I am a curator and musician specialising in experimental and new music, sound installation and interdisciplinary practices. In my curatorial work I strive to create conditions for artistic autonomy, this in the framework of close collaboration. My recent projects and research focus on the ways in which sound is embedded into different physical spaces and contexts.
BIO
Sasha Elina (pronounced Yélina) (b. 1994) is a curator and musician based in London.
Sasha is the founder and artistic director of the international project Music Space Architecture, dedicated to identifying and investigating different areas of interaction between music and architecture.
Her major curatorial showcases in Moscow up until 2021 included concert programmes and projects at the New Tretyakov Gallery, the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, amongst many others.
As a vocalist and flautist, Sasha performs solo and in various collectives playing composed experimental and improvised music. She was a founding member of The Same Ensemble (2013-2023), performed with the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (MCME), the Moscow Scratch Orchestra, Splitter Orchester, ГШ (Glintshake), and others.
Sasha was selected as a fellow of OneBeat 2019, a U.S. State Department Programme produced by Bang on a Can’s Found Sound Nation. Sasha received her Music BA in Flute at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (2017), and Music MA by Research at the University of Huddersfield (2023), with the thesis titled “Music curation as a site-oriented practice. Approaches to creating and staging listening experiences”.
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