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The lecturer and teacher
The lecturer Cecilie Løken gives
regularly courses for professional musicians and college students.
Some of the lectures topics have been:
“Orchestral auditions”
“The modern flautist”
“The creative flautist”
“The orchestral musician and the conductor”
“How to practise and read modern music”
“The vitamin cure for practising basics”
“How to create a musical career”
She emphisizes the importance of using both an intellectual
and an intuitive path to musicianship. Brain and body are
working interactively when playing/conducting.
Teacher at the Music Academy in Gothenburg, masterstudies,
2006-2007 and 2004-2005.
Main flute teacher at the Musikhögskolan Ingesund, Karlstad
University 2006-
Teacher at Barrat Dues Musikkinstitutt,
masterstudies, Oslo, 2005-
Masterclass at the Norwegian State Academy of Music 2005
Masterclass ved Toneheim Folkehøgskole 2005, 2006
Jurymember at the Ljunggrenska Soloist Competition 2005 og
2006
Held international masterclasses in Norway og Sweden 2003,
2004, 2005, 2006
Lecturer at the Royal Music Academy in Stockholm 2002
Lecturer at the Barrat Dues Musikkinstitutt 2003 og 2004
Masterclass at Høgskolen i Agder, Kristiansand, 2002
Her pedagogy is: a teacher’s goal is to help the student
to play at her/his full potential. Whenever a technical/musical
problem comes up, the teacher should be able to explain in
different ways that suit the idividual needs of the student.
She uses humour, mental training, body exercises, and has
many practical solutions to solve technical issues. When it
comes to inspiring the students to be creative, she is herself
a good example in that she is always seeking new ways of performing
music. Her mission is to keep art alive and fresh and pass
her knowledge on to colleagues and students.
II The
performer
The following genres
-early music, (performed on the traverse flute and classical
flute)
-classical solo,
-classical orchestra (principal flute)
-experimental solo concerts
-studio work with pop music
are widely represented in her schedule.
Recent projects in the early music are:
As a memberof Barokkorkestern, the Swedish Radio’s
baroque orchestra, she has been their principal traverse player
since the beginning. She has played the b minor suite with
the orchestra several times, and performed the major oratorios
in Berwaldhallen and Storkyrkan.
She is currently also a member of Ensemble Empire, which specializes
in music from 1800-1900.
Recent projects in the classical solo section are:
Cecilie Løken has been a soloist with many orchestras
in Europe. Her international debut was in 1994 when she was
a soloist at the major festival Orpheum Soloists in Zurich.
The festival was covered by the European Broadcasting Union,
and her performance was broadcast on TV in all the European
countries. She was selected by Maestro Mariss Jansons to play
Mozart’s Flute Concerto in G major.
She has given recitals in many countries and received great
critical acclaim.
Cecilie is a member of KammarensembleN, Swedens leading contemporary ensemble.
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Experience as an orchestral
performer:
She started as early as the age of 21 in Bergen Philharmonic
Orchestra. Since then, she has been employed as a principal
player in several Nordic orchestras. After she left her principal
position at the Royal Opera in Stockholm in 2002, she has
devoted her time to substituting as a principal player in
orchestras such as the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and others.
Since 2002 she has had several engagements with the Mahler
Chamber Orchestra – one of Europe´s elite ensembles.
She has performed at the festival in Aix-en Provence during
the summers of 2003 and 2004, given concerts in Italy and
France and done several recordings. In 2004 she became a member
of The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. In 2006 she was invited
by chiefconductor Alan Gilbert to be soloflutist at the Santa
fe festivala in USA.
Recent projects in the experimental solo concert
section are:
Cecilie Løken has a keen interest in performing classical/modern
music in collaboration with visual effects. Mixing choreography,
scenography and light makes the audience’s musical experience
even bigger. The combination of the spoken word and music
is also a great. Art form, so she enjoys the work of acting
and playing together as one.
“Kalais” for solo flute by Sigurbjornson. Performed
on stage with addition: light design, smoke and choreography.
“Voice” for soloflute by Takemitsu. Performed
with addition: light design and choreography.
“Livet, Kjærligheten&døden”
for soloflute/singing, tape and choreography by Kindem/Løken.
Performed with addition: light design and choreography.
“Icedance” for percussiongroup GPN, dancer and
Walstad/Løken, performed by dancer, percussion, electrical
harp, flute and light design.
“Kjærlighet”, text by Hamsun, music by
Berio. Performed by Eva Röse, actress, and Cecilie Løken.
“Raga”, trad Indian music. Performed by Sri Lal
and family, Cecilie Løken, flute. Staged with sculptures,
incense and light design.
III The
record company
The record company Magic Flute released the album “Dance
of the elves” in 2003 (the cd was awarded “Innkjøpsordningen”
from the Norwegian Arts Council). The artists playing are
Sidsel Walstad, electric harp, Rafael Sida, percussion and
CL, flutes and synthesizer.
In 2005 the record The Water is wide was released. The record
is a solorecord with Cecilie Løken and there is great
perfomances by famous co-players from the jazz- and folkmusic
world.
IV The
composer
Recent work "Improvisations over a Norwegian folk tune" will be
performed by Cecilie Løken and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in
January 2008.
Cecilie Løken is a member of STIM and has written
pieces for the Walstad/Løken duo, Global Percusssion
Network/Walstad Løken and different solo performers.
She has also co-written works with other artists, such as
dancers and actors, which have been performed in festivals
in many countries.
Cecilie is a member of the wind quintet ORION
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