12–21 September 2024

Festival programme

15–25 September 2021
15 September 2021
Opening concert Ultima 2021
Ultima’s opening moment – a gigantic prayer for planet Earth
Oslo Konserthus
16–25 September 2021
Stine Janvin & Son.AR: Voices from your future past (sound work)
A sound artwork transforming your view of the city
16 September 2021
Orpheus’ Comfort – opera for babies
Mini-operas for kids display a rainbow of emotions
Den Norske Opera & Ballett
16–25 September 2021
Remake 2021: Vannverk
Reimagining the poetry of water
Sentralen
16–25 September 2021
Noa Eshkol: Rules, Theory & Passion (Exhibition)
Revealing exhibition of a groundbreaking innovator in music and movement
Oslo Kunstforening
16 September 2021
Lage Musikk: Stine Janvin in conversation with Torgny Amdam
Sentralen
16 September 2021
Anna Jalving: DUO IV – Extended Territories
Sound & vision in searching for space and peace
Sentralen
16–19 September 2021
Carte Blanche: But Then, We’ll Disappear (I’d Prefer Not To)
Singing the body electric with Carte Blanche
Dansens Hus
16–18 September 2021
Janne-Camilla Lyster: Metamorphoses (WP)
A polyphonic blend of contemporary dance and mythological transformations
Black Box teater
16 September 2021
Jennifer Walshe: PERSONHOOD (WP)
New overwhelming piece by Jennifer Walshe for Andreas Borregaard and the Oslo Sinfonietta explores the notion of “personhood”
Den Norske Opera & Ballett
16–25 September 2021
Yuko Mohri: I/O (Exhibition)
A sound sculpture knowing how to read the room
Atelier Nord
16–19 September 2021
Marianne Stranger: Vannverk
Marianne Stranger gives you the most adventurous bath time you’ll ever experience
Voksenåsen Hotel
16 September 2021
Post-concert talk: Composer Jennifer Walshe
Post-concert talk with composer Jennifer Walshe and Rob Young
Den Norske Opera & Ballett
16 September 2021
Stine Janvin & Son.AR: Voices From Your Future Past Live
Live sonic geography from Stine Janvin & the group behind Voices From Your Future Past
Blå
17 September 2021
Symposium: Islands On the Move
Sentralen
17 September 2021
Amor’s Ease – opera for babies
Mini-operas for kids display a rainbow of emotions
Den Norske Opera & Ballett
17–19 September 2021
Tøyen Fil & Klafferi: Hausmusik (Exhibition)
Concerts and wondrous, disturbing sound installations at Bruket
Bruket
17–19 September 2021
Tøyen Fil & Klafferi: Hausmusik (Concert)
Concerts and wondrous, disturbing sound installations at Bruket
Bruket
17 September 2021
Klangforum Wien
Eclectic mix of imaginative new work from Austria’s leading new music ensemble
Universitetets aula
17 September 2021
Ingfrid Breie Nyhus: Slåttepiano II (Album launch)
Ecstatic folk update from a pianist with an addictive slått-machine
Riksscenen
17 September 2021
Rolf-Erik Nystrøm & Juliana Venter: The Tears of Things
Meditations on fragility, suffering and death
Akershus festning
18 September 2021
Warm up: Ambient Afternoon
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
18 September 2021
Ambient Afternoon: Carmen Villain og Felicia Atkinson
Welcome to Ultima’s ambient zone
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
18 September 2021
Eva Reiter: Eupepsia Dyspepsia
Ancient and modern hybrid music tracing the collision of the Old World with the New
Sentralen
18 September 2021
Jake Heggie: Dead Man Walking (Cancelled)
Modern opera about the death penalty, forgiveness, and a nun’s fight for justice
Den Norske Opera & Ballett
18 September 2021
Film: The Outsider - The Story of Harry Partch
Sentralen
18 September 2021
Ingar Zach & Ensemble Musikfabrik
Norwegian percussionist gallops around Harry Partch’s unique instrumentarium
Den Norske Opera & Ballett
18 September 2021
Introducing the Harry Partch Instrumentarium
A must for all fans of contemporary music!
Den Norske Opera & Ballett
19 September 2021
Kringlyddagene 1
Sit in a magic circle of electroacoustic sounds
Sentralen
19 September 2021
Post-concert talk: Torsketromming
John Andrew Wilhite-Hannisdal, Bálint Laczkó and Rebekah Oomen in conversation
Sentralen
19 September 2021
Svarteboka (WP)
A new book of musical songs and spells pushes this duo to the limits when two very different musicians meet, wind each other up, and question the nature of truth and reality.
Riksscenen
20 September 2021
Three Dimensional Sound: A Notam Seminar
What is three dimensional sound?
Sentralen
20 September 2021
Kringlyddagene 2
Further transmissions from the electroacoustic circle of sound
Sentralen
20 September 2021
Såle, part 1: Molvær / Kubwayo / Nordanstedt and others
Dance encounters reveal the iron in the sole
Hukodden
20 September 2021
Post-performance talk: SÅLE
Anna C. Nordanstedt and Nadege Kuwayo in conversation with Ellen Ugelvik
HL-Senteret
20 September 2021
Aksiom, Dedalus & Song Circus
A double concert of exploratory and experimental music
Sofienberg Kirke
21 September 2021
Developing Critical Practice
Cultural criticism will achieve more than ever if it includes more voices, and aims to reach more segments and areas of society.
Sentralen
21 September 2021
Pascale Criton: Portrait of a Composer
French composer Pascale Criton in conversation with Hild Borchgrevink
nyMusikk
21 September 2021
Sonisk Hage: Acoustic composers
Mind expanding new works from the next generation of composers
Sentralen
21–22 September 2021
POING & Maja S. K. Ratkje: Ludenoper (WP)
POING and Maja S. K. Ratkje uncover the decadent origins of the Threepenny Opera
Frogner Kino
21 September 2021
Christian Wallumrød Ensemble: Amplify Many
A brand new electroacoustic challenge for one of Norway’s most innovative line-ups
Nasjonal jazzscene Victoria
22 September 2021
Extended Composition
Sound of movement, movement of sound
Sentralen
22 September 2021
Ryoji Ikeda: 100 Cymbals
A shimmering sonic mirage from a forest of cymbals
Black Box teater
22 September 2021
Extended Composition
Sound of movement, movement of sound
Sentralen
22 September 2021
Post-concert talk: The Shimmering Sound World of Ryoji Ikeda
Conversation on stage after the performance
Black Box teater
23 September 2021
"Jordens sang" and the absence of critical debate
Panel (in Norwegian)
Sentralen
23 September 2021
Transmissions
Norwegian and Greek music students link hands and share sounds over the internet 
Sentralen
23 September 2021
Sonisk Hage: Electroacoustic composers
Mind expanding new works from the next generation of composers
Sentralen
23 September 2021
asamisimasa
Inventions, transgressions and the music of the spheres
Tøyen church
23 September 2021
Barrett, Asheim & EAU: Organ and electronics (2021)
Shocking soundwaves and ancient vibrations in a cathedral of sound
Oslo domkirke
24 September 2021
Extended Composition: What Can Music Be?
A seminar exploring various ways contemporary music is absorbing new types of materials and methods.
Litteraturhuset
24 September 2021
Cikada: We left her in a sack for fairies to reclaim
Fairies, bee dances and infinitesimal acceleration from Cikada
Tøyen church
24 September 2021
Pre-concert Talk: Spaghetti Sounds: a Secret History
Pre-concert talk
Sentralen
24 September 2021
ABKRATZEN – zeitkratzer Goes West
zeitkratzer relive the pioneer spirit
Sentralen
25 September 2021
Music from the House of Mirrors
New wind adventures and a radical percussionist
Akershus festning
25 September 2021
Javid Afsari Rad & NOWOR: Bigah
Musical border crossings: out of time, outside of space
Sentralen
25 September 2021
Ultima Unleashed: Closing concert
Fanfares and farewells at Ultima’s grand finale
Oslo Konserthus
25 September 2021
Ultima & Mirage at Vega
A radio cinema collection of sonic postcards and ambient imaginary soundtracks at Vega
Vega Scene
25 September 2021
Susanna: Go Dig My Grave
A deep, dark songbook of despair from award winning Susanna
Nasjonal jazzscene Victoria
Wednesday, 15/09
19:00 Oslo Konserthus
Opening concert Ultima 2021 Ultima’s opening moment – a gigantic prayer for planet Earth
Sold out
Thursday, 16/09
07:00
World premiere Stine Janvin & Son.AR: Voices from your future past (sound work) A sound artwork transforming your view of the city
11:30 Den Norske Opera & Ballett
Orpheus’ Comfort – opera for babies Mini-operas for kids display a rainbow of emotions
Sold out
12:00 Oslo Kunstforening
Noa Eshkol: Rules, Theory & Passion (Exhibition) Revealing exhibition of a groundbreaking innovator in music and movement
12:00 Sentralen
Remake 2021: Vannverk Reimagining the poetry of water
16:00 Sentralen
Lage Musikk: Stine Janvin in conversation with Torgny Amdam
17:00 Sentralen
World premiere Anna Jalving: DUO IV – Extended Territories Sound & vision in searching for space and peace
Sold out
19:00 Atelier Nord
Yuko Mohri: I/O (Exhibition) A sound sculpture knowing how to read the room
19:00 Den Norske Opera & Ballett
World premiere Jennifer Walshe: PERSONHOOD (WP) New overwhelming piece by Jennifer Walshe for Andreas Borregaard and the Oslo Sinfonietta explores the notion of “personhood”
Few tickets left
19:00 Black Box teater
World premiere Janne-Camilla Lyster: Metamorphoses (WP) A polyphonic blend of contemporary dance and mythological transformations
19:00 Dansens Hus
Carte Blanche: But Then, We’ll Disappear (I’d Prefer Not To) Singing the body electric with Carte Blanche
Sold out
19:30 Voksenåsen Hotel
World premiere Marianne Stranger: Vannverk Marianne Stranger gives you the most adventurous bath time you’ll ever experience
Sold out
20:00 Den Norske Opera & Ballett
Post-concert talk: Composer Jennifer Walshe  Post-concert talk with composer Jennifer Walshe and Rob Young
20:30 Voksenåsen Hotel
Marianne Stranger: Vannverk Marianne Stranger gives you the most adventurous bath time you’ll ever experience
Sold out
21:00 Blå
Stine Janvin & Son.AR: Voices From Your Future Past Live  Live sonic geography from Stine Janvin & the group behind Voices From Your Future Past
22:00 Voksenåsen Hotel
Marianne Stranger: Vannverk Marianne Stranger gives you the most adventurous bath time you’ll ever experience
Sold out
Friday, 17/09
11:00 Sentralen
Symposium: Islands On the Move
11:30 Den Norske Opera & Ballett
Amor’s Ease – opera for babies Mini-operas for kids display a rainbow of emotions
Sold out
12:00 Atelier Nord
Yuko Mohri: I/O (Exhibition) A sound sculpture knowing how to read the room
12:00 Oslo Kunstforening
Noa Eshkol: Rules, Theory & Passion (Exhibition) Revealing exhibition of a groundbreaking innovator in music and movement
12:00 Sentralen
Remake 2021: Vannverk Reimagining the poetry of water
14:00 Black Box teater
Janne-Camilla Lyster: Metamorphoses (WP) A polyphonic blend of contemporary dance and mythological transformations
16:00 Bruket
Tøyen Fil & Klafferi: Hausmusik (Concert) Concerts and wondrous, disturbing sound installations at Bruket
Sold out
16:00 Bruket
Tøyen Fil & Klafferi: Hausmusik (Exhibition) Concerts and wondrous, disturbing sound installations at Bruket
18:00 Riksscenen
Ingfrid Breie Nyhus: Slåttepiano II (Album launch) Ecstatic folk update from a pianist with an addictive slått-machine
18:00 Universitetets aula
World premiere Klangforum Wien Eclectic mix of imaginative new work from Austria’s leading new music ensemble
Few tickets left
19:00 Black Box teater
Janne-Camilla Lyster: Metamorphoses (WP) A polyphonic blend of contemporary dance and mythological transformations
19:00 Dansens Hus
Carte Blanche: But Then, We’ll Disappear (I’d Prefer Not To) Singing the body electric with Carte Blanche
19:30 Voksenåsen Hotel
Marianne Stranger: Vannverk Marianne Stranger gives you the most adventurous bath time you’ll ever experience
Sold out
20:30 Voksenåsen Hotel
Marianne Stranger: Vannverk Marianne Stranger gives you the most adventurous bath time you’ll ever experience
Sold out
21:00 Akershus festning
World premiere Rolf-Erik Nystrøm & Juliana Venter: The Tears of Things  Meditations on fragility, suffering and death
Sold out
22:00 Voksenåsen Hotel
Marianne Stranger: Vannverk Marianne Stranger gives you the most adventurous bath time you’ll ever experience
Sold out
Saturday, 18/09
12:00 Atelier Nord
Yuko Mohri: I/O (Exhibition) A sound sculpture knowing how to read the room
12:00 Oslo Kunstforening
Noa Eshkol: Rules, Theory & Passion (Exhibition) Revealing exhibition of a groundbreaking innovator in music and movement
12:00 Sentralen
Remake 2021: Vannverk Reimagining the poetry of water
13:00 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
Warm up: Ambient Afternoon
Few tickets left
13:00 Bruket
Tøyen Fil & Klafferi: Hausmusik (Exhibition) Concerts and wondrous, disturbing sound installations at Bruket
14:00 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
Ambient Afternoon: Carmen Villain og Felicia Atkinson Welcome to Ultima’s ambient zone
Few tickets left
14:00 Bruket
Tøyen Fil & Klafferi: Hausmusik (Concert) Concerts and wondrous, disturbing sound installations at Bruket
14:00 Black Box teater
Janne-Camilla Lyster: Metamorphoses (WP) A polyphonic blend of contemporary dance and mythological transformations
16:00 Bruket
Tøyen Fil & Klafferi: Hausmusik (Concert) Concerts and wondrous, disturbing sound installations at Bruket
17:00 Sentralen
Eva Reiter: Eupepsia Dyspepsia Ancient and modern hybrid music tracing the collision of the Old World with the New
Sold out
18:00 Den Norske Opera & Ballett
Jake Heggie: Dead Man Walking (Cancelled) Modern opera about the death penalty, forgiveness, and a nun’s fight for justice
18:30 Sentralen
Film: The Outsider - The Story of Harry Partch
19:00 Black Box teater
Janne-Camilla Lyster: Metamorphoses (WP) A polyphonic blend of contemporary dance and mythological transformations
19:00 Dansens Hus
Carte Blanche: But Then, We’ll Disappear (I’d Prefer Not To) Singing the body electric with Carte Blanche
19:30 Voksenåsen Hotel
Marianne Stranger: Vannverk Marianne Stranger gives you the most adventurous bath time you’ll ever experience
Sold out
20:30 Den Norske Opera & Ballett
World premiere Ingar Zach & Ensemble Musikfabrik Norwegian percussionist gallops around Harry Partch’s unique instrumentarium
Sold out
20:30 Voksenåsen Hotel
Marianne Stranger: Vannverk Marianne Stranger gives you the most adventurous bath time you’ll ever experience
Sold out
21:30 Den Norske Opera & Ballett
Introducing the Harry Partch Instrumentarium A must for all fans of contemporary music!
22:00 Voksenåsen Hotel
Marianne Stranger: Vannverk Marianne Stranger gives you the most adventurous bath time you’ll ever experience
Sold out
Sunday, 19/09
12:00 Atelier Nord
Yuko Mohri: I/O (Exhibition) A sound sculpture knowing how to read the room
12:00 Oslo Kunstforening
Noa Eshkol: Rules, Theory & Passion (Exhibition) Revealing exhibition of a groundbreaking innovator in music and movement
12:00 Sentralen
Remake 2021: Vannverk Reimagining the poetry of water
13:00 Bruket
Tøyen Fil & Klafferi: Hausmusik (Exhibition) Concerts and wondrous, disturbing sound installations at Bruket
14:00 Bruket
Tøyen Fil & Klafferi: Hausmusik (Concert) Concerts and wondrous, disturbing sound installations at Bruket
16:00 Bruket
Tøyen Fil & Klafferi: Hausmusik (Concert) Concerts and wondrous, disturbing sound installations at Bruket
16:30 Sentralen
Kringlyddagene 1 Sit in a magic circle of electroacoustic sounds
Sold out
17:30 Sentralen
Post-concert talk: Torsketromming John Andrew Wilhite-Hannisdal, Bálint Laczkó and Rebekah Oomen in conversation
Few tickets left
18:00 Riksscenen
Svarteboka (WP) A new book of musical songs and spells pushes this duo to the limits when two very different musicians meet, wind each other up, and question the nature of truth and reality.
19:00 Dansens Hus
Carte Blanche: But Then, We’ll Disappear (I’d Prefer Not To) Singing the body electric with Carte Blanche
19:30 Voksenåsen Hotel
Marianne Stranger: Vannverk Marianne Stranger gives you the most adventurous bath time you’ll ever experience
Sold out
20:30 Sentralen
Kringlyddagene 1 Sit in a magic circle of electroacoustic sounds
Sold out
21:00 Voksenåsen Hotel
Marianne Stranger: Vannverk Marianne Stranger gives you the most adventurous bath time you’ll ever experience
Sold out
Monday, 20/09
12:00 Sentralen
Three Dimensional Sound: A Notam Seminar What is three dimensional sound?
Sold out
12:00 Atelier Nord
Yuko Mohri: I/O (Exhibition) A sound sculpture knowing how to read the room
12:00 Sentralen
Remake 2021: Vannverk Reimagining the poetry of water
17:00 Sentralen
Kringlyddagene 2 Further transmissions from the electroacoustic circle of sound
18:00 Hukodden
Såle, part 1: Molvær / Kubwayo / Nordanstedt and others Dance encounters reveal the iron in the sole
18:40 HL-Senteret
Post-performance talk: SÅLE Anna C. Nordanstedt and Nadege Kuwayo in conversation with Ellen Ugelvik
19:00 Sofienberg Kirke
Aksiom, Dedalus & Song Circus  A double concert of exploratory and experimental music
Tuesday, 21/09
12:00 Atelier Nord
Yuko Mohri: I/O (Exhibition) A sound sculpture knowing how to read the room
12:00 Oslo Kunstforening
Noa Eshkol: Rules, Theory & Passion (Exhibition) Revealing exhibition of a groundbreaking innovator in music and movement
12:00 Sentralen
Remake 2021: Vannverk Reimagining the poetry of water
15:30 Sentralen
Developing Critical Practice  Cultural criticism will achieve more than ever if it includes more voices, and aims to reach more segments and areas of society.
17:00 Sentralen
Sonisk Hage: Acoustic composers Mind expanding new works from the next generation of composers
Sold out
17:00 nyMusikk
Pascale Criton: Portrait of a Composer French composer Pascale Criton in conversation with Hild Borchgrevink
19:00 Frogner Kino
POING & Maja S. K. Ratkje: Ludenoper (WP) POING and Maja S. K. Ratkje uncover the decadent origins of the Threepenny Opera
19:00 Den Norske Opera & Ballett
Jake Heggie: Dead Man Walking (Cancelled) Modern opera about the death penalty, forgiveness, and a nun’s fight for justice
20:00 Nasjonal jazzscene Victoria
Christian Wallumrød Ensemble: Amplify Many A brand new electroacoustic challenge for one of Norway’s most innovative line-ups
Wednesday, 22/09
12:00 Atelier Nord
Yuko Mohri: I/O (Exhibition) A sound sculpture knowing how to read the room
12:00 Oslo Kunstforening
Noa Eshkol: Rules, Theory & Passion (Exhibition) Revealing exhibition of a groundbreaking innovator in music and movement
12:00 Sentralen
Remake 2021: Vannverk Reimagining the poetry of water
18:00 Sentralen
World premiere Extended Composition Sound of movement, movement of sound
Few tickets left
19:00 Black Box teater
Premiere Ryoji Ikeda: 100 Cymbals A shimmering sonic mirage from a forest of cymbals
Sold out
19:00 Frogner Kino
POING & Maja S. K. Ratkje: Ludenoper (WP) POING and Maja S. K. Ratkje uncover the decadent origins of the Threepenny Opera
19:30 Sentralen
Extended Composition Sound of movement, movement of sound
Sold out
19:45 Black Box teater
Post-concert talk: The Shimmering Sound World of Ryoji Ikeda Conversation on stage after the performance
21:00 Black Box teater
Premiere Ryoji Ikeda: 100 Cymbals A shimmering sonic mirage from a forest of cymbals
Sold out
Thursday, 23/09
12:00 Atelier Nord
Yuko Mohri: I/O (Exhibition) A sound sculpture knowing how to read the room
12:00 Oslo Kunstforening
Noa Eshkol: Rules, Theory & Passion (Exhibition) Revealing exhibition of a groundbreaking innovator in music and movement
12:00 Sentralen
Remake 2021: Vannverk Reimagining the poetry of water
13:30 Sentralen
"Jordens sang" and the absence of critical debate Panel (in Norwegian)
Few tickets left
16:00 Sentralen
Transmissions Norwegian and Greek music students link hands and share sounds over the internet 
17:00 Sentralen
Sonisk Hage: Electroacoustic composers Mind expanding new works from the next generation of composers
Sold out
19:00 Tøyen church
World premiere asamisimasa Inventions, transgressions and the music of the spheres
Few tickets left
21:00 Oslo domkirke
Barrett, Asheim & EAU: Organ and electronics (2021)  Shocking soundwaves and ancient vibrations in a cathedral of sound
Few tickets left
Friday, 24/09
11:00 Litteraturhuset
Extended Composition: What Can Music Be? A seminar exploring various ways contemporary music is absorbing new types of materials and methods.
Sold out
12:00 Atelier Nord
Yuko Mohri: I/O (Exhibition) A sound sculpture knowing how to read the room
12:00 Oslo Kunstforening
Noa Eshkol: Rules, Theory & Passion (Exhibition) Revealing exhibition of a groundbreaking innovator in music and movement
12:00 Sentralen
Remake 2021: Vannverk Reimagining the poetry of water
19:00 Tøyen church
Cikada: We left her in a sack for fairies to reclaim Fairies, bee dances and infinitesimal acceleration from Cikada
Sold out
20:00 Sentralen
Pre-concert Talk: Spaghetti Sounds: a Secret History Pre-concert talk
21:00 Sentralen
World premiere ABKRATZEN – zeitkratzer Goes West  zeitkratzer relive the pioneer spirit
Saturday, 25/09
12:00 Atelier Nord
Yuko Mohri: I/O (Exhibition) A sound sculpture knowing how to read the room
12:00 Sentralen
Remake 2021: Vannverk Reimagining the poetry of water
12:21 Oslo Kunstforening
Noa Eshkol: Rules, Theory & Passion (Exhibition) Revealing exhibition of a groundbreaking innovator in music and movement
15:00 Akershus festning
Music from the House of Mirrors New wind adventures and a radical percussionist
Few tickets left
18:00 Sentralen
World premiere Javid Afsari Rad & NOWOR: Bigah Musical border crossings: out of time, outside of space
18:00 Den Norske Opera & Ballett
Jake Heggie: Dead Man Walking (Cancelled) Modern opera about the death penalty, forgiveness, and a nun’s fight for justice
20:00 Oslo Konserthus
Ultima Unleashed: Closing concert Fanfares and farewells at Ultima’s grand finale
20:30 Vega Scene
Ultima & Mirage at Vega A radio cinema collection of sonic postcards and ambient imaginary soundtracks at Vega