Intertwining Arts

08/10/2025

🎓 Elina Akselrud’s successful doctoral defense video is available: https://vimeo.com/event/5233954

Kisses to everyone for all your sweetest messaging of good luck and your support joining the live stream of my defense online or coming in person — it definitely worked, a collective effort! ❤️ I hug every one of you!
The video is still available online, luckily: https://vimeo.com/event/5233954

Yours,
Now… Dr. Artium with Excellence 🎓

28/02/2025

It’s been a year since our last crossdisciplinary project premiere.

To commemorate that ​⁠we have just released the brand new video where Elina Akselrud takes you on the journey of the project “The SCRIABIN SONATAS Reimagined, Part 2”:

February 29, 2024. 🖤 Enjoy it!

flashback on re-interpreting the Five Late Piano Sonatas by Alexander Scriabin with a fresh look on classical music from a...

06/08/2024

An important announcement today! Our founder and artistic director ​Elina Akselrud‬ has taken

• 4 years of piano practice & crossdisciplinary artistic research, countless tryout, recording, and filming sessions, performances, literature and recordings analysis (+ a dissertation draft as a bonus feature)

• 1 week of shooting

• 3 weeks of editing

• and a day of publishing

to roll out what no one else on the planet has ever done before: a batch of video 🎹 lessons on the FIVE LATE PIANO SONATAS by ALEXANDER SCRIABIN

In which you will get:

11 hours of video instruction in total
(2-2.5 hour comprehensive lessons on each of the Five Late Sonatas)

Elina’s ANNOTATED PDF SCORES that she created specially for each lesson

Info on the context, aesthetic ideas, imagery, symbolism, and semantics (including parallels to other Scriabin Sonatas)

Overview of the Main Themes of each piece

Optimized fi*****ng suggestions, material distribution between the hands, as well as other tips & tricks

Motion coordination tips & tension-free efficient technique development hacks

Explanations & options on the articulation, phrasing, pedaling, balance, polyphony, and such; in order to improve your performance, bring it as close as possible to professional standards, and help you create your own, unique interpretation and understanding of these works.

You can get the lessons separately, but the best option is the bundle!

Hurry up for the best price – here is the One Link, where you will find all the free and paid video lessons!

https://linktr.ee/elinaakselrud

Free lessons excerpts are available on her YT Channel YouTube.com/elinaakselrud

Thanks to her husband ​⁠​Denis Zhdanov - pianist‬ ‬she was motivated to create this entire lesson bundle, he has helped her set up the video and sound recording equipment, showed her a few video editing tricks, and he is now kindly hosting her lessons on his online school website “Piano Skills and Magic” (check it out if you didn’t know about it!)

Photo by

28/07/2024

It’s out. Link in the first comment.
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27/07/2024

https://youtu.be/G-vfTYIh2iE

performance re-interpreting the Five Late Piano Sonatas by Alexander Scriabin with a fresh look on classical music from ...

27/07/2024

✨𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐒 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟐
LIVE VIDEO RELEASE JULY 27, 9:00 p.m. CEST 🪅

All links in bio.

Order the 𝕤𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 to immerse in the experience together with music, dance, colors, and installations! (Free shipping worldwide)

P-E-R-F-O-R-M-E-D

on
February 29, 2024
György-Ligeti-Saal, MUMUTH, Graz, Austria

• Classical Piano
• Contemporary Dance Improvisation
• Light Performance
• Perfume/Aroma Interactive Installations
• Stage Design



as part of the abo@MUMUTH

25/07/2024

“If you don’t imagine, nothing ever happens at all”.

John Green

22/07/2024

🩶 The SCENTS OF THE LATE SCRIABIN SONATAS are getting lower and lower in stock and there are also very few * ᴛᴇꜱᴛᴇʀ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏᴠᴇʀʏ ꜱᴇᴛꜱ * left, so hurry up! (First link in bio)

🌎 FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING!

These are unique custom-made aromas, created by the Japanese perfume/olfactory artist Naoko Kusunoki , who works in her Tokyo Studio Your Exclusive. The edition is limited.

Naoko has elaborated on Alexander Scriabin’s ideas for each of the Late Five Sonatas: she took into consideration not only the music, but also the plot, the message, the emotional state, the color of each tonal center, as well as the evidence Scriabin himself left us with, according to historical sources. She has then produced five aromas, specifically tailored to each of the Late Sonatas.

• No.6 Fuzzy Amber
Dominant notes: Lotus | Powder | Incense

• No.7 Crystalline Fruity
Dominant notes: White Peach | Peony | White Musk

• No.8 Solitary Green
Dominant notes: Mint Tea | Forget-me-not | Rain

• No.9 Evil Woody
Dominant notes: Black Tea | Iris | To***co

• No.10 Delightful Floral
Dominant notes: Sparkling Citrus | Pink Rose | Vanilla

specially for the Intertwining Arts project

✨𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐒 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟐

p-e-r-f-o-r-m-e-d

on

February 29, 2024
In György-Ligeti-Saal
Lichtenfelsgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria

• Classical Piano
• Contemporary Dance Improvisation
• Light Performance
• Perfume/Aroma Installations
• Stage Design

as part of the abo@MUMUTH

20/07/2024

Watch the Official Trailer of the LIVE PERFORMANCE of the SCRIABIN SONATAS Reimagined, Part 2
FULL VIDEO RELEASE: July 27, 2024, 9:00 p.m. CEST
Order the scents to enjoy along the music, dance, light, and installations:
https://www.yourexclusive.jp/services-2

https://youtu.be/JxQrySZHfaw

performance re-interpreting the Five Late Piano Sonatas by Alexander Scriabin with a fresh look on classical music from ...

15/07/2024

THE SCENTS OF SCRIABIN SONATAS are unique custom-made aromas, created by the Japanese perfume/olfactory artist Naoko Kusunoki, who works in her Tokyo Studio Your Exclusive: https://www.yourexclusive.jp/

Naoko has elaborated on Alexander Scriabin’s ideas for each of the Late Five Sonatas: she took into consideration not only the music, but also the plot, the message, the emotional state, the color of each tonal center, as well as the evidence Scriabin himself left us with, according to historical sources. She has then produced five aromas, specifically tailored to each of the Late Sonatas. You can see her work process by exploring the mind map that she has kindly provided to publish: https://intertwiningarts.org/scriabin-sonatas2/scents

You can ORDER YOUR NEW FAVORITE SCENT by clicking below - Discovery sets available. Please note that the edition is very limited!
FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE!
https://www.yourexclusive.jp/services-2

No.6 Fuzzy Amber
Dominant notes: Lotus | Powder | Incense
Color: violet and rosy-orange
INEVITABILITY | THROE

No.7 Crystalline Fruity
Dominant notes: White Peach | Peony | White Musk
Colors: red and blue
COUNTERFORCE | SPIN

No.8 Solitary Green
Dominant notes: Mint Tea | Forget-me-not | Rain
Color: Green (cold green, closer to cyan)
INTROSPECTION | ETHEREALITY

No.9 Evil Woody
Dominant notes: Black Tea | Iris | To***co
Color: Rosy-Orangy (fiery!)
DICHOTOMY | CURSE

No.10 Delightful Floral
Dominant notes: Sparkling Citrus | Pink Rose | Vanilla
Color: Dark Red
TRANSFIGURATION | INCORPOREITY

The performance re-interpreting the Five Late Piano Sonatas by Alexander Scriabin with a fresh look on classical music from a contemporary angle: interlacing sound, color, movement, light, scent, and space took place on February 29, 2024 at György-Ligeti-Saal MUMUTH, Graz, Austria.

Project information: https://intertwiningarts.org/scriabin-sonatas2/description

https://youtu.be/AymvBZ39Umk

THE SCENTS OF SCRIABIN SONATAS are unique custom-made aromas, created by the Japanese perfume/olfactory artist Naoko Kusunoki, ...

12/07/2024

🩶 The SCENTS OF THE LATE SCRIABIN SONATAS are AVAILABLE for purchase with FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING! (First link in bio)

* tester sets are currently still in stock, very few left – get yours before the video release later this month!

These are unique custom-made aromas, created by the Japanese perfume/olfactory artist Naoko Kusunoki , who works in her Tokyo Studio Your Exclusive. The edition is limited.

Naoko has elaborated on Alexander Scriabin’s ideas for each of the Late Five Sonatas: she took into consideration not only the music, but also the plot, the message, the emotional state, the color of each tonal center, as well as the evidence Scriabin himself left us with, according to historical sources. She has then produced five aromas, specifically tailored to each of the Late Sonatas.

• No.6 Fuzzy Amber
Dominant notes: Lotus | Powder | Incense

• No.7 Crystalline Fruity
Dominant notes: White Peach | Peony | White Musk

• No.8 Solitary Green
Dominant notes: Mint Tea | Forget-me-not | Rain

• No.9 Evil Woody
Dominant notes: Black Tea | Iris | To***co

• No.10 Delightful Floral
Dominant notes: Sparkling Citrus | Pink Rose | Vanilla

specially for the Intertwining Arts project

✨𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐒 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟐

p-e-r-f-o-r-m-e-d

on

February 29, 2024
In György-Ligeti-Saal
Lichtenfelsgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria

• Classical Piano
• Contemporary Dance Improvisation
• Light Performance
• Perfume/Aroma Installations
• Stage Design

as part of the abo@MUMUTH

📷 Naoko & Toshi Kusinoki