On a plain in the forest in Sweden, composer Trond Reinholdtsen is building his own opera house with total artistic freedom. Hear him on TONO's podcast.
/ 22/09/2020 / Kristian DugstadIn a villa, on a plain, in a Swedish forest, lives composer Trond Reinholdtsen. He has sought complete artistic freedom and runs his own institution THE NORWEGIAN OPRA. Using large amounts of construction foam and mechanical ingenuity, he creates multimedia contemporary musical works. See an example below in the first episode of Reinholdtsen's series Ø.
– I made a clear choice that for me, being a composer should not only be about sound. It should also be about theater, performance and visuality, Reinholdtsen says in the episode.
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The composer was a guest of presenter Torgny Amdam during the Ultima Festival 2020. The conversation took place before a live audience at Sentralen in Oslo, directly after Reinholdtsen himself had performed his two works. Late style og music with the ensemble Asamisimasa.
In dialogue with program host Torgny Amdam, Reinholdsen explores, among other things, bureaucracy, visuality, and involuntary hilarity.
