(Un-) settling Sites and Styles

Einar Røttingen

(Un-)settling sites and styles: In search of new expressive means. Eight performers (voice, piano, violin, cello), one musicologist and one composer aspired to unsettle their habitual ways of working with musical interpretation of 20th century and contemporary Norwegian composers. By collaborating to develop new perspectives and methods, they investigated questions of style and how different sites influenced their rehearsals and performances. How do performers find new expressive means? How can intersubjective exchange within a research group contribute to articulating tacit knowledge? How can mutual unsettling approaches influence conventional or subjective attitudes of fidelity to a score or a performance tradition? How can novel sounds, musical material and musical meaning emerge beyond prejudiced conceptions or through improvisation? The three-year project was facilitated by the Norwegian Artistic Research Programme and the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (Grieg Academy), University of Bergen, and resulted in texts, sound recordings, videos, and new commented score editions.

(Un-)settling sites and styles

- in Search of New Expressive Means

Introduction

Acknowledgements

Expressive means

Unsettling and unlearning

Unsettling sites and styles

Methological approaches

The individual projects

Results and documentation

References

SITE MAP

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ABOUT JOHN EHDE

John Ehde, born in 1962, is one of Scandinavia´s most versatile cellists with a broad range of activities on his schedule. In the contemporary field, he has premiered more than 50 solo and chamber works, and he enjoys a close collaboration with the Danish jazz elite. The solo CD “Sonatas & Scenes” (2010) was labelled “Recording of the Year” in its category by Music Web International.

He has worked as principal cellist in the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Sweden (1989-99), Trondheim SO, Norway and Zealand SO, Denmark. During his student years in Vienna, he was a regular assistant with the Vienna Philharmonic.

Since 2006 he has taught cello at Malmö Academy of Music and has given master classes in numerous countries around the world. As a soloist and chamber musician he has toured throughout Europe, Canada, US, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. He has recorded many CDs for various labels.

See ehde.dk

composer-performer collaborations

further reading about the project

some thoughts on improvisation as method

a "comprovisational" conversation: an imaginary meeting

catalogue of cello sounds/new expressive means

biographical notes about John Ehde

biographical notes about Knut Vaage