Martin Balance

— is a Multidisciplinary sonic artist, PERFORMER, FILMMAKER, ART HISTORIAN, and SOMATIC PRACTITIONER wHOSE PRACTICE INVESTIGATES SOUND, VIBRATION, LISTENING, AND EMBODIED PERCEPTION. WORKING ACROSS CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, PERFORMANCE, RITUAL, AND SOMATIC PRACTICES, HE EXPLORES SOUND AS A SPACIAL AND PHYSICAL MEDIUM.

An internationally active gong performer and certified sound facilitator, Martin has developed a practice centered on gongs, resonant instruments, improvisation, and deep listening. Since 2020, he has presented sound-based performances and immersive works in galleries, studios, retreats, and interdisciplinary cultural contexts. He has also trained and certified sound facilitators and facilitated more than 50 workshops.

In 2025 and 2026, Martin performed with a strings orchestra and gongs ensemble at Halle am Berghain in Berlin as part of four sold-out concerts of ORCHESTRAL SESSIONS, conducted by Avi Caspi. The programs featured works by Scelsi, Xenakis, Takemitsu, Grisey, Ives, Ligeti, and Mozart, situating his gong practice within an orchestral and contemporary experimental music context.

His sonic work is informed by more than two decades of research into movement and embodied practice, including Ballet, Contact Improvisation, Gaga, Feldenkrais, Klein Technique™, Kundalini, Restorative, Yin Yoga, Holotropic, Conscious Connected Breathwork, Mindfulness Meditation, and somatic disciplines. He trained in Gong Practice with Kay Karl and Don Conreaux, and in Tibetan Bowls with Alejandro Noreña Gomez.

Martin holds a double Master's degree in Art History, with an academic and artistic background spanning visual culture, cinema, performance, and contemporary art. This interdisciplinary foundation informs his approach to sound as a medium of perception, composition, atmosphere, and spatial experience.

His broader research encompasses contemplative practices, meditation, body and energy work, Traditional Hellenistic Astrology, Holotropic Breathwork, and Transpersonal Psychology. Across these fields, his practice is grounded in listening, resonance, embodiment, and the relationship between sound, space, and consciousness.