Sébastien Schiesser
Freelancer at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolSébastien Schiesser is a multidisciplinary engineer and musician with over a decade of experience at the intersection of contemporary performance, live electronics, and sensor-driven interaction design. He combines a microengineering background from EPFL with advanced musical training (MA) to develop bespoke gesture interfaces, embedded hardware and theatrical productions. In a part-time R&D role at Zürcher Hochschule der Künste he codes in C and assembly, manages micromechanics workshops and prototypes novel sensor interfacing solutions for artistic use. As a long‑standing freelancer he composes and designs stage music and live-electronics systems that translate experimental research into performative experiences. His profile is notable for bridging formal MEMS/CNT research and hands-on artistic practice, enabling technically rigorous yet expressive instruments. Based in Zurich, he thrives on projects that fuse engineering precision with creative exploration.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts in Performance, Music, Master of Arts in Performance, Music at Hochschule für Musik und Theater ZürichD.E.S.S, Music, D.E.S.S, Music at Université de MontréalDipl. Ing. ETH 2001, Microengineering, Dipl. Ing. ETH 2001, Microengineering at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
French, German, English
Github Skills (4)
helium3
threejs2
spatial2
augmented-reality1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ICST-AHMI/HSoundplane_code
Sep 2015 - Oct 2020
Contributions:41 pushes in 5 years 2 months
ICST-AHMI/HSoundplane_design
Sep 2015 - Nov 2019
Contributions:1 push in 4 years 2 months
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