Theremidi Orchestra (TO) is an audiovisual DIY community initiated by participants of the Theremini and Teremidi physical interface workshop, organised by Ljudmila – Ljubljana Digital Media Lab in May 2011. Rather than a subject, TO is a verb, an ongoing workshop of noise and drone production. This hands-on electro noise ensemble exists in the present continuous, while referring to the history of electronic music. TO has a DIY/DIWO approach in making music and sound experiments, developing its own instruments based on open-source electronic circuits. Currently TO consists of ten active members, coming from different professional backgrounds. Theremidi Orchestra is a process of mutual understanding and solving problems in a horizontal manner. The process of production involves experimenting with sound outputs, mutual composition of music scores, shared responsibilities for individual parts of the process, etc. Thus far, the orchestra performed, exhibited and held workshops at over thirty festivals and exhibitions mostly in Europe e.g. Piksel Festival in Bergen Norway; LiWoLi Festival in Linz, Austria; PoolLoop in Zürich, Switzerland; U3: Triennial of Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art in Ljubljana, Slovenia, to name just a few.
Currently active members of the Theremidi Orchestra are: Dušan Zidar, Ida Hiršenfelder, Dare Pejić, Luka Frelih, Tina Dolinšek, Robertina Šebjanič, Tilen Sepić, Simon Bergoč, Saša Spačal.
Theremidi Orchestra all stars: Ida Hiršenfelder, Dare Pejić, Tina Dolinšek, Borut Savski, Robertina Šebjanič, Isac Petruzzi, Saša Spačal, Matic Urbanija, Dušan Zidar, Ian Soroka, Luka Frelih, Tilen Sepič and Simon Bergoč.
Theremidi Orchestra released début double EP 4011 under Trivia Records in March 2013. Buy or download it free here.
You can also download all our files from the Theremidi Orchestra web archive or listen to us on Soundcloud.
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Audiovisual Performances
- 1 February 2017 | 8 PM | AV performance Noisetrails TakeOff w. Wolfgang Spahn & Nahum, part of the transmediale/CTM Vorspiel 2017 festival @ Spektrum art_technology_community, Berlin
- 21 – 23 December 2015 // Noise-script with Theremidi Orchestra: Workshop in DIY electronics with visual scores for experimental sound art & Live Performances; in the framework of the 7th X-Dream Festival // ARTos Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 6th of June 2015 // Zasavje Noisefest International ZNFI // Trbovlje, Slovenia // VIDEO
- 9th of May 2015 // 6pm // As part of RADAR! RIZOM // Cirkulacija 2, Ljubljana
- 14th of April 2015 // 9pm // As part of Body and Technology Symposium // @Pritličje, Ljubljana
- 25th of November 2014 // 6pm // Together with BRGS Time aka Jaka Berger // A very special interpretation of Cornelius Cardew's Treatise // Zvokotok @Kino Šiška, Ljubljana
- 30th of October 2014 // Together with Irena Tomažin as a part of Dvocikel project // Mestni trg 2, Ljubljana
- 25th of October 2014 // 9.30pm // Sound, Poet & Visual Performance: There is drama in the urban sounds: Emona Calling, where are you Ljubljana? // Hiša Layer, Kranj
- 25th of October 2014 // 10.30pm // Together with Irena Tomažin as a part of Dvocikel project // Hiša Layer, Kranj
- 17th of October 2014 // Performance and presentation at Earzoom Festival // MSUM, Ljubljana at 6.40pm // Presentation by Ida Hiršenfelder and Dušan Zidar @MSUM at 11.20am
- 15th of September 2014 // 8pm // CT-SWaM & Eyebeam Present: Sound happens! // Industry City Distillery, New York
- 26th of July 2014 // 9pm // Sound, Poet & Visual Performance: There is drama in the urban sounds: Emona Calling, where are you Ljubljana? // Škuc Gallery, Ljubljana // Video
- 19th of July 2014 // 4pm // Make a Theremidi Orchestra Workshop at Chill & Grill XI »Jauhe«
- 9th of May 2014 // 8pm // KSEVT, live broadcast via RTV SLO
- 8th of May 2014 // 10am // Live on Radio Študent
- 20th of March 2014 // 8pm // Performance at Tresk#5 with Irena Tomažin // Kino Šiška, Ljubljana, Slovenia // Video
- From 21st till 25th of November 2013 // Performance Sound happens in the group! and workshop at Piksel festival // Bergen, Norway
- 26th September 2013 // Performance at Gallery of Contemporary art Celje // Celje, Slovenia
- 5th September 2013 // 9pm // Performance at Kino Šiška, Ljubljana // Opening for SJQ++
- 3rd August, 2013 // Performance at 7th Triennial of Contemporary Art in Slovenia U3 // in front of MSUM
- 30th July, 2013 // Performance TO: Picky Noises // Front Room Gallery // New York City, USA
- 20th July, 2013 // Improvisation Theremidi Orchestra WS, Jeremy D Slater, Kenya Kawaguchi, Sean McIntyre, Reid Bingham // Neverending SummerCamp // New York State, USA
- 19th July, 2013 // Performance Theremidi Orchestra WS: Picky Noises // Neverending SummerCamp // New York State, USA
- 14th July, 2013 // Performance Theremidi Orchestra WS: Picky Noises // SHARE at (OA) Can Factory // New York City, USA
- 13th July, 2013 // TO: Ongoing performance and workshop // Chill and Grill // Synaptic // Stari Grad
- 1st till 7th July, 2013 // Performance and workshop at Poolloop // Festival, Zürich, Switzerland
- Performance on Spring Break festival at Sub, Graz, 31st May, 2013
- 24th May 2013 // Astrophoness with Karl Heinz Jeron as a part of Intertekst Astronavtka kozmonavtka, tribute to Sunita Williams, KSEVT // Vitanje, Slovenia
- 18th May, 2013 // (Z)voćni mix with Karl Heinz Jeron // Media Lab I'MM // Zagreb, Croatia
- 8th March, 2013 // Women’s Section of Theremidi Orchestra: A tribute to the female composers of electronic music at the Red Dawns Festival, Menza pri koritu // Ljubljana, Slovenia // Gallery
- 26th December, 2012 // Cosmostalgia // KSEVT // Vitanje, Slovenia
- 18th December, 2012 // RADART #3 & new year party of Radio Študent 89,3 MHz //
- 16th October, 2012 // The Silent Noise // Ada Lovelace Day // Cyberpipe // Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 8th July, 2012 // In-Sync: Score No.2 // performance // Slobodni festival 6/Free Festival 6, Mursko Središće, Croatia // Gallery
- 4th June, 2012 // Score No.1 – Organism Chaos Score for an Ongoing Workshop // CoFestival // Dance Theatre Ljubljana (PTL) // Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 24th May, 2012 // Draht Orchestra // LiWoLi Festival - Art Meets Radical Openness, Linz, Austria // Gallery + Interview
- 21st May, 2012 // Sound Intervention: Urban Dadaism // Megawhat show // Radio Student // Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 19th April, 2012 // Antennas For All! - the closing event of REAL TIME SETTINGS FOR NER[D/V]ES exhibition // ŠKUC Gallery // Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 20th November, 2011 // Second Attempt, Festival KIBLIX, Kino Udarnik, Maribor, Slovenia // Gallery
- 10th October, 2011 // Public Rehearsal // M3C Festival // Murska Sobota, Slovenia
- 22nd June, 2011 // First Performance at the ending of exhibition Powered by Ljudmila, Ljubljana City Art Gallery, in the collaboration with Platform RADAR // Radio Student // Ljubljana, Slovenia // Gallery
Workshops
- 10 November 2017 | 5 – 9 PM | Workshop Sound happens in the group! @ Drugo More, Rijeka, Croatia
- 7 October 2017 | 3 – 7 PM | TO workshop @ Mini festival SynthDay, Škofja Loka Museum, Loka Castle, SI
- 13 February 2017 | 5 – 9 PM | Super-in-Low workshop @ Rampa Lab, Kersnikova 4, Ljubljana
- 4 February 2017 | 2 – 6 PM | How to make a Theremidi Orchestra Workshop @ Werkstatt ThoughtWorks, Berlin
- 5 February 2017 | 1 – 5 PM | Sound Happens in the Group Workshop @ Spektrum art_technology_community, Berlin
- November 10 and 11 2015 // Hrupopis Workshop // Independent Illustrators' Biennial @ Kino Šiška
- 31st of July and 1st of August 2015 // LFO Workshop at Sajeta // Sotočje, Tolmin, Slovenia
- December 26th 2014 // Workshop // 2 - 6pm // As part of IZIS II // RIIBA, Izola, Slovenia
- 24th of October 2014 // 4pm // Workshop @Hiša Layer, Kranj
- 20th and 21st of September 2014 // Theremidi Orchestra at World Maker Faire NY 2014 // New York Hall of Science
- 12th of September// presentation at Parsons The New School // http://pcompf14.aisencc.com/281
- 10th till 15th of September 2014 // CT-SWaM & Eyebeam Present: Sound Happens in The Group! a workshop with Theremidi Orchestra // Eyebeam, New York
- May 17th 2014 // Theremidi Orchestra stand at Trieste Mini Maker Faire // Trieste, Italy
- Workshop at Werkstadt am Hauptplatz, Linz, Austria // December 18th 2013 // from 4 - 8pm
- Workshop and live practice // Pop-up dom, Tobačna 5, Ljubljana // December 12th 2013 // from 5 - 8pm
- Theremidi Orchestra + Cirkulacija 2 + BioTehna on Sajeta Festival // Technological-bio-hack-DIY-workshops // Sotočje, Tolmin, Slovenia // 30th July - 4th August 2013
- Workshop on Spring Break festival at Sub, Graz, Austria // 31st May 2013
- Technology Workshop on Sajeta 2012, with Cirkulacija 2 // 24th till 29th July 2012.
- Make a Theremidi Orchestra on Slobodni festival (Free festival 6), mentors Borut Savski and TO // 8th July 2012
- Small electronics noise gadgets workshop in Linz - Make a Theremidi Orchestra, mentors Borut Savski and TO // 25th May 2012
- TouchTone Workshop: live performance touch sound synthesizer, mentors Borut Savski and TO. As a part of exhibition Real Time Settings for Ner[d/v]es and with cooperation of Gallery ŠKUC. // 18th April 2012
- Teremini Workshop and Theremidi Orchestra in Zagreb, mentors Borut Savski and TO. Organised by Media Lab I'MM_, Zagreb (HR) // 16th and 17th December 2011
- TEREMINI in TEREMIDI physical interface, mentor Borut Savski - birth of Theremidi Orchestra // 15th till 17th June 2011
Exhibitions
- Sajam 3N: Začudnost tehnologije | 11 November 2017 | Drugo More, Rijeka, Croatia
- 7th Triennial of Contemporary Art in Slovenia U3 | 20th June till 29th September 2013 | MSUM, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- SCULPTURE TODAY: Performative Bodies and Spaces | 26th September till 24th Novembrer 2013 | Gallery of Contemporary art Celje, Celje, Slovenia
TO: Album 4011
Gadgets and Devices ♥
- Theremidi Kit Manual // old version
- MicroNoise and TouchTone Kit Manual // old version
Cosmostalgia (2012)
TO performers: Ida Hiršenfelder, Dare Pejić, Robertina Šebjanič, Saša Spačal, Ian Soroka, Simon Bergoč.
LiWoLi - Art Meets Radical Openness (2012)
Draht = žica = drat = wire
TO performers: Ida Hiršenfelder, Dare Pejić, Tina Dolinšek, Borut Savski, Robertina Šebjanič, Saša Spačal, Dušan Zidar, Luka Frelih in Matic Urbanija.
Exhibition Closing: Real Time Settings for Ner[d/v]es: Antennas For All! (2012)
TO performers: Ida Hiršenfelder, Dare Pejić, Tina Dolinšek, Borut Savski, Robertina Šebjanič, Saša Spačal, Dušan Zidar, Luka Frelih and Matic Urbanija.
Festival KIBLIX (2011)
TO performers: Ida Hiršenfelder, Dare Pejić, Tina Dolinšek, Borut Savski, Robertina Šebjanič, Saša Spačal, Dušan Zidar, Luka Frelih, Matic Urbanija in Tilen Sepič.