
Elena Sword performs "yarn-sculpture-instrument prototype 0" at Untergrün Summerfest 2025 in Berlin

Insomniac Premonitions
Part 1: A moment's peace
Part 2: The Note
Part 3: The Flood
For 4 voices, 3 violas, cello, piano, and bass drum
Composer: Elena Sword, with feedback, consultation, and sometimes improvisation from the other performers
Performers: Voices: Mira Hirtler, Zhuoni Li, Mirto Kaitanidou, Elena Sword; Violas: Viki Tuneu, Hanna Werner, Ben Warren; Cello: Hortense Airault; Piano: Celia Denore Lopez; Bass Drum: Bridget Bourne
Insomniac Premonitionsis a staged adaptation of visions that appeared as the composer was trying to fall asleep.

Elena Sword & Hannes Buder play Sonic Adama #3 at Galerie Adama in Berlin, February 2025

January 2025 - Playtime Festival, Hochschule der Künste Bern (Bern, CH)
Thaw - Elena Sword (voice, electronics (Ableton, Max MSP, 6 channels), composition) with Bridget Bourne (percussion, voice, composition)

Elena Sword (voice, composition, improvisation) with Hannes Buder (cello, electric guitar, composition, improvisation), Roman Stolyar (piano, synthesizer, flute, improvisation) - Oct 19, 2023

Recording of CCRMA livestream of Elena Sword's bachelor’s recital, Works by Women c. 1150-2023, June 2023 at the CCRMA Stage (Stanford, CA)
Elena Sword (voice, composition, production, electric kettle, Max MSP) with Aaron Hodges (drums), Emily Saletan (piano), Elizabeth Nguyen (viola, voice), Gaby Li (cello), Camila Wickman (piano), Jenny Xiong (piano, composition), Julia Yu (voice), Tamami Honma (piano)