KULTURKIRKEN JAKOB

Oslo Contemporary Music Festival
Sentralen, Postboks 183 Sentrum, 0102 Oslo, Norway
Norway
http://ultima.no

ENSEMBLE ASAMISIMASA is an established Norwegian ensemble dedicated to new music, and is known for combining classic avant-garde with new works specially written for them, often with elements of electronics, video and other media. The members are: Kristine Tjøgersen (clarinet), Håkon Stene (percussion), Anders Førisdal (guitar), Ellen Ugelvik (piano) and Tanja Orning (cello).


Motivated by a steady focus on the new, on development, and with an unwavering faith in music and in the expressive potential of musicians, MATHIAS SPAHLINGER‘s music is constantly evolving. Spahlinger uses elements from a broad spectrum of genres and techniques, and this seventy-year-old modernist has managed to leave his mark on the German and European music scenes as composer, thinker, and teacher. Ensemble asamisimasa has collaborated with Spahlinger on several occasions, and is currently planning a Spahlinger festival in Oslo in October.

At this concert, the ensemble will give a first performance of Spahlinger’s new work, no 10, nachtstück mit sonne. This concert also marks ØYVIND TORVUND‘s first portrait CD, Neon Forest Space. Torvud has also closely collaborated with asamisimasa in connection with first performances and concerts of his others works. Plastic Waves (2013) for piano and quartet is a different kind of work in that it mixes sounds from snare drums, piano melodies, harmonica and bass clarinet with broken glass and references to circus sounds.


Mathias Spahlinger : NO 10, NACHTSTÜCK MIT SONNE
Øyvind Torvund : NEON FOREST SPACE