano
   Arvo Pärt, Mirror in Mirror

Performers
   Etienne Abelin, violin
   Marines Rodriguez, piano


2015 January 23 — RC4 Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composers
   J. S. Bach, Sonata in E-major for Violin and Piano
   Arvo Pärt, Mirror in Mirror

Performers
   Etienne Abelin, violin
   Katja Ballousier, piano




2014 September 26 — Alte Oper Frankfurt, Minguet Quartet

Composers
   Beethoven, Opus 131

Performers
   Ulrich Isfort, violin
   Barbara Kuster, violin
   Aroa Sorin, viola
   Matthias Diener, violoncello
   Etienne Abelin, cranker



(pre-show lobby installation)



2014 September 1 — TONALi14 Grand Prix | Eröffnungskonzert, Hamburg

Composers
   Shostakovich, Opus 141, 1st & 3rd movements


Note: in this presentation, the animation is projected on a scrim in front of the musicians (setup, video).


2014 August 26 — Sistema Europe Youth Orchestra, Final concert of 2nd Summer Camp 2014 in Istanbul

Composers
   J. Brahms, Hungarian Dance no. 11 d-minor

Performers
   Etienne Abelin, conductor
   Docan (11 year-old student), cranker



2014 July 12 — "Listen with your Eyes" Evening with MAM, Concertgebouw Amsterdam (review)

Composers
   Bach, Violin sonata in A-major, BWV 1015, Andante (w/MAM)
   Debussy, Arabesque no.1 (w/MAM)
   Bach, Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G-major BWV 1007, Prelude, Allemande, Courante (w/MAM)
   Bach/Kolczynski, Sonatas for violin, BWV 1014/1016/1015 (w/JM)
   Ravel, Sonata for Violin and Cello - Lent (w/JM)
   Halperin/Bach, "Baustelle" for solo piano
   Arvo Pärt, "Mirror in Mirror" for Violin and Piano (w/MAM)
   Brahms, Piano Trio op.87 - Andante con Moto (w/JM)
   Bach/Kolczynski, Sonata in E-major BWV 1016, Adagio (w/MAM)
   Bach, Sonatas, BWV 1019/1017/1019 (w/JM)

Performers
   Etienne Abelin, violin, cranker
   Tamar Halperin, piano
   Anita Leuzinger, violoncello
   Tomek Kolczynski, electronics, cranker
   Jonas Mettler, visuals
   Amadis Brugnoni, sound design
   Brendan Jan Walsh, DJ after-party
   Rosa Boesten, documentation video



2014 July 10 — Theaterhaus Stuttgart | Stuttgart, Germany

Composers
   Steffen Wick, Piano Particles

Performers
   Steffen Wick, piano
   Simon Detel, live electronics
   Jose Marcos Esponda Castillejos

photograph by Saja Seus


2014 May 24 — Apples&Olives Indie Classical Festival, Zürich

Composers
   Glass, String Quartet No. 2, "Company"



2014 May 16 — MAM Presentation at classical:next conference, Vienna

Performers
   Brendan Walsh, presenter


2014 May 5 — Visuals Night at PODIUM Festival (Das Hören Sehen), Esslingen

Composers
   Luca Francesconi
   Mathias Susaas Halvorsen
   Johannes Brahms (image below)
   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Performers
   Miguel Perez Inesta
   Philipp Lamprecht
   Joachim Carr
   Cellonard Thistlehorst
   Emiliano Zenodocchio
   Dana Zemtsov
   Azadeh Magstdudie
   Mathias Johansen
   Mathieu van Bellen
   Magnus Boye Hansen
   Steven Walter
   Lucilla Schmidinger
   Minh Schumacher
   Etienne Abelin, cranker

(Music Animation Machine starts at 1:34)



2014 April 25/26/27 — San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Ben Simon, conductor

Beethoven, Große Fuge

Friday, April 25, 8:00pm, San Francisco, Nourse Theater, 275 Hayes Street (image below)
Saturday, April 26, 8:00pm, Palo Alto, First Palo Alto United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave.
Sunday, April 27, 3:00pm, Berkeley, First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way (image below)

Performers
   Hans Hoffer, cranker




2014 April 5 — Ynight, Laufen, Basel

Sollima, String Quartet
Bach, Keyboard Concerto d-minor 1st movement (with MAM)
Debussy, First Arabesque (with MAM)
Brahms, Piano Quartet c-minor, 1st movement
Brahms, Piano Quartet c-minor, 3rd movement (with MAM)
Judd Greenstein, Be There for Violin and Piano
Radiohead, Parnoid Android for String Quartet

Performers
   Etienne Abelin, violin, cranker
   Maria Strelbitska, violin
   David Schnee, viola
   Andreas Fleck, violoncello
   Michael Wendeberg, piano
   ??? ???, cranker



2014 April 4 — Casual Classics XL, Frits Philips Concert Hall, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Haydn, Opus 13 No. 3, 1st movement
Bach, BWV 1007, 1st movement
Bach, BWV 1027, 1st movement

Performers
   Brendan Walsh, violoncello, cranker
   Jan van Grootheest, harpsichord/piano
   Arthur Gumbs, cranker

photograph by Guus Vos


2014 March 22 — Ynight, SUD Basel

Program
   Andy Akiho, LignEOUS for Marimba and String Quartet
   Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 2 "Company" (with MAM)
   Stephen Malinowski, A Stone's Throw (with MAM)

Audience Workstop
   Stephen Malinowski, A Stone's Throw (with MAM)
   John Adams, Gnarly Buttons for clarinet and ensemble
   Christoph Dangel (Solo-Cellist of Kammerorchester Basel) and Janiv Oron (Electronics), Collaboration

Performers
   Versus Quartett
   Orfeas Hiratos, clarinet
   Joao Pacheco, marimba
   Christoph Dangel, violoncello
   Janiv Oron, electronics
   Yband Basel (students of the Hochschule der Musik of the Musik-Akademie Basel)
   Etienne Abelin, conductor
   Goldfinger Brothers, DJ
   Aaawesome Colors, VJ


2014 January 18 — Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, Stanford Continuing Studies Special Event

Beethoven, Große Fuge

Performers
   Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
   Ben Simon, conductor
   Hans Dieter Hoffer, cranker



2013 December 21 — Turnhalle PROGR Bern
2013 December 19 — BLOK Zürich

Philip Glass, String Quartet No. 2 "Company"
Stephen Malinowski, A Stone's Throw (string quartet)

Performers (Ynight)
   Etienne Abelin, Deborah Marchetti, violin
   David Schnee, viola
   Solme Hong, violoncello
   Lorenz Hasler, cranker




2013 December 9 — Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, Berkeley, California

Beethoven, Große Fuge

Performers
   Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
   Ben Simon, conductor
   Stephen Malinowski, cranker




2013 November 23 — Festival Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico

Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring

Performers
   Orquesta Filarmonica de la Ciudad de Mexico, orchestra
   Jose Arean, conductor
   Etienne Abelin, cranker

(here's a video excerpt)


2013 November 16/17 — DJ meets Orchestra, Switzerland (Central Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra)

Brahms, Hungarian Dance

Performers
   Zentralschweizer Jugendsinfonieorchester, orchestra
   Etienne Abelin, cranker




2013 November 9 — Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, Cubberley Community Center, Palo Alto, California

Beethoven, Große Fuge

Performers
   Ben Simon, conductor
   Hans Dieter Hoffer, cranker
   Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra




2013 November 6 — TEDx Amsterdam

Bach, Violin Sonata Suite No 3 in d minor, 3rd mvt.
Debussy, First Arabesque
Brahms, In stille Nacht

Performers
   Etienne Abelin, speaker, violinist
   Daria Van Den Bercken, piano
   Brendan Jan Walsh, cranker
   Marc Pantus, bass-baritone

(video)


2013 November 2 — The Santa Fe Institute and Santa Fe Symphony, David Felberg, conductor

Bach, Contrapunctus 7 (from The Art of Fugue)



(video)


2013 October 25 — Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

Handel, Suite No 3 in d minor, 3rd mvt.

Performers
   Daria Van Den Bercken, piano
   Brendan Jan Walsh, cranker




2013 September 27 — Flanders Festival, Ghent, Belgium

Bach, Sonatas for violin and harpsichord: A major, E major

Performers
   Etienne Abelin, violin
   Daria Van Den Bercken, piano
   Brendan Jan Walsh, cranker




2013 September 22 — Sounds of Childhood festival, Holon, Israel

Vivaldi, Four Seasons, Winter, Allegro (3D, shown below)
Bach, Concerto for oboe and violin, 1st mvt. BWV 1060r
Mozart, Marriage of Figaro, Overture
Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, 1st mvt. ("fisheye")
Brahms, Piano Quartet in C minor, opus 60, 2nd mvt. Scherzo (3D)
Saint-Saens, Aquarium, from Carnival of the Animals (3D)
Debussy, First Arabesque

Performers
   Ori Leshman, conductor
   Edan Alterman, mad scientist
   Etienne Abelin, assistant, cranker



2013 July 9 — Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam

Handel, Allemande from the Suite in d-mineur, HWV 428

Performers
   Daria Van Den Bercken, piano
   Etienne Abelin, cranker




2013 February 28 — Katherine Roberts Perl — 19:00 PST

At Kathy's home, a house concert featuring preludes and fugues from the first book of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier:

Bach, Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846
Bach, Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 851
Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F major, BWV 856
Bach, Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 861
Bach, Prelude and Fugue in A-flat major, BWV 862
Bach, Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor, BWV 867

Performers
   Katherine Roberts Perl, harpsichord
   Stephen Malinowski, cranker



2012 October 25 — Blok Zürich — 21:00 CET

At Blok Club Zürich, chamber music, some with music visualization.

Giovanni Sollima, Sonnets et Rondeaux, not visualized
Bach, Harpsichord Concerto in D-minor, 1st movement, BWV 1052, MAM (video)
Debussy, First Arabesque, MAM (video)
Bach, Sarabande, Partita in E-minor, not visualized
Brahms, Piano Quartet in C-minor, 1st movement, opus 60
Brahms, Piano Quartet in C-minor, 3rd movement, opus 60, MAM (video) (rehearsal in image below)
Judd Greenstein, Be There, not visualized
Bach, Art of Fugue, Contrapunctus 5, MAM (video), cranked by audience member!
Stephen Malinowski, Fugue to Stanley Krebs, MAM (video)
Ravel, Alborada del Gracioso, not visualized
Radiohead, Paranoid Android, arranged for string quartet, not visualized

Performers
   Corinne Chapelle, violin
   Etienne Abelin, violin
   Hugo Bollschweiler, viola
   Andreas Fleck, violoncello
   Michael Wendeberg, piano, cranker
   Stephen Malinowski, piano, cranker



2012 October 25 — TEDx Zürich — 9:40 CET

Description and video (as posted by TEDx)
Video of rehearsal (at Blok Zürich)

Performers
   Etienne Abelin, violin
   Dorothy Yeung, piano
   Stephen Malinowski, cranker



2012 October 15 — Nürnberg Symphony Orchestra — Kongresshalle, CET 10:00/12:00 (concert for students)

Beethoven, 7th Symphony, 2nd movement



2012 October 13 — Nürnberg Symphony Orchestra — Meistersingerhalle, CET 20:00

Beethoven, 7th Symphony, 2nd movement



2012 October 12 — Nürnberg Symphony Orchestra — Opernhaus, Staatstheater, CET 19:00

Beethoven, 7th Symphony, 2nd movement