Emilie Heldal Lidsheim

Emilie Heldal Lidsheim is an active violinist, violist and singer song writer, based in Oslo. After finishing her master in performance at The Norwegian Academy of Music in 2013, she has had an active freelance carreer, playing in several ensembles and bands, and as a solo artist with her own music. Her music is inspired by Norwegian folk music, pop and different African music. In addition to her solo carreer she is a member of the orchestra Ensemble Allegria, and is currently freelancing in ensembles such as The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Rumi Ensemble, Matona Afdahl Group, Norwegian World Orchestra. 

Kristine Tjøgersen

Kristine Tjøgersen is a clarinetist, composer and visual artist, who lives and works in Oslo, Norway. She plays in the ensembles asamisimasa, Tøyen Fil og Klafferi and ensemble neoN, has collaborated with numerous composers on new works and performs across Europe.

HITYAMAC

HITYAMAC is a Norwegian trio working with improvised music, video art and performance art. HITYAMAC consists of Henrik Koppen (performance, video art, light, sound art), Torkjell Hovland (double bass) and Torgeir Hovden Standal (acoustic guitar). For SVS they have made an abstract audio play which combines recordings of sound performances in different urban environments with improvised music. 

Johan Lindvall

Johan Lindvall is a Swedish pianist and composer based in Oslo. After finishing his master studies at the Norwegian academy of music he's mainly focusing on minimalistic music, both acoustic and electronic, in composition and improvisation. He's active in projects such as Torg, Antler and Mette Henriette.

Kaja Fjellberg Pettersen

Kaja Fjellberg Pettersen is a Norwegian cellist living in Oslo. She is the artistic leader of the string ensemble Oslo Strings, a multidisciplinary string ensemble with numerous collaborations in all kinds of genres. The group, founded in 2013, has grown to be one of the most popular string groups to for recordings and live shows, and the ensemble works more like a band than a traditional chamber group. Open minded to all kinds of music, flexible in the way to learn music and writing their own arrangements, Oslo Strings has become quite unique in the Norwegian music scene.

Ian Anderson

Ian Anderson plays in many different ensembles, including Duo van Vliet (viola and accordion duo), Scottish Ballet (where he holds the position of Principal Viola), yllwshrk (alternative rock band, ‘yellow shark’, where he plays guitar and writes music), and IMOGEN (Berlin-based chamber music collective). 

Recent highlights include Duo van Vliet’s performance of Georg Friedrich Haas’ double concerto for viola, accordion and chamber ensemble, “….”, with the Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej (New Music Orchestra), Katowice; a tour of Europe and Russia with Jonny Greenwood as part of the London Contemporary Orchestra Soloists; playing on Radiohead’s latest album A Moon Shaped Pool (also with the London Contemporary Orchestra); and IMOGEN’s debut tour of Germany with Gilles Apap, presenting a thread of music of all styles, including Ravel, Björk, Frank Zappa and Claude Vivier. At the 2017 PODIUM Festival, Esslingen, he presented his version of Björk’s 1997 masterpiece album, Homogenic, reimagined for string quintet and a variety of miscellaneous objects.

Heard Sound System

The Copenhagen based Heard Sound System, controlled by seasoned music head Jack Maynard aka JBT, will showcase - via vinyl, digital and live performances - the finest musical outsiders and forward thinking mainstreamers originating from and connected to the Nordic lands. 

From experimental electronic styles, post rock and beat science jams in dub to sonic docu-poems, post classical and pop, Heard Sound System will join the dots between modern sounds and ancient knowledge systems, the only constant being the highest level of production and originality by the artists they broadcast to the world.

Karl Nyberg

Karl Nyberg is a young "up and coming" swedish saxophonist and composer currently living in Oslo. He is active in a lot of different projects such as "Megalodon Collective", Left Exit, Mr K, Bone Machine and many more.

Photo: Thor Egil Leirtrø