INA grm presents: From island to island at Focus concert series on 25 April 2025.

From island to island is a collaborative electroacoustic composition by Anja Lauvdal & Manja Ristić, commissioned jointly by A4, KONTEJNER and INA grm in the framework of Re-Imagine Europe: New Perspectives for Action.

The two innovative musicians bridge two distinct avant-garde music practices: ecologically-informed sonic soundscapes with the freeform elements of improvised music. Underwater field recordings captured in the waters of Jadran sea form the basis of a fixed media composition by Manja Ristić, on top of which Anja Lauvdal will be improvising in a live concert setting.

Anja Lauvdal
A freeform musician on piano, synthesizers, and electronics, Anja Lauvdal’s discography stretches back to 2013 and includes her participation in a myriad of ensembles and collaborations exploring the limits of sound and music in many forms, including noise, jazz, and more. Following her move to Oslo after graduation, she became deeply embedded in the music community there, touring with Jenny Hval as well as playing on her records. When pandemic hit and isolation was the norm, Lauvdal began working on her own, recording her improvisations in an attempt to capture something new for herself.

Manja Ristić
Manja Ristić is a sound artist, curator and researcher mostly active in the field of electro-acoustics, instrumental improvised music and experimental sound related arts. In her work, she merges sound art and instrumental improv experience with field recording and electronics, building concept of listening as an act and frequency dynamics catalyst. In the past years, she has focused on developing own notation system (Violin Revealed, Alternative Guide to Violin’s Sonic Life) integrating intuitive graphics with microtonal instrumental approaches as well as development of cognitive memory in conceptual AV performance.