Upcoming events
Echoes of Amen
Elina Akselrud & Denis Zhdanov
as Klavierduo Arteprism
Francis Poulenc Sonata for two pianos FP 156
Olivier Messiaen "Visions de l'Amen" for two pianos
October 31, 2025
Graz, Austria
ARTikulationen | Research Festival and Doctoral Forum 2025
The Evolution of Artistic Interpretation via Crossdisciplinary Contexts: Late Scriabin
Elina Akselrud’s Doctoral Defense
October 7, 2025
14:30 | 2:30 p.m. CET
Graz, Austria
Photo: Lucija Novak
University of Music and Performing Art Graz: The 20th Redoute, 2025
Elina Akselrud & Denis Zhdanov
as Klavierduo Arteprism
Francis Poulenc Sonata for two pianos FP 156
June 27, 2025
Graz, Austria
PARL – Platform for Art and Research Linz | Symposium Next Generation 2025
The theme for the 2025 PARL Next Generation Symposium is “Overcoming Boundaries — A Dialogue Between Artistic and Scholarly Research”. Elina Akselrud’s presentation “Interpreting Late Scriabin Through Multimodal Perception in Crossdisciplinary Performance” will take place during the symposium.
May 28, 2025
15:15 | 3:15 p.m.
Linz, Austria
…et une autre Soirée française
A chamber music recital with Nuné Melik, violin
Sonatas for violin and piano by Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel
November 30, 2024
Graz, Austria
The SCRIABIN SONATAS Reimagined, Part 2 - LIVE VIDEO RELEASE
An Intertwining Arts Project, LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO RELEASE
📆 July 27, 2024
Classical Piano
Contemporary Dance Improvisation
Light Performance
Perfume/Aroma Interactive Installations
Stage Design + Effects
Re-interpreting the Five Late Piano Sonatas by Alexander Scriabin with a fresh look on classical music from a contemporary angle: interlacing sound, color, movement, aroma, light, and space.
Worldwide
…für das Ende und den Anfang | …pour la fin et le début
SONify! Festival of Music and Artistic Research
A chamber music recital with Denis Zhdanov (piano), Judith Fliedl (violin), Bogdan Sydorenko (clarinet), and Federico Pellaschiar (cello).
Works by Maurice Ravel, Francis Poulenc, and Olivier Messiaen
May 16, 2024
Graz, Austria
Production Assistance & Interdisciplinary Research: SCRIABIN Prometheus, Poem of Fire, for piano, color organ, chorus, and orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Anna Gawboy, lighting research
Matthew Deinhart, lighting designer
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
James Burton, conductor
Assistance to Anna Gawboy and Matthew Deinhart in the realization of a lighted performance of Alexander Scriabin’s Prometheus, Poem of Fire, op. 60 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, directed by Andris Nelsons.
April 4, 5, 6, 2024
Boston, MA, USA
Production Assistance & Interdisciplinary Research: SCRIABIN Prometheus, Poem of Fire, for piano, color organ, chorus, and orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Anna Gawboy, lighting research
Matthew Deinhart, lighting designer
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
James Burton, conductor
Assistance to Anna Gawboy and Matthew Deinhart in the realization of a lighted performance of Alexander Scriabin’s Prometheus, Poem of Fire, op. 60 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, directed by Andris Nelsons.
April 4, 5, 6, 2024
Boston, MA, USA
Production Assistance & Interdisciplinary Research: SCRIABIN Prometheus, Poem of Fire, for piano, color organ, chorus, and orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Anna Gawboy, lighting research
Matthew Deinhart, lighting designer
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
James Burton, conductor
Assistance to Anna Gawboy and Matthew Deinhart in the realization of a lighted performance of Alexander Scriabin’s Prometheus, Poem of Fire, op. 60 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, directed by Andris Nelsons.
April 4, 5, 6, 2024
Boston, MA, USA
Concerts du Lavoir
Quatuor Elysée & Elina Akselrud
César Franck Piano Quintet in F minor
March 24, 2024
Pontarlier, France
The SCRIABIN SONATAS Reimagined, Part 2
An Intertwining Arts Project, LIVE WORLD PREMIERE
Classical Piano
Contemporary Dance Improvisation
Light Performance
Perfume/Aroma Interactive Installations
Stage Design + Effects
Re-interpreting the Five Late Piano Sonatas by Alexander Scriabin with a fresh look on classical music from a contemporary angle: interlacing sound, color, movement, aroma, light, and space.
For inquiries/bookings please contact veranstaltungen [at] kug.ac.at
February 29, 2024
Graz, Austria
THE SCRIABIN SONATAS REIMAGINED, PART 2: FILM RELEASE
Classical Piano
Contemporary Dance Improvisation
Light Performance
Stage Design + Effects
Re-interpreting the Five LatePiano Sonatas by Alexander Scriabin with a fresh look on classical music from a contemporary angle: interlacing sound, color, movement, light, and space.
📆 December 30, 2023 ⠀ @ 18:00 CET: The DOCUMENTARY Film
📆 December 30, 2023 ⠀ @ 20:00 CET: The ARTISTIC Film
🌐 FILM LIVE PREMIERE ON YOUTUBE - SUBSCRIBE!
Recognition:
* Winner at TheaterLive Online® Film Festival 2023, New York, NY, USA https://theaterliveonline.lightcast.com/
* Winner at Near Nazareth International Film Festival 2023, Israel https://nazarethfestival.wixsite.com/nnfestival
* Finalist at Zensa Media International Film Festival 2023, Montréal, QC, Canada https://zensamediafilmfestival.com/
VIII Art of Research Conference
The theme of the eighth Art of Research conference is “Re-Imagining”, addressing the various gestures of going back, returning to take another look, or for starting anew.
Elina Akselrud’s presentation “A Polydimensional Reinterpretation of Scriabin's Piano Sonatas: the Time, Space, Timbre, Color, and the Cross-Influence in Multimedial Artistic Productions” will take place during the conference.
November 30 – December 1, 2023
Espoo, Finland
Festival ARSONORE - Piano Duo with Denis Zhdanov
FESTIVAL ARSONORE: the Great Opening Celebration
Gustav Holst
The Planets, Op.32
with Denis Zhdanov
Introduction to the work by Harald Haslmayr, 6.45 p.m., Planetensaal
September 6, 2023
Graz, Austria
VERS LE MYSTÈRE: FILM RELEASE
An Intertwining Arts Project
Piano & Contemporary Dance Improvisation
• A study of Scriabin’s Miniature in a crossdisciplinary setting;
• A documentary representing the project from all various angles for an in-depth view: Research, Experimentation, Performance, Discussion
📆 August 23, 2023 ⠀ @ 20:00 CEST
🌐 FILM LIVE PREMIERE ON YOUTUBE
2:00pm ET | 11:00Am PT | 8:00pm CEST | 9:00pm EEST
et encore, en français
SONify! Festival of Music and Artistic Research
A chamber music recital with Sofya-Agnessa Yakuntsova, violin
Sonatas for violin and piano by Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel
May 4, 2023
Graz, Austria
Villa Hofreiter
Graz, Austria
A chamber music recital with Sofya-Agnessa Yakuntsova, violin
Sonatas for violin and piano by Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel
April 30, 2023
Graz, Austria
Workshop “DEFINE YOUR ARTISTIC CAREER” (in English)
This workshop is intended for emerging artists: students as well as young professionals, to offer guidance and advice on how to be in control of one’s own artistic path.
More info…
In collaboration with: Austrian Cultural Forum (Warsaw) and Help Musicians Ukraine
February 7, 2023
Warsaw, Poland
