Residency dates
7 – 21 January 2025
Residency images
Coming Soon
Testimonial
"At the beginning of January, I spent 2 life-changing weeks at Xenia Creative Retreat.
It's hard to put into words what the time there was like. I played, and I wrote, and I played and wrote in the deepest possible sense, feeling like an excited 16-year-old again, marvelling at how quietly I can make notes appear, bring multiphonics to life, allowing myself the space to move within words and music and to follow my own intuition and curiosity.
The time and space there is something I will never forget - in some ways, I think it allowed me to see the value of my own art and everyone around me, that having a voice is something to follow, not to shy away from."
Bio
Born
Croatia
About
Michelle Hromin is a Croatian-American multidisciplinary artist, specialising in contemporary
clarinet performance, writing, and curation. She uses mediums such as spoken word, electronics, and improvisation in her artistic practice to explore her identity, heritage, and human relationships.
Recent engagements include touring “A Steve Reich Celebration” with the Colin Currie Group in Japan and across the US and performing at the BBC Proms. As an in-demand clarinettist, she has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Barbican Centre, Tokyo Opera City, Iklectik, and worked with groups such as Eighth Blackbird, Ensemble Modern, English National Opera, London Concert Orchestra, Barefoot Opera, and London Mozart Players, Fifth House Ensemble, Lisa Bielawa’s Broadcast from Here series, and International Contemporary Ensemble.
An advocate for new and experimental music, Michelle made her solo debut at Cafe Oto in January 2024. She has commissioned and performed dozens of new works, including the 2022 Fellow with Bang on a Can and her 2023 Eighth Black Creative Lab Fellow. Her 2021 performance, Project Kalendar: 12 Miniatures for 2021, brought awareness to her Croatian heritage through improv-based clarinet works informed by the months of the Slavic calendar. The two-volume EP was self-released on Bandcamp.
Michelle is the Artistic Director of Standard Issue, a new music collective aiming to explore the archetypal boundaries within music and its culture. She performs, curates, and commissions new works with the group to promote experimental music accessibility and inclusivity. Standard Issue was recently featured as part of BBC Radio 3's New Music Show and was Sound and Music's 2024 In the Making Ensemble In Residence.
For more information about Michelle, please visit her website here: www.michellehromin.com
Photographs from www.instagram.com/michellehromin.com.
Residency dates
7 – 21 January 2025
Artist Images
Residency images
Coming Soon
Testimonial
"At the beginning of January, I spent 2 life-changing weeks at Xenia Creative Retreat.
It's hard to put into words what the time there was like. I played, and I wrote, and I played and wrote in the deepest possible sense, feeling like an excited 16-year-old again, marvelling at how quietly I can make notes appear, bring multiphonics to life, allowing myself the space to move within words and music and to follow my own intuition and curiosity.
The time and space there is something I will never forget - in some ways, I think it allowed me to see the value of my own art and everyone around me, that having a voice is something to follow, not to shy away from."
Born
Croatia
About
Michelle Hromin is a Croatian-American multidisciplinary artist, specialising in contemporary
clarinet performance, writing, and curation. She uses mediums such as spoken word, electronics, and improvisation in her artistic practice to explore her identity, heritage, and human relationships.
Recent engagements include touring “A Steve Reich Celebration” with the Colin Currie Group in Japan and across the US and performing at the BBC Proms. As an in-demand clarinettist, she has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Barbican Centre, Tokyo Opera City, Iklectik, and worked with groups such as Eighth Blackbird, Ensemble Modern, English National Opera, London Concert Orchestra, Barefoot Opera, and London Mozart Players, Fifth House Ensemble, Lisa Bielawa’s Broadcast from Here series, and International Contemporary Ensemble.
An advocate for new and experimental music, Michelle made her solo debut at Cafe Oto in January 2024. She has commissioned and performed dozens of new works, including the 2022 Fellow with Bang on a Can and her 2023 Eighth Black Creative Lab Fellow. Her 2021 performance, Project Kalendar: 12 Miniatures for 2021, brought awareness to her Croatian heritage through improv-based clarinet works informed by the months of the Slavic calendar. The two-volume EP was self-released on Bandcamp.
Michelle is the Artistic Director of Standard Issue, a new music collective aiming to explore the archetypal boundaries within music and its culture. She performs, curates, and commissions new works with the group to promote experimental music accessibility and inclusivity. Standard Issue was recently featured as part of BBC Radio 3's New Music Show and was Sound and Music's 2024 In the Making Ensemble In Residence.
For more information about Michelle, please visit her website here: www.michellehromin.com
Photographs from www.instagram.com/michellehromin.com.
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