Julian Zehnder
Julian Zehnder, born 1995 in Bern (CH) lives and works as a composer and artist in New York. Besides studying Sound Art at Columbia University of New York, Julian Zehnder works on his own projects as well as in collaboration with various artists. To establish connections to other disciplines, he uses techniques of interactive control, robotic systems or multi-channel audio. Thus, his compositions are mainly found outside the traditional concert format in galleries, museums or in public spaces. His works have been shown at Kunsthalle Basel, De Appel Museum Amsterdam, Swiss Art Awards, LT4K Cologne, Kantonale Bern, Festival Electroacoustique Monaco, Creative Media Center Hong Kong, and in context of Kunst-am-Bau among others.
Education
→2022
MA Sound Art
Columbia University, New York
→2020
BA Computermusic
University of Arts Graz
→2019
Summer School Fabrication of Relics
City University of Hong Kong
→2018
BA CMP — Electronic Music Composition
ZHdK, Zürich
→2017
Precollege Sound-Arts
HKB, Bern
Awards
→2021
Honors for Bachelor’s Degree,
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
→2019
Exhibitions/Concerts
→2022
Autopoiesis - The Auralisation of Connectivity
Projektraum Dietikon • collaborazione with Maya Hottarek
365 I'm alive
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste • collaboration with Sophia Becker
Post Millennium Flowerfield
Rhizom Festival Rote Fabrik, Zürich
→2021
Diacycles
School Spiegel, Köniz • collaboration with I. Schärer
sphere 1 (cancelled due to covid19)
Tonhalle Maag, Zürich
→2020
Surroundings
Schausammlung, LTK4 Köln
oh mia bambina cara
collaboration with S. Scherini
Dear D, sun has gone, night has come. Are you full of hope too?
Binz39 Zürich • collaboration with J. Etter
cats
Unanimous Consent, Zürich
Post Millennium Flower Field
From Noise To Silence, Künstlerhaus Bregenz
behind the curtain
Winkel, Luzern • collaboration with N. Bussien
→2019
Nevermore — Remix
Lange Nacht der Zeitgenössischen Musik, ZHdK Zürich
grenzen
Cantonale Bern, La Nef, Le Noirmont • collaboration with N. Bussien
Autopoiesis
Pleasure Zone, Summe Basel • collaboration with M. Hottarek
Autopoiesis
Lokal Int, Biel • collaboration with M. Hottarek
Surroundings, DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER
Sattelkammer, Bern
A Beautiful Summer
Milieu, Bern • collaboration with M. Almusibli
Die Nachricht
KEINRAUM, Neubad Luzern • collaboration with O. Abächerli
grenzen
JKON Olten • collaboration with N. Bussien
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videokunst.ch, Houdini Kino Zürich • collaboration with P. Ortelli
cats, Fabrication of Relics, R.R.S.
Creative Media Center, Hong Kong
intones with a voiceless song
Swiss Art Awards Basel • collaboration with M. Almusibli
beats.001
Festival Electroacoustique Monaco
innere Chor
Aussteigen auf Zeit, Kloster Dornach • collaboration with N. Bussien / I. Schärer
beats.001 Uraufführungsabend
ZHdK Zürich
A Story of Love and Violence
Platform CACY, Yverdon-les-Bains • collaboration with M. Almusibli
→2018
Live Set
Schwobhaus, Bern
3 Stücke für Roboter und Klavier
ZHdK, Zürich