Ane Marthe Sørlien Holen

How would you describe the relationship to your instrument?

My relationship to my instrument is constantly evolving and expanding, as I also evolve and expand as a performer-composer, and as my notion of the term “instrument” itself is continuously evolving and expanding alongside my artistic practice.

How do you practise listening?

I practise listening by being outside in nature, preferably the forest. Recently I was sitting under an old spruce, with five trunks connected to one root, listening to the branches and the wood move and creak in the wind. As I sat there a fox walked by on its nightly hunt, and because of the wind it didn’t notice my presence. The fox was telling me that when you really listen, unforeseen and quite magical things might happen.

Loud or quiet?

I love loud and noisy. But I love quiet as well. And I need both in my life.