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Elisabeth Holmertz - Soprano

ASAMISIMASA:
(Instrument of Speech)
On this recording:
Ellen Ugelvik, piano
Tanja Orning, cello
Anders Førisdal, guitar
Kristine Tjøgersen, clarinet
Håkon Mørch Stene, percussion

CIKADA:
Bjørn Rabben, percussion
Kenneth Karlsson, piano
Odd Hannisdal, violin
Torun Stavseng, cello

Editor's info:
Norwegian composer Henrik Hellstenius explores the relationship between music and the wider reality that it exists within.
On this recording participating musicians are soprano Elisabeth Holmertz, and the ensembles Cikada and asamisimasa.

What is the nature of the relationship between music and the wider reality that it exists within? Does art. Imitate life, or can life imitate art.? Can the two meaningfully coexist? When a sound is taken from the real world and placed into a musical context, does it mean the same thing? Where does meaning come from, and how do we decide what a sound means?
Henrik Hellstenius first began investigating these questions in 2007, with Places of Sound, a work composed for a choreographed performance at the Norwegian Opera and Ballet, that combined two singers, strings and sounds from the real world. Some years later, Hellstenius returned to this, exploring in more depth what he refers to as a “polyphony of signs”, bringing together the worlds of composed and found sounds and investigating their impact and effect on each other.
On this recording he presents three works: Places of Sounds and Words for Soprano, Ensemble and Electronics, Unfolded for Piano Trio, and Instrument of Speech for Ensemble and Electronics. Participating musicians are soprano Elisabeth Holmertz, and the ensembles Cikada and asamisimasa.


Henrik Hellstenius (born 1963), a Norwegian composer, studied composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music and with Gérard Grisey at Conservatoire Supérieur.
Hellstenius’s output encompasses a large range of works: chamber music, orchestral works, opera, electro-acoustic music and music for theatre and dance. His music has been performed frequently at concerts and festivals around the world by ensembles and musicians such as Cikada, BIT20, Oslo Sinfonietta, Court Circuit, Irvine Arditti, Peter Herresthal, asamisimasa, Hans Krist.......
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