Immersive Soundinstallation of All:y:Ears serie 2022, 15. –24. July
One breath in a relaxed state lasts 5 seconds. The singers of the up to 42-voice choir in ||:Forest of Breath:|| breathe ten times as fast.
In doing so, they provoke a state of trance, as well as alertness and "trouble", that state which awakens the senses and makes them ready for transformation (Donna Haraway).
The voices in ||:Forest of Breath:|| form a community that invites the audience to participate.
It can synchronize with the breathing and thus become part of the organism or follow the choral or individual voices just as observantly.
A production of ECHO FACTORY with the kind support of Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival and The Norwegian Soloists' Choir.
The Norwegian Soloists' Choir
Artistic Director: Grete Pedersen
Born 1982 in Hamburg. In her work, the German-Austrian composer Brigitta Muntendorf pursues the vision of a music that internalizes referentiality as a compositional principle and establishes meaningful connections to other forms of art and expression.
In her current projects Brigitta Muntendorf focuses on transdigital and interdisciplinary music/dance theater (ARCHIPEL / Thiersch&Fujimoto: Ruhrtriennale>Theater der Welt, Tanz im August 2021; MELENCOLIA / Ensemble Modern: Bregenz Festival 2022), as well as on audiovisual and 3D sound installations (Kunsthalle Mannheim, Duolun Museum of Modern Art Shanghai / BankART Temporary).
Among others, she was a scholarship holder of the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris and the Villa Kamogawa Kyoto, received the sponsorship award of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation as well as the German Music Authors Award. Her works are performed by numerous ensembles such as Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, Mocrep Chicago, Ensemble Musikfabrik or Les Siècles at festivals worldwide, such as Festival d'Automne Paris, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Warsaw Autumn, Munich Biennale, Musica Strasbourg, ULTIMA Oslo, Art Share L.A., ONASSIS Athens, Metro Club Kyoto, TPAM Festival and Kyoto Experiment.
Brigitta Muntendorf is founder of Ensemble Garage, artistic director of the FMN Festival and since 2017 professor of composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.
Immersive Soundinstallation of All:y:Ears serie 2022, 15. –24. July
One breath in a relaxed state lasts 5 seconds. The singers of the up to 42-voice choir in ||:Forest of Breath:|| breathe ten times as fast.
In doing so, they provoke a state of trance, as well as alertness and "trouble", that state which awakens the senses and makes them ready for transformation (Donna Haraway).
The voices in ||:Forest of Breath:|| form a community that invites the audience to participate.
It can synchronize with the breathing and thus become part of the organism or follow the choral or individual voices just as observantly.
A production of ECHO FACTORY with the kind support of Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival and The Norwegian Soloists' Choir.
The Norwegian Soloists' Choir
Artistic Director: Grete Pedersen
Born 1982 in Hamburg. In her work, the German-Austrian composer Brigitta Muntendorf pursues the vision of a music that internalizes referentiality as a compositional principle and establishes meaningful connections to other forms of art and expression.
In her current projects Brigitta Muntendorf focuses on transdigital and interdisciplinary music/dance theater (ARCHIPEL / Thiersch&Fujimoto: Ruhrtriennale>Theater der Welt, Tanz im August 2021; MELENCOLIA / Ensemble Modern: Bregenz Festival 2022), as well as on audiovisual and 3D sound installations (Kunsthalle Mannheim, Duolun Museum of Modern Art Shanghai / BankART Temporary).
Among others, she was a scholarship holder of the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris and the Villa Kamogawa Kyoto, received the sponsorship award of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation as well as the German Music Authors Award. Her works are performed by numerous ensembles such as Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, Mocrep Chicago, Ensemble Musikfabrik or Les Siècles at festivals worldwide, such as Festival d'Automne Paris, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Warsaw Autumn, Munich Biennale, Musica Strasbourg, ULTIMA Oslo, Art Share L.A., ONASSIS Athens, Metro Club Kyoto, TPAM Festival and Kyoto Experiment.
Brigitta Muntendorf is founder of Ensemble Garage, artistic director of the FMN Festival and since 2017 professor of composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.
