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Michael Francis Duch

Michael Francis Duch

Professor, Deputy Head of Research
Department of Music

michael.duch@ntnu.no
+4773597337 +4798054856 Olavskvartalet, 6 etg., Trondheim
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About

 

I am Deputy Head of Research at Department of Music, and professor of double bass, jazz and experimental music. I teach main instrument, ensemble and free improvisation at the jazz department, in addition to supervising master and PhD students.

 

BIO

Michael Francis Duch (1978) was born and raised in Trondheim, Norway, and plays the double bass.

Duch is a member of the steering committe of VIS - Nordic Journal for Artistic Research, a alumni member of the The Young Academy of Norway. 

He completed his project “Free Improvisation – Method and Genre” as research-fellow at the University of Trondheim (NTNU) late October 2010, where he has been doing research on Free Improvisation and the use of Improvisation in Experimental Music.

He has been involved in around 70 recordings released in various formats, and has played solo-concerts various places in Norway and Sweden, and also Reykjavik, Athens, Madrid, Vienna, Glasgow, Huddersfield and London. 

Michael Francis Duch plays in a trio with Rhodri Davies and John Tilbury, the improvquartet LEMUR with Bjørnar Habbestad, Hild Sofie Tafjord and Lene Grenager and various other constellations. Other collaborations include Pauline Oliveros, Mats Gustafsson, AMM, Christian Wolff, Tony Conrad, Joëlle Léandre, amongst others.

 

 

Competencies

  • Contemporary music
  • Double bass
  • El-bass
  • Experimental Music
  • Graphic Notation
  • Improvisation
  • Jazz research
  • Listening
  • Music
  • Other subjects within music
  • Spatiality

Publications

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2021

  • Duch, Michael Francis; Welsh, Jeremy. (2021) Reiterate, rerun, repeat. VIS – Nordic Journal for Artistic Research.
    Academic article

2020

  • Duch, Michael Francis. (2020) Arne Nordheim: Three Stanzas. Three Stanzas
    Musical performance
  • Duch, Michael Francis; Welsh, Jeremy. (2020) Hanne Darboven: Opus 17a. Doppelleben: Bildende Künstler*innen machen Musik [Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . Die Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Bonn. 2020-06-23 - 2020-10-18.
    Museum exhibition

2019

  • Duch, Michael Francis. (2019) Performing Hanne Darboven's Opus 17a and long duration minimalist music. Norges musikkhøgskole. 2019. ISBN 9788278532706.
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Duch, Michael Francis; Wolff, Christian; Lewis, George. (2019) Lewis Wolff Duch. Lewis Wolff Duch
    Musical performance

2018

  • Duch, Michael Francis; Habbestad, Bjørnar; Grenager, Lene; Tafjord, Hild Sofie; Thuestad, Thorolf. (2018) Polytop - utstilling. Lydinstallasjon [Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . Nasjonalmuseet -arkitektur; Oslo. 2018-01-20 - 2018-02-05.
    Art exhibition
  • Duch, Michael Francis; Welsh, Jeremy. (2018) MUMOK Doppelleben - Opus 17 a Darboven. MUMOK museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien [Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . MUMOK museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien; Wien. 2018-06-23 - 2018-11-11.
    Museum exhibition

2017

  • Duch, Michael Francis; Molleson, Kate. (2017) Cardew: Works 1960-70 CD review – politics with abundant imagination. The Guardian.
    Book review
  • Duch, Michael Francis; Tilbury, John; Davies, Rhodri. (2017) Cornelius Cardew: Works 1960-70 (vol II). +3db records, Bergen. 2017.
    Music – recorded product
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Duch, Michael Francis. (2017) Norsk kunstforskning snubler inn i fremtiden. Khrono.no.
    Feature article

2015

  • Duch, Michael Francis; Habbestad, Bjørnar. (2015) Lemur in Rehearsal and Performance. vs. Interpretation: An Anthology on Improvisation, vol. 1.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2014

  • Duch, Michael Francis. (2014) Tomba Emanuelle. SOFA Music, Oslo, Norway. 2014.
    Music – recorded product
  • Duch, Michael Francis; Aarskog, Stig Førde. (2014) Bjørn Fongaard, musikk av. Sonater for ett instrument, opus 125, nr. 51/52. Concerto for Contr. basso and tape, oups 131, nr. 121.
    Musical performance
  • Duch, Michael Francis; Grenager, Lene; Tafjord, Hild Sofie; Habbestad, Bjørnar. (2014) Critical Band (WP) A site-specific composition for 4 orchestral groups. null
    Musical performance

2013

  • Habbestad, Bjørnar; Grenager, Lene; Duch, Michael Francis; Tafjord, Hild Sofie. (2013) Critical Band A site-specific compostition for 9-16 musicians. 2013. ISBN 9788299876537.
    Non-fiction book

2012

  • Duch, Michael Francis. (2012) BBC Scottish Symphoni Orchestra: Cage at 100. null
    Musical performance

2010

  • Duch, Michael Francis; Alterhaug, Bjørn; Tilbury, John. (2010) Free Imrovisation - Method and Genre Artistic Research in Free Improvisation and Improvisation in Experimental Music / Michael Francis Duch. 2010.
    Doctoral dissertation

Journal publications

  • Duch, Michael Francis; Welsh, Jeremy. (2021) Reiterate, rerun, repeat. VIS – Nordic Journal for Artistic Research.
    Academic article
  • Duch, Michael Francis; Molleson, Kate. (2017) Cardew: Works 1960-70 CD review – politics with abundant imagination. The Guardian.
    Book review
  • Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Duch, Michael Francis. (2017) Norsk kunstforskning snubler inn i fremtiden. Khrono.no.
    Feature article

Artistic productions

  • Duch, Michael Francis. (2020) Arne Nordheim: Three Stanzas. Three Stanzas
    Musical performance
  • Duch, Michael Francis; Wolff, Christian; Lewis, George. (2019) Lewis Wolff Duch. Lewis Wolff Duch
    Musical performance
  • Duch, Michael Francis; Aarskog, Stig Førde. (2014) Bjørn Fongaard, musikk av. Sonater for ett instrument, opus 125, nr. 51/52. Concerto for Contr. basso and tape, oups 131, nr. 121.
    Musical performance
  • Duch, Michael Francis; Grenager, Lene; Tafjord, Hild Sofie; Habbestad, Bjørnar. (2014) Critical Band (WP) A site-specific composition for 4 orchestral groups. null
    Musical performance
  • Duch, Michael Francis. (2012) BBC Scottish Symphoni Orchestra: Cage at 100. null
    Musical performance

Books

  • Duch, Michael Francis. (2019) Performing Hanne Darboven's Opus 17a and long duration minimalist music. Norges musikkhøgskole. 2019. ISBN 9788278532706.
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Habbestad, Bjørnar; Grenager, Lene; Duch, Michael Francis; Tafjord, Hild Sofie. (2013) Critical Band A site-specific compostition for 9-16 musicians. 2013. ISBN 9788299876537.
    Non-fiction book

Part of book/report

  • Duch, Michael Francis; Habbestad, Bjørnar. (2015) Lemur in Rehearsal and Performance. vs. Interpretation: An Anthology on Improvisation, vol. 1.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Duch, Michael Francis; Alterhaug, Bjørn; Tilbury, John. (2010) Free Imrovisation - Method and Genre Artistic Research in Free Improvisation and Improvisation in Experimental Music / Michael Francis Duch. 2010.
    Doctoral dissertation

UTSTILLING

  • Duch, Michael Francis; Welsh, Jeremy. (2020) Hanne Darboven: Opus 17a. Doppelleben: Bildende Künstler*innen machen Musik [Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . Die Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Bonn. 2020-06-23 - 2020-10-18.
    Museum exhibition
  • Duch, Michael Francis; Habbestad, Bjørnar; Grenager, Lene; Tafjord, Hild Sofie; Thuestad, Thorolf. (2018) Polytop - utstilling. Lydinstallasjon [Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . Nasjonalmuseet -arkitektur; Oslo. 2018-01-20 - 2018-02-05.
    Art exhibition
  • Duch, Michael Francis; Welsh, Jeremy. (2018) MUMOK Doppelleben - Opus 17 a Darboven. MUMOK museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien [Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . MUMOK museum moderner kunst stiftung ludwig wien; Wien. 2018-06-23 - 2018-11-11.
    Museum exhibition

PRODUKT

  • Duch, Michael Francis; Tilbury, John; Davies, Rhodri. (2017) Cornelius Cardew: Works 1960-70 (vol II). +3db records, Bergen. 2017.
    Music – recorded product
  • Duch, Michael Francis. (2014) Tomba Emanuelle. SOFA Music, Oslo, Norway. 2014.
    Music – recorded product

Teaching

Courses

  • MUSP4717 - Free Improvisation
  • MUSP4311 - Principal Instrument Jazz A
  • MUSP4331 - Principal Instrument Jazz C
  • MUSP4321 - Principal Instrument Jazz B

Media

2021

  • Academic lecture
    Duch, Michael Francis; Habbestad, Bjørnar; Tafjord, Hild Sofie; Grenager, Lene. (2021) LEMUR: Collective Artistic Research within an Ensemble. European Platform for Artistic Research in Music EPARM 2021 . Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Mus.; London. 2021-03-18 - 2021-03-18.

2020

  • Lecture
    Duch, Michael Francis. (2020) CalArts: Performer - Composer Forum. Gjesteforelesning . California Institute of the Arts; CalArts, Valencia, California. 2020-03-09 - 2020-03-09.

2019

  • Academic lecture
    Duch, Michael Francis. (2019) The Virtuoso Listener: On Spectral Music and Listening. Spectralisms 2019: International Conference – 2nd edition . IRCAM; IRCAM, Paris. 2019-06-12.

2015

  • Academic lecture
    Duch, Michael Francis. (2015) Tomba Emanuelle - On spatiality and site-specific music. InTime Symposium . Coventry University; Coventry. 2015-10-25 - 2015-10-25.
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