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Selected Signs III – VIII Music selected for the exhibition ECM – Sinikka – Langt innpå skoga
In the winter of 2012/13, the Haus der Kunst in Munich – one of Europe’s most important museums for contemporary art – hosted the exhibition ECM – A Cultural Archaeology. The goal of curators Okwui Enwezor and Markus Müller was to show the range of the label’s artistic endeavours in music, graphic art, and photography and its creative […]
Review Vossajazz March 24: Sinikka Langeland Ensemble by John Kelman
Vossa Jazz XL: Voss, Norway, March 22-24, 2013 By JOHN KELMAN, Published: April 10, 2013 View All123456Next» March 24: Sinikka Langeland Ensemblensemble Vossa Jazz’s final day started early (11:30am) and ended early (10:30pm, leaving plenty of time to hit the overnight train to Oslo, the first leg of a long trip back home to Canada), […]
with Øystein Greni – Bigbang in Oslo Spektrum
Sinikka with Bigbang i Spektrum
Sinikka Langeland joins the The Kalevala Society
Sinikka Langeland is invited to join the KALEVALASEURA ( The Kalevala Society). The Society has 326 Finnish and 124 foreign members. All of the members have contributed to the understanding of folk traditions, national scholarchip, the arts, or the promoted knowledge of Kalevala. www.kalevalaseura.fi
Kantele i sentrum
Kantele i sentrum
Vossajazz «Sinikka Langeland was sublime» – John Kelman
Sinikka på Vossajazz
Den profilerte folkemusikeren Sinikka Langeland bidro med tekster og musikk fra de dype østnorske skoger i den høyst vestnorske jazzfestvalen på Voss i helga. Med toppmusikere som Trygve Seim,. Anders Jormin og Markku Ounaskari på lag serverte Langeland blant annet Hans Børlis tekster for et stort og engsasjert publikum. Sinikka Langeland spiller det spesielle instrumentet […]
Radioportrett Islandsradioen
Norðurslóð 19. feb 2013 | 10:13 Norræn vísna- og þjóðlagatónlist. Umsjón: Aðalsteinn Ásberg Sigurðsson. (Aftur á laugardag) Norska söngkonan, kantele-leikarinn og höfundurinn Sinikka Langeland er í brennidepli þáttarins, en hún hefur getrið sér gott orð á undanförnum tveimur áratugum, ekki aðeins á sviði vísna- og þjóðlagatónlistar, heldur einnig fyrir skapandi samstarf við tónlistarflytjendur á […]
Tuva, Sinikka og Øystein diskuterte på Bylarm – » Nyforelska i folkemusikken »
Nyforelska i folkemusikken Kvifor dyrkar ein folkemusikken til andre land, mens vi ikkje lyttar til vår eigen? Øystein Greni trur det er fordi vi vil flykte frå oss sjølv. NPK-NTB– Gitte Johannessen laurdag 16. februar 2013 20.06 Øystein Greni i Bigbang har funne tilbake til norsk folkemusikk. Foto: Berit Roald / NTB scanpix / […]
Starflowers to Japan in september
Sinikka Langeland Starflowers with Trygve Seim, Anders Jormin and Markku Ounaskari is planning tour in Japan Sept.1-Sept. 10. 2013 They will play from the albums «Starflowers» and » The Land That Is Not».
Why do we hate our own folkmusic?
FOLKELARM / BY:LARM: Why do we hate our own folkmusic? Torsdag 14.2 kl. 10.30 Safety Pin – Clarion Hotel Royal Christiania, Oslo Øystein Greni and his band Bigbang is inspired by norwegian folkmusic on his last album and has involved among others kanteleplayer Sinikka Langeland. On the festival By: Larm you can meet fiddelplayer Tuva […]
Studiowork with new music
HIMMELHESTEN Sinikka Langeland kantele Lars Anders Tomter viola Markku Ounaskari drums The trio has been in Rainbow Studio with producer Manfred Eicher and now I look foward to mix the the new music. We also had Trygve Seim as a guest. It sounded very good and special with viola and saxophone together. NB. NB. […]
Trio concert in Kongsvinger
Trio concert in Kongsvinger, Rolighed, SØNDAG 27.JANUAR KL.18.00. HIMMELHESTEN Sinikka Langeland – kantele Lars Anders Tomter – bratsj Markku Ounaskari – trommer
Trio concert in painter Irma Salo Jægers studio in Oslo.
Sinikka Langeland Lars Anders Tomter Markku Ounaskari We celebrated the new year with some intensive days working with the music for our first trio recording. Irma Salo Jægers atelier Lilleborg has a wonderful acoustic and the last evening we hold a houseconcert for friends, painters, writers, musicians and other music-lovers. Irma said she was happy […]
New release coming up
Recording a new release in the end of January with Lars Anders Tomter and Markku Ounaskari as Sinikka Langeland Trio. Photo: h-a.no
Peter Uhlír in Czech republic is publishing poems by Hans Børli
Peter Uhlír from Czech republic visited Hans Børlis home and also Sinikka Langeland in Finnskogen in august 2012 After listening to the CD «Starflowers» he became interested in the poems and started translating work. In the automn 2012 the book «CESTA LESBY » will be published. ISBN 978-80 7323 240-5
Hans Børli presenteres i Tsjekkia
Hans Børli presenteres i Tsjekkia Lyrikeren Hans Børli (1918-89) fra Eidskog er nylig kommet ut i bokform i Tsjekkia med tittelen Cesta Lesy (Veien i skogen). Poeten Petr Uhlir har oversatt 43 av Børlis dikt, i samarbeid med Dr. Phil. Miluse Jurickova ved universitetet i Brno. Bokprosjektet er støttet av det tsjekkiske kulturdepartement og […]
A poetic voice and harp of the woods Scandinavian Sinikka Langeland
Sinikka Langeland belongs to a minority Norwegian (to Finnskogen) invaded by the woods, by the magical forest and Finnish traditions. Read original article in italian here. Read translated article in english here.