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14.05.13

See our projects for children

See how we work with children. They compose together with musicians/composers.
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16.02.13

New video for Varése's Deserts

The centrepiece of our concert tonight at Bergen Kjøtt is the performance of “Déserts” by Edgard Varèse. This work has a unique place in its foray into unchartered sonic territory in its combination of acoustic sounds and electronic interludes. But the piece has also a conceptual history. It was intended to be the soundtrack to a movie about deserts. Deserts in their physical form and as an aesthetic idea – wide open, unknown spaces to be explored. As the original movie project never materialised, we had the idea to let a young video artist make a new movie for the score. We contacted young video artist Tolga Balci to create a visual interpretation of “Déserts”. Today, we will show his finished video live together with our performance of the work. Here is his text about the video:
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30.08.12

season 2012 - 2013

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25.05.12

Call for scores

BIT20 Ensemble is committed to the music of today and tomorrow and sees its role in encouraging, discussing and performing music by living composers. In this connection, we now aim broadly to composers in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, and ask that interested parties submit scores for review and assessment for possible inclusion in BIT20 Ensembles program. Scores can be sent as pdf to post@bit20.no or by regular post.
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11.01.12

New CD: Gamelan Terrains

RUBEN SVERRE GJERTSEN: Gamelan Terrains · Rituals II · Lied for soprano and prepared piano · Rituals I · Miniatures II · tReMbLiNg · Grains BIT20 Ensemble · Pierre-André Valade, conductor - Label: Aurora
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