resonance / resonate

Pernille Grimsrud

Pernille Grimsrud is a freelance graphic designer based in Oslo. In her practice she is focused on typography, infographics and analogue drawing techniques. Grimsrud holds a BA in graphic design and illustration from Oslo National Academy of the Arts and a BA in economics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Elias Frisk

Elias Frisk (b. 2000) is a Swedish composer based in Norway. Working mainly in the direction of live performance in the contexts of small ensembles or solo repertoire, Frisk's pieces are often characterized by a theatrical expression. Frisk consciously works with the visual aspect of playing with a particular interest in the performer's body, giving the audible and visible an equal amount of attention.

Wei Ting Tseng

Wei Ting Tseng/Zeng is a Taiwanese cellist, improviser, and composer based in Oslo. Over the past two years, Wei Ting has delved into the relationship between hearing and unhearing, being heard and misheard, and how these perceptions are influenced by space and acoustics. She expanded on these themes during her Master's in Music Performance, focusing on improvisation and composition, at The Norwegian Academy of Music.

James Layton

James Layton is a British composer, musician, and visual artist based in Oslo, Norway. His work often explores non-climactic forms, which slowly unfold and focus on the juxtaposition of progression and stasis. He is informed by his interest in visual art and frequently uses patterns, permutations, and repetition while exploring ideas of time and memory.

Ola Ur Sæbø

Ola Ur Sæbø has an interest in interdisciplinary music and get sparks from working with unconventional forms of expression and ways of creating. At the Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH), he has had Rune Rebne as his mentor, and at the Universität der Künste, he has studied under Daniel Ott and Mathias Hinke.

Åsmund Erichsen

Åsmund Erichsen (b. 2001) has written music for Ensemble Kammerklang and produced pieces for contemporary dance at Rom for Dans. With the piece "kva er stort, kva er smått no?", Åsmund developed a strong affection for musical scenarios which attempt to show the relative perception of size when listening both to the sounds outside and sounds much closer to our ears.

Ida Grande Kaurin

As a composer, Ida is focused on writing music that exists at the intersection of stillness and momentum, using sounds that fascinate her both as disruptive elements and as parts of larger textures. She often expands and contrasts acoustic soundscapes with electronics and light design, and explores the use of non-musical elements in her works.

Christopher Håård

I am a composer whose works often can be characterized by an exploration of musical spaces between the vulnerable and the banal, where fragile and unstable ranging to abrasive sounds are allowed its presence - as well as playful musical idioms, displaying great naiveté, exist in juxtaposition. This range of possible musical expressions within that framework, is something that particularly excites me when composing.

Keya Hedlin

Keya Hedlin (b. 1996) is a Swedish composer and musician. People has described her music as organic with some jazz-influences. Recently she has focused on exploring acoustic phenomenons and how music interact with other artforms, especially dance. She is currently enrolled as an exchange student in the Conservatorie den Haag to broaden her compositional palette of possibilitis of expression.

Ferdinand Schwarz

Exploring issues of time and perception, Ferdinand Schwarz is a composer-performer intrigued by slow and seemingly simple sounds, that he deploys in the design of compositions and communal listening practices.

Madalena Rato (percussion)

Madalena Rato is a Portuguese percussionist based between Lisbon and Oslo. Her practice includes percussion, performance and composition always with a special interest in sound exploration and extended listening.She often collaborates with composers to create and discover music and is a member of Umbra, a violin/percussion duo that explores contemporary music for this peculiar formation.

Irena Marcetic (voice)

Irena studies classical singing and pedagogy at the Norwegian Academy of Music. While her focus is on classical singing, she also loves to explore other genres. She is excited to share a mix of languages and emotions in this piece of music. You might understand the plot— or maybe not!

Laura M. B. Kumwenda (viola)

Laura M. B. Kumwenda is a violist educated at the Norwegian Academy of Music and Hochschule für Musik Basel. She enjoys collaborating with others in the creation of new pieces, both as a performer and composer. Otherwise, her recent focus has been on music incorporating improvisation and performativity.

Elias Voll (percussion)

Elias Voll (b. 2000) is a percussionist from Gloppen. He is studying in Oslo where he is doing his masters degree in classical percussion. He is studying under Heming Valebjørg, Christopher Lane and Jennifer Torrence, and currently has a scholarship in the Oslo philharmonic orchestra as percussionist.

Jonas Evenstad (percussion)

With an expressive play and creative soundworld, Jonas Evenstad has established himself as a leading voice in Oslo’s younger genereation of contemporary musicians. Through deep studies in modernistic, experimental and minimalistic work, he brings insight in the development of new music - both as a co-composer and improviser.

Magnus Lille Haugen(percussion)

Magnus is currently in his third year at the Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH). He aims to be a versatile musician but has a deep interest for both folk music and more open, sound-based music. These are areas he wishes to explore further in the time ahead.nz Stockhausen, John Cage, Morton Felman and Iannis Xenakis. He will this fall start his studies at The Cologne University of Music and Dance.

Sebastian Lindland (percussion)

Sebastian is a percussionist currently studying at the Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH).