Excerpt from Rajesh Mehta’s solo concert 28. April 2009

This is an audio excerpt from the solo interpretation of Mehta’s music-artwork “Songlines ‘ Jewels: Bhakti ” which he performed while navigating throughout the exceptionally reverberant acoustics ( 4-5 seconds echo ) of the Norwegian industrial butter manufacturing plant. This music-artwork is featured in the new book “Notations 21″ and prints are available for sale on this site.

This solo was performed on slide trumpet with an Indian sruti box (electronic drone machine) and was the Prelude to his open lecture “sounding buildings:unfolding frames” for the Akademie’s faculty and students.

Please watch another interpretation of songlines ‘ jewels:bhakti by Trio ORKA-M (Rajesh Mehta: hybrid and slide trumpets, Rohan de Saram: cello, Jayachandra Rao: mrdangam, south indian percussion) at the Festival Rümlingen, Switzerland, 09.09.2006, below:

Photos of the Norwegian Theatre Akademie Workshop, April 21-30, 2009

End of Norwegian Theatre Akademie workshop & open lecture

The Norwegian Theatre Akademie workshop for the second year scenography students (Annick, Gassim, Stine, Hanna, Malin, and Ieva) in an abandoned hydrogenating butter plant has now successfully ended. The students were treated to the vocal direction of Barbara Friederichsen-Mehta who came as a “surprise guest” in order to assist Mehta in leading the workshop focussing on sound and space. Mehta gave an open lecture on his work and orka-m to the akademie on april 28th which was well attended. The open studio where the students presented their work on April 30th was outstanding and we are very proud of their achievements in just 2 weeks, and also commend the team from this pioneering akademie led by the Swiss architect and scenography head Serge von Arx and the brilliant “soundman” Ulf Knudsen. Also Orka-M has started a dialogue with administrator Anne Berit about longer term collaborative partnerships with this Theatre Akademie and ORKA-M (Asia)

ORKA-M has decided to establish a new operating base in Singapore after a successful trip to Singapore in early April, 2009.  Presently at the Norwegian Theatre Akademie where Rajesh Mehta and Barbara Friederichsen-Mehta are hosting a sound-space workshop for scenography students until May 1st in an abandoned hydrogenating Butter plant. Mehta will also have an open lecture at the akademie on april 28th see this link.

ORKA-M will meet past, present and future artistic partners and investors  throughout Europe in May, 2009.