At the first Frontside festival in 2019, the Norwegian composer and performance artist Maja S. K. Ratkje had the opportunity to showcase many of her extensive talents. At the heart of Maja’s music is her own voice, an open door to her personal musical expression and a constant tool for bringing her compositions in tune with natural expressions and human truths.
Maja brought her family to Gothenburg and performed folk music from Akershus together with her husband Frode Haltli (a well-renowned accordion player) and their two daughters Marte Ingeborg (then 9 years old) and Frida Helen (then 11 years old). Her husband also performed Maja’s composition “Passing Images” on his accordion.
A film and music piece “Tjaetsie/Water” created by Maja S. K. Ratkje together with filmmaker Sissel M Bergh in 2017 had a prominent place in a wandering concert inside the Röda Stens Konsthall. The film takes us underwater, to the inhabitants of Trondheimsfjorden and Frohavet, and to the surrounding residents. It is a visual and auditory poem – a collage of the here and now and the past. A plea to the mythical Gurrie Kunja, protector of Frohavet: – Birredh, birredh dallah! (Southern Sami dialect which can be translated to Come, come as fast as you can!)
At the festival, Ludwig van Beethoven’s well-known string quartet opus 59 no. 1 was dedicated its own concert on Sunday. Maja S. K. Ratkje refers to Beethoven’s quartet in her own string quartet “Tale of Lead and Light,” which was performed on Saturday by the Asasello Quartet, who also played Beethoven. She wrote the piece in 2011, in the midst of the dreadful time when Norway was hit by both the bombing in Oslo and the massacre on Utøya. Maja writes that the title in her work describes both hope and fear and that “Beethoven’s light shines through, strong and full of life!”
Frontside Chamber Music Association has existed since 2019 and is largely driven by volunteer efforts, but we are highly dependent on additional financial sponsors and fundings. All contributions are used to engage fantastic musicians, rents of venues and all other things that make the festival a magical experience.
If you are interested in chamber music that goes beyond the ordinary, you should become a member! As a member, you are invited to the association’s annual meeting and participate in electing the board. You can also suggest activities for the association, thereby influencing future festivals and other events we organize. You also have the opportunity to volunteer during the festival, allowing you to enjoy wonderful chamber music without paying an entrance fee.
How do I become a member and support Frontside? Submit your information in the form below and pay the membership fee, and we will register you as a member immediately. Please also indicate which chamber music you love the most. Together with your personal information, this helps us better understand who our members are. How we handle your information can be read under the GDPR section.
You renew your membership every fall term – we’ll remind you! Alternatively, you can purchase a lifetime membership and thus become a permanent member with a one-time fee.
If you join as a new member in the spring, your payment also covers the following year’s membership.
How do I do it and what does it cost? You can pay the membership fee to Bankgiro 5318-7969 or via Swish 123 356 63 95. Always include your name and, if paying via bankgiro, your mobile number.
Welcome as a member!
For requests, feedback, and additional information, fill in your message in the form at the bottom or send an email to info@frontside-festival.se
The General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR, came into force within the EU on May 25, 2018.
How does Frontside handle its membership register? In our membership register, we store your name, address details, email address, phone number, and birth year. If you leave the association, we will retain your information for a maximum of seven (7) years before deleting it.
Who has access to my information? We register your details digitally in our membership register. Only you (first party) and individuals with trusted roles in the association (second party) have access to your information. No information is shared with third parties.
You can request to see what information we have collected about you at any time.
Validity? By becoming a member of the association, you enter into an agreement regarding which information about you can be stored with us and who has access to this information, as described above. This agreement is valid indefinitely, as long as you are a member of the Frontside Chamber Music Association.
Do I have the right to have my information deleted? According to GDPR, you have the right to have your information deleted, but you will also lose your membership in the association. To request this, send an email to info@frontside-festival.se and ask for your stored information to be deleted.
