Ultima Context

Ultima Context

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Ultima Context episodes

  • Ep 3 2020: Composer Trond Reinholdtsen: Permanently under construction

    Ultima Context – the podcast that takes you deeper into the world of contemporary and experimental music.

    In a sound portrait recorded at a rehearsal space in western Oslo, Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen challenges composer Trond Reinholdtsen to answer the fundamental question: What is music? He talks about the idea of ‘late style’ in relation to his new commission for the Asamisimasa ensemble, premiered at Ultima Festival 2020.

    Produced by Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival. Editors: Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen (in-Chief), Torunn Forland and Rob Young. Co-produced by Filt Oslo: Regine Døsen Kristoffersen, Peter Daatland. Jingles composed by Kristine Tjøgersen. Supported by Music Norway, Norsk Komponistforening, TONO and Sparebankstiftelsen DNB.

    12 min
  • Ep 2 2020: Kristine Tjøgersen on Household Objects

    Ultima Context – the podcast that takes you deeper into the world of contemporary and experimental music.

    In this evocative sound portrait, Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen visits composer Kristine Tjøgersen – winner of this year’s Nordheim Prize – at her home studio in the east of Oslo, and gets a taste of her inventive approach to instruments, getting sound from everyday objects, and improvisation.

    Produced by Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival. Editors: Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen (in-Chief), Torunn Forland and Rob Young. Co-produced by Filt Oslo: Regine Døsen Kristoffersen, Peter Daatland. Jingles composed by Kristine Tjøgersen. Supported by Music Norway, Norsk Komponistforening, TONO and Sparebankstiftelsen DNB.

    11 min
  • Ep 1 2020: Risto Holopainen on Secrets of Radiophonic Art

    Ultima Context – the podcast that takes you deeper into the world of contemporary and experimental music. 


    In this sound portrait, Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen visits Risto Holopainen in his Oslo environment and hears how the composer combines speech, atmospheric music and field recordings into something greater than its parts. Drawing on earlier examples of ‘radiophonics’, this is the art of sculpting sounds into an immersive listening experience.

    Produced by Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival. Editors: Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen (in-Chief), Torunn Forland and Rob Young. Co-produced by Filt Oslo: Regine Døsen Kristoffersen, Peter Daatland. Jingles composed by Kristine Tjøgersen. Supported by Music Norway, Norsk Komponistforening, TONO and Sparebankstiftelsen DNB.

    9 min

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Going deeper into the music with the Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival. The team behind one of the biggest contemporary music festivals in Northern Europe open up the diverse and fascinating…