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Past Editions
currents Festival 2024
06.–09. March 2024,
Moods & EXIL ZurichWolfert Brederode x Matangi Quartet & Joost Lijbaart: Ruins and Remains (NL)
No plexus (NL) 
Sopraterra (CH) 
L’rain (US)
Noémi Büchi & Ensemble (CH)
Moor Mother (US) feat. Imani Mason Jordan & Chienne De Garde (CH)
Apples & Olives Festival 2022
15.–19. March 2022, Moods, EXIL & Gessnerallee ZurichKordz (CH) & Mondrian Ensemble (CH)
Valgeir Sigurdsson (ISL), Daniel Pioro (UK) & Liam Byrne (UK)
Thomas Azier (NL), Obi Blanche (FIN) & Vocal Ensemble
Francesca Gaza (IT/DE) & Helena Winkelman (CH/NL)
Actress (Ninja Tune, UK) & Milyma (CH) 
Maarja Nuut (EST) & Nicolas Stocker (CH)
Dominique Vleeshouwers (NL) & Binkbeats (NL): A new dawn, for new tomorrows
Apples & Olives Festival 2020
04.–07. March 2020, Casino Bern, Moods & EXIL ZurichMissy Mazzoli & Kelly Moran (US) 
Colliding Fields (CH)
Pablo Nouvelle: Piano Pieces (CH)
Tobias Preisig (CH) 
Luzia von Wyl (CH) 
Janiv Oron (CH)
Nik Bärtsch & Les Percussions de Strasbourg 
Apples & Olives Festival 2018 07.–10. March 2018, Moods & EXIL ZurichGreg Fox (US)
"Modul Movements" Nik Bärtsch (CH) with students of the University of the Arts Zurich
Nicolas Stocker (CH)
Daniel Wohl (FR/US) with Ronny Spiegel (CH) Olivia Momoyo Resch (CH), David Schnee (CH), Solme Hong (CH)
Marena Whitcher (CH) & Ensemble
Bent Knee (US) with students of the University of the Arts Zurich 
Maarja Nuut & Hendrik Kaljujärv (EST)
"Rotant" Kaspar Ewald's Exorbitantes Kabinett (CH) 
Apples & Olives Festival 2016
02.–04. March 2016, Moods & EXIL ZurichYNIGHT "SWISSNESS"
Marena Whitcher & Nicolas Stocker (CH)
Kaleidoscope String Quartet (CH)
Saskia Lankhoorn (NL) plays Kate Moore
Anja Lechner (DE) & François Couturier (FR)
Ensemble This | Ensemble That (ET | ET) (CH)
David T. Little (USA)
Loney Dear (SWE)
Apples & Olives Festival 2014
21.–04. May 2016, Moods & EXIL ZurichDawn of Midi (US)
UFO (CH) 
Ynight «99 Circular Grooves» with Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) and Chamber-ensemble, Nik Bärtsch’s Mobile EXTENDED, Yband
«Penelope» by Sarah Kirkland Snider feat. Shara Worden, Yband, NOW Ensemble, Michael Mizrahi, Michi Wiancko with Judd Greenstein, Nexus Reed Quintet, Jannik Giger and Etienne Abelin
Panel: "Indie Classical: New synthesis of classic avantgarde and Pop-Appeal?"
with: Sarah K. Snider, Judd Greenstein (Composer/Co-Directors New Amsterdam Records, USA), Gabriel Prokofiev (Composer/Director, Nonclassical London), Dieter Ammann, Nik Bärtsch (Composer, CH). Moderation: Etienne Abelin (CH)