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Fredrik Rasten - Six Moving Guitars

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08 NOV 2026 | 18:10

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0811 Fredrik Rasten - Six Moving Guitars
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''Six Moving Guitars' (2018) is a piece that investigates how six acoustic guitars can create a sounding choreography by means of various movements in the performance space. The guitars are tuned in just intonation chords, and the sonic characteristics of the microtonal harmony is highlighted both by the movements and the acoustic environment where the piece takes place.


The piece can also be seen as a study in how people, without necessarily being trained musicians, can act together in a musical situation based on awareness of listening and spatial orientation.


'Six Moving Guitars' was composed for a group of three dancers and three musicians collectively exploring the idea of erasing functional differences between dancers and musicians, focusing on the sound of moving or spatially situated sound sources.

Besides 'Six Moving Guitars' composed by Rasten, the group co-created another piece, Femtimeteren (The Fifty-metre) in 2018.


Concept and creation: Fredrik Rasten

Performers: Fedrik Rasten, Beatriz Madruga, Gil Fesch, Joana de Sá, Mark Reid, Sofia Moço Novo

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Fredrik Rasten
Fredrik Rasten
Fredrik Rasten
Fredrik Rasten

Fredrik Rasten is a guitarist and composer primarily focusing on rational harmony and related acoustic phenomena. Reaching for an active state of listening and an intuitive exploration of the complexities of tonal interaction, his work draws on influences from minimalist styles, folk musics and other exploratory modes of sound making. Besides his solo projects, he both performs and composes as a member of the Berlin based ensemble Harmonic Space Orchestra, and the long-lived experimental groups Pip and Oker. In recent years he has also explored experimental approaches to traditional songs in duos with Alasdair Roberts and Seamus Cater, and various projects with Australian guitarist Oren Ambarchi. Rasten's music has been presented on music festivals including All Ears (Oslo), Frequency Festival (Chicago) and Sound of Stockholm, and his recording output has been published on labels such as SOFA, Edition Wandelweiser, Ftarri, Aspen Edities and INSUB.

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