PORTFOLIO

A black and white close-up of a woman with dark hair, wearing a dark top and earring, taking a selfie with sunlight casting a shadow across her face.

PORTFOLIO

nkhasenova@gmail.com

Nuriia Khasenova is a flutist and performer working between classical music and transdisciplinary performance. Raised in a family of musicians, she began her musical education at the age of four and later studied in Geneva and Zurich, where she completed Master’s degrees in Music Performance and Music Pedagogy.

She is a co-founder of Kollektiv International Totem (KIT).

Her work brings together sound, text, movement, and improvisation, exploring how personal experiences relate to broader contemporary contexts. Drawing on everyday life — sometimes with humour, sometimes with a sense of melancholy — she creates performances that invite reflection and open interpretation.

Based in Biel, she is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Music and Movement at the Hochschule der Künste Bern.

Nuriia Khasenova

Interdisciplinary musician • Educator • Performer

Selection of previous work

Person kneeling on a rocky terrain with dark background, engaged in a detailed activity, surrounded by other people and equipment.
A woman in a white shirt and black pants with white stripes on the sides, wearing headphones, standing in front of a glass wall, gesturing with her hands, with a man in a white lab coat inside a recording studio, playing a keyboard, with music equipment and lighting.
A person lying on the ground in a space suit beside a radio device and a microphone or antenna, in a dark environment.
Black and white close-up of a person's face with a serious expression, slightly obscured and fuzzy, with text overlay in the upper left corner. 
collaborations
Woman in workout clothes making a humorous face during filming, with a table of baking ingredients and a smartphone on a ring light

surreal 

On going

Between One and Many - Winner of Nicati Competition/ Open Space 2025
Drawing from Pirandello’s exploration of fragmented identity, "Between One and Many" stages the absurdity of selfhood in an age where the self is constantly performed, consumed, and repackaged.

A woman in a bra and jeans playing an electric guitar while a man sits on a chair with a metal object on his lap, a woman in a white coat at a table with a ring light, and a projection of an image of a person with a metal object on a white surface on a wall.

flute/ piano / sounds across projects

A black and white photo of a woman holding a flute, looking to the side, standing beside a staircase railing.
A woman playing a flute in dim lighting, with short curly hair and wearing a dark, shiny outfit.
Five people sitting and standing in a room with musical instruments, smiling and chatting. One person plays the piano, two hold flutes, one has a clarinet, and one stands with a double bass.

CD recording

improv

A woman in an orange dress playing a flute on stage during a performance, with an audience in the background.

solo

chamber music

Woman playing a flute, with short hair, wearing a sleeveless, sparkly top, captured in black and white.

Teaching flute • piano

Musicians performing on stage with electronic equipment and a large screen displaying a photo of a man playing guitar in a cafe or restaurant.

orchestra

Encounters

30 - 31.05.2026 Taking flute for Les Schubertiades de Thonex

26.03.2026 Between One and Many for Landes Museum “Late” / Zürich

27.02./01.03.2026 SCHAUFENSTER #3: The Listening Protocol for Sonic matter Festival