Episode 3: Jesper Pedersen

This week features a conversation with Danish composer, sound artist, and musician Jesper Pedersen who is currently residing in Reykjavik, Iceland. We chatted about "visual music," the Theremin, and how a good ski day in Reykjavik can mean no one will come to your concert!

You can keep up with Jesper and find out more about his music and the composer's collective, S.L.A.T.U.R., HERE. 

Here are the examples of Jesper's innovative animated notation: Hajodakese (2013) and Seascape (2013)

Performers: Hlynur Aðils Vilmarsson, Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, Davíð Þór Jónsson, Jesper Pedersen, Skúli Sverrisson. Composer: Jesper Pedersen Documentation from Tectonics Festival 2013. The piece was commissioned by Ilan Volkov and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and written with support from the Danish Arts Foundation. www.slatur.is/jesper

Composer: Jesper Pedersen Documentation of Seascape for percussion, organ pipes and bubble jars. Performed by: Torsten Folke Pedersen, Anders Christensen, Christian Ernst Empleo Thomsen, Marius Thorup Paschke, Rasmus Hagn-Meincke, Jesper Pedersen and members of the audience at the OpenDays Festival, Aalborg [DK]. Jesper Pedersen 2013 www.slatur.is/jesper