Kristin Norderval – Past Concerts

Kristin Norderval's career has been twofold; as a singer of contemporary music working with composers such as Philip Glass, Pauline Oliveros, Tania Leon, Annea Lockwood, and many others, and as a composer-improviser working with technology. Kristin is inspired by hybridity, interactivity, and the idea that everything we do is site-specific. She blends acoustic and electronic sound, and is fascinated with de-tuned instruments, machines, and ambient sound. Kristin´s recording of her solo electro-acoustic works – Aural Histories – was listed as one of Ten Notable Classical Music Recordings of 2012 by The New Yorker music critic Alex Ross. Her opera The Trials of Patricia Isasa (2016) won Quebec's OPUS prize for best contemporary music and best production. From 2019-2023 Kristin was a PhD Research Fellow at the Oslo National Academy of Opera in Norway, where she developed an Expanded Vocal Improvising Instrument (EVII) for gestural vocal processing using wireless MIDI rings. Kristin has used the EVII in her latest opera and in collaborations with Limpe Fuchs, Peter van Bergen, Jill Sigman, and Miguel Frasconi.