SPOR Festival for Contemporary Music and Sound Art Guest Curator Programme notes LISTENOUTLOUDNEIGHBOUR! SPOR 2012: SPEAK UP is the title of this year’s festival – an art-musical examination of folk culture that cuts across time, genres and national borders. Be part of it when music goes into a clinch with the distinctive sounds of folk […]
Nature and Human Beings Music is closely related to the natural sciences, both in the way it’s conceived and perceived. Ever since the Stone Age, physics, psychology, astronomy and biology have inspired humans to create music, just as they do today. Whether it’s technological inventions that enable us to explore acoustic principles, psycho-acoustic research, the […]
The nation: Who do you think you are? Norwegian music history follows the development of Norway as a nation. In his book Med spark i gulvet og quinter i bassen, Harald Herresthal describes how music was used as a national and political tool in the years between 1770 and 1870. Music, art, and language were […]
OFF-ROAD I spent Norway’s Constitution Day at the landfill in Asunción, capital of Paraguay, home to the young members of The Recycled Instruments Orchestra of Cateura. Playing the violin is not the most obvious pastime for the inhabitants there; nevertheless, using instruments made from recycled waste, this orchestra has be come a cornerstone in the […]
The List – Listen Jeg elsker lister, og er hjelpeløs uten. Handlelister, to-do lister, spillelister, best-of lister, ønskelister, alle er de sentrale i mitt liv. I så stor grad at jeg vil påstå følgende, selv om det kan høres ut som en i overkant nerdete fetisj: En liste kan være et utmerket sted for eksistensiell […]
Craftmanship Recently we have seen a renewed interest in craftsmanship through the growth of art movements like DIY (do it yourself) and craftivism. these do not focus on the traditional idea of solid craftsmanship but on the political, on independence through self-production, and as a counterweight to the demands of consumer culture to hire someone […]
Simple and complicated Exercises de style by Raymond Queneau is a book where one simple tale about a man on a bus is rewritten in 99 different versions. as short stories, poems, plays, sonnets, in mock Italian and a number of other forms. the book, which is also included in the Ultima programme this year, […]
Between 2003 and 2009, Hagen served as President and Artistic Director for nyMusikk, Norway’s centre for experimental music and sound art, and the Norwegian section of ISCM, International Society for Contemporary Music. During this time, he co-curated five editions of Happy Days, including one edition hosting Nordic Music Days.
About Lars Petter Hagen (b. 1975) is a composer and curator. His work ranges from large-scale symphonic pieces to intimate chamber music and sound installations, via works for stage and film. Hagen lives and works in Oslo, Norway. Press photos Instagram Email Photo credits: Victoria Stevens Illustration: Esra Røise ↓ Bio by Rob Young Rob […]
Lament (2017) For choir, solo percussion, live electronics The Norwegian Soloists Choir Grete Pedersen (conductor) Hans Kristian Kjos Sørensen (solo percussion) Asbjørn Blokkum Flø (electronics) Koka Nikoladze (programming)
Panta du Prince & The Bel Lab: Elements of Light (2011) For carillion, percussion ensemble and live electronics In collaboration with Pantha Du Prince Premiered at the Øya Festival, Oslo (Norway) Listen Spotify Tidal iTunes
Tveitt-Fragments (2006) For string orchestra Commissioned by the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Premiered at Nordland Musikkfestuke in Bodø (Norway) Programme notes Tveitt-fragments The starting point for this piece is composer Geir Tveitt’s manuscript for “Baldur’s Dreams”, a manuscript that, like most of Tveitt’s production, was partially lost when the farmhouse on his family’s farm in Hardanger […]
Batterie Sonique (2011) Underwater sound installation Commissioned by Forsvarsbygg Karljohansvern, Horten (Norway) Batterie sonique: A peace inducing sonic underwater cannon for Karljohansvern, Horten. Batteri Sonique is an addition to the artillery at Karljohansvern, an artillery which astonishingly enough has been lacking a sonic underwater cannon until now. Unlike traditional weapons, the sonic underwater cannon is […]
Into Johannesburg (2008) For ensemble Commissioned by Ensemble Modern and Siemens Arts Program Ensemble Modern archive Photo: Manu Theobald Frankfurt audience letter Dear Frankfurt audience, As the composer of this piece I wanted to write you a letter. I spent four weeks in Johannesburg in June 2008. Before I went there I did not really […]
Lars Petter Hagen / The Oslo Philharmonic (2013) Album released 30 August 2013, featuring symphonic works performed by the Oslo Philharmonic Details on release from Aurora Records Listen Spotify Tidal iTunes Works featured: Norwegian Archives – for chamber orchestra and electronics: I Det norske som natur (Norwegian-ness as Nature) Norwegian Archives – for chamber orchestra […]
To Zeitblom (2011) For Hardanger fiddle and orchestra Commissioned by SWR Premiered at Donaueschinger Musiktage SWR Symphony Orchestra (conductor François Xavier-Roth) Hardanger fiddle: Gjermund Larsen Ensemble version of To Zeitblom commissioned by Ensemble Modern (2012) Premiered in Essen, Germany by Ensemble Modern (conductor Franck Ollu) Portrait photo: Geir Dokken Listen Spotify Itunes
Archive Fever (2016) Live-installation for small ensemble, electronics, visuals Premiered 6 August 2016 at Darmstadt International Summer Course for New Music Ensemble Interface Signe Becker (scenography) Koka Nikoladze (electronics) Links Article from Die Zeit Details from IMD Photo credits: Signe Becker, Daniel Pufe. Archive Fever Programme Note This piece is about a meeting with […]