In March 2017 Konstmusiksystrar organised a concert at Svensk Musikvår, an annual festival for Swedish contemporary music. The festival took place at multiple venues in Stockholm and was led by the producer and saxophone player Jörgen Pettersson. The programme consisted of music by Konstmusiksystrar members Maja Linderoth, Rachel C. Walker, Maria Lindström, Rosali Grankull and Kajsa Magnarsson. The concert was curated by Marta Forsberg and Madeleine Jonsson Gille.
Programme:
Kajsa Magnarsson, “Strap-On and Electric Guitar” for electric guitar
Rosali Grankull, “Skulptera. Kollision. Streck” for cello and electronics
Maria Lindström, “Trana” for contrabass and electronics
Rachel C. Walker, “Reverberation” for soprano, text by Kendall A.
Maja Linderoth - “Sonatform denaturerad prosa” for vocal quartet, text by Gunnar Ekelöf
Musicians:
Kajsa Magnarsson, electric guitar
My Hellgren, cello
Madeleine Jonsson Gille, vocals
Heddie Färdig, vocals
Ulrika Skarby, vocals
Martin Åsander, vocals
Anders "Butta" Börjesson, vocals
Watch the full concert:
The composers all applied to be part of the concert through a call for works which was sent out to the Konstmusiksystar members. The organisers chose the works through a lottery. This curatorial method has been frequently used for processes of selection by Konstmusiksystrar and was explored in-depth in the project I slumpens tjänst (In the service of chance). The concert was praised by the music critic Camilla Lundberg who wrote an enthusiastic review in Dagens Nyheter especially commending Konstmusiksystrar's curatorial approach.
