Freedom is Around the Corner
Ultima 2022 opens on 15 September. The theme of this year’s festival – Freedom is Around the Corner – comes from an artwork by the late Danish artist/agitator Henning Christiansen. Rob Young explores ...
12 Sep 202215min
Xenakis's Cassandra complex: Ultima's opening concert
Ultima 2022 opens on 15 September with a performance of Oresteia by Iannis Xenakis. Rob Young meets bass baritone Seth Carico and percussionists Håkon Stene and Thomas Nilsson during a rehearsal for t...
9 Sep 202215min
Aspects of Øyunn: A new role for Siv Øyunn Kjenstad
Rob Young meets Siv Øyunn Kjenstad to hear about preparations for her new Ultima Festival commission, 'Aspects'. Drummer, vocalist, composer, producer, actor – Siv Øyunn is a true omni-musician. For m...
30 Aug 202212min
Flock tactics: Prizewinning composer Jan Martin Smørdal
Rob Young meets Jan Martin Smørdal, winner of the Arne Nordheim Composer Prize 2022. Jan Martin's music is partly inspired by natural flocking movements and musical memories. He talks about his reacti...
23 Juni 202215min
Organotopia – Organ-ised chaos with Nils Henrik Asheim
Rob Young meets composer, improvisor and organist Nils Henrik Asheim. Nils Henrik talks through his forthcoming Organotopia project, to be performed at Ultima Festival, Oslo, on 17 September 2022. Rei...
13 Maj 202212min
Beyond time and place with Javid Afsari Rad
Ultima Context – the podcast that takes you deeper into the world of contemporary and experimental music. Composer and santur player Javid Afsari Rad talks about 'Bigah', his work for the NOWOR orches...
24 Sep 202116min
Bathing in sound with Marianne Stranger's Waterwork
Ultima Context – the podcast that takes you deeper into the world of contemporary and experimental music. At a mountain hotel outside Oslo, artist and composer Marianne Stranger is setting up an immer...
23 Sep 202112min
Adventures in Ambient with Carmen Villain
Ultima Context – the podcast that takes you deeper into the world of contemporary and experimental music. We meet Carmen Villain in her studio in central Oslo to talk about the revival of interest in ...
18 Sep 202115min
