“Experience the music from the inside out. The CSO Overture Council presents Bionic Synthmap, an immersive sound sculpture by CSO cellist Katinka Kleijn. By blending live cello, synthesizers, and projected visuals, Kleijn explores the fascinating connection between human psychophysics and electronic circuitry.” -TimeOut Chicago
“Scratching,” an hour-long “action and sound work” created by Kleijn and co-presented by EXPO Chicago and the Chicago Athletic Association, a onetime gentlemen’s club whose former pool—reconfigured as an event space—hosted the performance. Dressed in stilettos and a flesh-toned, sequined bodysuit, Kleijn performed using the cello, her body, and two HoneyTone mini amps.” - VAN Magazine
"Of Tuesday’s concertos, the most overtly seductive was Dai Fujikura’s Cello Concerto, written for Katinka Kleijn, a player of formidable expressive gifts. Pretty without pandering, it contains fleeting allusions..." read more - The New York Times
“…An otherworldly soundscape played with literally crunching virtuosity by CSO cellist Katinka Kleijn.” – Chicago Tribune
"Musician Performs Duet with Her Own Brain" - Time Magazine
“Cellist Plays A Duet With Her Brainwaves, Cyborgs May Be Real” - Buzzfeed
"Music of the Hemispheres" - Chicago Reader