Eastern Rebellion - with gamelan as inspiration for new musical expressions

This exposition contains the documentation of Espen Aalberg´s artistic research project “Eastern Rebellion - with gamelan as inspiration for new musical expressions" "Eastern Rebellion - with gamelan as inspiration for new musical expressions" is focusing on a meeting point where Aalberg, as a musician and composer, has searched for inspiration in gamelan music, instruments, and concepts. Aalberg has a broad practice as a performer and composer/music creator with a professional career in both jazz and classical-contemporary direction. This experience, in collaboration with inspiration and instruments from gamelan, will be illuminated in different musical expressions and contexts. keywords: artistic research, gamelan, cultural appropriation, orientalism, jazz, contemporary music, ntnu, PHkunst, phd, PhD Artistic Research, music, imu, hf