Eira Bjørnstad Foss
About
Eira Bjørnstad Foss is a violinist who works with experimental music, contemporary classical music and improvisation. Foss is a member of the Oslo based quartet Tøyen Fil og Klafferi, and with this ensemble she has performed more than 30 world premieres by young creative composers from all over the world. Foss plays regularly in ensembles like SiTron, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Trondheim Improviser's Guild and Trondheimsolistene. Recent collaborative projects include e.g. Heida Johannesdottir Mobeck, Mats Gustafsson, Hedvig Mollestad, Signe Emmeluth, Jérôme Noetinger, Dieb13, Lasse Passage, Kristine Tjøgersen, Maja Ratkje and Splitter.
Research
In the research project "Performer-Curator", Foss is searching for new modes of presentation and contextualizing of musical material. She’s interested in how a curating approach in the performer’s practice can develop the performer’s artistic identity. She is also concerned with questions about the performer’s responsibility, position and role in relation to her surroundings – the society, the audience and colleagues in the art field.
Foss is curious about how one as an artist can create a practice on the side of the existing hierarchical power structures in the art field. As a result of this, Foss has since 2022 been working with her solo project called “Eira’s kiosk”, a series of smaller concerts or sound installations that are announced a short time in advance and appear in constantly new locations.
Publications
2022
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Duch, Michael Francis;
Foss, Eira Bjørnstad;
Formo, Daniel Buner;
Rolfsson, Matilda.
(2022)
Hidros 9.
Musical performance
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Lie, Marianne Baudouin;
Bø, Else;
Foss, Eira Bjørnstad;
Vik, Sarah Warner;
Knutsen, Trine.
(2022)
100% Olga Neuwirth, komponistprofilkonsert på Trondheim kammermusikkfestival.
Musical performance
Artistic productions
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Duch, Michael Francis;
Foss, Eira Bjørnstad;
Formo, Daniel Buner;
Rolfsson, Matilda.
(2022)
Hidros 9.
Musical performance
-
Lie, Marianne Baudouin;
Bø, Else;
Foss, Eira Bjørnstad;
Vik, Sarah Warner;
Knutsen, Trine.
(2022)
100% Olga Neuwirth, komponistprofilkonsert på Trondheim kammermusikkfestival.
Musical performance