Maja Ratkje

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Maja Ratkje, 2018

Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje (born December 29, 1973 in Trondheim ) is a Norwegian singer , live electronics technician and composer .

Live and act

Ratkje studied composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music from 1995 to 2000 , with Lasse Thoresen , Olav Anton Thommessen and Asbjørn Schaathun , among others . In the summer of 1999 she stayed at the IRCAM with Louis Andriessen , Sofia Gubajdulina , Ivar Frounberg , Klaus Huber , Jōji Yuasa and Kaija Saariaho .

Ratkje plays the theremin , laptop and violin. Together with Hild Sofie Tafjord , Kristin Andersen and Lene Grenager , she has formed the group Spunk since 1995 , with which she released numerous recordings; with Tafjord she formed the noise duo Fe-mail ( Syklubb Fra Haelvete , 2002), which is considered an “institution” in the Norwegian scene and which was expanded with Lotta Melin to become the Agrare trio .

In addition to an opera, Ratkje has composed symphonic and chamber music for film, theater and ballet. Her works have been performed by Klangforum Wien , Oslo Sinfonietta, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra , among others . She has worked with Jaap Blonk , Lasse Marhaug, Joëlle Léandre , Per Inge Bjørlo, Stephen O'Malley , Ikue Mori and Zeena Parkins . On the Molde International Jazz Festival she met in 2000 in the band Jazzkammer on Merzbow . With the group Poing she also interpreted Brecht songs ( Wach auf , 2011).

Prizes and awards

Ratkje was awarded the International Rostrum of Composers in Paris, the Norwegian Edvard Prize (twice) and in 2001 was the first composer to be awarded the Arne Nordheim Prize . Her solo album Voice was awarded the Prix ​​Ars Electronica 2003.

Discographic notes

  • Voice ( Rune Grammofon 2002)
  • Stalker (Important Records 2006)
  • Adventura Anatomica (Semishigure 2006)
  • John Hegre & Maja Ratkje: Ballads (Decorder 2006)
  • Teip (Ambolthue 2007)
  • River Mouth Echoes ( Tzadik 2008)
  • Phantom Orchard: orra ( Tzadik 2008)
  • Trondheim Sinfonietta interprets Maja SK Ratkje: Snowblind (Øra Fonogram 2011)
  • Poing & Maja Ratkje: Wake Up (Øra Fonogram 2011)
  • Phantom Orchard Orchestra: Trouble In Paradise ( Tzadik 2012)
  • Ikue Mori , Simon Balestrazzi, Sylvie Courvoisier , Alessandro Olla, Maja SK Ratkje: Treasure Hunt (TiConZero 2012)
  • Slugfield (Maja SK Ratkje, Paal Nilssen-Love , Lasse Marhaug ): Slime Zone (PNL 2012)
  • Ikue Mori & Maja SK Ratkje: Scrumptious Sabotage (Bocian Records 2013)
  • Maja SK Ratkje & Joachim Montessuis: Janos (Erratum 2013)
  • Crepuscular Hour (Rune Grammofon 2016)
  • Jonathan Meese / Mama Baer and Commissioner Hjuler / Maja Ratkje: The Kepler 452b pre-sequel (Psych.KG 2017)

SPUNK

Fe-mail

  • Syklubb fra Hælvete (Vinyl, TV5 2003 / CD, Important Records 2004)
  • All Men Are Pigs (Fe-mail and Lasse Marhaug ) (Gameboy Records 2004)
  • Voluptuous Vultures , (PsychForm Records 2005)
  • Northern Stains (Fe-mail & Carlos Giffoni ) (Important Records 2006)
  • Blixter Toad (2 CDs, Asphodel 2006)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aschehoug & Gyldendals Store (norske leksikon)
  2. ↑ a b c Ratkje, Maja Solveig Kjelstrup , Norsk Musikkinformasjon
  3. ↑ Review Fe-Mail (Nordic Music)
  4. ↑ Tre søstre: agrarian tolker Tsjekhov på Black Box
personal data
SURNAME Ratkje, Maja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ratkje, Maja Solveig Kjelstrup (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian improvisation musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Trondheim