From Thursday September 4th to Saturday 6th 2025, Kristiansand hosted a series of concerts and seminars as part of this year’s PUNKT Festival. Events took place across the venues Kunstsilo and Teateret, with afterparties held at Foajeen. The festival drew significant attention thanks to its…
The pioneering Punkt Festival returns in 2025 with another boundary-pushing programme of concerts, seminars, and live remixes. Highlights include the album release and live premiere of Nordic Music Prize winner Benedicte Maurseth’s Mirra, and a grandiose celebration of Trygve Seim’s ECM classic Different Rivers, performed…
CreaTeME are very proud to continue the collaboration with The Punkt Festival, one of the most significant European festivals in contemporary electronic music. Punkt is renowned for its innovative “Live Remix” concept, where artists perform live remixes immediately following a concert, reinterpreting the original performance…
Students at UiArytmisk recently had the unique opportunity to participate in a workshop at Aladdin Scene in Kristiansand, led by two world-renowned artists: Nils Petter Molvær, the 2024 Punkt Artist in Residence, and Carsten Nicolai, also known as Alva Noto. This workshop was an extraordinary…
https://punktfestival.no/component/content/article/311-punkt-seminar-2024?catid=34&Itemid=115 Punkt is thrilled to announce its 20th edition, taking place from September 5th to 7th. This year, the Punkt Festival not only commemorates two decades of groundbreaking performances and the unique Live Remix concept, but also ushers in a new era of musical exploration…
The 2024 Punkt Festivalen in Kristiansand, Norway, promises to be a memorable event with the unique performance of Egil Kalman, a PhD fellow at the University of Agder (UiA). Kalman, known for his innovative approach to interpreting traditional folk music from Norway and Sweden, will…
Embracing the Digital Delay: “Love Your Latency” As PUNKT Festival celebrates its 20th edition, it brings a pioneering musical experience with “Love Your Latency.” This innovative event bridges geographical divides by connecting musicians in different locations through an online virtual studio, presenting simultaneous yet distinct…
CreaTeME International: Live Electronics combines an open seminar and workshop, on stage, rooted in professor and artistic director Jan Bangs (UiA) pioneer work in Live sampling and Improvisation. The project is executed together with artists and students from UiA and the visiting institutions. The project…
MIAM (Istanbul Technical University’s Center for Advanced Musical Research) is proud to welcome internationally acclaimed artists Jan Bang and Erik Honoré, who will present a seminar and workshop exploring the art of live sampling and remixing. They will be joined in a live improvisation and…
D4: Designing Sound, Body, Place and Narrative is a cross-disciplinary week (20–24 Oct) at UiA exploring collaboration across sound, movement, narrative, and spatial design. Seminar and workshop holders include electronic music composer SØS Gunver Ryberg, theatre director Anja Behrens, LOGEN collective, producer and film composer…