Biography
Sasha Elina (pronounced Yélina) (b. 1994) is a curator and musician based in London.
Sasha is the founder and artistic director of the international project Music Space Architecture, dedicated to identifying and investigating different areas of interaction between music and architecture.
Her major curatorial showcases in Moscow up until 2021 included concert programmes and events at the New Tretyakov Gallery, the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre, the Muzeon Park of Arts, amongst many others. Sasha founded and directed the experimental music ensemble DianaPlaysPerception (2017-2021).
Sasha is a founding member of The Same Ensemble (a duo with composer cyril scheer). As a flautist and vocalist, she also worked with the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (MCME), the Moscow Scratch Orchestra, and various collectives performing new and free improvised music.
Sasha was selected as a fellow of OneBeat 2019, a U.S. State Department Programme produced by Bang on a Can’s Found Sound Nation. She is currently undertaking a Masters by Research at the University Of Huddersfield, U.K.
