June 27th, 2013
RKV.23912 by Veroníque
Véronique Jacques, Olivier Girouard, Ariane Zita and Tyr Jami

23912 (live)

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Commande du photographe Laurent Pistiaux pour le livre NELL.


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TVEIR HEIMAR

The project Tveir Heimar is an mixed music project created for live performance.
It's about two worlds, two contrasting cities and two inspirations. 

For me, Reykjavik can be pictured through electro-acoustic music created with 
the new technologies. These sounds represent the violence of the turbulent
 Northern winds juxtaposed by the captivating beauty of the perfectly static landscape.

Montreal can be represented by acoustic instrumentation, more structural and traditional. 
These traditional elements overlap and collide representing the internal struggle.

Both these places are very physical and alive but at the same time have contrasting
 landscapes that are emotionally warm and breathe.

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written and produced by Veronique J.
additional voice by Hörður Már Bjarnason (M-Band)

Supported by the Canada Council of the Arts and Les Offices Jeunesse Internationaux du Québec

Reykjavik-151012

TVEIR HEIMAR

The project Tveir Heimar is an mixed music project created for live performance.
It's about two worlds, two contrasting cities and two inspirations.

For me, Reykjavik can be pictured through electro-acoustic music created with 
the new technologies. These sounds represent the violence of the turbulent
Northern winds juxtaposed by the captivating beauty of the perfectly static landscape.

Montreal can be represented by acoustic instrumentation, more structural and traditional. 
These traditional elements overlap and collide representing the internal struggle.

Both these places are very physical and alive but at the same time have contrasting
landscapes that are emotionally warm and breathe.

-----------

written and produced by Veronique J.

Supported by the Canada Council of the Arts and Les Offices Jeunesse Internationaux du Québec

Berlin-21113

Tveir heimar EP - Released on April 26th 2013
Arranged & produced by Veroníque,
Co-written with Oskar Schuster [oskarschuster.com]
Mastered by Frank Arthur Blöndahl Cassata

Piano by Oskar Schuster 
Trumpet by Mirjam Schmidt

http://veroniquecellist.bandcamp.com/album/tveir-heimar-ep
http://www.gogoyoko.com/album/Tveir_heimar_EP
www.facebook.com/veronique.cellist
www.soundcloud.com/veronique-j

Artwork by Sara-Jeanne Bourget (bourgetsaraj@gmail.com) 

Fisherman I (feat Oskar Schuster)

Tveir heimar EP - Released on April 26th 2013
Written, arranged & produced by Veroníque,
Mastered by Frank Arthur Blöndahl Cassata


http://veroniquecellist.bandcamp.com/album/tveir-heimar-ep
www.facebook.com/veronique.vaka
www.soundcloud.com/veronique-vaka

Artwork by Sara-Jeanne Bourget (bourgetsaraj@gmail.com)

Fisherman II

Tveir heimar EP - Released on April 26th 2013
Arranged & produced by Veroníque,
Co-written with paul valentin [facebook.com/paulvalentinvalium]
Mastered by Frank Arthur Blöndahl Cassata

Voice by Auður Viðarsdóttir and Possimiste
Melodica, guitar and voice by paul valentin
Trumpet by Mirjam Schmidt

http://veroniquecellist.bandcamp.com/album/tveir-heimar-ep
http://www.gogoyoko.com/album/Tveir_heimar_EP
www.facebook.com/veronique.cellist
www.soundcloud.com/veronique-j

Artwork by Sara-Jeanne Bourget (bourgetsaraj@gmail.com)

Happy Prince (feat paul valentin)

Tveir heimar EP - Released on April 26th 2013
Written, arranged & produced by Veroníque,
Mastered by Frank Arthur Blöndahl Cassata


http://veroniquecellist.bandcamp.com/album/tveir-heimar-ep
http://www.gogoyoko.com/album/Tveir_heimar_EP
www.facebook.com/veronique.cellist
www.soundcloud.com/veronique-j

Artwork by Sara-Jeanne Bourget (bourgetsaraj@gmail.com)

Borg4413

Veronique Vaka, born in 1986, is an Icelandic-based Canadian cellist and composer. She studied classical cello performance at Vincent-d’Indy and continued her studies in electroacoustic composition at the University of Montreal. She recently completed a Master's degree in music composition, from the Iceland University of the Arts, under the guidance of Páll Ragnar Pálsson, Þuríður Jónsdóttir and Daníel Bjarnason. Veronique took a step towards a more abstract approach to her music when she started her research: From Landscape to Music Notation. The intention of her work is to create a poetic context between what she sees, hears and feels in the unspoiled nature, and combine it into a musical composition. Her composition style can be described as organic, with an emphasis on small details such as rhythmic, textural, and timbral elements.

Veronique Vaka has composed works for the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Sinfóníuhljómsveit Áhugamanna's orchestra, Ensemble Paramirabo, Duo Harpverk, Ensemble Synaesthesis, Ensemble Dasein, Ensemble Adapter, Caput Ensemble, Nordic Affect and Una Sveinbjarnardóttir.

Veronique Vaka is currently writing new works for Siggi String Quartet (IS) 

Society of Icelandic Composers / Tónskáldafélag Íslands
Associate Composer, Canadian Music Center / Compositrice agréée, Centre de musique canadienne

Erlendis, released Mai 25, 2015. Moderna Records. modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/erlendis

Veronique Vaka

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