Oslo Contemporary Music Festival Ultima 7–16 September 2017
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ultima oslo contemporary music festival 7–16 september 2017 14:00 Christian Blom Sing 21:00 asamisimasa 21:00 Charlemagne Palestine wednesday 6 september p. 20 Sentralen/Hvelvet p. 32 Pisaro / Lang thursday 14 september p. 56 Kulturkirken Jakob 17:00 Jana Winderen 14:30, 16:00, 16:30 Kulturkirken Jakob 12:00 Lunchtime concert p. 6 Rats – Secret Soundscapes p. 45 Tøyen Fil og Klafferi of the City 15:00 Cikada Sentralen/ saturday 16 september p. 21 Filidei / Pesson / Lang tuesday 12 september Nylandsbrua Sentralen/Forstanderskapssalen Forstanderskapssalen 12:30 Arne Nordheim 11:30 Ultima Academy 16:00 Compagnie Furinkaï 14:30 Dråpen (The Drop) 17:00 Verdensteatret HANNAH p. 33 Different venues p. 57 Bekkelaget renseanlegg thursday 7 september p. 46 Origami p. 11 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter Christian Frederiks plass 17:00 Thora Dolven Balke 17:00 Verdensteatret HANNAH 13:00 Compagnie Furinkaï 19:00 Maja S. K. Ratkje p. 11 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter p. 46 Origami p. 36 All That Respires, Conspires 17:00 Verdensteatret HANNAH p. 22 Revelations (This Early Song) Christian Frederiks plass Unge Kunstneres Samfund p. 11 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter (UKS) Kulturkirken Jakob 19:00 Thora Dolven Balke p. 36 All That Respires, Conspires 19:00 Becker/Langgård NEW SKIN 14:00 Lunchtime concert 19:00 Eliane Radigue Sentralen/Hvelvet p. 58 scapegoat / Améi Quartett 19:30 Heiner Goebbels p. 41 Black Box teater p. 14 OCCAM RIVER SALT p. 7 Eislermaterial (Opening concert) Emanuel Vigelands museum 19:30 Synne Skouen Ballerina 19:00 Apartment House p. 15 Den Norske Opera & Ballett 14:00 Verdensteatret Nationaltheatret p. 47 Julius Eastman 20:00 Ryuichi Sakamoto + Fujiko Femenine p. 11 HANNAH 22:00 Opening night afterparty – p. 23 Nakaya + Min Tanaka + 21:00 ensemble ascolta OCA Henie Onstad Kunstsenter Shiro Takatani p. 37 Francesco Filidei p. 9 Dwarfs of East Agouza SALT a•form Kulturkirken Jakob 21:00 Ensemble Musikfabrik 16:00 Ultima Academy Det nye Nasjonalmuseet p. 59 Sentralen/Vinterhagen p. 48 Saunders / Tenney / Feldman / Reich 22:00 Supersilent anniversary concert wednesday 13 september Kulturkirken Jakob 17:00 Ultima Academy friday 8 september p. 25 Sentralen/Marmorsalen p. 60 KHiO 13:00 Eliane Radigue – 12:00 Lunchtime concert p. 38 Alpaca Ensemble 18:00 Håkon Berge p. 10 Virtuoso Listening friday 15 september Ultima Academy sunday 10 september Sentralen/Forstanderskapssalen p. 61 bare en stillhet som kaster meg Sentralen/Vinterhagen 12:00 Lunchtime concert ut i universet av ensomheten 12:00 – 16:00 13:00 Ultima Academy Oslo Sinfonietta og p. 50 Kahrs / Moe 17:00 Verdensteatret HANNAH p. 27 Ultima Children’s Day p. 39 Sentralen/Gymsalen Sentralen/Forstanderskapssalen Oslo Domkor Sentralen Oslo domkirke p. 11 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter 17:00 Verdensteatret HANNAH 14:00 Ultima Academy 17:00 Verdensteatret HANNAH p. 11 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter 18:30 Synne Skouen Ballerina 19:00 Eliane Radigue OCCAM p. 51 Sentralen/Gymsalen p. 11 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter p. 15 Den Norske Opera & Ballett p. 13 Emanuel Vigelands museum 18:00 Ultima Academy 16:00 Compagnie Furinkaï 18:30 Synne Skouen Ballerina p. 39 Sentralen/Gymsalen 20:00 KORK (Closing concert) 19:30 Synne Skouen Ballerina p. 46 Origami p. 15 Den Norske Opera & Ballett p.62 Sentralen/Marmorsalen p. 15 Den Norske Opera & Ballett 19:00 Becker/Langgård NEW SKIN Christian Frederiks plass 21:00 Death to The Machine monday 11 september p. 41 Black Box teater 17:00 Verdensteatret HANNAH sunday 17 september p. 16 Sentralen 19:00 REOLÔ p. 11 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter 16:00 Forecast p. 40 Riksscenen 18:00 Supersilent installation 14:00 Verdensteatret HANNAH p. 29 Ultima Academy p. 11 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter saturday 9 september Sentralen/Gymsalen 19:30 Synne Skouen Ballerina p. 31 Emanuel Vigelands museum 12:00 Ultima Academy p. 15 Den Norske Opera & Ballett 18:00 Supriya Nagarajan 18:30 Synne Skouen Ballerina 19:00 Barrett / Holsen / Radigue p. 15 Den Norske Opera & Ballett p. 18 Det nye Nasjonalmuseet/ p. 52 Lullaby Oslo 2017 Mellomstasjonen p. 30 Sentralen/Marmorsalen 20:00 Yarn/Wire Furuset bibliotek og p. 42 Lamb / Lucier / Vine aktivitetshus 13:00 Koka Nikoladze 20:00 Supersilent installation Jace Clayton p. 31 Emanuel Vigelands museum J. Eastman Memorial Dinner 20:00 Urban Liturgy Kulturkirken Jakob 19:00 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra p. 19 Youngstorget p. 54 Sentralen An Open Ending Rituals are often defined as actions which have symbolic signifi- cance, and which are repeated in a particular, predictable manner. They can be connected to important transitional moments in people’s lives, or practices linked to social upheavals. After leading Ultima through eight editions, it feels natural to finish with a programme which revolves around precisely such rituals and upheavals. A while ago, I was asked by the German magazine Neue Zeitschrift für Musik about the thinking behind the Ultima programme. This resulted in ten thoughts, ten ambitions, which in many ways sum up Ultima’s strategy during the years I have been running the festival. A strategy which can be boiled down to one main point: daring to be weak and unsure. We don’t always know what good music is, at least before we have heard it. A continual discussion about what is artistic quality lies at the core of Ultima Festival’s operations. My work has not been first and foremost about acting as a tastemaker, but about searching for necessary projects where something seems to be at stake. The chal- lenge has often been to resist the temptation to conclude. In an increasingly commercialised environment where truth is fought- over in tabloid headlines, we have tried to provide a space for complexity, ambivalence, imperfection and transience. We have tried to create an open festival which does not put forward solutions, which is not dead certain, but which remains open to alternatives. A festival based around the attitude which Oslo’s musical life is known for: not giving a damn about conventions. We wanted to present music lovingly, in a direct, pure form. Our objective has been a festival that’s sensitive to its surroundings and which challenges and develops the music in dialogue with the world around it. Collaboration has been the key. The entire field, from the biggest institutions to the tiniest clubs; local, national and interna- tional players; everyone has helped give experimental music more impact. Now, as we currently experience a growing, younger audi- ence, international interest and awards for our work are the results of enormous efforts by Ultima’s members, partners and employees – going right back to the beginning in 1991. 3 The German magazine I mentioned earlier was founded by Robert Schumann in 1834, as a place for discussion of new musical trends and ideas. In the course of a long and fractured story, the project continues to this day, and shows how this music is bound up with history, continually developing. Ultima Festival is a part of this tradition and has demonstrated its own ability to keep renewing itself. It has been a pleasure to contrib- ute to its progress, and I wish the new leader, all staff, members and partners success in their important work. Thank you. ultima.no Lars Petter Hagen Artistic Director Hear the full spectrum! Check ultima.no for expanded event info, buy tickets online, build your own favourites list, and more… 4 wednesday 6 september thursday 7 september Jana Winderen Rats – Heiner Goebbels Eislermaterial Secret Soundscapes of the City (w �� ) Ensemble Modern Parallel to the world of people is another The art of Heiner Goebbels is not quite opera Munchmuseet i bustling society – a world of rats. Some of Nationaltheatret and not quite theatre, but occupies a unique bevegelse, Bjørvika their communication with each other cannot Time 19:30 position between the two. With a back- Nylandsbrua be registered by human ears, as it is located Ticket 550–100 NOK ground straddling avant garde composition Time 17:00 in an ultrasound frequency range – over and progressive/radical rock in the 1970s, Ticket Free entry 20.000 Hz. Pre talk with Heiner Goebbels Goebbels is now a prolific composer and in Nationaltheatrets A stone’s throw from the white-marbled publikums foaje at 17:45 stage director of multimedia works that have Opening 6 September Opera house, and based on the hypothesis been performed all over the world. His stag- (stand till 14 October) that rats serenade one another with love Heiner Goebbels ing of Harry Partch’s Delusion of the Fury Eislermaterial (1998) songs, Jana Winderen will record the ultra- With Ensemble Modern and was one of Ultima’s all-time triumphs when it sonic landscape of Bjørvika and slow the actor Josef Bierbichler was performed at Oslo’s Nationaltheater in sound down to human hearing levels. Based 2013. In 2012 the German composer and on her fieldwork and findings, she creates a director received the prestigious international new multichannel composition for Munch- Ibsen Award. museet on the Move 2017 with spatial audio Now Goebbels returns to Ultima with software by Tony Myatt (University of a concert version of Eislermaterial (1998), Surrey). The new, multi-channel sound piece an enchanting and passionate tribute and will be installed at the mouth of Akerselva, deconstruction of one of his greatest musical where the river meets the sea in this rapidly heroes. Hanns Eisler (1898–1962) was best developing district of Oslo. known for his lifelong association with the dramatist Bertolt Brecht. → 6 In collaboration with Munchmuseet i bevegelse and nyMusikk. 7 Opening concert thursday 7 september ← Heiner Goebbels Eislermaterial Banned by the Nazi party, Eisler relocated Josef Bierbichler — Soloist to the USA in the second world war, before Heiner Goebbels being in turn condemned by the McCarthy — Composer/director investigations in the Cold War and sent Norbert Ommer — Sound director back to East Germany, where he among Jean Kalman other works composed the socialist country’s —Lighting Designer Barbara Weesternach national anthem.