Music Animation Machine — Live!
Future Events
TBD — Your Name Here
We're looking for ensembles and venues to work with. Interested? Contact Etienne Abelin.
Past Events
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)
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
2014 September 1 — TONALi14 Grand Prix | Eröffnungskonzert, Hamburg
Composers
Shostakovich, Opus 141, 1st & 3rd movements
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
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
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
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
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
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
