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Shaken or stirred – virtual reverberation spaces and transformative gender identities in Kaija Saariaho's NoaNoa (1992) for flute and electronics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2004

Taina Riikonen
Taina Riikonen
Affiliation:
University of Turku, Department of Musicology, Arwidssoninkatu 1, 20100 Turku, Finland E-mail: taina.riikonen@utu.fi
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Abstract

Kaija Saariaho's NoaNoa for flute and electronics consists of two materials: the live flute part and the electronic component, which can be further divided into real-time and pre-recorded material. The sound mixtures of live instrument, pre-recorded material, and real-time electronics create diverse instrumental positions, which also have effects on the musician's experiences of self and gender. This article examines the live flautist's embodied identity during the real-time reverberation and the pre-recorded part. Different performances of NoaNoa by different performers introduce diverse embodied flautist identities where the negotiations of gender and self are constantly redefined.

Type
Research Article
Information
Organised Sound , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , April 2003 , pp. 109 - 115
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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