Centre for Research in Music (CRiM, Iceland Academy of the Arts) in collaboration with the Norwegian quartet Lemur proudly presents the following lectures and workshops:
May 2 from 3-5pm: Workshop with Lemur on improvisation.
Where: Mengi, Óðinsgata.
May 3 from 1-3pm: Performance-Lecture with Michael on experimental improvisation.
Where: Flyglasalur, LHÍ, Sölvhólsgötu.
Cornelius Cardew and British experimental music from 1960 to the present.
Cornelius Cardew was one of the most important figures in the experimental music scene in the 1960’s. He was seen as the European equivalent of John Cage and was in the forefront creating new ways of composing and improvising, and most importantly bridging the gap between these two practices.
This performance-lecture will include performances of Cardew’s music as well as English post-Cardew composers.
Michael Francis Duch is a bass player, lecturer based in Trondheim, Norway, where he is employed at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU. Duch is a member of the Young Academy of Norway.
May 5 at 12.45-2pm: Lecture: Bjørnar Habbestad
Where: Sölvhóll, LHÍ, Sölvhólsgötu.
Transforming performer agency. Collaboration and creation in and around Luigi Nono’s Das atmende Klarseinr.
May 5 at 9pm: Lemur and Friends in Mengi (Concert).
Lemur and friends present a night of contemporary sounds composed, improvised intended, and unintended.
May 6 in Harpa: Concert with Caput and Lemur and students from the IAA.
About Lemur:
Simmering with quiet intensity, Norwegian quartet Lemur aim for the world of chamber music with their collective improvisations. The ensemble develops a subtle, poetic music side by side with broadly painted soundscapes, balancing the beauty of a single pitch and the complexity of a sound cloud. Lemur works without any preconceived structures, allowing the shape of their music to grow from the necessity of the moment, informed only by the wisdom of rehearsal, discussion and evaluation. The result is a new chamber music of the finest build, “a golden balance of ethos and pathos, nuance and chaos”.
Lemur was formed in 2006. Since their debut in Trondheim they have performed in Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Taiwan, Macau, China, England and Scotland. Their two albums on +3db records have been met with much critical acclaim. Lemur has collaborated with Paul Lytton, Julia Eckhardt, Mats Gustafsson, Amit Sen, John Hegre, Dickson Dee, Trondheim Sinfonietta, N Ensemble and Tom Løberg. They also contributed to the punk poet Patrick Fitzgeralds release “Spirit of the Revolution” from 2007.
