Project Leader, Composer, Singer
Acclaimed both as a singer, improviser and composer, Kristin Norderval
has premiered numerous new works for voice and presented original compositions
incorporating voice, electronics, and interactive technology at festivals and
concert houses in Europe, the Far East, and the Americas. Many works, including
five chamber operas, have been written specifically for her. A number of these
works have been recorded on Aurora, CRI, Deep Listening, Eurydice, Koch
International, and New World Records. Her credits as a soloist include
performances with the Philip Glass Ensemble, the San Francisco Symphony, Oslo
Sinfonietta and the Netherlands Dance Theater.
In 2004 and 2005 she was awarded a Norwegian Artists Stipend for creation of
new inter-disciplinary works for the stage, and in 2005 she received the
Henry Cowell Award recognizing her innovative work as a composer. Among
her compositions are works for concert, stage and film. Commissions include
works for Den Anden Opera in Copenhagen, the Bucharest International Dance
Festival in Romania, jill sigman/thinkdance in New York City, and the early
music ensemble Parthenia, the latter as part of the Jerome Composers
Commissioning Program.
Norderval is the co-founder and vocalist/laptop performer of the electro
acoustic duo ZANANA, and a member of Pauline Oliveros' improvising quintet
the New Circle Five. Kristin Norderval received her Doctor of Musical Arts
from Manhattan School of Music in New York City in 1993. Her undergraduate
and Masters studies were completed at the University of Washington and the
San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She is currently a Research Fellow at
the University of ¯stfold in Halden, Norway, investigating training and
creation methods in the interdisciplinary performing arts.