The music is composed in 3D, it comes from all directions around the audience, and moves around the audience.

Louisa Palmi (b. 1995) is an ambitious and innovative composer, sound artist and musician from Tromsø. In her compositions, Palmi cultivates the Arctic landscape and shows a strong curiosity about the world and social phenomena.

In her compositions, Palmi cultivates the Arctic landscape and shows a strong curiosity about the world and social phenomena. She makes use of organic sounds and movements in her material. The works that will be played are compositions that are based on field recordings she has recorded over several years. In her music, she draws inspiration from several genres and she uses advanced technology to compose the music.

Palmi explores vivid and changing soundscapes that are based on clear textures and alternating sounds. You can expect to be taken on a journey through various soundscapes with a focus on details, movements and contrasts. The audience will move between deep focus and strong impressions.

Palmi is studying a master's in experimental composition at Högskolan för Scen och Musik in Gothenburg. Here she has studied under, among others, Natasha Barrett, who is a world leader in the composition of this type of music, and Arve Henriksen, a legendary musician and composer. In a short time she has received a lot of attention and her work has been presented in many places in Europe such as Inkonst (Malmö), Palace of the Grand Dukes (Vilnius), Sentralen (Oslo) Insomnia Festival (Tromsø), 3:e Våningen ( Gothenburg) and Verona Resona (Verona). She has collaborated with many established artists, including Per Martinsen (Mental Overdrive) and Toby Kassel (choreographer).

Emerging artists

Festspillene i Nord-Norge seek innovative and bold art projects in all genres, and grant two stipends yearly. The emerging artist stipend provides an opportunity for young talents to develop their artistic ideas and to present their work as a premiere at Festspillene I Nord-Norge.