Amund J. Røe (1985)

 

"Roe goes back to the source, takes distance, sees from above, tells no story, he only paints time, he paints it with silence, care and tenderness." (Galenianos)

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From highlighting nordic cold and expressive silence in his earlier works, Røe has in later pieces embraced a rougher aesthetics where distortion, timbral manipulations and the beauty of broken sounds are being emphasised. His art is closely connected to his background from a farm in a small remote mountain village in Norway. Heavy manual labour, dirt, soil, sun burned log buildings and extreme cold are important sources for inspiration. The textures are rough, the gestures have become physical, while a minimalistic sense communication and expression, common in rural Norwegian culture, is giving its shaping the music. His strive for contact and connection is lurking beneath resulting in dark sonic poems of existential sincerity.

 

Being both of Dutch and Norwegian descendence, Røe completed his masters in 2019 obtaining cum laude in composition at Codarts University for the Arts, Rotterdam. His principle teachers included René Uijlenhoet, Peter-Jan Wagemans, Friso van Wijck and Jan-Bas Bollen. Amund has had works performed by ensembles such as Het Residentie Orkest, Doelen Kwartet, Stolz Quartet, Akom Ensemble, SISU Percussion Ensemble and Kairos Quartett. 

He maintains a keen interest in working with artists from various artistic disciplines including artists such as Roberta Legros Štěpánková, Philipp Moser, Paul Holvoet-Hansen, Janne Eraker and Wilbert de Joode.