View is a solo piece written for cellist Emile Girard-Charest and can be realized either on cello with a "bach-bow" covering three or four strings, or with a bowed fretless guitar with the two top strings removed.

Emile Girard-Charest - Cello

Recorded live at UdK, Berlin on 10th of July 2019

View (for cello)

Fredrik Rasten is a guitarist and composer (b. 1988) working in the field of experimental music, both improvised and composed. His main focuses are exploring and utilizing the acoustic possibilities of the steel string guitar. The last years he has been working extensively with just intonation, taking an extended concept of consonance as a point of departure. He has studied in this field with  Catherine Lamb and Marc Sabat in Berlin. In his work he is also inspired by wandelweiser music, traditional british folk and early music.



contact: fredrikrasten(at)gmail(dot)com