19-21 sept 2006,
Uppsala, Sweden
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What Music?
A three day musical dialogue during the What Next? Forum at Uppsala Castle 19th-21st of September 2006
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The ideas behind What Music?
 The two main ingredients in making this progressive musical performance happen are conversation and communication. Everybody who enters the doors of the historical castle in Uppsala during the days of the Forum will, simply by his or her presence, contribute to the ways of how, for instance, a string will be struck, a move will be made or how a word will be said. There will be no invisible borders, i.e. the musicians, dancers and acrobats will communicate directly to you who are listening or viewing. We’ll all have just as an important role in taking part of the conversation. This is improvisation, similar to a verbal discussion. The music, movements and paintings are simply another language we all understand.
Composed by the shapes of the great halls and rooms of the castle and the three-day timeframe, the world-renowned artists will continuously be on the move. Beginning with smaller spread out groups, slowly merging together, the performance will aim its waves of sound towards a final conclusion of what we’ve all been a part of; the conversation of what is next.
Joel Grip
Manager and composer |
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Artists performing
‘What Music?’
Niklas Barnö | Marcus Doverud | Joel Grip | Per-Åke Holmlander | Sofia Jernberg | Lindha Kallerdahl | Rebecka Nord & Sofia Wålstedt | Mattias Ståhl | Andreas Werliin | Lars Åhlund
Niklas Barnö – trumpet
Despite his young years Niklas has always been a well-known character of the Stockholm jazz and improv scene. Expressionistic and intense, his playing is honest in a very original way. Niklas is one of the four musicians who developed the term Pirate-jazz that grew out of the Swedish-American group The Jolly-Boat Pirates. He is currently studying improvisation at the Royal School of Music in Stockholm (Kungl. Musikhögskolan i Stockholm).
Umlaut Records
Marcus Doverud – mime-dancer, saxophone
Marcus is currently residing in Stockholm working as a freelance mime-dancer, musician, choreographer and performance artist. He just recently received a degree in mime at the National Academy of Mime and Acting (Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm). His versatile movements have, throughout his acting-life, been accompanied by his conversational saxophone improvisations.
contact email: doverud [at] soon.com
Joel Grip – double bass, cow-horn.
Joel Grip has shown a versatile and energetic style of musicianship, and still not letting go of his very own sound and creativity – a creativity of his which is also let out through his solid organizational work and filming. He has received a performance diploma from the improvised music program at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore USA, where he studied double bass under the master tutelage of Michael Formanek.
He is the initiative taker for the ideas and projects of Public Health Music that now include a CD and DVD production with homeless kids and youth in Ukraine. As a manager for the Stockholm – Baltimore based record label Umlaut Records Joel Grip is happy to, in the near future, put out poetry and sound compositions with poets Göran Greider and Per Wålstedt.
Umlaut Records
Public Health Music
Per-Åke Holmlander – tuba, trombone
As the unique Swedish musician he is, Per-Åke is known for his soulful playing on the tuba. He is performing in many different contexts all over the world. Groups like Yun Kan 5, Peter Brötzmann’s Chicago Tentet and Jon Vanderlander Trio (touring Sweden in October/November) keeps him busy as the virtuoso improviser he is.
Sofia Jernberg – voice
As a contemporary composer and an improvising vocalist, Sofia is one of Sweden’s most exciting young creators of new music today. For several years she has been a part of the board of the Association of Free Improvised Music in Sweden (FRIM). Sofia is, together with Cecilia Persson, leading the group Paavo. Via the organization Impra, Sofia is helping to promote female musicians and their development in today’s scene of creative music, mainly dominated by men.
Föreningen för Fri Improviserad Musik i Stockholm
www.impra.se
Lindha Kallerdahl – voice
Lindha is a downright sensitive musician, often using very small gestures, and an unbelievable voice equilibrist. Her base is in Gothenburg but though to her great teaching skills and by the strong impressions her voice bring she is well hired throughout the world by schools of music and renowned creative musicians.
LindhaKallerdahl.com
Rebecka Nord & Sofia Wålstedt – acrobatics
Acro-balance is about trust, balance, tension and concentration, an equal co-operation at all levels. Working together since 2000, Sofia Wålstedt and Rebecka Nord have developed their own style expressing female strength and pure pondus, a delicate mix with both high technical skills and a warm sense of humor. The duo, also called Stint, is now on their third and last year at "Centre des Arts du cirque de Lomme" in France.
Stint
Mattias Ståhl – vibraphone
Since 1999 Mattias Ståhl has been attracting much attention for his very personal and dynamic approach to the vibraphone. Apart from leading his own quartet Ståhls Blå Mattias also plays with Fredrik Nordström's Quartet and Octet, and the Swedish Grammy-winning group Seven Pieces, led by Lennart Åberg.
STÅHLS BLÅ
Andreas Werliin – percussion
After finishing his studies of music and drumming at the Gothenburg University, Andreas’ playing has been well received throughout the scene of creative music in the Nordic countries. Together with the vocalist Mariam Wallentin they form the experimental blues-pop group Boogie. Andreas is co-leading a project of Public Health Music called Homeless Voices Heard in Ukraine that include a CD and DVD production with homeless kids and youth in Ukraine.
We Are Boogie!
Public Health Music
Lars Åhlund – saxophone
Lars is a versatile musician known for his high-energy playing and rock ‘n’ roll/jazz compositions. His music can be heard through the members of his group Sound of the Millennium that most recently toured in South Africa. This last spring he received a degree at the Royal School of music in Stockholm. As a member of The Jolly-Boat Pirates he’ll be touring Europe in the month of October, 2006.
Umlaut Records
Sound of the Millenium (MySpace)
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Download programme
folder for the forum. |
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Download "Carbon trading – A critical conversation on climate change, privatisation and power". |
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Download the What Next Volume I: Setting the Context! (4.8 mb) |
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