What I love the most about singing
What I love the most about singing is the sensation of silk between my vocal folds. Like gold or silver; like water, like sand, like glass; gliding softly. That's what I love the most. I love that the vibrations, which are my voice, are…
I was taught to listen to others more than to myself.
I was taught to listen to others more than to myself. No, hahaha, of course not. I am trained to listen to and "take responsibility” for my own voice. Because only I can do that, only I know how to listen to my own voice. Of course! On the other…
It's probably just in my head.
This photo is from a concert in 2019. After this concert (wonderful music, musician, and occasion. Wonderful!), I thought: that’s it, I’m not doing this anymore. I’ll finish my Ph.D; after that, I'm not going to sing professionally…
Kintsugi
"Kintsugi (金継ぎ, "golden joinery"), also known as kintsukuroi (金繕い, "golden repair"), is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. As a…
Singing without my voice - All I ever wanted was to sing.
This is a text I was honoured to be invited to write for the Norwegian EVTA (European Vocational Training Association) members magazine ”Stemmer som stemmer”. 1 / 2024 (The text has been translated) To learn more about this journey, go to the…
Permatrio -music for the earth
This week is Permatrio-week. Yay! It's a relatively new trio with two (three with me) amazing musicians; Sunniva Rødland, harp and Sigrun Rogstad Gomnæs, percussion focusing on new music, improvisation, and the down to earth mysteries of…
Botschaft des Ridicolas
On Friday 22 April the album ”Botschaft des Ridicolas” will be released. Pianist Kenneth Karlsson and I perform music by Rolf Wallin, Jon Øyvind Ness, and Helmut Lachanmann. You can preorder and buy the album here or listen digitally here…
I am Orfeo? – Monteverdi's and Striggio's opera performed by one singer and three musicians.
When Monteverdi’s opera about the singing half-god premiered in 1607 all roles were sung by men. Here one woman becomes them all. (or do they become her?) Inside Orfeo ”Now, when I’ve embodied Orfeo so many…
Concluding an Artistic Research Project?
This is the last chapter - the Conclusion - in my Reflection, my thesis, my reflective thesis, The Otherness of the self". If you want to read it in context (and get all the footnotes), go here: https://www.researchcatalogue.net I've always…
Singing with Others!(finally)
During the last year, the Lockdown, many musical friends of mine have shared videos of themselves singing or playing, together with their own voice and/or instruments. There are numerous apps (" acapella" being one of them) where you can record…