ultima
oslo contemporary music festival
Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival
10–20 September
Luciano Berio Coro, Laibach Olav Tryggvason,
Mauricio Kagel Exotica, Scelsi Revisited,
Schumann/Friedl/Schütz Dichter­liebe, Karin
Krog, Ben Frost AURORA live, TCF, Ultima’s
Children’s Day, Avanti! Ensemblet + +
New work by Verdensteatret, Jenny Hval
& Susanna, David Brynjar Franzson, Simon
Steen-Andersen, Eivind Buene, Arve Henrik­sen
& Eirik Raude, Maja S. K. Ratkje + +
WEDNESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER
Opening concert
Luciano Berio Coro
KORK/Det Norske Solistkor
— Oslo domkirke
Italian modernist’s monumental tapestry of folk forms
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Natasha Barrett
OSTS Oslo Sound Transport System
— TBA
Interactive sound composition presenting Oslo as you’ve never heard
it before
THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER
Liza Lim/Henrik Hellstenius
Cikada Ensemble
— Loftet
Pan-cultural chamber music
Scelsi Revisited
Georg Friedrich Haas, Tristan Murail,
Ragnhild Berstad, Giacinto Scelsi
Klangforum Wien
— Kulturkirken Jakob
Concert investigating Scelsi, with new
work based on the enigmatic composer’s secret tapes
New work by young Norwegian composers, written especially for Eivind
Groven’s famous just intonation organ
Erik Dæhlin Avstandsriss
Ingfrid Breie Nyhus (grand piano)
— Nasjonalbiblioteket
Folk music archive and installation
concert
FRIDAY 12 SEPTEMBER
OSLO NIGHT OF CULTURE
Bohman Brothers + Vilde&Inga
— Ny Musikk
Lunch concert with English eccentrics
and improv duo Vilde&Inga
Ultima Academy
talks with Laibach, Antonio
Negri, Alain Badiou, Esteban Buch + +
As a part of the Ultima 2014 we will host Nordic
Music Days — one of the oldest music festivals
in the world — together with the Norwegian
Society of Composers. From 17–20 September
we welcome all interested parties to join us in
the largest network meeting for Nordic contemporary music
the nation
Bjørn Erik Haugen Utterances
Nordic Voices
— Kulturkirken Jakob
New music/film work inspired by
Julia Kristeva, inarticulacy and autistic
communication
THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER
Ole Martin Huser-Olsen (guitar)
— Ny Musikk
Free lunch concert
The Electronic North II
Risto Holopainen, Rikhardur H.
Fridriks­son, Thuridur Jonsdóttir
— Loftet
Free lunch concert with Nordic
electronic music
Johannes Kreidler Audioguide
Ensemble neoN/Johannes Kreidler/
actors
— Loftet
Six hour musical interrogation in TV
talk show format
TUESDAY 16 . SEPTEMBER
Ludwig van Beethoven / Thomas Adès / Asbjørn Schaathun / Maja S. K. Ratkje
Det Norske Kammerorkester
— Universitetets aula
New and old work in the light of
Beethoven
Arne Nordheim / Øyvind Mæland /
André Jolivet / Asbjørn Schaathun
Håkon Austbø (grand piano)
— Nasjonalgalleriet
Anniversary concert celebrating the
50 year career of a Norwegian pianistic legend
Eirik Raude / Arve Henriksen /
Bjarne Kvinnsland / Knut Bry /
mmw arkitekter: Horisonter
— DogA
Performance installation inspired
by Sverre Fehn’s architectural light
and shadow
MONDAY 15 SEPTEMBER
Robert Schumann Dichterliebe
Bernhard Schütz/Reinhold Friedl
— Nationaltheatret
German actor Bernhard Schütz and
pianist Reinhold Friedl join the dots
between Schumann’s manic substance
abuse and the modern artist in an
upated version of the classic Romantic
song cycle
Helge Sten / Maja S. K. Ratkje / Kåre
Kolberg Eastern Waves
— Nasjonal jazzscene
New output from Poland’s legendary
music studio in Warsaw
Ultima Academy
Badiou’s Republic
Alain Badiou
— Loftet
WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER
Mauricio Kagel Exotica
Ensemble Modern
— Riksscenen
Kagel’s modern classic, written for the
1972 Olympics, questioning Western
music’s cultural dominance
Korp Korp
— Dansens Hus
(also 18 & 19 September)
Interactive installation performance for
the youngest (0–3)
Laibach / Edvard Grieg
Olav Tryggvason
Laibach
— Sentrum Scene
Slovenian avant rockers interpret
Norway’s abandoned national opera
SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER
Ensemble Ning Rikskonsert
— BUL Teaterscene
Alternative canon of national music
Jenny Hval & Susanna
Meshes of Voice
— Kulturkirken Jakob
Modern fable on mind, body
and nature
Ultima Academy
SATURDAY 13 SEPTEMBER
Othernesses: Music in
Contemporary Cairo
— Cinemateket
Eivind Groven’s just intonation organ
— Eivind Grovens hus, Ekebergvn 59
Guided tour and concert in Eivind
Groven’s house at Ekeberg. Bus from
Youngstorget at 12 p.m. Limited number of seats!
Ultima’s Children’s Day
— Den Norske Opera & Ballett
We hand the Opera House over
to kids for one day to design their
own version of a future modern
music festival
Øyvind Torvund / Asbjørn Schaathun
Nations
Ingfrid Breie Nyhus (grand piano)
— Loftet
Ny musikk for piano
The Electronic North I
Ida Lundén/Maija Hynninen/
Osmo Tapio Räihälä
— Loftet
Electronic music by Finish and
Swedish composers
Christophe Meierhans
Some use for your broken clay pots
— Black Box
Performance that brings up suggestions for a new political constitution
Ultima Academy
The Concept of Nation
Antonio Negri, Laibach
— Cinemateket
David Brynjar Franzson Longitude
Ensemble Adapter
— Vulkan Arena
Opera about Iceland’s ‘dog-days
republic’
EMS jubileumskonsert
Hanna Hartmann/Erik Bünger
— Kulturkirken Jacob
Sweden’s utopian electronic studio
celebrates 50 years
Stockholm’s groundbreaking EMS
electronic studio celebrates its 50th
year in this anniversary concert
Avanti! Ensemble HumppAvanti!
— Vulkan Arena
Finnish new music ensemble blow off
steam, oompah-style
Ultima Academy
A Supranational Anthem:
Beethoven’s Ninth
Esteban Buch
— Loftet
SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER
Simon Steen-Andersen
Buenos Aires
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart /
Asamisimasa
— Den Norske Opera & Ballett
(også 19. september)
Two cultures collide when Scandinavia meets Latin America in new
chamber opera
Marie Munroe & Panta Rei Danseteater
On the Outside
— Riksscenen
New hybrid performance on loneliness
in togetherness
FRIDAY 19 . SEPTEMBER
Øyvind Mæland / Johan Svensson /
Kai Duncan David / Lisa Streich
Aksiom
— Kulturkirken Jakob
Chamber music by young Nordic
composers
Verdensteatret Bridge over Mud
— Henie Onstad kunstsenter
(also 20–28 September)
New work by internationally renowned performance company
Anna Thorvaldsdottir / Simon Steen-­
Andersen / Ørjan Matre / Malin Bång
Oslo-Filharmonien
— Oslo Konserthus
Orchestral works from Iceland,
Denmark, Sweden and Norway
Eivind Buene / Karen Rehnqvist /
Bent Sørensen
DR UnderholdningsOrkestret/Mattis
Herman Nyquist/Ingrid Bolsø Berdal
— Universitetets aula
World premiere of Buene’s orchestral
hörspiel and more
Ole Henrik Moe / Sampo
Haapamäki / Djuro Zivkovic
Ensemble Ernst
— Kulturkirken Jakob
New work by Nordic composers
Ultima finale
Ben Frost A U R O R A live / Karin
Krog / TCF / Jeppe Just Instituttet
— Vulkan Arena
Cool jazz, militant post-classical electronic music, barrel organ and 70- and
80s synth