The Otherness of the self - a presentation in five acts.
This is an english translation of the presentation of my Artistic Research Project "The Otherness of the Self - how to curate a 17th century opera and sing all the roles yourself." The Public Defence - Monday, October 12, 2020 - was streamed, and…
Samtal med en död sångerska
Samtal med Anna Renzi tisdag 31/10-2017 Anna Renzi: Varför mig? Elisabeth: För att du är en sån som sådana som jag känner nån slags band till. Du är liksom idéen om urbarocksopranen. Den som var beundrad för sin sceniska närvaro, sin magiska kraft i…
The otherness of the self - artistic research
Since 2016 I am a very proud artistic research fellow at the Norwegian academy of music. In my research project I will look into the meaning of roles. What the role is and what it can become; what it does with me as a singer and performer when I…
Hallelujah in Belgium…?
We are all humans of this world, we all desire the same things: love, happiness and to be understood for who we are. It shouldn’t be so difficult to understand one another, especially not between two countries very close to each other, like for…
SCHUMANN!!!
I'll say nothing. Watch what happens when four musicians say Yes to music and No to "rules". I give you: Ensemble Odd Size [iframe id="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4IDiMQetAsE"]
To sing music by dead people. And alive.
As a classical singer I perform lots and lots of music by dead people. One disadvantage though of singing the music by composers who stopped living is that you can’t ask them what they really meant, how they wanted it sound, who they wrote it for or…
A lullaby to start the week
From Sounds, sweet Airs and the Art of Longing with me and Fredrik Bock. Lovely melody by Benedicte Torget. [iframe id="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2NkYeGrCkr8"]
When music is scary
On the occasion of Sunday’s concert with Paulus Barokk. I realise, when I write these posts, that many of them are about what I’ve learned and what I now have to re-learn in my own way. Always having been the good student, doing what the grown-ups…
It's not you. It's me. Really.
I’ve just read ”The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz. It’s the kind of book that I don’t usually read (just because…), but someone read a quote from it which really provoked me, so I had to read it. ”Never take anything personal”… Well, if that’s…