How do you end up with a piece of finished music? Where does it begin? And not least: where does it end? Music forum with Ratkje and Wongraven. MUSIC FORUM, WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARYAtrium at Kongensgt. 4, at 19:00 PM. Free admission and open to all.
/ 22/02/2010 / codexHow does one end up with a piece of finished music? Where does it begin? And not least: where does it end? Wongraven and Ratkje will talk about their working methods and approaches in conversation with moderator Christian Blom and will touch on issues such as:
*Different stages in a composition process
*Genre awareness and relationship to music history
* Improvisation/jamming/notation
*Use of software and other technology
*The need for instrument(s) and/or a “sound” to write music?
*Thoughts about future performance of the music during the composition process?
* Pitfalls and “quality assurance”
* (Constructive) criticism
*Working with texts: challenges and opportunities
* Aesthetic preferences and own “signature”
It will be possible to ask questions and offer views from the audience.
is a composer and musician. She has distinguished herself as a singer and instrumentalist through the improvisational band SPUNK, the noise duo Fe-mail and the performance trio Agrare. Ratkje has written music for orchestra and ensembles, electronic and acoustic music, sound installations and scenic music. She has traveled the country
and has toured extensively as a performer, improvisational artist and composer, having given solo concerts in LA, San Francisco, Tokyo and New York, and has been a soloist with an orchestra in the Vienna Konzerthaus, etc. She has received the Edvard Prize twice, and in 2001 she was the first composer to receive the Arne Nordheim Composer's Prize. Her music has been released on numerous records, including Tzadik, ECM and Rune Grammofon.
is a composer, lyricist and frontman of the band Satyricon, making him one of the world's leading artists in the black metal genre. Satyricon has released seven albums, and has won the Spellemannsprisen, Alarmprisen and Golden God Award, among others. Wongraven has also been involved in other projects such as Darkthrone, Eibon, Storm, Thorns, Wongraven and Black Diamond Brigade. He is also the owner of the record label Moonfog Productions.