Memnon – soundportraits of Ibsen characters
The Ibsen museum in Oslo asked the vocal performer Ruth Wilhelmine Meyer and the jazzpianist Helge Lien to do a Ibsen based concert, and they answered the question, by making non verbal sound portraits of some of the most important of Henrik Ibsens figures.
The project was recorded in 2012 and had international release in 2013. They have been touring in Norway, Sweden, Germany and India.
Read about the tour in India here.
Read about the tour in India here.
Memnon goes video
Two videos by the videoartist Gunleik Groven with music from the Memnon album.
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reviews
The album was titled CD of the year 2013 in the German magazine, Musenblätter.
Dieses perfekte Konzept-Album ist die beste, spannendste neue Musikproduktion, die mir 2013 zu Ohren gekommen ist. Sie ist mehr als unsere Auszeichnung, den „Musenkuß“ wert – es ist unsere Schallplatte des Jahres. Chapeau! /… /
/… / This perfect concept album is the best, most exciting new music production, that reached my ear in 2013. It is worth more than our honor, the “Musenkuß” – it is our record of the year. Chapeau! /… /
/… / This perfect concept album is the best, most exciting new music production, that reached my ear in 2013. It is worth more than our honor, the “Musenkuß” – it is our record of the year. Chapeau! /… /
Musik, die von der ersten Sekunde an fasziniert und fordert. Herausragend! 20 von 20 Punkte.
Music which fascinates and challenges. Exellent! 20 of 20 points.
In the New York City Jazz Record – New York’s only homegrown jazz gazette nycjazzrecord.com, the Memnon album was among the HONORABLE MENTION – NEW RELEASES (2013) in the “BEST OF 2013” issue
/… / our most highly anticipated and coveted issue by readers, musicians and advertisers alike appearing in our special two-page Best-of-the-Year centerspread / … / For more critics, please visit memnon.no.
/… / our most highly anticipated and coveted issue by readers, musicians and advertisers alike appearing in our special two-page Best-of-the-Year centerspread / … / For more critics, please visit memnon.no.