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)