Echoes for Gròtta Lighthouse and Five Performers

Duration 45′

“Echoes for Gròtta Lighthouse and Five Performers” is a site-specific musical composition composed by Masaya Ozaki based on the sound resonance spectrum of Gròttuviti. By musically investigating the architecture of the lighthouse, Masaya created a score in three movements. While the musicians on the five floors of the lighthouse choose notes from the score they are given, a dialogue between the musicians and the lighthouse occurs. By bringing together “pure and artificial material” - pure being the resonance sound and artificial being the lighthouse - he creates a contrast that results in echoes, followed by silence.

Gròttuviti, Seltjarnarnes

Text by Iona Jasija Poldervaat

The composition was a part of 15 nautical miles curated by Iona Jasija Pildrvaat

Musicians: Borgþór Jónsson (Double Bass) Stijn Brinkman (Violin) Neus Fuster Corral (Voice) Simon Schultz (Electronics)  Eiríkur Stephensen (Tenor Sax) Oisin Dilger (Clarinet) Vala Yates (Voice) Donna Hermannsdóttir (Cello) Anna Maria Tabaczyńska (Flute)

Thanks: Iona Jasija Pildrvaat, Iða Brá Ingadóttir, Julie Sjöfn Gasiglia, Martha Lyons Haywood, Vikram Pradhan, Ríkharður H Friðriksson