The Borealis Festival have commisioned a piece for four marching bands, computer processing, large 4 channel PA and a public space.
Partly inspired by a drum fight (slagerkonk) in 2005, the piece tries to capture the energy and power in this Bergen speciality. I have invited the best drummers from four of the city's 14 "battalions".
The marching band (buekorps) are:
Dræggens Buekorps, Nordnæs Bataillon, Nygaards Bataljon and Wesselengens Bataljon.
The concert will take place at Ole Bulls Plass, right in the center of Bergen, March 10th at 2 PM.

RASP is a new piece for The Augmented Piano, a setup with piano, computer and 17 speakers as shown on the above picture. It is commisioned by AVGARDE and will be premiered at USF, April 14th. I will also play the piece in Trondheim as part of a split concert with Ellen Ugelvik on May 23rd.
BERGEN: USF April 14th, 7 PM.
TRONDHEIM: Dokkhuset May 23rd, 9 PM.

I curate the program "Grieg - The Sampler" for the Grieg rememberance year 2007. The program includes the exhibition Sleppet, where Chris Watson, Steve Roden, Marc Behrens, Natasha Barrett, Jana Winderen and Bjarne Kvinnsland will participate. The exhibition opens August 31. in Bergen.

In 2007, the new gallery for sound art, Lydgalleriet will do a lot of different projects. Follow our webpage to see the schedule!

Bjørnar Habbestad and I are working of yet another version of this project series. See the webpage to get the latest information.

LYDGALLERIET viser norsk lydkunst i Sparebank1 i Kaigaten, Bergen i 14. mars. Endags lydkunstfestival bl.a. Maja Urstad, Thorolf Thuestad, Bjørnar Habbestad, Jana Winderen, Atle S. Nilsen og meg.