HIDROS9 2022

Hidros9 is an interaction between graphic works, two chamber groups, four soloists, electronics, and the conductor. The piece was commissioned by Avant Art Foundation and composed by Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. This new piece is a deeper exploration and continuation of the previous piece Hidros o.T. (2019). The piece is layered with interaction, new musical perspectives, forms and frictions. All of them linked to the graphic scores and works of Austrian artist Mathias Pöschl as well as the conductive composing of Mats Gustafsson. By controlling 3 different instrument groups: two chamber ensembles, the soloist group and electronics, the conductor is able to use 3 different kinds of graphics and models of conductions. Rules are set by the composer and executed live by the conductor in an instant conducting situation, where tempo, dynamics, density and other musical parameters are controlled by predetermined rules of conductions. What will give the piece a special body, character and profile is the meeting between more traditional instruments, traditions and new technology - All in an instant conducting session where the groups and the soloists interact. Mats Gustafsson (conduction) NyMusikk Trondheim Ensemble: Eira Bjørnstad Foss (violin), Matilda Rolfsson (bass drum), Lars Ove Fossheim (guitar), Michael F. Duch (bass), Øyvind Engen (cello), Kyrre Laastad (percussion and electronics), Nicolas Leirtrø (bass), Daniel Formo (organ and prepared piano), Maren Sofie Nyland Johansen (accordion) Avant Art Ensemble: Teoniki Rozynek (violin), Dominika Korzeniecka (bass drum), Szymon Wójcik (guitar and electronics), Rafał Różalski (bass), Magdalena Bojanowicz (cello), Qba Janicki (percussion and electronics), Paweł Romańczuk (bass), Barbara Drazkov (organ and prepared piano), Zbigniew Chojnacki (accordion) Soloist group: Colin Stetson (amplified bass saxophone), Anders Nyqvist (trumpets), Hedvig Mollestad (guitar), Per-Åke Holmlander (tuba and cimbasso) Electronics group: Dieb13 (turntables), Jérôme Noetinger (revox tape recorder), Mikael Werliin (sound) Hidros 9 was created as part of the two-year international project In Between Norway & Poland/Culture, implemented as a result of cooperation between 5 organizations, including Norwegian: Oslo Jazz Festival, nyMusikk and Nasjonal Jazzscene Victoria, as well as Polish ones - the Center for Intercultural Creative Initiatives “Crossroads“, organizer of the KODY Festival (Lublin), and the project leader, Avant Art Foundation, organizer of the Avant Art Festival Wroclaw and Warsaw. The project In Between Norway & Poland / Culture is financed by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the Norwegian and EEA Funds from 2014 to 2021 (The Culture Programme, Activity 2 “Improving access to culture and the arts”). For more information about the Norwegian and EEA Funds, see: Together we are working towards a green, competitive and inclusive Europe.