Rosa Ronsdorf & Rosalie Wammes: harp, voice, and synthesizers

Rosa Ronsdorf(born 1988) explores the endless possibilities of sound: from electronic experiments and feminist sound waves to trance states. She works with voice, synthesizers, eco-print, and processed samples. Her work takes place in concerts, performances, records, and installations. For her, sound is an invisible force that creates space for subjectivity, emotion, and connection.

Rosa graduated from the Dutch Art Institute in 2021 with a study on female pioneers in electronic music. She continued this research with The Listening Project, in which she focuses on composers such as Delia Derbyshire and Eliane Radigue. She also forms the duo Spill Gold with Nina de Jong and makes music for the theater, including with Orkater (XX), the Noord Nederlands Toneel (Witch Hunt), and the Nationale Toneel (Mother Courage).

For her residency at POM, Rosa brings an archive of field recordings: the melting of the Morteratsch Glacier, birds from the hills around Takeo (Japan), and subterranean drones from deep within the earth. From these non-human sounds, she creates ambient-drone music. Together with artist Rosalie Wammes (also part of The Listening Project) on harp, voice, and synthesizers, she explores a new sonic landscape during the residency.