Alumni
2022
KHETSIN CHUCHAN
Performing Ocean
An Exploration of Intrapersonal Communication within Artistic Research was first showcased to the public by means of a performance and an installation. Six out of seven original compositions were performed and a booklet containing a number of sketches, all scores, and descriptions of the research and its methodology were displayed on the wall of the performance venue.
https://khetsin.wixsite.com/allandsundry/about-me
https://www.lhi.is/vidburdur/performing-ocean-khetsin-chuchan
ANNA LACCHINO
Storytelling + Poetry w/ electronics
Original music and poetry in collaboration with bass player Arnold Ludvig and Mengi, Reykjavík.
https://composers.fo/composers/jazz-rock-pop-folk-music-composers/anna-iachino/
ANA LUISA DIAZ DE COSSIO
Borders
In Borders I combine elements from an installation and a concert to critically reflect on nationalism, migration, and tradition, hoping that by displaying divisiveness a connection with the audience can be created through which dehumanization, rooted in destructive forms of borders in the wake of inevitable global tensions, can be questioned. Messages of personal significance convey universal, uncompromising values that people can identify with each other. I grew up in a patriarchal authoritarian country still recovering from colonialism, and in bor ders I construct a practice that advocates for decolonization in music and fluidity.
2021
SIGRÍÐUR SALVARSDÓTTIR
UNA MARÍA BERGMANN
Sannleikarnir / The Truths
There seems to be a constant need for an individual in modern society to define himself and find their purpose in life. Quick fixes are prevailing, and we are constantly reminded on social media how the perfect life should look like and how we can become the best version of ourselves.
We‘ve all heard of operas and musicals but what about an opecal? Sannleikarnir (The Truth Games) is an opecal written by Sigríður Salvarsdóttir and Una María Bergman in a collaboration with Gunnhildur Birgisdóttir and Tómas Helgi Baldursson. What happens when two singers with no experience in songwriting and script writing decide to write a whole piece within a year? An electronic opecal with singing, dancing, laughing, crying and the holy truth is what happens.
2020
Steinunn Björg Ólafsdóttir
VANDAMÁLARÁÐUNEYTIÐ
The Ministry of Problems - Theatrical Podcast
In a world of bureaucracy we have a ministry for everything - even problems. Listen to the Storyteller's soothing voice while he relates the exciting adventures the Problem Solvers and the Minister of Problems get in while solving problems of the people.
Jukka Nylund
Composing Through Acting
The actor’s perspective and multi-disciplinarity as starting points for composing and collaborating in making music theatre.
Elham Fakouri
The Journey - Reflection on an artistic process
The Color Of - Video/Audio piece
2019
Gísli Magna
Undrið að syngja í kór - The Wonder of
Singing in a Choir
2018
heiðdís Hanna sigurðardóttir
“Taking Opera Out of the Box”
Opera singer performing with Electro-Punk band "Hatari"
Sólveig Sigurðardóttir
Conduct - Connect
Vocal ensemble ‘Fjárlaganefndin’
Ingunn Huld Sævarsdóttir
Emotional processing through songwriting
https://www.facebook.com/pg/ingunnhuldsingersongwriter/posts/
Heðin Ziska Davidsen
“Gita, to guess”
Composing as patching : analog synthesis, listening and informed sound
2016
Oliver Baker (flute)
Royal Conservatoire The Hague
PIP: Symphony in the Suburbs.
Oliver created a business model for an ensemble performing arrangements of symphonic works at peoples homes and or to be performed in unexpected places for new audiences that would usually not visit traditional classical concerts.
Johanna Pitkänen (jazz piano)
Royal College of Music
PIP: Metsän väki – Forest Dwellers – Creating a collaborative, semi-improvised performance that combines music, visual art, dance and performance art
In her Professional Integration Project (PIP) pianist and composer Johanna Pitkänen worked collaboratively with a group of artists from different fields, including a sculptor, musicians and a dancer. The project resulted in a performance which took place on May 9th, 2016 in a former psychiatric hospital in Helsinki, Finland. The project explored the fruitful connections between different art forms and the use of an unconventional performance space. There was both written and improvised music in the performance, created with traditional instruments and sounding objects. More information.
2015
Niels Vermeulen (composition)
Prins Claus Conservatorium
PIP: The Unexpected System
The Unexpected System is an artistic research project of sound designer, composer and visual artist Niels Vermeulen. In this research Vermeulen is on a journey for inspiration and creativity. In his quest he makes reflective drawings, random walks and talks, electronic music and conceptual performances.
www.unexpectedsystem.com
Igor Demydczuk (piano)
Prins Claus Conservatorium
PIP: Lullaby CD
During the last decades our society has changed its structure. It has evolved into a multicultural and mixed nation's society. This has brought us challenges as well as responsibilities. The idea of this project is to create a “Lullaby CD” which represents our modern society in a realistic way. Next to the Dutch lullaby songs, it will contain traditional lullabies from the minority cultures of our country, sang in their original languages.
Guilherme Piedade (drums)
Royal College of Music
PIP: Visions | Sounds | Stockholm - A piece for Jazz trio and string quartet performed live with the screening of a documentary
“Visions | Sounds | Stockholm” was created for his Professional Integration Project (PIP) as a multimedia piece that integrates the screening of a documentary and a live music performance. The documentary focused on a small group of immigrants living in Stockholm. The ensemble was comprised of a string quartet, a piano, double-bass and drum set. Sounds hailing from the Jazz, Rock and Classical styles ran free and defied synchronicity with the film, the role of the music as “mere” soundtrack was challenged.
Anne Korff de Gidts (cello)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: The string quartet as a model for collaboration in a corporative setting.
A string quartet can contribute to training sessions offered to corporations and organisations that seek enhancement in the collaboration of their employees.
www.annekorffdegidts.com
Sophie Wingland (voice)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: Being the central collaborator!
The particular skills for leading workshops in an educational setting can also be applied in other collaborative practices, including the creative process of a contemporary and cross-disciplinary music ensemble.
ÁLVAR ROSELL MARTÍN
The Sunflower Man
The Sunflower Man is a collage made of many projects Álvar Rosell Martín has worked on during his time at the Iceland University of the Arts. The project consists of silent clarinet playing, poems, theatrics, videos, electronic music, improvised music and much more. Repetition is the glue that binds the piece together.
Sakaris Emil Joenson
Music for a video game that doesn‘t exist
An experiment in nostalgia and 8-bit chiptune music making
José Luis Alexander
Anderson Esquivel
My Practice as a Songwriter
Andervel has released one album composed by the songwriter’s earliest songs called “Beginners” and is currently working on an upcoming Ep in his mother tongue called “Noche”, to be released in 2020, as well as a second studio album. His songs have been described as highly honest, heartfelt intimate pieces.
2014
Ari Hróðmarsson (trombone, conducting)
Iceland Academy of the Arts
PIP: Bland í Poka
Premiere of a piece by John Speight, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Tónskóli Sigursveins. The piece was written for and performed by 120 students and teachers of the school, conducted by Ari Hrodmarsson. During the rehearsal period he shared his musical approach to the performers which consists of three steps of natural and organic learning: perception, understanding, explanation.
Baiba Bartkevica (voice)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: 'Oh tell me true love' & Pierrot Lunaire.
Baiba created a music theatre production together with her father the Latvian actor Juris Bartkevic based on four classic monologues (Hamlet, Peer Guint a.o.) and John Dowland’s Love songs. Further she sung and conducted a semi-staged performance of Pierrot Lunaire in an art exhibition as part of Riga Cultural Capital of Europe 2014.
Chara Riala (classical guitar)
Prins Claus Conservatorium
PIP: MusiCamp 2014
A 5-day music project taking place in a village in Cyprus where 5 musicians shared the responsibility and creativity in preparing a concert using their own musical backgrounds and traditional music of the island.
Jesper Eriksson (saxophone)
Royal College of Music
PIP: My Improvisation Practice
The act of improvising in individual instrumental collaboration projects and performance.
Tanja Krivokapic (jazz piano)
Prince Claus Conservatoire
PIP: Improvisation exercises for piano and voice
The project is focused on developing, supporting and inspiring young musician's creative mind, especially classically trained pupils. The book that collects innovative musical improvisation exercises for piano and voice can help you awake, enrich your personal creative musical language.
Arndís Hreiðarsdóttir (voice, piano, composition)
Iceland Academy of the Arts
PIP: Bláskjár - Out of the hole, into the whole
musicians journey to finding and accepting her voice.
Catherine Maria Stankiewicz (cello)
Iceland Academy of the Arts
PIP: Oath to Nature III
"Oath to Nature III" was part of a three part series that I created and composed. It was performed as a music installation in the three locations: Sigtuna, Sweden´s oldest city, Ísafjördur, Iceland´s northenmost city, and in the garden of Einar Jónsson Art Museum in Reykjavík.
Florian de Backere (composition, voice)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: Two staged performances of self-written and composed shows Heimwegen and Holzwege
This composer/actor/singer-songwriter created and staged two music theatre pieces for which he not only wrote the texts, but also created the music, the set and the lighting plan. Florian performed Heimwegen in the NEW Festival 2013 and Holzwege in the Festival Classique 2014, both in The Hague. (Photo credit: Sarah Wijzenbeek). www.backere.com
Lazar Ostojic - Lazaruss Ostos (classical guitar, bass guitar)
Prince Claus Conservatoire
PIP: Albatross Bass Bird Guitar
Designing and creating a new string instrument with both bass and classical guitar strings on one body and one neck. Discovering the sound possibilities, exploring new techniques and writing a book of methods for playing. Arranging and recomposing traditional folk songs from countries of Balkan and gathering audiences around fusion of music genres and different folk roots.
2013
Alexandra Chernishova (opera singer)
Iceland Academy of the Arts
PIP: Cycling Opera Singer in Search for New Audiences
Practice based research combining three outreach collaborative projects: The Girl from Kiev, Singing and Swimming and the opera In Skálholt.
Cornelia Zambila (violin, composition)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: A series of interactive concerts in which the ritual aspects of performances were explored and classical and contemporary music are mixed with traditional folkmusic.
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Krista Pyykönen (violin)
Royal College of Music
PIP: Many Memories, Many Stories
Participatory Music Project for Elderly People with Dementia – Music Pedagogical Applications for Elderly Care. www.kristapyykonen.com.
Nora Fischer (voice)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: New forms of presenting vocal repertoire
Nora explored how artful lightning and the use of simple theatre means can help to create a totally different atmosphere for the presentation of songs. She did so in a cycle of songs by Osvaldo Golijov performed with the Asko|Schönberg Ensemble and in a theatre in which her audience could listen to a set of songs whilst Nora was preparing food (including some Icelandic 'hardfisk') in her 'kitchen'. www.norafischer.com
Vala Gestsdóttir (Composer)
Iceland Academy of the Arts
PIP: The World of the Spheres
A cross-art collaborative project based on the poem The Singing of the Spheres by Þórunn Erla Valdimarsdóttir. (Photo credit: Þorfinnur Sigurgeirsson).
Örn Elías Guðmundsson (rock/electronic musician and vocal artist)
Iceland Academy of the Arts
PIP: Mirstrument
Creating and developing technology, composing, arranging and performing methods for a new computer based electronic instrument. www.mugison.com
Karin van der Veen (piano)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: Dad how was your work today / Papa's / Music bonbons
Creating concerts in which fathers with their daughters were portrayed both visual and in music that was specifically chosen or created by Karin. She also developed music bonbons: chocolate that once put in ones mouth, will produce sounds and music that can be 'heard' through the bones in the jaw. www.karinvanderveen.nl
Luca Brembilla (classical guitar)
Prince Claus Conservatoire
PIP: “How could a deepening into non-canonic music representations, with particular interest to extreme forms, excite a musician’s creativity and improve his communication skills?”
The project consisted in the realization of a concert in Laugarneskirkja, Reykjavik within the RAFLOST Icelandic Festival of Electronic Arts in May 2013. Luca performed together with Icelandic professional musicians a special and innovative music program based on his research.
Sarah Nichols (harp, storytelling)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: Modern Troubadours
A concept for workshops in which participants learn to express themselves in music combined with storytelling: workshops took place in The Netherlands, Nepal, Rumania and Zimbabwe. www.sarahnichols.weebly.com
2012
Angélica Vazquez Salvi (harp)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: Female Effects
Putting together an all-female ensemble, performing seven new pieces for harp & ensemble (with electronics) by female composers.
www.vimeo.com/angelicavsalvi
Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir (classical violin, voice, songwriting)
Iceland Academy of the Arts
PIP: Holistic musicians
How classical musicians can aim at taking their art and skills and use it in more than one way.
www.gretasalome.com
Anoek Brokaar (violin)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: Music special
Applying creative workshops to prepare children with special needs to attend concerts with classical chamber music.
Frank Oppedijk (piano)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: Verrassend klassiek / Surprisingly Classical
Organizing a seven concert series of classical chamber music, reaching out to new audiences in the city of Amersfoort.
2011
Jón Gunnar Biering Margeirsson (classical guitar, voice, songwriting)
Iceland Academy of the Arts
PIP: Creative music workshop and concert in Tasiilaq, East-Greenland
“New music on old foundations”, uses elements from the traditional music from Iceland and Greenland to create new music.
Merel van Geest (soprano)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: The NEW Festival
Can the entrepreneurial gene be activated in music students, by having them do an exam in an external context?
www.merelvangeest.nl
2010
Janneke Daalderop (soprano)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: I hate music (but I like to sing)
Stretching the conventions of the traditional lied-recital.
www.jannekedaalderop.com
Marjolein Stots (alto)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: Afterschool
Creating a youth opera about HIV and early pregnancy with students of the Melodi Music School in Soweto (SA) (in collaboration with Nikola Tosic).
Nikola Tosic (jazz trumpet)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: Afterschool
Creating a youth opera about HIV and early pregnancy with students of the Melodi Music School in Soweto (SA) (in collaboration with Marjolein Stots).
www.nikolatosic.net
Marcello Windolph (jazz-double bass)
Royal Conservatoire
PIP: Free Improvisation with the Noyam Dance Group
Exploring free improvised music with a contemporary dance group in Ghana.