"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.
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A PLAY WITH TRADITIONS // PART I // ILL. III
Left: Ornament examples from Norwegian rosemaling (decorative painting) (Sjøvaag, 1977, p. 33)
Right: First page of an ornament etude by Øyvind Torvund, sent to Ingfrid Breie Nyhus by email as part of the preparatory work of Det abstrakte i folkekunsten
