KONSERT
Dokkhuset Scene 3. mai, kl. 19:00
Billetter: Dokkhuset.no
Partnere: SiTron, Musikkteknologi, NTNU
Music for instruments, objects, and electronics [2026]
SiTron / SWR Experimentalstudio / Creative Music Technology at NTNU
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Natasha Barrett: Hallucination Machine
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This project establishes a collaboration between the Trondheim-based ensemble SiTron, the internationally renowned SWR Experimental Studio (Germany), and students from NTNU’s Music Technology program. Together, the partners will create a framework for artistic exploration, technical innovation, and international knowledge exchange. At its core, the initiative asks two questions: how can artistic practice remain relevant and adaptable in an unpredictable future, and how can co-creation between instruments, electronics, spaces, and musicians generate artistic environments that both challenge and inspire?
The project begins in February 2026 with a workshop in Trondheim, where two representatives from SWR Experimental Studio will work alongside members of SiTron to engage NTNU Music Technology students. The program combines technical training with creative exploration, introducing participants to SWR’s long tradition of Sound Directors—specialists in integrating acoustic instruments with live electronics and spatial sound. Through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on sessions, students will gain practical skills and a deeper understanding of technology as a creative partner in the artistic process.
Equally important is the chance for students to develop their own artistic voices. By working directly with professional musicians from SiTron and experts from SWR, they will experiment with interactive sound design, spatialization, and collaborative composition. The process emphasizes learning through practice: students are trained in technical tools while also encouraged to reflect on their artistic decisions and on technology’s role in shaping contemporary music-making.
In May 2026, the results of the workshop will be presented in a public concert as part of Meta.Morf Biennale. This ensures that the knowledge and creative outcomes extend beyond the university environment, reaching both the artistic community and a broader audience. The combination of intensive education and public presentation strengthens the cultural relevance of the project and highlights its wider impact.
The expected results are clear. NTNU students will acquire advanced skills in live electronics and spatial sound, as well as valuable experience in interdisciplinary collaboration with professional musicians and international specialists. Trondheim’s role as a hub for experimental music and technology will be reinforced by linking education, research, and public performance within a single initiative. The collaboration will also encourage new approaches to music technology that combine artistic depth with innovative use of tools and spaces.
By connecting education, professional practice, and public presentation, the project benefits both students and the broader cultural ecosystem. It builds long-term links between institutions and prepares a new generation of artists to think critically and act creatively in a rapidly changing artistic landscape.
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SiTron [NO]
SiTron (formerly Trondheim Sinfonietta) is a Trondheim-based chamber ensemble dedicated to contemporary music. Drawing on musicians from the city’s vibrant professional scene—including freelancers, NTNU, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, and the Air Force Band—the ensemble serves as both a workplace and a creative meeting point for performers with a passion for new music.
SiTron’s repertoire spans composed works and music with strong elements of improvisation, demanding both technical precision and artistic individuality. The ensemble frequently collaborates across disciplines, engaging with artists and institutions in Trondheim and the wider Mid-Norwegian region.
Committed to highlighting composers connected to Trondheim and Mid-Norway, SiTron commissions new works and curates projects with a regional and international outlook. Their latest release, Imprints (Particular Recordings, 2024), features works by Arne Nordheim, Pierre Boulez, Terje Viken, and Rolf Gupta. Previous recordings include Mantra (2018), with music by Ellen Lindquist, Trygve Brøske, Maja Ratkje, Eirik Hegdal, and Jon Øyvind Ness, as well as the Spellemann-winning children’s album Så Rart…! (2008).
https://sitronsinfonietta.com/hjem
SWR Experimentalstudio [DE]
The SWR Experimentalstudio (Freiburg) is one of the world’s leading institutions for live-electronic and experimental music. Founded in 1971, it bridges compositional ideas and technical realisation, enabling composers, sound designers, engineers, and sound directors to collaborate on creating new works that integrate live electronics, spatial sound, and modern production technologies.
As a fully staffed, specialist studio, they annually invite composers to benefit from working grants to develop ambitious projects, as well as offering staging and realization support. Their work is performed globally at major festivals (such as Wiener Festwochen, Biennale di Venezia, Festival d’Automne à Paris) and in prestigious venues including Teatro alla Scala (Milan), Carnegie Hall (New York), and others.
Historically, the studio has been the site for some of the most important electronic and live-electronic works of the 20ᵗʰ and 21ˢᵗ centuries, by composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, Luigi Nono, and, more recently, Mark Andre, Chaya Czernowin, and Georg Friedrich Haas. Since 2022, SWR Experimentalstudio has been led by Joachim Haas.
https://www.swr.de/swrkultur/musik-klassik/experimentalstudio/index.html
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Photo credits: SiTron photo by SiTron / Photo of Ausland: Heroines of Sound and photographer Daniel Pepper.
Supported by Goethe Institut.
