This webpage contains the documentation of Espen Aalberg´s artistic research project “Eastern Rebellion - with gamelan as inspiration for new musical expressions".  The research was funded through The Department of Music, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, as a part of the Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowship Programme(PKU) from 2015 - 2020.​

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My research results consist of:

• this website

• artistic works(I am a performer in all parts)

  • Basement sessions - Compositions and CD

  • Mantra - Solist and CD

  • Compositions for... Vibraphone & Marimba, and for gamelan - Compositions and Score

  • Espen Aalberg & En En En - Compositions and CD

• Final concert October 12th 2020

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Main supervisor: Carl Haakon Waadeland
Second Supervisor: Henrik Frisk

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Structure of website:

The text is organised into three parts. Part 1 & 3 is written in an interview form where I take the role as both the interviewer and the interview subject. Part 2 is a description of the different artistic results.

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• Part 1: - the background for the research, what the research is, and how the research is done.

• Part 2: - description of my different artistic works.

• Part 3: - how I reflect on working with a foreign culture and the future for my research.

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