{"id":6177,"date":"2026-01-17T20:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoraum.at\/?p=6177"},"modified":"2026-02-26T01:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:03:44","slug":"loriole-%c2%b7-bennardo-svensson-nillesen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echoraum.at\/site\/loriole-%c2%b7-bennardo-svensson-nillesen\/","title":{"rendered":"L’Oriole \u00b7 Bennardo \/ Svensson \/ Nillesen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a9 Eva Jeske<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The trio of Maya Bennardo, Etienne Nillesen, and Kristofer Svensson<\/strong> presents an improvisation for violin, snare drums, and kacapi. Through close attunement and alignment of the instruments, the group has developed a\u00a0new Just Intonation mode whose resonant relations delimit a shared harmonic field, guiding an exploration that extends from pitch into the spectrum and beyond it, through noise, decay, and silence. Drawing on both\u00a0contemporary free improvisation and traditional modal approaches, the trio treats harmonic relations and timbral complexity with the same meditative focus. What emerges is music of ritual austerity and melodic lyricism.\u00a0In 2025, the trio released their debut album, \u2018For Violin, Snare & Kacapi\u2019, on the kuyin label.<\/p>\n

Maya Bennardo<\/strong> \u2013 violin
\nKristofer Svensson<\/strong> \u2013 Kacapi
\nEtienne Nillesen<\/strong> \u2013 extended Snare Drum<\/p>\n

Maya Bennardo\u00a0<\/strong>is a performer and composer living in Stockholm, Sweden. She is a founding member of the violin\/viola duo andPlay, described by I Care If You Listen as \u201centhusiastic champions for new music\u00a0and collaboration\u201d. She performs new and traditional repertoire for violin and piano with pianist Karl Larson in their Bennardo-Larson Duo and has previously been a member of the internationally renowned Mivos\u00a0Quartet. She works closely with improvisers, Etienne Nillesen, Lisa Ull\u00e9n, Erik Blennow-Cal\u00e4lv, and Kristofer Svensson where she explores subtle noise shifts, Justly tuned harmonies, and the close timbral\u00a0relationships between instruments.<\/p>\n

Etienne Nillesen<\/strong>\u00a0is a snare drum player who pushes the boundaries of the instrument\u2019s tonal and harmonic possibilities through innovative techniques and a meticulous approach to sound. By employing circular\u00a0motions and precise control of contact points, he draws out an extensive range of pitches, harmonics, and overtones from the drumhead. His work reimagines the snare drum as a complete sonic entity, transforming it\u00a0from a percussive instrument into a rich source of melodic and harmonic material. His interest in diverse forms of music and art has given him the opportunity to work alongside artists and composers such as Nate\u00a0Wooley, Axel D\u00f6rner, Christian Wolff, Ingar Zach, Sarah Davachi, Michael Thieke, Marta Warelis, Magda Mayas and Sofia Jernberg.<\/p>\n

Kristofer Svensson<\/strong>\u00a0is a kacapi musician and composer from Sweden. Svensson\u2019s solo composition for justly tuned kacapi, Andra Segel, was released in 2020 on the kuyin label, and a trio album, two skies, with\u00a0Maya Bennardo and Erik Blennow Cal\u00e4lv was released in 2022 on the thanatosis label. Svensson\u2019s music has been performed by soloists and groups such as Miyama McQueen-Tokita, Quatuor Bozzini and the Hong\u00a0Kong New Music Ensemble, and at festivals such as MATA (US), Frequency Festival (US), and Edition Festival for Other Music (SE).<\/p>\n

https:\/\/kuyin.bandcamp.com\/album\/for-violin-snare-kacapi<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Laurent Orseau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

L\u2019Oriole<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clara Levy<\/strong> \u2013 violin
\nSt\u00e9phane Clor<\/strong> \u2013 violoncello piccolo
\nand an orchestra of resonators and transducers<\/strong><\/p>\n

L\u2019oriole mixes the string colors from the violin and cello with a timbral mechanism made of transducers set on sounding bodies. The sound of the acoustic instruments vibrates through different materials, offering new possibilities of colors and textures drawn from these suspended resonators. Eery and acute, the music thus flutters in long contemplative flights and sometimes condensate in clouds of screams and raw materials.<\/p>\n

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