Entrepreneurship, Artistic Direction & Career Coaching for Artists
Elina Akselrud has been organizing, running, and managing her own artistic projects since 2014. She is the founder and artistic director of a multidisciplinary organization Intertwining Arts, which has premiered, performed, and presented cinematic versions of four full-scope multidisciplinary productions in France, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Austria. Each project consists of several professionals from various artistic media collaborating together in order to create and perform a unique multidisciplinary work. For various projects Intertwining Arts included team members from the United States, Australia, Ukraine, Germany, Russia, Poland, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Romania, Italy, Slovenia, and the U.K. In each project Elina Akselrud is personally responsible for the project concept, piano performance, administration, fundraising, grant writing, management, logistics, seeking/securing collaborations, poster design, photography/visuals (partially), text writing (partially), and promo/marketing (partially).
In parallel Elina also organizes thematic chamber music projects, in which she collaborates with musicians from Switzerland, Germany, France, Slovenia, Austria, and the United States since 2018. In 2022 she has organized the festival of music and artistic research SONify! together with the festival team – among her responsibilities were grant writing, team coordination, graphic design, photography, and social media management.
Elina Akselrud’s multidisciplinary and chamber projects have won grants and/or received in-kind support from the following establishments (countries listed in the alphabetical order) starting from 2016:
AUSTRALIA
Friends of Chopin Australia
AUSTRIA
Land Steiermark Kultur, Europa, Sport
Stadt Graz Kulturamt
ÖH – Austrian National Student Union
FRANCE
Fondation des États-Unis, Cité Universitaire de Paris
Association Chopin à Nohant
Hôtel Chopin Grands-Boulevards Paris
Société Historique et Littéraire Polonaise de Paris
Fan d’Érard, Association des amateurs de pianos Érard
GERMANY
Steinway & Sons München
NETHERLANDS
Theater Schouwburg Hengelo
SWITZERLAND
Stiftung Monika Widmer
Susanne und Martin Knechtli-Kradolfer-Stiftung
Anne-Marie Schindler Stiftung
StockArt, Stiftung für Musik
Marianne und Curt Dienemann Stiftung
Alfred und Ilse Stammer-Mayer Stiftung AIS
Arthur Waser Stiftung
Strebi Stiftung Luzern
Musikhaus Gisler
Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung SIS
FUKA-Fonds Stadt Luzern
Migros Kulturprozent
Regional Konferenzkultur Luzern RKK
Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Brooklyn Arts Council (New York City Department of Cultural Affairs)
The Puffin Foundation, Inc.