ABOUT

Helena (London, 2001) is a British-Estonian composer-performer with an interest in the unsounding residue and resonance of the notated score. Through her work, she questions how we might navigate the wider world as score-like, inescapably loaded with the ‘unsound’ of all that might have come and all that might yet be. Much of her artistic work and research also takes an interest in language and textuality, transcription and inscription, and the subversive power of fantasy and mundanity in the face of Soviet rule.

She holds a Master’s in Contemporary Performance and Composition (CoPeCo) from the Conservatoire Nationale Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon and a Bachelor’s in Music (composition & classical piano performance) from The University of Manchester. She frequently collaborates with artists from a range of creative disciplines and has showcased her work across Europe.

Helena is also a passionate educator and teaches regularly, both professionally and as a volunteer.

RESIDENCIES

30.06 - 06.07.25
31.03 - 04.04.25
01.10 - 13.11.24
12.05 - 18.05.23
03.01 - 09.01.23

MAKERS SPACE at STUDIO KOLINGEN - Riddarhyttan, SE (funded by The Swedish Arts Council)
KUNSTNIKUD ON KOHAL at NARVA ART RESIDENCY - Narva, EE (funded by The British Council)
MAAJAAM ARTISTIC RESIDENCY - Otepää, EE
ActInArt INTENSIVE with STUDIO HANDBENDI - Hvammstangi, IS
COPPER LEG with CoPeCo - Vaskjala, EE

EXHIBITIONS

15.09 - 04.10.26
03.09 - 06.09.26
14.08 - 14.09.26
17.07 - 10.08.26
07.07.25
07.05 - 25.05.25

TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES - Kharkiv Municipal Art Gallery, Kharkiv, UA
PORI BIENNALE VII - CACHE - Narva Venice, Narva, EE
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES - Dniprostir, Dnipro, UA
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES - Lviv Municipal Art Center, Lviv, UA
OPEN HOUSE KOLINGEN MAKERS SPACE 2025 - Studio Kolingen, Riddarhyttan, SE
HOOLIMISE KEELED - Narva Art Residency, Narva, EE

SELECTED PERFORMANCES

27.09.25
12.07.25
21.03 - 22.03.25
08.01.25
17.06.24
17.05.24
01.02.24
26.05.23
11.04.23
10.01.23
10.12.22
09.10.22

RITES IN BERMONDSEY with Opsis & Stefan Szczcelkun - South Bermondsey Festival, London, UK
SOMEWHERE SWAN with Psychonaut Theatre - Theatre Deli, London, UK
THE POWER OF PERSPECTIVE by Finleigh Zack Dance - Chisenhale Dance Space, London, UK
PHI X ARCANE EXHIBITION - The Dublin Castle, London, UK
TELEMATIC MUSIC CONCERT with Georg Hajdu – Ligeti Zentrum, Hamburg, DE
TAOI 24-1 with Vlatko Kučan - The Art of Improvisation, Rezonanzraum, Hamburg, DE
LABOPÉRA –ENSATT, Lyon, FR
TORNET #1 with Hara Alonso - Hagalunds Vattentorn, Stockholm, SE
SUDDENLY, IT IS MISSING - KMH Lilla Salen, Stockholm, SE
UNCOMMON THREADS - EMTA Blackbox, Tallinn, EE
IMPROTEST - Mustpeade Maja, Tallinn, EE
JOHN CAGE 110 - Eesti Kontsert, Tallinn, EE

ARTISTIC WORKSHOPS

18.04.26
21.02.26
19.02.26
17.02.26
21.12.25
20.12.25
18.12.25
06.11.25
31.03-04.04.25 16.12.22

TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - Hilltops Ukrainian Support Community, UK
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: KHARKIV - Kharkiv Municipal Art Gallery, Kharkiv, UA

TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: KYIV - Spaska Street 13, Kyiv, UA
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: LVIV - Lviv Municipal Art Center, Lviv, UA

TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: TALLINN 2 - Eesti Kunstiakadeemia Galerii, Tallinn, EE
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: NARVA - Narva Art Residency, Narva, EE
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: TALLINN 1 - Vabaduse Kool, Tallinn, EE
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES: LONDON - The Pigment Press, London, UK
KUNSTNIKUD ON KOHAL - Narva-Jõesuu Kool, Narva-Jõesuu, EE
HELIHOOL with CoPeCo - Tallinna Laste Turvakeskus, Tallinn, EE

PRESENTATIONS & INTERVIEWS

11.09.26
23.11.25
08.11.25
13.06.25

UNSOUNDING WITHIN - Symposium: The Performer-Composer in the 21st Century, KU Leuven, BE
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES - Interview for Ukrainian Field Notes XLIX, A Closer Listen
TAPESTRY OF MANY VOICES - Interview with Olha Plyushch, Unity Voices Podcast
IN TOUCH WITH THE INVISIBLE - LUUK! Dance Conference, Vaskjala, EE