JonasEvenstad

– Hosting concert with Periferien in Oslo 1. nov. Liv Kristin Holmbergs Pustens Liturgi and Hsiao-Tung Yuan (percussion) Fantastic team!

– Recording new piece by Yngwie Janshegers with Koryfe Quartet: Tomas Nannestad (guitar), Eivind Leifsen (sax), Maren-Sofie Nyland Johansen (accordion). Recorded by Cato Langnes in Oslo.

– Performing ‘Having never written a single note for percussion’ by James Tenney in Aachen.

– Performing new pieces at festival Zett Em with Studio Musikfabrik

– Preparing Mikophonie 1  with Dirk Rothbrust for a concert in Moss, Norway in February

– Tryout at Ensemble Musikfabrik with Dirk Rothbrust and Simon Løffler for performance in March

– Hosting workshop with Alexandru Silian: How to play Brian Ferneyhoughs Bone Alphabet

– Portrait concert with George Lewis

– Impro-concert at: The Site of Fluid Ideas with Georg Wissel (clarinet/sax) and Dusica Cajlan (piano)

– Jam with Philip Zoubeck, Robert Landfermann and Ben Jones

– Beginning Paris-project with Vittoria Quartararo and Jinwook Jung

– Performing at the concert of Bernd-Alois-Zimmermann-Stipendium winner Aline Müller. Piece inside a plastic ball at Kunststation Sankt Peter in Köln

– Premiering trio-piece by Carlotta Rabea Joachim together with Hagen-Goar Bornmann (vocal), and Max Grimm (piano) in Bonn at Beethoven Kammermusiksaal

– Performing with improvisation at LOFT with Philip Weyand (piano) and Ben Jones (saxophone)

– Performing in Ventana Saal in Köln with Alvaro Banon Monje and Carlota Ramos

– Jam with Robert Landfermann and Philip Zoubek

– Norwegian-drumming session with Åsmund Soldal and Elvin Ingeborgrud Berg

– Concert at NIMM-platz in Cologne, new repetoire within tonal percussion project

– Premiering piece by Jaeduk Kim in Cologne

– Rehearsals with Koryfe, preparing recording of new piece by Yngwie Janshegers (Belgium)

– Teaching percussion students and new music students in Ulsteinvik in Norway

– Recording with Børge Brustad and Elena Perales Andrew

– Jam with legendary tanbur-player Arash Moradi. Fantastic!

Great honor to participate in the legendary course for new music in Darmstadt. 

– Tyshawn Sorey gave workshop on gesture language – Autoschediasm. Based on concepts from Anthony Braxton and Buth Morris.

Excerpt from Autoschediasms (my solo), recorded by the local radio in Darmstadt:

– Giving talk about my work on tonal cymbal playing

– Performing trio percussion piece by Natascha Diels with guiding from herself.

– Workshop with Simon Steen-Andersen, developing new piece with Laila Arafah (composer), Aditya Ryan Bhat (percussion) and Jeong Hyun (percussion). For the work, Laila got an honorable mention in connection with Darmstadt Kranichstein Preis.

– Participating in Kalun Leung‘s sensor concept

– Lessons with Jennifer Torrence and Håkon Stene

– Workshop with Jeong Hyun in Korean Traditional drumming

– Working on just intonation led by Elias Schomers

– Impro-set with Elena Perales Andreu (clarinet) and Børge Brustad (violin)

– Impro-set with Kalun Leung (trombone), Kyle Hutchins (saxophone), Carrie Frey (viola)

– Periferien 2026 program meeting

– Jam session with Vittoria Quartararo 

– Concert in Ventana Hall (Cologne) with ColLAB ensemble. Pieces by Stockhausen, Brandenburger, Ingvill Langgård among others.

– Concert with Ben Jones and Philip Weyand at IMPAKT Bruitkasten 

– Playing improvisastion at Motvind Festival as part of Emil Bøs crew. Playing opening concert with Selma Edwards Granly, Børge Brustad and Emil Bø

– Co-leading traditional norwegian drumline in Drammen at Kulturytring

– Representing the Norwegian Traditional Drum in the legendary Norwegian Folk Music-competion Landskappleiken at Eidfjord. Perfect days!

– Concert at Moers Festival. New pieces by William Nortlich (Canada) and Maya Dunitz (Israel)

– Concert at LOFT (Cologne). New pieces by Eftichis Vittorakis (Greece)

– Jam with Robert Landfermann (bass) and Philip Zoubek (piano, electronics)

– Periferien program-meeting

– Rehearsals with Christian Brandenburger

– Making installation with Brigitta Munterdorf and composers from HFMK in Köln

– Performing in AchtBrücken-festival in Kölner Philharmonie. New pieces by Alex Hren and Aline Müller

– Performing in Frequenz-festival in Kiel. New pieces by Di Zhao, Christian Brandeburger and Adrian Laugsch – Observing The Köln Chaos Orchester in Musikfabrik

– Observing rehearsals with Georges Aperghis and Ensemble Musikfabrik. Premier for AchtBrücken

– Mixing live-album for project with Philip Weyand and Ben Jones

– Rehearsing Berio’s ‘Linea’, quartet

– Performing Stockhausen’s ‘Zyklus’ and Cage’s ‘Variations’ and ‘Radio’Music at HFMK 100-year celebration

– Hosting workshop in norwegian traditional drumming in Cologne with Åsmund Soldal

– Performing big zyklus by Izumi Maekawa for sinfonietta

– Concert in Krefeld with Studio Musikfabrik

– Solo-set at IMPAKT-collective – bruitkasten

– Lessons with Dirk Rothbrust

– Performing 3 sinfonietta-pieces and 1 duo by Jinwook Jung. Duo with Alvaro Monje.

– Performing 4-hour long piece ‘For Philip Guston’ by Morton Feldman with Koryfe Trio at Interpuls-festival

– Performing ‘Music for 18 musicians’ by Steve Reich with Kjell Tore Innervik at Interpuls

– Studio and concert ‘Flerbruket’ with new band LADYBUG consisting of Erlend ALbertsen (bass), Tore Ljøksøy (drums), Joao Gato (sax), Paul Prasseln (guitar) and me (perc)

– Hosting 2 concerts for Concert-series Periferien. Program: asamisimasa (Norway) + Concept Store Quartet (Switzerland)

– Working on new piece with belgian composer Yngwie Janshegers

– Concert at LOFT with Paulo Alvares – Concert at HFMK 100-year anniversary. Revision of piece by Carlos Lopes + improvisation

– Orchestra with Berg Violin-concerto + Mahler 4

– Debut-concert of new project with pianist Philip Weyand and saxophonist Ben Jones at Jazz Against The Machine (JATM)

– Rehearsing sinfoniettapice by Jinwook Jung

gomA is releasing their debut-album ‘Fields of Resonance’ on Protomaterial Records.!! Thank you to all involved!

FIELDS OF RESONANCE is the debut album of gomA, a project that brings together voices in open, flowing musical conversations. At gomA’s core are Jonas Evenstad, Elena Perales Andreu, and Urban Megušar, yet the sound remains open to new impulses, ideas, and unexpected nuances. gomA creates music that takes shape in the moment, where every note and silence reflects a deep trust in the unknown, while the musical connection between them shifts, expands, and finds new forms.

Elena Perales Andreu, clarinets
Urban Megušar, cello
Jonas Evenstad, percussion

Recorded by Ian Goddard and Joan Arnau Pàmies at NOTAM (Oslo, Norway) on May 24-25, 2024

Mixed by Ian Goddard
Mastered by Joan Arnau Pàmies

Artwork and photography by @anabermudezz

Produced by @inlet.industry

– Performing at the School of Architecture and Design Oslo with Ferdinand Schwarz

– Improvisation concert with class of Paulo Alvares

– Klassenabend. Pieces by Balch and Taira.

– Rehearsals with Jinwook Jung

– Class with Marlies Debacker in improvisations

– Starting studies at Hochchule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Master Interpretation Neue Musik

– Session with Tiago Jesus

– Jam with Georg Wissel

– Session about contemporary piano with Benjamin Kobler