Large scale productions involve many different professionals, but it’s best if every participant has a full understanding of the work done by others. Mira Bartov and Henrik Hellstenius’s pilot project is intended to give students an overview of the entire artistic process. Three composition students meet three trainee opera singers to cross each other’s boundaries and participate in both the preparatory stages and the performance itself.
Each pair – singer and composer – has been tasked with staging a five to 15 minute performance. The goal isn't necessarily a complete performance, but the final production is the manifestation of a collaboration, a conglomerate in time and space of all the aspects in the collaborative process. The performances are a part of a longer Symposium – see separate entry.
Participants: Martin Hirsti-Kvam, composition student (NMH), Dagfinn Andersen, opera student (KHiO), Lars Skoglund, composition student (NMH), Sara Aasen, opera student (KHiO), Jonas Skaarud, composition student (NMH), Hanne Askeland, opera student (KHiO), Andreas Nikolai Angell (NMH). Advisors: Erik Dæhlin (NMH), Njål Sparbo (KHiO), Silje Aker Johnsen (KHiO). Project management: Henrik Hellstenius, professor (NMH) and Mira Bartov, dean (KHiO).
Ultima Academy
Triologen (The Trilogy) Symposium
Saturday 17 September
Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo (KHiO)
A symposium arranged around the Triologien concert at 17:00, which may be attended separately. This symposium examines the working process, and includes experts from London's Guildhall School of Drama.
16:00 Introduction
17:00 Triologen performances
18:00 Discussion
Limited number of seats. Reservations here.
Participants: From London's Guildhall School of Drama: Dr Julian Philips, Head of Composition; Stephen Plaice, Professor of Creative Writing; Martin Lloyd-Evans, Resident Producer. Henrik Hellstenius, Professor of Composition, NMH; Mira Bartov, Professor of performance in musical drama, KHiO; participating students. Moderators: Erik Dæhlin and Njål Sparbo. In collaboration with Norwegian Society of Composers.
Ultima Academy is a series of talks, lectures and panel discussions and is free and open to anyone interested in knowing more about the ideas that underlie this year's festival programme.
