Context //Lunch lecture 17.10.25 - 12:15-13:00// Dynjandi, Skipholt 31, 105 Reykjavík
ROBBERY
Context welcomes RÁN on Friday, October 17. RÁN, Melissa Achten on harp and Ida Nørby on cello. At the event, they offer an insight into the duo's compositional methods. In conversation and through musical performance, they show how improvisation, exploration of material and random methods form the basis for the development of their compositions.
ROBBERY
Context of welcome LÁN Friday October 17th at 12:15 in Dynjandi. RÁN Melissa Achten, harp, and Ida Nørby, cello present an ultimate look into their duo's compositional process. Through a hybrid of discussion and live demonstration, they will share how exploration, object exploration, and chance operations serve as the foundation for developing long-form works.
Melissa Achten and Ida Nørby form the duo RÁN, a harp and cello duo that weaves together a soundscape from their collective imagination. Their creative process is rooted in improvisational music and their compositions have a flavor of folk and mythical aesthetics, as they consider a symbolic and moving mental world.
// Melissa Achten and Ida Nørby are Rán, a harp and cello duo sewing the sonic weave of their shared images. With a process rooted in improvisation, their compositions are charged with a folkloric and mythological aesthetic, ruminating on potent symbolic image.
