The Big Ensemble
The Big Ensemble is an experimental and interdisciplinary art project that celebrates inclusion and diversity. The one-hour work unites musicians and dancers with and without disabilities on the same stage. After the premiere at Bühnen Bern in November 2024, The Big Ensemble tours trough Switzerland and collaborates with different artists and ensembles.
KRAN
KRAN is a free improvisation ensemble based in Berne who is in search for sounds with a certain intimacy, roughness and authenticity. Far away from musical clichés KRAN is particularly interested in the relationship between sound and movements that are made during its production.
Aurora Pajón Fernàndez - flutes / Ilmārs Šterns - voice & gestures
Mathilde Bernard - harp / Noel Schmidlin - violin
Tabula Musica
The TABULA MUSICA ORCHESTRA is an inclusive orchestra which is composed of musicians with and without disabilities. It is the first orchestra that integrates adaptable music technology instruments alongside various traditional instruments, with the aim of making music-making as barrier-free and accessible as possible. The repertoire is arranged especially for the orchestra and these specific instruments played in it, which significantly influences the unique sound of the orchestra. Noel is conducting the orchestra since 2022.
Artistic Researches
Rad - artistic sonic and visual study with wheels
Motor Music - artistic study of motors and resonating objects
Tönstör: Sonic Recycling
Tönstör is an artistic and experimental music education project for young people and encourages them to listen, discover and create new music together.
Noel works with his projects "Sonic Recycling" or "Electric Touch" within the framework of Tönstör. Together with the participants, the everyday rubbish heap is given new artistic attention, motors are soldered into sound installations and various ways of composing and making music are explored.
