etienne nillesen

May 25th and 26th I’m working with the students at the Johannes Gutenberg University- College of music in Mainz. Looking forward sharing my thoughts and hearing theirs!

May 17th 2019, duo with Nicola Hein at the `Musica in Prossimita` Festival (Pinerolo/ Turino, Italy).    

After two very nice recording sessions this week here in Chicago with Katinka Kleijn, Steve Marquette, Michael Thieke, Antonio Borghini (may 2nd) and Weston Olencki (may 3rd), the next thing that is coming up is a concert with Katherine Young at Slate Arts on may 9th. Very excited to finally play with her again! photo credits: Deidre Huckabay

This tuesday, april 9th, I’m playing a solo set at km28 in Berlin! Also playing that night are Michael Thieke & Luigi Marino. Very much looking forward playing there and hearing Michael and Luigi’s set! km28

April 3rd 2019   7:30pm   ‘Alte Feuerwache’ in Cologne! KIM MYHR   MATTHIAS MUCHE   ETIENNE NILLESEN photo credits: Orfee Schuijt Alte Feuerwache Cologne ON Neue Musik Köln photo credits: Daniel Mennicken  

T.ON (Matthias Muche – trombone/ Constantin Herzog – double bass/ Etienne Nillesen – extended snaredrum) Next concert with T.ON will be at CONTAINERKLANG in Cologne on June 2nd 2019! We are working hard on our music and program as you can see!

Here is a short impression of the performance we did two days ago What an incredible evening it was!!! Ensemble Pamplemousse + Matthias Muche and Etienne Nillesen Artists Eva Jeske, Yonca Sicimoglu and Christina Querfurt Video by Korinna Griesing

On March 30th 2019 I will play a solo concert at Kunst-Station St. Peter in Cologne (1pm). I will play three pieces on extended snaredrum. Ruud Roelofsen his piece `CHIMAERIC´ will have it´s world premiere. Kunst-Station St. Peter

Together with Matthias Muche, I had a great afternoon at the office of ON Neue Musik Köln being interviewed by Helene Heuser about our work. Check out the entire interview here: Interview