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Natasha Barrett (Norwich, England, UK, 1972) • Residence: Oslo, Norway Composer — Member of: Dr Ox
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eD: A Women Composer Triplet
On March 10, 2010 empreintes DIGITALes will release a triplet of discs — 2 new releases, and 1 reissue — by exceptional women composers.
Posted March 7, 2010 in Recent Arrivals »
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World New Music Days in Sweden: Gobeil, Parmerud, Barrett, Bédard…
The World New Music Days organized by the ISCM will take place on Septembre 24 - October 4, 2009 in Visby, Växjö, and Göteborg (Sweden). Amongst the works on the programmes: Rituals by Åke Parmerud on September 28; Champs de fouilles (Excavations) by Martin Bédard and Sub Terra by Natasha Barrett on September 29; and finally Vol de rêve (first movement of Trois songes) by Gilles Gobeil on October 1.
Posted September 12, 2009 in Live Events »
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Barrett, Orning in Concert in Oslo, Norway
Natasha Barrett will give a concert on May 16, 2009 at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Olso (Norway). She will present her work Rhizaria (cello and processing) from the cycle Barely and a live electronics improvisation set with her duo Dr Ox (with cellist Tanja Orning).
Posted May 14, 2009 in Live Events »
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Natasha Barrett To Premiere in SwedenNatasha Barrett will be in Malmö (Sweden) on February 24, 2009 to premiere her work Zone 1 in which she plays live-electronics with guitarist Stefan Östersjö and Ensemble Ars Nova.
Posted January 20, 2009 in Live Events »
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Natasha Barrett at Trans’électroacoustique, FranceNatasha Barrett will give 3 concerts at the Trans’électroacoustique festival in Marseille (France) from February 11 to 13, 2009. She will present Angels & Devils on the first night, Wet Face and Trade Winds at the second concert and Sub Terra and The Utility of Space on the third night.
Posted January 20, 2009 in Live Events »
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Natasha Barrett at De Monfort University, UKNatasha Barrett will be at the De Montfort University (England, UK) on March 5, 2009 to present Sub Terra and Gentle Sediment. She will also participate to a seminar where she will talk about Sub Terra and other recent works.
Posted January 20, 2009 in Live Events »
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Natasha Barrett at ILIOS in NorwayFrom January 29 to February 1, 2009, Natasha Barrett will be at the ILIOS Happening 2009 festival in Harstad (Norway). She will present her work Microclimates III-IV.
Posted January 20, 2009 in Live Events »
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Ascione, Barrett, Chion, Dhomont, Gobeil, Henry… at Futura 07, Crest, FranceThe Futura festival will take place from August 21 to 24, 2008 in Crest (France). Amongst guest composers, let’s point Patrick Ascione, Natasha Barrett, Michel Chion, Pierre Henry, and Lionel Marchetti’s presence. Also, in the Nuit blanche programme (August 23rd) Gilles Gobeil will present his piece Ombres, espaces, silences…, Francis Dhomont will diffuse Signé Dionysos, and Annette Vande Gorne her piece Exil, chant II.
Posted August 1, 2008 in Live Events »
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Natasha Barrett’s Upcoming Concerts in EuropeNatasha Barrett will premiere Gentle Sediment on June 4, 2008 as part of the 38th Synthèse festival in Bourges (France). Her piece Crack for instrumental ensemble and live electronics will be performed by Ars Nova on June 6 at Birmingham Conservatoire’ Adrian Boult Hall (England, UK).
Posted May 24, 2008 in Live Events »
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EMS Conference in June in ParisThe 2008 Electroacoustic Music Studies Conference (EMS08) “Musique concrète — 60 years later” will take place on June 3-7, 2008 in Paris (France). Amongst the guest speakers:
Three concerts are also organized on June 6, 7, and 8 at the Salle Olivier Messiaen of the Maison de Radio France.
Posted May 22, 2008 in What’s New »
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Barrett in Concert with Dr Ox, Norway
On Friday May 2, 2008 Dr Ox (Natasha Barrett, laptop; Tanja Orning, cello) will be in concert at Domkirken in Bergen (Norway); and on Saturday May 3 at Sagene Kulturverksted in Oslo. Their new CD DR.OX will be soon avalaible on electrocd.com.
Posted April 30, 2008 in Live Events »
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3rd Sound Art Workshop Directed by Daoust in OrfordThe Orford Arts Centre (Québec) announces its 3rd Sound Art Workshop as part of the International Music Academy. Held on August 4 to 16, 2008 the workshop, directed by Yves Daoust, is open to sound creators of all styles. This year Yves Daoust has invited guest composers Natasha Barrett, Alexandre Burton, Jean Landry, and Paul Rudy. This year, the registered participants will be able to collaborate with performers of the Contemporary Music Interpretation Workshop.
Posted February 8, 2008 in What’s New »
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Akousma (4): Barrett, Azguime, Radford, Gobeil… in MontréalContinuation of the Rien à voir series, the Akousma (4) mini-festival presents electroacoustic music in its many forms on November 28 to December 1, 2007 at the Monument-National in Montréal. Will perform: Miguel Azguime, Natasha Barrett, Nicolas Bernier, Georges Forget, Gilles Gobeil, Laurie Radford, Robert Normandeau, and the winners of the Hugh Le Caine Award of the 2007 SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers. A unique event, in Montréal. Not to be missed!
Posted November 16, 2007 in Live Events »
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Barrett in Sound and Light, OsloNatasha Barrett is presenting the multimedia sound art installation Barely_Part 1 from September 30 until October 14, 2007 in Kanonhallen as part of the Ultima festival in Oslo (Norway)… If you are in Europe at that moment, a roundabout way towards North would be worthy.
Posted October 10, 2007 in Live Events »
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The Sound of Norwegian Spring with BarrettThe SLEPPET — the Sound of Norwegian Spring project, part of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Edvard Grieg’s death, has invited creators in electronic music and sound art to produce works based on the sounds from the Norwegian nature and folk culture, those that have also inspired Grieg. Artists — amongst whom Natasha Barrett — have been invited to tour Western Norway in the Spring 2007 to experience and record its nature and rural culture. The works resulting from this process will become an exhibition from August 31 to September 23, 2007 in Bergen (Norway). Meanwhile follow the evolution of the artists’ work on the Sleppet’s website (link below).
Posted August 17, 2007 in Live Events »
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Barrett’s Trade Winds in Sweden
On April 15 the installation Trade Winds, premiered last February, will be presented as part of the LARM — Nordic Sound Art Festival in Stockholm.
Posted April 5, 2007 in Live Events »
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Barrett’s Crack Premieres in Sweden
On March 30, 2007 Ensemble Ars Nova will be performing Crack — Integra’s first commission to Natasha Barrett — during the Connect Festival at Lunds Universitet (Sweden). The composer collaborated to a project with La Kitchen (Paris) to develop the electronic elements that are used in the piece.
Posted March 22, 2007 in Live Events »
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Barrett, Parmegiani at Spor Festival, DenmarkNatasha Barrett will present her sound installation Rain Forest during the Spor Festival on May 10 to 13, 2007 in Århus (Denmark). As for the musical piece Capture éphémère by Bernard Parmegiani, it will be presented in a version performed by The Ghettoblaster Ensemble.
Posted February 16, 2007 in Live Events »
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Second Weekend of Soundings… in Edinburgh, UKSecond weekend of Soundings… on February 2 to 4, 2007 at the Reid Concert Hall in Edinburgh (UK). On the programme, works by Adrian Moore, Pete Stollery, Jonty Harrison, Francis Dhomont, Natasha Barrett, and several others.
Posted January 26, 2007 in Live Events »
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First Weekend of Soundings… in Edinburgh, UKThis first weekend of Soundings… has 4 concerts on October 27 to 29, 2006 at the Reid Concert Hall in Edinburgh (UK). On October 28 Pete Stollery will premiere scènes, rendez-vous, composed at the GRM studios, and spatialize the works … et ainsi de suite… by Jonty Harrison, and Espace / Escape by Francis Dhomont. Natasha Barrett, Gilles Gobeil, Elsa Justel, Denis Smalley, and Annette Vande Gorne are amongst the twenty composers performed.
Posted October 20, 2006 in Live Events »
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Works by Barrett, Young in Bangor, UKA concert of acousmatic music at the Powis Hall of the University of Wales Bangor (UK) on October 26, 2006 will present, works by David Berezan, Natasha Barrett, John Young, and Andrew Lewis, amongst others.
Posted October 13, 2006 in Live Events »
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Barrett Wins 2006 Nordic Council Music PrizeNatasha Barrett was awarded the Nordisk Råds Musikkpris (Nordic Council Music Prize) on June 3, 2006 for her work … fetters…. Twelve composers and musicians from Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden were finalists. The jury states that Natasha Barrett “shows a clear consciousness of the capacity of silence to highlight the various interest-moments in the composition, in a shifting interplay between activity and calm, chaos and order. In addition, Barrett demonstrates an impressively skilful grasp of the unique technological potential of the medium.” The prize will be presented to her on November 1 in Copenhagen.
Posted June 25, 2006 in What’s New »
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Normandeau, Denis in WeimarRobert Normandeau and Jean-François Denis presented the closing concert of the “Akusmatisches Wochenende” festival produced by the Studio für elektroakustische Musik (SeaM) in Weimar (Germany) on June 18, 2006. The programme included works by Normandeau, and, spatialized by Denis, short works by Elainie Lillios, Elsa Justel, Elizabeth Hoffman, Natasha Barrett, John Oswald, Yves Daoust, and Pierre Alexandre Tremblay.
Posted June 22, 2006 in Live Events »
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Dufort, Chouinard Get a Mention in BourgesThe winners of the 33rd Bourges International Competition of Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art (France) are announced. Cantique #2, by Louis Dufort and Marie Chouinard, received a mention in the category “Trivium — work for multimedia” while their Cantique #3 was selected in the “Trivium — sound installation” category. Composers James Duhamel, Nicolas Bernier, Natasha Barrett, Pierre Alexandre Tremblay, Ludger Brümmer, and Roxanne Turcotte had their work selected in other categories.
Posted June 16, 2006 in What’s New »
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Voyages sonores in Birmingham, UKVoyages sonores is a weekend of acousmatic events organized by BEAST and held on March 17 to 19, 2006 at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Centre (Birmingham, UK). The event features guest composers Françoise Barrière and Christian Clozier from IMEB (France), and Robert Normandeau. The Utility of Space by Natasha Barrett, Tangram by Robert Normandeau, and Sorties by Jonty Harrison are amongst the 28 works presented.
Posted February 28, 2006 in Live Events »
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New Barrett Work Premieres at Ilios Festival, NorwayThe premiere of Trade Winds by Natasha Barrett will take place on February 5, 2006 at the Harstad Kulturhus (Norway) during the festival for contemporary music Ilios.
Posted January 19, 2006 in Live Events »
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Barrett in Concert in Sweden and NorwayNatasha Barrett is giving two concerts soon. Firstly, Where Shadows Do for Bodies Stand, for guitar and computer, will be presented at the Intitute for Digital Arts in Gävle (Sweden) on November 10, 2005. Also, Dr Ox, her improvised electronics duo with cellist Tanja Orning, will be live in Oslo (Norway) on November 26, 2005.
Posted November 8, 2005 in Live Events »
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A Feminine Patchwork in BrusselsMusiques & Recherches presents Patchwork au féminin (A Feminine Patchwork), a concert of acousmatique music dedicated to works composed by women, on November 11, 2005 in Brussels. Natasha Barrett, Marcelle Deschênes, Beatriz Ferreyra, Monique Jean, Elainie Lillios, Roxanne Turcotte and Annette Vande Gorne are amongst the selected composers.
Posted November 8, 2005 in Live Events »
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Moore and Barrett at Soundings…, Edinburgh, UKSoundings… finishes its 2004-05 season with another 4 concerts of international Sonic Art held at Reid Concert Hall (Edinburgh). On February 5, 2005 a concert by Adrian Moore will feature his recent work, Power Tools, as well as works by Christian Zanési and Beatriz Ferreyra. The following day, the concert “Sonic Environments” will present works based on real and imaginary soundscapes, featuring composers Pete Stollery, Paulina Sundin, and Natasha Barrett.
Posted January 20, 2005 in Live Events »
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Acousmatic Festival in BrusselsThe 11th L’espace du son International Acousmatic Festival will be held in Brussels (Belgium) from October 20 to 24, 2004 along with the composition competition finals and the spatialization performance competition. Concerts by guests composers (Patrick Ascione, Bernard Fort, Natasha Barrett, Bernard Parmegiani, François Bayle) will complete the celebration’s offerings.
Posted July 27, 2004 in Live Events »
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Barrett and Smalley’s Premieres at Sonorities, BelfastComposers Natasha Barrett and Denis Smalley will each premiere a new composition for the Sonorities festival of contemporary music, held in Belfast (Northern Irland) from April 23 to May 1, 2004. Natasha Barrett presents her new work, Abemolpas, April 27. This concert also features works by Christian Calon and Elio Martusciello. The following day, April 28, Denis Smalley will premiere his new composition, entitled Resounding. On, April 29 the concert will feature works by Robert Normandeau and Jonty Harrison. Finally, the May 1 concert will showcase the works of Barry Truax, including the latest “remix” of his classic composition Riverrun
Posted April 22, 2004 in Live Events »
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Normandeau in DenmarkRobert Normandeau will give a solo concert for the Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music (DIEM) festival in Århus (Denmark) November 27, 2003. This concert will be the chance for the composer to present all his latest works in a multichannel format. In addition to Chorus (2002), Le renard et la rose (1995) and StrinGDberg (2001-03), this concert will be an occasion to listen to the new version of Éden (2003) and will see the European creation of Hamlet-Machine with Actors (2003) recently premiered in Vancouver. Apart from this concert, Normandeau will give a lecture and participate in two master class with Natasha Barrett (in concert November 26, 2003) and Wayne Siegel.
Posted November 10, 2003 in Live Events »
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Every Barrett CD Available!
Finally available on www.electrocd.com, the two previous solo releases by Natasha Barrett on the Nota Bene label. Both Chillies & Shells (1998) and Rocks & Wraiths (1997) blends mixed works for tape and instrument and acousmatic compositions.
Posted July 3, 2003 in What’s New »
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Dhomont, Barrett, Smith on Toronto IslandNew Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) will celebrate 5 years of Sound Travels on August 9, 2003 at 2:30 pm at Centre Island, Toronto by presenting Francis Dhomont’s Here and There, Prince Prospero’s Party by Norway-based UK composer Natasha Barrett, Inside Out by Toronto composer Randall Smith, Temple by Vancouver’s Barry Truax, and works by Italian composers Laura Bianchini and Michelangelo Lupone.
Posted June 24, 2003 in Live Events »
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Natasha Barrett is Guest Composer at 3P02 Natasha Barrett was the guest composer of the Third Practice Electroacoustic Music & New Media Arts Festival in Richmond (USA) in November 2002. She presented Viva la Selva!, Liquid Crystal for clarinet and tape, and Prince Prospero’s Party.
Posted November 25, 2002 in Live Events »
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Natasha Barrett Tops Vancouver’s CJSF Experimental Chart
Composer Natasha Barrett tops Simon Fraser University’s CJSF experimental chart with her first album, Isostasie. Also on the empreintes DIGITALes label, Requiem by composer Michel Chion is in 3rd position, Michèle Bokanowski’s Cirque is in 11th position and, last but not least, Stephan Dunkelman’s first CD occupies the 31st place.
Posted November 13, 2002 in What’s New »
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Natasha Barrett in Hong KongThe music of Natasha Barrett will resonnate at the ISCM World Music Days in Hong Kong on October 19, 2002.
Posted June 10, 2002 in Live Events »
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eD: Natasha Barrett Signs Isostasie
After a noticed participation on the compilation Miniatures concrètes and two autoproduced albums on her small label Nota Bene, Natasha Barrett presents her first CD on the empreintes DIGITALes label, the rich and scintillating Isostasie. A student of Jonty Harrison and Denis Smalley, strongly inspired by the many faces of the Norwegian environment, this brilliant composer offers in Isostasie wonderful acousmatic paintings. We can hear on this recording, amongst others, two of her prized compositions: Industrial Revelations was awarded First Prize at Musica Nova (1998), and The Utility of Space was awarded a First Prize at the 28th Bourges International Electroacoustic Music and Sonic Art Competition (2001).
Posted April 17, 2002 in Recent Arrivals »
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Sounds Found and Fixed in EdinburgSounds Found and Fixed, a weekend of electroacoustic music, will be held at the Reid Concert Hall, Edinburg (UK), from February 1 to 3, 2002. Composer Jonty Harrison will be featured on Saturday, as he will be presenting works by Denis Smalley, Christian Calon and Natasha Barrett, as well as his.
Posted January 12, 2002 in Live Events » electrocd.com Natasha Barrett: headlines |
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