«The conductor’s art.» From a review of a performance of the opera TOSCA at Kristiansund Opera, written by Magnus Andersson for Klassekampen febr. 14th 2022.
«…. Rønning's conducting captures the psychological depths of the work. It is about shaping the most intricate melodic sequences, and she does so with such life in every joint of her arms. You can see the music all the way to her fingertips, as Rønning conducts without a baton. At times – no, at all times – it is about emphases: about making a quadruplet flow as one beat, or stomping forward on all four beats, or emphasising more often so that the music is short of breath.»
Artistic Research
Halldis is currently working on a PhD in Conducting at the University of Stavanger. Her final artistic result will be performed with Stavanger Symphony Orchestra 13th of august 2024 in the Fartein Valen Hall in Stavanger.
«… Halldis Rønning proposes a whole new role for the conductor and how this inevitably shapes the roles of the musicians and the audience. Listening is the central part in this process, creating a new dimention in an already established concert-listening-participating process and giving a new perspective for everyone involved in it. In the video one does not distinct between the audience, the musicians, or Halldis Rønning herself, thus challenging everything the «traditional» concert goers might expect.»
Peer review for the Forum Artistic Research conference Gustav Mahler University, Klagenfurt 2024
2024 events:
January 18th and 20th Conducting Malmö Symphony Orchestra De Falla, Rossini, Rodrigo
February 17th Conducting ensemble BIT20 and Tora Augestad at Edvard Grieg´s home Troldhaugen Pierrot Lunaire Schoenberg
April 14th Conducting Ålesund Symphony Orchestra and Marianne Beate Kjelland Cesar Franck symphony, Berlioz «Les nuits d´été»
June 17th-19th Public presentation of artistic research Grieg Research School in Stavanger
June 26th-28th Public presentation of artistic research Forum Artistic Research Gustav Mahler Univesity, Klagenfurt
August 3rd Conducting Vestlandsk Sommersymfoni in Nordfjordeid Schostakovich symphony no 9, Tchaikovsky «Romeo et Julie», Lizst «Les Preludes»
September 21st Conducting Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Oddrun Lilja and Rolf Wallin Ultima Contemporary Music Festival Dancing Into Fire