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Artist
Maja S. K. Ratkje
12+ albums
experimentalnoiseNorwayAvant-Gardeglitch
about
Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje, composer and performer (born Dec. 29th 1973 in Trondheim, Norway), finished composition studies at the Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo in 2000. Her music has been heard all over Europe as well as in Japan, China, Canada, USA and eastern Russia. Her composed works have been performed by Klangforum Wien, Oslo Sinfonietta, The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Fretwork, TM+, Arve Tellefsen, Cikada and Vertavo string quartets, Quatuor Renoir, Ticom, crashEnsemble, Torben Snekkestad, SPUNK, Frode Haltli, Rolf-Erik Nystrøm and Håkon Thelin in POING among others. Portrait concerts with her music has been heard in Toronto and Vienna, and she has received many awards and commissions from throughout the world such as the International Rostrum of Composers in Paris for composers below 30 years of age, she has received the Norwegian Edvard prize (work of the year) twice, second prize at the Russolo Foundation, and in 2001 she was the first composer ever to receive the Arne Nordheim prize. Her solo album «Voice», made in collaboration with Jazzkammer, got a Distinction Award at Prix Ars Electronica in 2003. Ratkje is active as a singer/voice user and electronics player as well as studio engineer, mainly in connection with the contemporary improvisation ensemble SPUNK or as a solo artist. Other groups are the metal band Trinacria, duo with Jaap Blonk, the performance trio Agrare and a workers' songs collaboration with the acoustic trio POING. Ratkje has pe
top songs
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Introduksjon - denne forundelige by
8452Sjå, åmioda - og ikke en lyd kom mig fra strupen
8283Den sprættende bevægelse min fot gjør hver gang pulsen slår
7224Sayago - en sådan glidende lyd
6885En træflis å tygge på
6416Øine som råsilke, armer av rav
6277Et hvitt fyrtårn midt i et grumset menneskehav hvor vrak fløt om
5948Kristiania
5839Jeg fornemmer mine sko som en sagte susende tone imot mig
52810Intro
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