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Nina Grieg 175! International research seminar

On the occasion of the Nina Grieg 175 celebration, arranged by KODE Composer Homes 20 - 24 November, the Grieg Research Centre arranges an international research seminar on the topic 'Women in music history, musical heritage and gender perspectives'.

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The seminar will take place 23 November, 10.00-15.00 at Festsalen, KODE 1, Bergen,in hybrid format with in person-participants in Bergen and as a zoom webinar (a link will be sent to the participants). The seminar venue (Festsalen) will be open for audience.Read more about the program for the wholeNina 175-festival(which had to be postponed by a year because of the Covid-19-pandemic):

PROGRAM:

Nina Grieg 175!Grieg Research Centre Seminar Fall 2021Women in music history, musical heritage and genderperspectives

Whose music history? Introduction
10.00 Arnulf Christian Mattes, Leader Grieg Research Centre, ˷ͧƻ

Session 1: Contemporary practice and overcoming structures
Chair: Marion Hestholm, PhD, music journalist and program leader, NRK

10.15 Lilli Mittner, PhD, Research fellow, UiT:
Feminist theory in practice:RESCAPE as a method for performative historiography

10.45 Emil Bernhardt, music critic and post.doc.,UiO:
Gender biases in the art music field today? Descriptive, personal and critical remarks.

11.15 Elisabeth Treydte, PhD fellow, Universität Siegen:
Framing, blaming, shaming?!Equality, empowerment and (new) music

Lunch break

Session 2: Historical agency and legacy: Forgotten pioneers?
Chair: Monica Jangaard, curator, KODE Composer homes

12.30 Camilla Hambro, PhD, Associate professor, Åbo Academy University:
Agathe Backer Grøndahl’s agency, legacy and impact on Nordic music history

13.00 Ingrid Skovdahl, MA-student, UiO:
“Resolve to be thyself”: Agency, legacy and impact in the case of Signe Lund (1868–1950)

Session 3: Biased narratives revisited: Gender, genre, and genius
Chair: Arnulf Mattes, leader Grieg Research Centre, ˷ͧƻ

13.30 Christine Hamm, Professor, ˷ͧƻ:
Finding a voice: Nina Grieg and Camilla Collett

14.00 Jill Halstead, Professor, ˷ͧƻ:
“Men compose symphonies, women compose babies”: Reflections on genre and gender in late 20thcentury classical music.

14.30 Erlend Hovland, Professor, NMH:
Why have there been no great women composer in Norway: On reading Linda Nochlin in 2021