Program 2024

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Friday 11/10

19:30 | Örgryte Nya Kyrka
:: GIOA GALA FESTIVAL CONCERT — JOURNEYS IN TIME AND SPACE

During the spring of 2019, we began to create a new work based on Harry Martinson’s long suite of poems, “Aniara”. In our adaptation of Aniara, we chose the poems that depict the female pilot Isagel.

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Saturday 12/10

19:00 | Dergårdsteatern
:: Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio [IS]

Since her debut in the late 1990s, Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs has released twelve albums, praised by critics worldwide. Over the years, she has played in ensembles of various kinds at prestigious festivals around North America and Europe. In 2015 and 2019, she won the award "Performer of the year". More recently, she has also composed music for TV and film.

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Sunday 13/10

15:00 | Göteborgs Konserthus
:: Olivier Messiaen — Livre du Saint Sacrement

Come inside the warm Concert Hall and be surrounded by the divine sounds of the mighty organ. Hans-Ola Ericsson plays music by Olivier Messiaen in this relaxed concert.

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Monday 14/10

18:00 | Hörsalen, 2150, Eklandagatan 86, Högskolan för scen och musik
:: Simon Rose (UK/DE)

Simon Rose (UK/DE) is a musician-composer, researcher and author. He’s a recognised baritone saxophonist with a main interest in open improvisation and appears on over forty music releases.

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Wednesday 16/10

12:00 | Hagakyrkan
:: Lunch concert — Linnéa Talp

Linnéa Talp is a composer and musician (singer/organist), based in Stockholm. In the spring of 2022, her instrumental solo debut Arch of Motion was released on Thanatosis, with music written for church organ, with subtle elements of instruments such as voice, bass clarinet and flute.

ADMISSION FREE!

17:30 | Konstepidemin - Gröna rummet
:: OPENING OF GÖTEBORG ART SOUNDS 2024!

Welcome to the official opening of Göteborg Art Sounds 2024!

The Opening of Göteborg Art Sounds will be a unique chance to meet the festival’s new artistic directors: Stefan Klaverdal (SE) and Clara de Asís (ES/ NL)! There will be concerts with amazing students from the Academy of Music! There will be speeches, mingling, music, snacks, drinks and a possibility to grab this year’s festival program!

Then we go on to BrÖtz concert @ Paviljong 8.

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19:30 | Konstepidemin
:: BrÖtz no. 907 — Ericson Klapper Fite + Perkis Raskin Sandell

Improvised music with a direct connection to the roots. Martin Klapper was already on the field in the 90s when he participated in the legendary Company Weeks organized by Derek Bailey. Among his many collaborations, the duo with Roger Turner stands out as one of the most important - "Resourceful, these fellows - aren't they", as the same Bailey said of them with a typical British understatement.

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Thursday 17/10

13:00 - 15:00 | UTOPIA
:: NETWORK MEET-UP FOR MUSIC ORGANIZERS

Göteborg Art Sounds warmly welcome organizers and organizations working with contemporary, electronic, experimental and improvised music to a meet-up!

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19:00 | Oceanen
:: IEVA SALIETE & ARTURS NOVIKS [LV]

Ieva Saliete is the leading Latvian harpsichordist, with a wide range of musical interests, from the late medieval era with the clavicymbalum, through baroque, to contemporary music. Arturs Noviks is a wide-ranging accordionist in versatile musical directions.

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20:00 | Oceanen
:: Twenty Fingers Duo [LT]

The music Twenty Fingers Duo perform emerges at the intersection of extended playing techniques and graphic scores, with great emphasis on the stage setup and the mingling between light and darkness.

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21:00 | Oceanen
:: Anna-Liisa Eller & Taavi Kerikmäe [EST]

Anna-Liisa Eller and Taavi Kerikmäe are brilliant musicians who have performed together as an unusual duo of Estonian kannel and keyboards for several years. In their mutual performances they have fascinatingly blended early and contemporary music.

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Friday 18/10

10:00 - 12:00 | Utopia
:: Network meet-up for Artists

Göteborg Art Sounds warmly welcome artists working with sound art, contemporary, electronic, experimental and improvised music to a meet-up! Swing by, have some light breakfast and a chat with other artists!

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19:00 | Kronhuset
:: DU YUN [US] & GAZE [SE] – World Premiere

In this World Premiere famous composer Du Yun has created a new piece for Göteborg Art Sounds based on recordings of children's songs that risk disappearing, sung by child choirs, played in collaboration with five great Swedish musicians in the project GAZE. Don’t miss this unique experience!

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Saturday 19/10

18:00 | Oceanen
:: RYOKO AKAMA [JP/UK]

Ryoko Akama is a Japanese-Korean artist working with installation, performance and composition, residing in Huddersfield, UK. For Göteborg Art Sounds 2024 she is performing the new piece 'half and/or double’'.

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19:10 | Oceanen
:: Ann Rosén [SE]

In “Drawing Session” Ann Rosén has created a series of works where pencil drawings are the instrument itself. The lines turn into sound when drawn live.

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20:30 | Utopia
:: Terese Lien Evenstad Quintet [SE]

TLEQ is a dynamic force on the Nordic jazz scene, featuring award-winning musicians who have played with top ensembles such as Frank Vignola, MusicMusicMusic, Bohuslän Big Band, Naoko Sakata, and Jojje Wadenius, amongst others. Together with pianist Fabian Kallerdahl, bassist Arvid Jullander, drummer Johan Birgenius, and clarinetist Alexander Ivarsson, Terese Lien Evenstad forms a band that touches the listener with expressive violin jazz as a signature.

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Sunday 20/10

19:30 | hagakyrkan
:: Gageego! — music by Klaus Lang and Lisa Streich [AU-SE]

The Swedish contemporary chamber ensemble Gageego! performs music by world renowned composers Klaus Lang [AU] and Lisa Streich [SE] together with organist Hans Davidsson, Klaus Lang himself on organ and conductor Mark Tatlow [UK/SE].

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Monday 21/10

19:00 | Folkets Hus Vänersborg
:: Athina Kontou & Mother [GR/DE]

Bass player Athina Kontou's project "Mother" is a story about a musician who was born to Greek parents in Germany and considers both countries her home. With her ensemble, Athina arranges pieces from Greek musical culture and builds a link between her identity as a musician and her Greek roots.

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Thursday 24/10

19:30 | Göteborgs Konserthus
:: Masters of East and West

Music drawn from the movies with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor; and Markus Lang, double bass.

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Friday 25/10

18:00 | Göteborgs Konserthus
:: Masters of East and West

Music drawn from the movies with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor; and Markus Lang, double bass.

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Saturday 26/10

19:30 - 23.59 | Gerlesborgsskolan Bohuslän
:: Vida Vojić + Bohuslän Big Bang

TIMING IS DIVINE - a drum ritual. A show about VOLUME, RHYTHM and DRIVE.

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