Ben Roidl-Ward, one of today's leading contemporary music bassoonists, will perform a solo concert featuring Norwegian premieres during his first visit to Oslo.
Most of the pieces in the program were composed for him.
Program:
"How are the intervals filled between these apparitions" by Christopher Wendell Jones
"Pregunta No. 4: Quimera" by Luis Fernando Amaya
"Lethe" by Peter Kramer
"Metacognition" by Eduardo Muñoz
"Axis Mundi" by Liza Lim
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Where: Foyer of Sagene Kunstsmie (Above Sagene Sammfunshus, Kristiansands gate 2, 0463 Oslo)
When: August 14 (Wednesday), kl.19:00 (Doors open at 18:30)
How much: Suggested donation of 150 NOK (General Admission), 100 NOK (Reduced)
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About;
Ben Roidl-Ward is the Assistant Professor of Bassoon at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He also holds positions as Principal Bassoonist of the Chicago Sinfonietta and the Illinois Symphony and Co-Principal Bassoonist of Sinfonia Da Camera. A leading performer of contemporary music, Ben performs with Chicago’s Ensemble Dal Niente and served as a Contemporary Leader for the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland from 2021-2024, where he continues to teach as a bassoon coach in the Lucerne Festival Academy.
He has served as a solo Artist-in-Residence at Northwestern University and Harvard University, as well as in chamber music ensembles at universities throughout the United States.
He received his DMA from Northwestern University, where he studied with David McGill and researched methods of notating the bassoon’s multiphonics.
📸: Lynn Lane Ver menos
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