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Category Archives: Concert reviews
Review from Cleveland
Maja Ratkje looks harmless and demure, ambling slowly to the stage whistling a soft tune. Then the effects start. The whistle becomes a sound loop entwined with bells. Layers of white noise and wow and flutter erupt. Suddenly there’s what … Continue reading
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Gig review: Sonica: Voice, Glasgow
Sonica – a weekend-long celebration of sonic art – opened last night with the UK premiere of Voice, “an audio-visual duet by Norwegian performance artist Maja SK Ratkje and light designer HC Gilje”. The Scotsman 2nd November 2013 (…) For … Continue reading
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Festivals tredje dag gav smukt liv til gamle socialistiske sange (DK)
Tysk socialistisk musik og surreel klangkunst mødtes på Wundergrund. Politiken 30.10.2013 Tysk socialistisk musik og surreel klangkunst mødtes på -Foto: Wundergrund. Der er ingenting så forførende som en agiterende kvinde, der kan synge vemodige socialistiske sange om international solidaritet med glohed … Continue reading
Maja Ratkje & Lasse Marhaug (…) | Nefertiti (SE)
Göteborgs-Posten 28.09.2013: (…)Undantaget är duon Maja Ratkje och Lasse Marhaug som har ett mer fysiskt förhållningssätt till det som låter. I kollisionerna mellan olika beståndsdelar bildas nya och oroande energier. Den vackraste passagen av den stökiga och lekfulla spelningen består … Continue reading
Reviews from Punkt Festival 2013 (in English and Norwegian)
Jazznytt: …kom på scenen og forestår det vakreste og øresprengende vi har hørt fra henne på lang tid. Og det sier ikke lite. Dette er instant komponering på sitt aller beste, på sitt aller mest magiske. by John Kelman, All … Continue reading
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Jak sní stroje? Zápisky z festivalu Only Connect – Machine Dreams (CZ)
blog.respekt.cz 25. 6. 2013 00:38 – Ondřej Hojda, čtenost: 56x, karma: zatím neurčena Píšu sem o prostoru a do něj patří i hudba, zvlášť zní-li na některých místech. Červnem začíná v Norsku přehršel letních hudebních festivalů. Zmíním se teď jen … Continue reading
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David Bowie slik du aldri har hørt ham (NO)
Det er mulig enkelte Bowie-fans føler seg lurt etter denne konserten. Selv er jeg en av dem som står igjen med et smil etter å ha hørt Bowie i en innpakning jeg sent vil glemme. Continue reading
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Korall Koral feedback from Huddersfield and Dewsbury 2012
The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival has sent us some audience reactions. All very positive. Enjoy. • Beautiful, peaceful, melodic, graceful. The children and we were mesmerised. Thank you. • Beautiful. Just the right size. • Lovely, interesting and innovative. We … Continue reading
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Abstrakte Pinselstrichte and Klangarchitekturen (DE)
Biel: Fulminanter Auftakt: der erste Abend am diesjährigen Festival “Ear We Are” bestach durch pointerte Farbkontraste.
Crepuscular Hour reviewed by Vibrations
Vibrations 2012: photo by Lasse Marhaug Part of the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (HCMF), this was the UK Premier of Crepuscular Hour, a piece by Norwegian composer and musician Maja S K Ratkje that seeks to incorporate harsh noise within … Continue reading
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Reviews from Krems, Kontraste 2012 (in English and Norwegian)
Visual artist HC Gilje and sound artist Maja Ratkje ended the festival. The setting was impressive: eighteen large (40 x 40 cm) monitors were stacked in a semicircle about eight feet high. Continue reading
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Opera for babies
The Guardian Nov. 15 2012 Norwegian composer and performer Maja Ratkje has worked with classical groups and metal bands. But it is her opera for babies that has brought her international fame by Alfred Hickling At an arts centre in … Continue reading
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deneb-tala was here : Die Lange Nacht der elektronischen Musik, Dampfzentrale, Bern, le 6 Juillet 2012 (FR)
Deneb Tala: Pour le concert de Maja Ratkje, pas de chaises. On sera tous debout, comme dans un concert de rock (ou assis par terre, comme dans un concert de Nadja). Maja Ratkje est un petite femme toute menue, avec … Continue reading
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Bozar Electronic Arts Festival @ Bozar (NL)
KnackFocus.be: (…) Zaterdag werden we in de grote Henry Le Boeufzaal welkom geheten door een in duisternis gehulde Maja Ratkje, die door eenvoudigweg in de microfoon te blazen en te smakken en daar vervolgens op haar computer mee aan de … Continue reading
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POING at Jazz à La Villette, reviews in French
La chanteuse Maja Ratkje allait livrer une éblouissante relecture du répertoire de chansons révolutionnaires de Kurt Well et Hans Eisler. Continue reading
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Intelligent liv på havbotnen (NO)
Scenekunst for barn? Ja, eller som demonstrert i Korall koral -en babyopera: Scenekunst for dei aller minste forstått som djup og fri intelligens. Av Elin Høyland, publisert i Norsk Shakespeare- og teatertidsskrift 2 / 2011 Under ein kvit lerretsduk spent … Continue reading
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Festival med framflyttade gränser (SE)
Swedish paper Dagens Nyheter reviewing my works under Båstad Chamber Music Festival last week. Årets festivaltonsättare Maja Ratkje har präglat Båstads kammarmusikfestival som ingen före henne. Från hennes enastående körverk, via tango och stråkkvartett till avslutningen med en fantasifull barnopera. … Continue reading
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Reviews from concert with Ikue Mori (and Parker/Wiese) in London
(…) Ratkje and Mori toe a brittle line of simultaneity, wriggling away from one another but constantly connected, frantically feeding off of an impulse that gifts the music a jittery, pinball dynamic. Continue reading
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Jazz & Beyond Deluxe – Maja Ratkje & Poing… (NL)
Kwadratuur: (…) in ‘Der Song von Mandeley’ sloeg ze ritmisch aan het improviseren, alsof ze haar vocale inbreng met een sampler in stukken hakte, bewerkte en terug aan elkaar plakte. Continue reading
Zážitek silnější než šestsetwattová žárovka (CZ)
Aardvark: (…) Po přestávce, během které zaznělo několik gratulací a poděkování autorům HIS Voice, představení nového designu i směřování periodika, se před publikum dostavila norská vokalistka Maja Ratkje. Improvizátorka přednesla dvě performance, při kterých si pomáhala různými nástroji od harmoniky … Continue reading
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