What is a story, when it moves through time and history, when it moves through bodies? The story is always in danger of dying, until picked up and given new movement into new contexts. Where does the new begin? Where does the old go? Through several years, vocalist Live Maria Roggen and pianist Ingfrid Breie Nyhus have investigated duo music that was once romantic music. Through time, body, forgetfulness, fallibility – and the method of improvisation – the music has merged with the inner sound, the duo’s body and its whims, derailments and backtracks. Where will the story live, in the next moment?
Srrjei – Do Not Mourn That Your Happy Times Have Passed
Biography
Live Maria Roggen is a Norwegian vocalist and composer. In all her 30 years as performer, she has worked with explorative, collective improvisational forms, as well as reinterpretations of jazz and pop songs. She is Professor of Jazz Vocals and Improvisation at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.
Ingfrid Breie Nyhus is a Norwegian pianist and composer. She draws on her different backgrounds in folk music, classical and contemporary music to explore connections and new threads between traditions and practices. She is Associate Professor of Contemporary Performance at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.
Roggen/Nyhus have collaborated as a duo since 2016, and in the years 2021-2024 they have led the artistic research project “(un)Romantic/Improvising interpretation” at the Norwegian Academy of Music.
Original title
Srrjei – sörj ej att din sköna tid förflutit
Languages
Norwegian
Keywords
romanticism, interpretation, tradition, contemporaneity, music, improvisation
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