Picture by Kristoffer Juel Poulsen
Mai Ane Pil Siedentopp is a Danish composer and sound artist working in Denmark with performance, installations and compositions.
She’s part of the interdisciplinary duo LYD PORT
Current Project
Pieces For Paper
an investigation of various paper materials as musical instruments in a sound composition, graphical notation and photography
Released as a book and for streaming 1. Maj 2021
Pictures by Kristoffer Juel Poulsen
News
Ung Nordisk Musik 2021
The composition Enclose for cello, two sopranos and paper, is selected for Ung Nordisk Music (UNM) festival in Aarhus 2021. The piece will be performed live during the festival, more information will come.
Mai Ane Pil also participated in the festival in 2017 in Iceland with the composition PAPER M A C H E.
H. C. Andersen Festival 2021
The whole album of Pieces For Paper will be performed as a part of H.C.Andersen Festival in Odense the 23. and 24. august at Brandt.
After the performance, the book will be available for purchase.
Aarhus Walks On Water
In 2017 Mai Ane Pil was the composer for the event AWOW - under the capital of culture in Aarhus. The mezzo-soprano singer Hanna Leonora Hollesen performed the four songs for the show. Mai Ane Pil received a grant from The Danish Art Foundation for the compositions and soundscapes.
CV
Click here for LYD PORTs CV and projects
Education
2017: Sound design intern at Atelier Hotel Pro Forma
2016: Master in Music - Electronic music and sound art from The National Academy of Music. Student at Hanna Hartman (SE/DE)
2014-2016: Guest Student at Musical Accompaniment to dance from Den Danske Scenekunstskole
2015: Assistant coach education at Danish Figure Skater Union
2010-2013: Bachelor in Tonespace The National Academy of Music
Releases
2019: “Pieces For Paper” released with support from The Danish Composers Society/KODA Culture
2017: Album “Kvindebandet” by Kvindebandet
2015: Single “Wellness” by Kvindebandet and with a remix by Central (remix on Sound of Copenhagen vol. 16)
2014: Album “Cyklus” by KvindebandetBe clear, be confident and don’t overthink it.
Projects
2021: Participating in Ung Nordisk Musik with Enclose and H.C.Andersen Festival with Pieces For Paper
2020: Songwriting camp with DJBFA
2019: Contribution with “Forord” on the release “Vi skal noget sammen” by Per Bloch
2019: Contribution with composition “Felt” to an exhibition by Marie Bjørn
2017: Teaching with “Kunstner i Klassen” with Dansk Kunstnerråd, Thy
2017: Composer at event Aarhus Walks On Water - soundscape, songs and lyrics
2017: Composition “PAPER M A C H E” selected for Ung Nordisk Musik, Reykjavik, Iceland
2017: Performance “Fold Bend, Flex I Roll Up” Copenhagen Architecture Festival, CC
2017: Installation “Always An I, Never A One” by Artist- group founded by Atelier Hotel Pro Forma: POST Gallery, Kaunas, Yaga Festival, Lituania, Kanepes Kulturas Centrs, Riga
2016: Performance with Jørgen Teller and Kenya Foss, Sparkling Sound Festival, Copenhagen
2015: “Kvindebandet & We Like We” with Signe Klejs, Radar, Aarhus
2015: Exhibition “SYV” with Cæcilie Overgaard, H.C. Andersen Festivals, Odense
2013: Street-performance with Morten Schmidt (LYD PORT), GAS, Gøteborg
2013: KBH Læser - dans og digte with Kvindebandet and Mathilde Mørck and Bjørn Thomsen
Grants
Working grants from The Danish Art Foundation, DJBFA, Danish Composers Society
2019: San Cataldo residency for working on Macro Plastic with LYD PORT
2017: Award from Danish Art Foundation for compositions for Aarhus Walks on Water
Pictures by Kristoffer Juel Poulsen
Archive
Intern at Atelier Hotel Pro Forma
Intern at Atelier Hotel Pro Forma in 2017, creating several events with the creative team of eight interns from the fields of architecture, sound design and arts management. Working on a series of lounge events and for upcoming projects.
(Pictures by Joanna Wojciechwicz)
Sæbekoncert
The soap-concerts was in an investigation in sounds from different brands of soap. The foam was recorded with hydrophones and performed with a video responsive with sound.
Kvindebandet
From 2012 to 2017 the alternative orchestra Kvindebandet existed. The band released two albums and one single and performed various concerts at SPOT festival, Huset i Kbh, PB43 Præsentere, Radar.