Duo Gross & Schouten have been invited by Rotvoll Kunstner Kollektiv, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder and nyMusikk to an artist residency in Trondheim in May 2025. As part of the residency, the duo will give concerts and a lecture in which (performative) works by Dutch composers, among others, will be performed.

21.05.2025: lunch concert & artist talk @Rotvoll

•Images Intérieures: composition & performance by Katharina Gross for electronics, visuals & performance (supported by Dutch Performing Arts Fund NL, Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg, Embassy of the Netherlands)
•concertpieces by Füsun Koksal, Dimitris Andrikopoulos
•performative works by Benjamin Patterson (Paper Piece) and Katharina Gross (Shadow Pieces
•presentation of the “artistic fruits” of Gross & Schouten’s work during their residency period; artist talk after the performance about multidisciplinarity & performance.

24.05.2025: public lecture-concert @Rotvoll (collaboration with the nyMusikk):

•Katharina Gross introducing her project cellomondo (works by Kate Moore, Seung-Won Oh, Cecilia Arditto, Gerhard Stäbler, Kunsu Shim and many other composers of the world)
•Fie Schouten talking about her instrument the bass clarinet and her fascination on literature as an inspiration for music, presenting Roberto Bonati’s new solo inspired by poetry of Pasolini

24.05.2025: concert Soft Strenght @Rotvoll

works composed for the duo by
•Rozalie Hirs bee sage
•Janco Verduin (composition supported by the Dutch Performing Arts Fund NL)
•Peter Jakober (composition supported by the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung)

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The duo will also develop their own work during the residency: Katharina Gross likes to experiment with multilingualism and visual art in her compositions. Fie Schouten is an improviser and uses often literature as a basis for the structure of her projects.

During an artist residency in Trondheim, Duo Gross & Schouten would like to explore the idiosyncrasy and subtlety of the linguistic melody, sound diversity and emphasis of the Norwegian language and allow it to take effect in a musical way. It aims to collaborate with local cultural and social initiatives and offer workshops to students. The results of experiments with materials that have potential for a piece of music or text developed by participants themselves (in the form of audio fragments) will be incorporated into the performance. Video material of the unique Norwegian nature will also find its way into the new work.

The duo’s new work will be part of their project Soft Strength.
Soft Strength is a journey into the inner world of the human being. Subtle, barely perceptible noises, sounds and images are intended to intensify the perception of our senses.
As we are chronically overfed by a flood of information in this day and age, this project is intended to help listeners, viewers and sensory users “purge” themselves of this excess and “reduce” themselves to the basic human need, which undoubtedly lies in interpersonal connection and mutual attentiveness.