Sound Perspectives: Artistic Research Forum featuring Martina Bertoni - Electro Acoustic Works for Halldorophone
Friday 21 February, 14:00 @ EMP LabOur very own Martina Bertoni will be releasing her album, "Electro Acoustic Works for Halldorophone," on Karlrecords. Martina has been a very valuable addition to our Catalyst teaching team, as she teaches various workshops both on Creative Audio Production and Electronic Music Performance. She will be presenting her research on the Halldoraphone instrument and her creative process.
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/// About Album
Martina Bertoni returns to Karlrecords with »Electroacoustic Works for Halldorophone,« her most radical album yet. The foundation for the four electroacoustic pieces was laid during a residency at Stockholm’s legendary Elektronmusikstudion (EMS) that the Berlin-based cellist and composer used to explore the curious instrument, originally designed by Halldór Úlfarsson in 2008, as an algorithmic system in order to examine tunings and the mathematical relationships between harmonic frequencies. Aiming to analyse and understand their interaction beyond the composer’s control, Bertoni sought to engage more deeply with the concepts of time, tuning, and, most importantly, control. Accordingly, her four »Electroacoustic Works for Halldorophone« seem both massive in scale and incredibly intimate, sonically restrained and emotionally overwhelming— almost ambient and always demanding your full attention. (K.Cornils)
/// About Martina Bertoni
Martina Bertoni is an experimental cellist and composer whose work bridges the physical and emotional realms of sound. Classically trained, she has developed a distinctive practice centered on electronic music, drones, synthesis, modern composition, and generative systems. Her music explores liminal spaces where perception, sound, and emotion intersect, challenging conventional listening paradigms. Using time, proximity, and timelessness as compositional tools, Martina crafts immersive sonic structures that evoke introspection and transformation.
After self-releasing two EPs in 2018 and 2019, Martina presented her first full-length album, All the Ghosts are Gone (FALK, 2020). Her second album, Music for Empty Flats (Karlrecords, 2021), was met with critical acclaim and featured in A Closer Listen’s Top 10 Ambient Drone Albums of 2021. In 2023, she released Hypnagogia (Karlrecords), which received widespread praise for its immersive compositions.
Her upcoming release, Electroacoustic Works for Halldorophone (Karlrecords, 2025), expands her research into tuning systems and generative practices. Beyond her solo work, her cello and compositions have been featured in numerous films, series, and documentary soundtracks.
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