One of the protagonists in Trond Reinholdtsen’s ‘Ø – Episode 6’, performed at Warsaw Autumn 2018. © Grzegorz Mart

16. May 2019

Around the world with Seismograf

Seismograf may be located in Denmark, but brilliant music is performed all over the world. Which means we often cover events in places far, far away, as illustrated by this selection of articles.

Noise in the tropical underground

The Indonesian noise and experimental music scene exists. Sanne Krogh Groth spent two weeks in Central Java, whose local culture influences the music.

Sanne Krogh Groth 29. June 2018

Trond Reinholdtsen: ‘Ø – Episode 6’. © Grzegorz Mart

Try competing with history, then

Warsaw Autumn is on its way to becoming a victim of its own success, James Black writes in his essay from the Polish capital.

James Black 16. October 2018

Not so diverse after all

The Nordic Music Days in Helsinki failed to deliver on its promise of diversity, even if seen from a strictly stylistic point of view, writes participating composer Tine Surel Lange.

Tine Surel Lange 18. December 2018

The Evangelical Church Ramla. © Maya Shenfeld

Heterotopias

Maya Shenfeld returns to Israel to investigate the local music scene amid what has been labelled a ‘culture war’.

Maya Shenfeld 9. April 2018

Beyond the downward droops – Bent Sørensen in Trondheim

Bent Sørensen was the resident composer at Trondheim Chamber Music Festival 2016. Andrew Mellor writes from Norway.

Andrew Mellor 11. October 2016

Knut Olaf Sunde: ‘Himdalen’. © Henrik Beck Kæmpe

Deep in the Norwegian forest

Norwegian composer Knut Olaf Sunde radically challenged traditional concert practices with a 13-hour immersive performance.

Rose Dodd 27. December 2018

Alex Mørch: ‘Beta-Hex’. © Tine Surel Lange

Maybe we fight, maybe we defend

Are commercial demands starting to influence contemporary music in the Nordic countries? James Black writes from the UNM Festival in Bergen, Norway.

James Black 14. September 2018

Dancing is Political

Review by Maya Shenfeld of MaerzMusik 2017.

Maya Shenfeld 24. April 2017

Hoffnung 3000 – Experimenting with an Anonymous Community

Shanti Suki Osman visited the festival Hoffnung 3000, which took place in Berlin on 24th-26th August.

Shanti Suki Osman 20. September 2017

Borealis 2017: A Joyful Noise

Robert Barry reports on this year’s Borealis festival in Bergen, Norway.

Robert Barry 6. April 2017

Heroines of Sound

Maya Shenfeld reports from debates and concerts at this years Heroines of Sound, 7th-9th July, Radialsystem V, Berlin.

Maya Shenfeld 17. August 2017

Inside the notes: Only Connect 2016

Andrew Mellor reviews the Norwegian equivalent to Copenhagen’s Gong Tomorrow, the Only Connect festival in Oslo.

Andrew Mellor 30. May 2016

Photo: Freddie F. - Lisa Stenberg, concert, KSYME-CMRC, EMS and Fylkingen: Electronic Music from Greece and Sweden, Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall

All the in-between spaces

Maya Shenfeld reports from this year's documenta 14.

Maya Shenfeld 3. September 2017