Nutida musik i gränslandet mellan akustiska klanger och elektronik
Kompositör hans jonsäll
I det egna konstnärskapet förenar jag den nutida konstmusiken med elektroniska instrument och klanger. Att både komponera och framföra ny musik med elektronik som instrument i mina egna verk tillsammans med andra utövare.
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Jag vill att mitt skapande ska ge möjligheter för mig själv och andra lokala/regionala kulturutövare, samt att nya projekt och mina kontakter nationellt/internationellt möjliggör kopplingar till den större nationella musikscenen och sätter Piteå på kartan.
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Portfolio
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mitt kostnärsskap
Jonsäll has written works for chamber ensemble (Norrbotten NEO), orchestra (NorrlandsOperans Symfoniorkester), solo instruments with and without electronics, musical drama (ensemble SINFONIA 941 and singers from Piteå School of Music), besides producing sound installations and electroacoustic performances. His latest work Sonic Mechanics (2022) for percussion, piano and live electronics was selected for Mise-En Music Festival 2023 with international premiere in NYC.
Upcoming works include an interdisciplinary piece for joik artist Ulla Pirttijärvi and chamber ensemble (Lapplands Kammarorkester) commissioned by Hetta Music Days 2024 as part of the project SámiComp; the piece EX SPIRITU for flute and electronics written for Jenni Halonen (Finland) to be premiered at RESONANS Festival 2024 (Piteå); the collaborative piece EX MECHANICA for extended piano and interactive electronics composed together with pianist and composer Han geul Lee (Chicago).
verk i urval
ORKESTER
Geometries of Spacetime (2023) – orchestra (NorrlandsOperans Symfoniorkester)
Primus Motor (2022) – orchestra (NorrlandsOperans Symfoniorkester)
CIRCUITS (2020) – orchestra (not performed)
KAMMARMUSIK
Golbma Máilmmi (2024) – chamber ensemble & joik artist (Lapplands kammarorkester, Ulla Pirttijärvi Länsman), commission by Hetta Music Days 2024
Ephemeral Clockworks (2021) – chamber ensemble (Norrbotten NEO)
Elegy to Lost Data Traffic (2019) – large chamber ensemble (Norrbotten NEO & ICMA)
SOLO/DUO/TRIO
EX SPIRITU (2024) – for flute, effect pedals and live electronics (Jenni Halonen, Hans Lennart Jonsäll)
Sonic Mechanics (2022) –percussion, prepared piano and electronics (Norrbotten NEO; Ensemble mise-en)
Noctilucent Clouds (2022) – piano and tape
Towards the Event Horizon (2021) – electric guitar, bass clarinet, live electronics (Fredrik Ekenvi, José Louis Relova Gallego, Hans Lennart Jonsäll)
LJUDKONST
CONNECTED [1.0-2.0] (2020-2021) – electronic performance; installation
NATURA SONORA (2021) – sound sculpture
INVOCATIONS I-III (2018-2021) – live electronic performance/installation
Publikationer
Jonsäll has previously researched the relationship between improvisation and composition in works for electronics and acoustic instruments through his Bachelor thesis Towards the Event Horizon (2021). The eponymous piece for bass clarinet, electric guitar and live electronics was performed at a live streamed concert in Studio Acusticum as part of the festival Nymus Live 2021. Using a minimalist one-page score specifying gestures and textures, the performers improvised based on the structure and sound design of the work.
In his master’s thesis Spectromorphological Reductions (2023) Jonsäll specifically explored spectromorphology and sound-based notation of live electronics. The approach built on existing systems for electroacoustic music analysis, most notably Dennis Smalley’s (1997) theory of spectromorphology and the symbolic language of Lasse Thoresen & Andreas Hedman (2007) based on Pierre Schaeffer’s typo-morphology, as well as Mattias Sköld’s (2023) adaptation of this system for composition and transcription (Sound Notation). The thesis shows how symbolic notation does not need to be dismissed in live electronic performance, but that a sound-based score can complement the compositional and interpretational processes of instrument design and improvisation.
Jonsäll continues to work in the twilight zone of semi-improvised hybrid music, with the ambition to further develop sound-based notation and experimental notation approaches for electronics, aiming to bridge the gap between classical performers and electronic musicians in the world of contemporary music.
Mot händelsernas horisont (2021)
Luleå tekniska universitet (kandidatuppsats, komposition)
Spectromorphological Reductions (2023)
Luleå tekniska universitet (masteruppsats, komposition)
Towards the Event Horizon (2021)
Spectromorphological Explorations (2023)
Sonic Mechanics [AUDIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS] (2023)
awards/grants
The Royal Swedish Academy of Music, National Stipend 2023
Mise-en Music Festival (Ensemble Mise-En, NYC, call for works) 2023
The Royal Swedish Academy of Music, National Scholarship 2022
Hähnel Scholarship, Piteå School of Music 2021
The Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Local Scholarship (Piteå School of Music) 2020
The Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Local Scholarship (Piteå School of Music) 2019
ASSOCIATIONS
Board member of UNM (Ung Nordisk Musik) Sweden 2023-
Producer/project leader of RESONANS Festival (Kulturföreningen Kluster) 2022-2024
Producer of Midvinterfestivalen (Luleå University of Technology) 2022-2023
Chairman of Kulturföreningen Kluster 2021-2023
Amanuensis, composition programme (Luleå University of Technology) 2019-2023
Project leader of IMPRO 2021 in Piteå (Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien) 2021-2022
Board member of Kulturföreningen Kluster 2018-2020
TEACHING
Electronic music & composition workshops for children, Jokkmokks Kulturskola 2024-
Composer Talk, New York University (Mise-En Music Festival 2023) 2023
Lecture for composition students, Piteå School of Music 2023
Live electronics workshop with members of the chamber choir, Piteå School of Music 2022
Live electronics workshop for composition students, Piteå School of Music 2022
Deep Listening workshop, Yogafestival, Kaleido (Piteå) 2020
CV
Hans Lennart Jonsäll is a composer, producer, sound designer, DJ and electronic music performer currently based in Piteå. Born and raised in the small town of Sundsvall in the mid-north of Sweden, Hans Lennart Jonsäll has emerged as a composer with a particular interest in notation, technology and different ways of transferring the mindset of electronic music to traditional acoustic instruments. Early musical experiments in electronic music from diverse genres (techno/house, trance, ambient, glitch) led him to discover the world of contemporary music. His work is often inspired by science, spirituality and abstract concepts, encompassing both orchestral works, chamber music, electroacoustic compositions and electronic music in various genres. He studied composition at the Piteå School of Music (Luleå University of Technology) and recently finished his master’s degree, working on the notation of live electronics.
Jonsäll has studied for sound artist and electronic composer Björn Eriksson, composers Fredrik Högberg, professor Jan Sandström and Jörgen Häll, sound artist Nyssim Leford, guitarist and interpreter professor Stefan Östersjö and choreographer and researcher professor Åsa Unander-Scharin.