etienne nillesen

After some great performances the last couple of weeks with TONTRAEGER, ENSEMBLE MODERN, Sebastian Gramss, Rudi Mahall and Lotte Anker now two more concerts before the summerbreak. The first concert is with Nicola Hein and Jennifer Walshe and the second one with Nicola Hein, Weston Olencki and Madison Greenstone. Both concerts will take place at the Darmstadt Summer Course. Looking forward spending two days in Darmstadt meeting so many inspiring musicians/ composers, listening to great […]

Very excited and honoured to be part of this artwork! I played a piece here which is based on an abstract painting of Eva Jeske (which you can see further down). I interpreted and read the painting as a graphic score. The painting which was used as a score for this piece was not meant to be a graphic score. It was “simply” a painting. But a different approach and interpretation shows a strong musical aspect […]

Getting ready for the blurred edges festival in Hamburg this weekend. Playing with Axel Dörner    –    trumpet Ulrich Phillipp    –    double bass Angelika Sheridan    –    flutes and Gunnar Lettow    –    prepared electric bass Saturday, Mai 26th. Looking forward playing with these amazing musicians at an amazing festival! Check out the program! Lot´s of great concerts! BLURRED EDGES

Short piece called ´BTWNCaC´ for a project called ART.IS.t together with visual artist Eva Jeske Filmed by: Yonca Sicimoglu Recorded at: ON Cologne

A small update about some very exciting projects that are happening the next couple of weeks: January 25th and 26th I´m working with ´Ensemble Modern´ in Frankfurt am Main. The first two rehearsal days for the concerts we are going to do in July 2018… I´m very excited about working with this amazing ensemble! Ensemble Modern Also, during the next weeks I´m recording with Carl Ludwig Hübsch some new music. Tuba and extended snare drum! Definitely […]

photo credits: Rainer Rauen video credits: Basa Vujin-Stein PATA FOR TWO “SnailNailAil” from Basa Vujin-Stein on Vimeo.

‘lingua franca’ tape composition and Improvising ensemble premiere concert at Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne on December, 6th 2017 Dušica Cajlan – Wissel, prepared piano Etienne Nillesen, extended snare drum Georg Wissel, prepared altosax, composition video by Basa Vujin – Stein For about one year Georg recorded tongue-twisters in his home town Cologne and during his tours all over the world. By layering, filtering particular frequencies and surgical procedures the sounding qualities of those tricky phrases […]

My album together with the amazing Cao Thanh Lan is out on IMPAKT!!! I´m really happy and proud of this record and the music we´ve created! It is the first one that came out as my own project! So I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! download or listen to the digital album (high quality WAV. 24 bit) here: www.impakt-koeln.de/label CD´s you can get at our concerts or contact me (only 30 […]