Martin Smidt composed 45 minutes music for the theatre performance TANTE GRUSOM at Hålogaland Teater. Opening night: 12 January 2023
Director: Morten Røsrud. Musicians: Eirik Hegdal, Marianne Baudouin Lie, Morten Schrøder, Elisabeth Fossan. Mix: Åsmund Mattias Smidt
The complete soundtrack is released on all streaming platforms (Apple Music, Tidal, Spotify etc.)
The TRILOBITT album “Superb Surprise” was released digitally the first day of the year 2023. Then, finally, on the last day of 2023 it was also published physically as LP! The vinyl release was supported by Publication grant from the Norwegian Arts Council/Kulturdirektoratet
Cirka Teater won the Gulljerven award for the GARAGE and LØVE, both productions with music by Martin Smidt. Gulljerven is awarded to theatre companies/productions that have special importance for the young theatre audience of Norway.
Review of PULS (Cirka Teater in collaboration with Teatret Vårt), with music by Martin Smidt:
MAGIC: "There are constantly surprising twists and almost magical situations, and together with the more than mood-creating music of Martin Smidt, we are led from one fascinating experience to the next"
Amund Grimstad, Klassekampen
Cirka Teater’s acclaimed performance GARAGE (music by Martin Smidt) continues its worldwide tour, with the Bábkarská Bystrica September 2022 in Slovakia!
Photo credit: Cirka Teater & Clément Caron
These days my music for PULS is taking shape. PULS is Cirka Teater´s big autumn 2022 production, produced in collaboration with Teatret Vårt (Molde) and Ålesund Teater.
Espen Dekko and Gilles Berger (idea/concept/director)
Gilles Berger (stage design)
Karoline Ellingsen Bergh (actor/dancer)
Martin Smidt (music and sound design)
Eirik Brenne Torsethaugen (light design)
Berit Haltvik With (costumes)
Premiere at Teatret Vårt (Molde) 17. September 2022
“Lyden av ringduer” is a choral work by Martin Smidt in 8 movements based on a collection of poems by Torill Smidt. The work was commissioned by the chamber choir A Cappellissimo with funding from Det Norske Komponistfond, and the premiere is one of the opening concerts for the National Festival of Choirs in Norway May 26th 2022
Cirka Teater’s performance “Klasserommet” (featuring live musicians/arrangers Erlend Smalås & Martin Smidt) received dice 6 and massive enthusiastic reviews in several newspapers, blogs and podcasts. Klassekampen’s Amund Grimstad says: «Klasserommet er ei av dei mest gripande framsyningane Cirka Teater har laga, og det seier ikkje lite.» And listen to the review from the young journalists Kevin and Håkon in the podcast UKRITISK: “Wow - what a performance! Just WOW!” https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/3TPPZWyScDdRNbvG9
4. March 2022 is the opening night for Cirka Teater’s new production, “Klasserommet”.
Script and actor: Anne Marit Sæther
Director: Kjersti Haugen
Musicians: Erlend Smalås and Martin Smidt
Music: Music from the 1960s, arr.: Smalås & Smidt
Performances every day 4.-13. March 2022 at Rosendal Teater , Trondheim.
Trilobitt’s debut album “Superb Surprise” is out!
“Beautiful and crazy (…) It has a bit of everything for everyone: rock, free jazz & jazz, pop, indie, klezmer, psychedelic, poetry and love, and is full of surprising whims.”
— UNDER DUSKEN
“TRILOBITT is the new voice of 4 well known faces from the innovative music scene of Trondheim. More info: www.trilobitt.no
Erlend Smalås (double bass, tuba, clarinet, lead vocals)
Rolf Martin Snustad (baritone sax, alto sax, vocals)
Bendik Lund Haanshus (baritone guitar, guitar, banjo, vocals)
Martin Smidt (drums, percussion, electronics)
Recording and mix: Eirik Øien, Fjøset Lydstudio AS
Mastering: Martin Bowitz, Store Studio AS
Cover design. Thomas N. Olsen
Rotvoll kunstnerkollektiv welcomes the audience to a special site-specific guided performance by ImproDans Trondheim with improvised musical elements by Sissel Vera Pettersen and Martin Smidt in dialogue with artistic works by Katherine Butcher, Pekka Stokke and Hanne Dahl Geving
Video: https://fb.watch/ayZ4zq4qQR/
Saturday December 4th 2021 at 19.00
Sunday December 5th 2021 at 19.00
ImproDans Trondheim is a platform for site-specific and inter-artistic performances based on improvisation. At Rotvoll Kunstnerkollektiv, you join a performative journey that discovers encounters between performers, the audience and the historic site. In this "trialogue" we discover hidden places and forms of the works of art around us.
ImproStunt at Rotvoll kunstnerkollektiv is a site-specific collaboration concept by Anna Thu Schmidt and Katherine Butcher with support from Martin Smidt.
Artistic director ImproDans Trondheim:
Anna Thu Schmidt - www.annathuschmidt.com
Dance artists: Anna Thu Schmidt / Karoline Bergh Ellingsen / Nina Wollny
Musicians:
Sissel Vera Pettersen - http://sisselvera.net
Martin Smidt - www.martinsmidt.no
ImproDans Trondheim is supported by Rotvoll kunstnerkollektiv, Trondheim Municipality, FFUK, DansiT and Sparebank 1 SMN.
Artistic works:
Katherine Butcher
Between us-ing | Dec 2021 - Jun 2022
‘My Anteroom Has Eyes’, 2021
‘Shiny Floor Show’, 2021-
https://katherinebutcher.com/
Pekka Stokke
‘En av våre’, 2021
www.ljos.no
Hanne Dahl Geving
‘the constant rush’, 2021
Dec 4th 2021 - Jan 9th 2022
www.hannedahlgeving.com
Welcome to art experiences at Rotvoll!
www.instagram.com/rotvollkunst
https://rotvollkunst.no
This event is a co-production between Rotvoll kunstnerkollektiv, ImproDans Trondheim and DansiT.
Photo: Tobias Liljedahl
I am preparing a solo performance that will be part of the production ImproStunt by Anna Thu Schmidt at Rotvoll Kunstnerkollektiv 04-05. December 2021. The performance will use site-specific objects, trash and hardware found at the basement of Rotvoll Kunstnerkollektiv. A video from the whole performance could be watched from this link https://fb.watch/ayZ4zq4qQR/
2015-18 skrev Martin Smidt et bestillingsverk til kammerkoret A Cappellissimo basert på diktene til hans søster Torill Smidt (1969-2003) - “Luften makar sig mödosamt”. I 2021-22 komponerte Smidt et nytt flersatsig korverk - “Lyden av ringduer” bestilt av samme kammerkor, med tekster av samme tekstforfatter og også denne gangen støttet av Det Norske Komponistfond. Verket vil utgis på Norsk Musikforlag AS i løpet av 2022.
Buriosity Billed the Bat is the second single release (Nov 17 2021) from the Trilobitt debut album "Superb Surprise" (release January 2022)
Music and lyrics: Martin Smidt / arr.: Trilobitt
Recording and mixing: Eirik Øien, Fjøset Lydstudio AS
Mastering: Martin Bowitz, Store Studio AS
Cover and video: Thomas Nikolai Olsen
Label: RIM Records
Erlend Smalås – vocals, bass, tuba, clarinet
Rolf Martin Snustad – baritone sax, alto sax, vocals
Bendik Lund Haanshus – guitars, vocals
Martin Smidt – drums and electronics
www.trilobitt.no
Ex on the blog by Erlend Smalås is the first single release (Oct 20 2021) from the Trilobitt debut album "Superb Surprise" (release January 2022)
Recording and mixing: Eirik Øien, Fjøset Lydstudio AS
Mastering: Martin Bowitz, Store Studio AS
Cover and video: Thomas Nikolai Olsen
Label: RIM Records
Erlend Smalås – vocals, bass, tuba, clarinet
Rolf Martin Snustad – baritone sax, alto sax, vocals
Bendik Lund Haanshus – guitars, vocals
Martin Smidt – drums and electronics
06.10.21: Innspilling av musikkvideo med TRILOBITT og filmskaper Thomas Nikolai Olsen. Nyhavna Trondheim og ved Rotvoll Kunstnerkollektiv. Videoene publiseres høst 2021 sammen med release av TRILOBITT s debutalbum.
Erlend Smalås / Rolf Martin Snustad / Bendik Lund Haanshus / Martin Smidt
Cirka Teaters nye produksjon “Klasserommet” har prøvestart oktober 2021.
Manus, idé og skuespiller: Anne Marit Sæther
Regi: Kjersti Haugen
Scenografi: Gilles Berger
Utøvende musikere, arrangement og komposisjon: Erlend Smalås og Martin Smidt
Martin Smidt med band spilte på Åpningen av Barnas Torg, i regi av Trondheim Kammermusikkfestival, 21.09.21.
KUNSTFEST Rotvoll 2021 presenterte 70 artister/kunstnere på 5 arenaer, og Trilobitt avsluttet med konsert på hovedscenen lørdag 28. august kl. 22:00
Den historisk første Kunstfest Rotvoll presenterer artister som Rasmus og Verdens Beste Band, Jovan Pavlovic, Trondheim Improviser’s Guild, Ingrid Lode, Sissel Vera Pettersen, Trilobitt og Stian Lundbergs Grøde, sammen med mange visuelle kunstopplevelser, som for eksempel gruppeutstilling av Rotvoll-kunstnerne, utstillinger av Louise Oredsson og Beate Gjersvold, stedsspesifikke installasjoner, ImproJAM med dansekunstner Anna Thu Schmidt, og et post-Korona maskeverksted med Sir Grand Lear. Det blir et tett og spennende endagsprogram lørdag 28. august 2021, der publikum kan bevege seg mellom 3 ulike scener, 3 utstillingsområder og 2 friområder rundt Kunstnerhuset og oppleve musikk og kunst med tilknytning til Norges største og nyeste tverrkunstneriske arbeidsfellesskap for profesjonelle kunstnere.
Festivalleder: Martin Smidt
Foto: Olga Bushueva
