LYD PORT er en tværæstetisk kunstnerduo skabt af Mai Ane Pil Siedentopp og Morten Schmidt i 2017
Optaget af at skabe sanselige oplevelser i lyd og rum
Mai Ane og Morten er begge uddannet fra Syddansk Musikkonservatorium i Elektronisk Musik og Lydkunst.
I februar 2020 debuterede de med deres scenekunst hybrid Macro Plastic - en musikalsk fortælling om plastikforurening i et sanselig univers, for klassisk kor, duoen som solister og elektronike soundscapes.
Macro Plastic havde premiere på Den Fynske Opera i 2020.
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2021 Selected with the piece “3” for Nordic Music Days, Fareo Island
2021 Music theatre piece “Macro Plastic” at Det Frie Felts Festival, DK
2020 360degress video and sound piece at landart park TICKON in Langeland, DK
2020 Sound piece “Konkylie 1, 2, 3” at Hollufgård Artist Residence - Sculpturepark, DK
2020 Debut music theatre piece “Macro Plastic” at The Funen Opera, DK
2019 Performance “Fossil” at Global Week at Oil Tank Culture Park, Seoul, Korea
2019 Sound installation “Re-Bird” selected for FUGL exhibition at Johannes Larsen Museet, DK
2019 Sound walk and book release “Vejr Træk” at Det Nordatlantiske Fyr i Hanstholm, DK
2019 Limestone and plexiglass sculpture “Under Lag” for Verdensarv Stevns Symposium, DK
2019 Development project “Macro Plastic The Laboratory” and performance at DYNAMO, DK
2017 Research and network travelling, Portugal
2017 Sound installation “Port One” at ODEON and Musikbiblioteket Odense, DK
Funding “Macro Plastic” was supported by: The Danish Arts Foundation, KODA Dramatik, Dansk Komponistforening, Dansk Skuespillerforbunds Produktions-støtte og Odense Kommune.
Artist in residencies: San Cataldo (2019), Menneske & Vind at Det Nordatlantiske Fyr i Hanstholm
B. 1985
Education / Choir
2019 - Tenor at Vor Frelser Kirke
2018- 2019 Copenhagen Circlesongs, improvisation choir
2017 Vokal improvisation, Vocal River & Circle Songs m. Rhiannon
2016 Master in Music - Electronic music and sound art from The National Academy of Music.
2011-2014 Bachelor in Tonespace The National Academy of Music
2014-2016 2nd bas - Vor Frelser Kirkes Kirkekor, Esbjerg
Releases
2015 Album “United in Sound” by Melodio
2013 EP “Soul & Heart” by Melodio (****** Gaffa)
2010 Single “Roosters & Feathers” Melodio (featured on P3 DR)
Various Concerts
Melodio SPOT festival, Skanderborg Festival, Posten and more
SOLÁR Roskilde Festival, Store Vega (winner of DM in Rock 2005), Nakkefestival, Tobakken, Gimle
Projects
2021 “Lyd, komposition og improvisation” camp at DJBFA
2019 Songwriting camp at DJBFA
2017 “Lys og Lydkunst” performance with Sara Arenfeldt, Vor Frue Kirke, Svendborg
2016 Performance with Benny Bondesgaard, Esbjerg Artmusem
2015 Performance ”Store Hyledag” with Lasse Thorning Jæger, Syddansk Musikkonservatorium (broadcast at DR News)
2013 Street-performance med Mai Ane Pil Siedentopp (LYD PORT) GAS Festival, Sweden
2013 Sound scenografi collaboration with Skuespillerskolen, Odense
2011 “Fantasma” composer and performer site-specific new circus by TinCan Company, DK
2010 “Last Wish Cabaret” composer and performance new circus concert, Karavan, Sweden
2010 “Love in Warcraft” sound installation at Asterions Hus, Refshaleøen, DK
2009 “Rød&Hvid” composer with TinCan Company
2005 Winner of “LiveContest/DM in Rock” with SOLÁR
Grants
Working grants from The Danish Art Foundation, DJBFA, Danish Composers Society
2019 San Cataldo residency for working on Macro Plastic with LYD PORT
2016 Entreprenørskabspris for performance “Store Hyledag” at Syddansk Musikkonservatorium
B. 1991
Education
2017 Sound design intern at Atelier Hotel Pro Forma
2016 Master in Music - Electronic music and sound art from The National Academy of Music. Student at Hanna Hartman (SE/DE)
2014-2016 Guest Student at Musical Accompaniment to dance from Den Danske Scenekunstskole
2015 Assistant coach education at Danish Figure Skater Union
2010-2013 Bachelor in Tonespace The National Academy of Music
Releases
2021 “Pieces For Paper” released with support from The Danish Composers Society/KODA Culture
2017 Album “Kvindebandet” by Kvindebandet
2015 Single “Wellness” by Kvindebandet and with a remix by Central (remix on Sound of Copenhagen vol. 16)
2014 Album “Cyklus” by KvindebandetBe clear, be confident and don’t overthink it.
Projects
2021 Participating in Ung Nordisk Musik with Enclose and H.C.Andersen Festival with Pieces For Paper
2020 Songwriting camp with DJBFA
2019 Contribution with “Forord” on the release “Vi skal noget sammen” by Per Bloch
2019 Contribution with composition “Felt” to an exhibition by Marie Bjørn
2017 Teaching with “Kunstner i Klassen” with Dansk Kunstnerråd, Thy
2017 Composer at event Aarhus Walks On Water - soundscape, songs and lyrics
2017 Composition “PAPER M A C H E” selected for Ung Nordisk Musik, Reykjavik, Iceland
2017 Performance “Fold Bend, Flex I Roll Up” Copenhagen Architecture Festival, CC
2017 Installation “Always An I, Never A One” by Artistgroup founded by Atelier Hotel Pro Forma: POST Gallery, Kaunas, Yaga Festival, Lituania, Kanepes Kulturas Centrs, Riga
2016 Performance with Jørgen Teller and Kenya Foss, Sparkling Sound Festival, Copenhagen
2015 “Kvindebandet & We Like We” with Signe Klejs, Radar, Aarhus
2015 Exhibition “SYV” with Cæcilie Overgaard, H.C. Andersen Festivals, Odense
2013 Street-performance with Morten Schmidt (LYD PORT), GAS, Gøteborg
2013 KBH Læser - dans og digte with Kvindebandet and Mathilde Mørck and Bjørn Thomsen
Grants
Working grants from The Danish Art Foundation, DJBFA, Danish Composers Society
2019 San Cataldo residency for working on Macro Plastic with LYD PORT
2017 Award from Danish Art Foundation for compositions for Aarhus Walks on Water
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