Note: this abstract is very much a work in progress – likely to be updated some time soon in my practice.

I am always searching for and trying out ways to expand the concert setting and my role as a vocalist and creator/composer.

For the last few years the urge arose to do so in a much more radical way in order to loosen encrusted conceptions of what music is and where, how and in what context it can be experienced, as well as to make live experimental music, performance and art available and
accessible for new audiences.

WIth my research I want to develop novel strategies for expanding the contexts that music can happen within, that then possibly also can be implied by other musicians, performers and composers in the future.

Eva Pfitzenmaier is a vocalist, composer, writer and performer working across artistic disciplines. Her music draws inspiration from contemporary, electronic and popular music, as well as different types of folkloristic music.

In her music and performances she constantly negotiates questions of genre, form and format, exploring how different means of expression can be combined in order to create a holisitc artistic experience, with improvisation as a main tool. She is trying to find those short moments of instability and vulnerability which reflect the human condition.

Eva lives and works in Bergen, Norway. Her work includes the solo music project By The Waterhole, numerous collaborations with dancers and choreographers, performers, filmmakers, visual artists, and other musicians, as well as various commissioned compositions for other performers.