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, 12:00: lunch concert & artist talk @Rotvoll Gallery and Chapel

• Images Intérieures: composition & performance by Katharina Gross for electronics, visuals & performance (supported by Performing Arts Fund NL, Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg, Embassy of the Netherlands)
• improvisation by Fie Schouten inspired by poetry of Nils Chr. Moe-Repstad
• concertpieces for cello & bass clarinet dedicated to Duo Gross & Schouten
– Füsun Köksal İncirlioğlu (TR) Word by word (2023)
– Dimitris Andrikopoulos (GR/PT) “When you see…” (2023)
• artist talk with the duo and Gyrid Nordal Kaldestad after the performance about multidisciplinarity & performance.

24.05.2025, 13:00-15:00 @Rotvoll (in collaboration with the nyMusikk)

lecture-concert:
• Katharina Gross introducing her project Cellomondo (works for cello solo by composers of all over the world)
Cellomondo
• Fie Schouten talking about her instrument the bass clarinet and her fascination on literature as an inspiration for music, presenting Roberto Bonati‘s (IT) new solo inspired by poetry of Pasolini titled Black Wood Ebony Spirit (commissioned by Basklarinet Festijn, Performing Arts Fund NL)
Basklarinet Festijn

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concert part of Soft Strength program:
works for cello, bass clarinet and electronics composed for the duo by
• Janco Verduin (NL) From dusk till dawn: the hidden world of Pipistrellus Pipistrellus (2025) *
• Peter Jakober (AT) Werk (2025) **
with the Austrian composer Peter Jakober, live electronics

* composition supported by the Performing Arts Fund NL
** composition commissioned by Stichting Gross & Marinissen and supported by the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung

About the residency:

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.