A Play With Traditions by Ingfrid Breie Nyhus

"A Play with Traditions - interpreting and performing between folk and pianism" is an artistic research doctorate project by pianist Ingfrid Breie Nyhus, at the Norwegian Programme of Artistic Research & the Norwegian Academy of Music 2011-2016. Ingfrid Breie Nyhus is a performer within classical and contemporary interpretation and folk musical tradition. In this project, she explored musical possibilities in the tension field between art music's and folk music's performance traditions. She investigated similarities and differences in the traditions, and let them intertwine in her piano playing. This exposition is the reflection of the project, on artistic processes, contexts and considerations.

A PLAY WITH TRADITIONS // PART I // ILL. IV

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Left: Ornament example from Norwegian rosemaling (decorative painting) (Sjøvaag, 1977, p. 14)

Right: E-mail from Øyvind Torvund to Ingfrid Breie Nyhus with one of the tasks towards Det abstrakte i folkekunsten, stating: 'I have an idea for a new etude, only described by words. -Piano reduction-: Take one of Grieg's dances, or a short excerpt. Change the original pitches, or reduce the note material to only a fifth in several octaves. Listen to the original dance, focus on rhtyhm, timing and dynamics. I am looking for a result that sounds like a rhythmical analysis, a rhythmical essence of the slått, a true piano reduction.'

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