Presentation: The Ekdahl FAR

When: Wednesday October 1, kl. 14.00-16.00, 2025
Where: Elektronmusikstudion, Söder Mälarstrand 61, Stockholm
Fee: No fee.
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Prerequisities: Language is Swedish/English.

Welcome to a presentation and demonstration of the electroacoustic instrument
The Ekdahl FAR with Karl Ekdahl.

Karl Eldahl is a musician and instrument designer whose main interest creating experimental instruments that can be mass produced on a smaller scale in an attempt to make these economically obtainable to a larger audience. Focus is laid on the interaction in between instrument and human and the exploration of non-traditional sounds and music. 

His latest instrument, the Ekdahl FAR, is a single stringed electroacoustic string instrument that is exploring natural overtones through the use of a electronic “bow”. Unlike traditional instruments that varies the frequency to obtain different notes, the Ekdahl FAR excites natural harmonics in a string in order to get different “notes”. The resulting scales requires a different approach to composition and how we normally think of “notes” in music. 

The instrument attempts to bridge the acoustic / orchestral world, with the world of modular synthesis and live coding / sequencing by presenting an interface that is both tactile, can be controlled by standards like MIDI and CV and even direct interfacing via RS-232 serial communication. The instrument being a real-world application of music theory and equations, some surprising discoveries and questions have come to light that invites to discussions about sound and music application and philosophy.

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For inquiries about the presentation, please contact the Education Coordinator at Elektronmusikstudion: lisa.stenberg@elektronmusikstudion.se