Maja Ratkje is a norwegian composer of orchestral and electro-acoustic works. Her art practice is a highly diverse interconnecting project of composition, performance, installation, film, theatre and dance. Born in 1973 in Trondheim, Maja Ratkje studied composition at the Norwegian State Academy of Music in Oslo. She co-founded the group Spunk – an all-female improvisation quartet – during her study, and is a member of Agrare, a performance trio consisting of the noise duo Fe-mail and the Swedish dancer Lotta Melin. Ratkje is also active as a soloist, her first album “Voice” was published in 2002. She collaborates artistically with Jaap Blonk, Joëlle Léandre, Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins and Stephen O’Malley. Her compositions are performed worldwide by artists such as Klangforum Wien, Oslo Sinfonietta, The Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Fretwork, TM+, Cikada and Vertavo string quartets, Quatuor Renoir, Ticom, crashEnsemble, Pearls for Swine Experience, Torben Snekkestad, Marianne Beate Kielland, Frode Haltli, POING and many more.
[lang_ee]Maja Ratkje on orkestri- ja elektroakustiliste teoste helilooja. Tema loominguline tegevusväli on väga mitmekesine, sidudes omavahel kompositsiooni, performance’it, installatsiooni, filmi, teatrit ja tantsu. Maja Ratkje on sündinud 1973. aastal Trondheimis, õppinud kompositsiooni Oslos, Norra riiklikus muusikaakadeemias. Muusikaõpingute ajal asutas ta koos kaaslastega naiste improvisatsioonikvarteti Spunk. Praegu on ta performance’i trio Agrare liige, mis koosneb noise‘i duost Fe-mail ja Rootsi tantsijast Lotta Melinist. Samuti on Ratkje aktiivne sooloartist. Tema esimene album “Voice” nägi ilmavalgust 2002. aastal. Loominguliselt teeb ta koostööd veel Jaap Blonki, Joëlle Léandre, Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkinsi ja Stephen O’Malleyga. Tema muusikakompositsioone on esitanud üle maailma sellised esitajad nagu Klangforum Wien, Oslo Sinfonietta, Norra raadio sümfooniaorkester, Fretwork, TM+, Cikada ja Vertavo keelpillikvartetid, Quatuor Renoir, Ticom, CrashEnsemble, Pearls for Swine Experience, Torben Snekkestad, Marianne Beate Kielland, Frode Haltli, POING ja paljud teised.[/lang_ee]
appearance at Tuned City[lang_ee]Tuned City programmis[/lang_ee]
Speaking with Spaces / 10.07.11[lang_ee]Kõnelused ruumiga / 10.07.11[/lang_ee]