Srrjei – sörj ej att din sköna tid förflutit
(2024)
author(s): Ingfrid Breie Nyhus, Live Maria Roggen
published in: VIS - Nordic Journal for Artistic Research
What is a narrative, when it moves through time and history, when it moves through bodies? The narrative is always in danger of dying, until it is picked up and given new movement into new contexts. Where does the new begin? Where does the old one go? Vocalist Live Maria Roggen and pianist Ingfrid Breie Nyhus have over several years investigated duo music that was once romantic music. Through time, body, forgetfulness, fallibility – and improvisation as a method – the music has merged with the whims, derailments and backtracks of the inner sound and the duo's body. Where does the narrative live in the next moment?
Tradering, oppløsing
(2022)
author(s): Ingfrid Breie Nyhus
published in: VIS - Nordic Journal for Artistic Research
TRADITIONING, DISSOLVING: What does 'traditioning' mean, what can the 'traditioned' become? On exploring rules and possible spaces in tradition and creation.
To Ingfrid Breie Nyhus, the apparently impossible combination of folk music and grand piano, is a creatively generative musical situation. The rules of the 'slått' tradition are transposed to a new space in the grand piano, and the rules of the grand piano are destabilized in the meeting with the 'slått'. This exposition unfolds questions, reflections and new questions, from a longer process with the music "Slåttepiano".
Practices of Performing at Senegalese Sabar Dance Events
(2019)
author(s): Elina Seye
published in: RUUKKU - Studies in Artistic Research
In my PhD thesis Performing a Tradition in Music and Dance (2014), I analyzed sabar dance events as ‘places’ for (re)constructing social relationships, identities, and tradition. In these celebrations, the participants in a sense perform themselves and their relationships to others present, embodying communal conceptions of their social roles and the related norms and values, but sometimes also challenging them. These performances of self can thus primarily be identified as cultural performatives, following Butler, but they still happen in the frame of the dance event, which allows also expressions deviating from the performatives of everyday situations. Here, I will consider how the modes of performance in sabar dance events can be characterized in addition to the obvious repetition and variation of traditional dance genres. Additionally, I will reflect on the value of practical involvement in performance as a methodological tool in ethnographic fieldwork.
Variability and improvisation
(last edited: 2025)
author(s): Gro Marie Svidal
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In this exposition I present my solo contribution to the artistic research project Craftmanship, led by Kjell Tore Innervik and Håkon Høgemo. I have explored some of the project's musical material in the light of improvisation practices and the variability that lies within the Hardanger fiddle tradition.
A Play With Traditions
(last edited: 2024)
author(s): Ingfrid Breie Nyhus
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"A Play with Traditions - interpreting and performing between folk and pianism" is an artistic research doctorate project by pianist Ingfrid Breie Nyhus, at the Norwegian Programme of Artistic Research & the Norwegian Academy of Music 2011-2016.
Ingfrid Breie Nyhus is a performer within classical and contemporary interpretation and folk musical tradition. In this project, she explored musical possibilities in the tension field between art music's and folk music's performance traditions. She investigated similarities and differences in the traditions, and let them intertwine in her piano playing. This exposition is the reflection of the project, on artistic processes, contexts and considerations.
Hearing a culture: integrating sound and environmental elements of Braga’s festivities into new compositions
(last edited: 2023)
author(s): Carlos Brito Dias
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In my reflection on my personal, academic, and artistic path, I examine the impact of culture, tradition, and identity on my development as a composer. I explore this through both a broad lens and in the context of Portuguese national identity. My hometown traditions play a crucial role in my musical identity, serving as the roots from which I draw inspiration.
This research allowed me to delve deeper into my own identity as a composer, exploring the ways in which my roots inform the routes I have taken in my musical journey. Through this process, I have been able to redefine my own stylistic language, creating a unique voice that reflects my experiences and heritage.
The outcome of this project is a body of new musical compositions and reflections that enrich our understanding of this genre of practice and composition techniques. The artistic creations and insights gained through this process provide valuable contributions to the world of music and composition.
What is a narrative, when it moves through time and history, when it moves through bodies? The narrative is always in danger of dying, until it is picked up and given new movement into new contexts. Where does the new begin? Where does the old one go? Vocalist Live Maria Roggen and pianist Ingfrid Breie Nyhus have over several years investigated duo music that was once romantic music. Through time, body, forgetfulness, fallibility – and improvisation as a method – the music has merged with the whims, derailments and backtracks of the inner sound and the duo's body. Where does the narrative live in the next moment?open exposition comments (0)
TRADITIONING, DISSOLVING: What does 'traditioning' mean, what can the 'traditioned' become? On exploring rules and possible spaces in tradition and creation. To Ingfrid Breie Nyhus, the apparently impossible combination of folk music and grand piano, is a creatively generative musical situation. The rules of the 'slått' tradition are transposed to a new space in the grand piano, and the rules of the grand piano are destabilized in the meeting with the 'slått'. This exposition unfolds questions, reflections and new questions, from a longer process with the music "Slåttepiano".open exposition comments (0)
"A Play with Traditions - interpreting and performing between folk and pianism" is an artistic research doctorate project by pianist Ingfrid Breie Nyhus, at the Norwegian Programme of Artistic Research & the Norwegian Academy of Music 2011-2016. Ingfrid Breie Nyhus is a performer within classical and contemporary interpretation and folk musical tradition. In this project, she explored musical possibilities in the tension field between art music's and folk music's performance traditions. She investigated similarities and differences in the traditions, and let them intertwine in her piano playing. This exposition is the reflection of the project, on artistic processes, contexts and considerations.open exposition comments (0)