INA grm invited two musicians and composers to a residency to create a new collaborative sound piece.

Norwegian Hilde Marie Holsen has carved out something very particular and niche in music. Processing her trumpet in the electronic realm, she blends the mournful tone of the brass instrument with the explorative field of electronic music to create music that lies somewhere between jazz, contemporary, and drone. Holsen’s music has unpicked the frayed boundaries of traditions, calling in a new generation of artists that abandoned stale and repetitive conventions in favour of establishing something unique in the realms of contemporary music.

Mariam Gviniashvili works as a sound artist and composer, combining electronics, electroacoustics, and 3D sound with visuals, dance, and live performance to penetrate deep into the physical and emotional essence of sound and space. Music has followed Gviniashvili through her life since early childhood. Growing up in Georgia, she sang and played piano, and gradually found her feet as a composer and visual artist while studying composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Festivals, major venues, and radio programmes have presented Gviniashvili’s music, including the New York Electroacoustic Music Festival, BEAST FEaST, Transitions at CCRMA, MA/IN, ICMC, Mixtur Festival, ARD Radio Play Days at ZKM, BBC Radio, Ars Electronica, Klingt Gut, In Situ Festival, Heroines of Sound, and Ultima Festival.

As a result, Hilde Marie Holsen and Mariam Gviniashvili created the performance Serene Din.

Serene Din is a collaborative live electroacoustic performance by trumpeter and composer Hilde Marie Holsen and composer Mariam Gviniashvili. This 25-minute performance presents itself as an exploration of contrasts and convergences, where the organic warmth of a live trumpet meets dense noises. The title Serene Din alludes to this paradox: something noisy or complex, but with an underlying sense of calm and clarity.

The work premiered at Akousma on the Acousmonium – INA grm’s multichannel sound system – on 31 May 2025.

Photo Credit: Jean Baptiste Garcia