tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65998735688654002092024-02-22T06:29:24.657-08:00A Composer's DiaryA blog about music, art and a composer's everyday life.Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-69022600104789219542023-05-31T07:13:00.000-07:002023-05-31T07:13:36.729-07:00Review of Science Frictions in Helsingin Sanomat<p>The new conferment cantata <i><a href="https://ceciliadamstrom.com/science-frictions/" target="_blank">Science Frictions</a></i> that I composed to a new text by <b>Cia Rinne</b>, got such a great review by<b> Nuppu Koivisto</b> in the largest Finnish tabloid <b><a href="https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000009605522.html" target="_blank">Helsingin Sanomat</a></b>, so I translated the whole review which you can read below.</p><p><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Helsinki now celebrates doctors and masters - The ceremony includes a own composition, and this year it's very special</span></b></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>The message of the commissioned composition is universal: the role and importance of science in society is not just for university students, but for all of us.</b></span></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Cecilia Damström (music) and Cia Rinne (text): Science Frictions for countertenor, choir and orchestra at the conferment ceremony of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Helsinki on 19 May 2023. David Hackston (countertenor), Dominante Choir (conducted by Seppo Murto), Aku Sorensen (conductor) and Helsinki University Symphony Orchestra</b></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">THE CONFERMENT CEREMONY is a three-day academic tradition celebrated every few springs. At its heart is the conferment ceremony, where the university inaugurates its masters and doctorates in a spectacular display of laurel wreaths, master rings, swords and doctoral hats. The Finnish tradition of the conferment ceremony has originally been imported from continental Europe to the Turku Academy, from where it has since become established and has spread to the various universities in Finland.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The tradition has always included music arranged or composed for the occasion. In Finland, since the late 19th century, it has been customary to commission special graduation cantatas from Finnish composers to be sung and played at master's and doctoral inauguration ceremonies. Although some parts of the conferment compositions and cantatas have survived outside universities, complete cantatas are rarely heard as such in the repertoires of non-academic choirs and orchestras.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">An exception is <b>Einojuhani Rautavaara's</b> <i>Cantus Arcticus</i>, which he composed for his 1972 doctorate at the University of Oulu. He replaced the traditional choral part with recorded bird song, and the work has since received dozens of performances each year around the world.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Cecilia Damström's</b> seven-part work <i>Science Frictions</i> (op. 84, 2022), commissioned by the University of Helsinki in honour of the Jubilee Year of the Conferments and premiered in March 2023, to a text by poet <b>Cia Rinne</b>, successfully refreshes a long-standing continuum of conferment cantatas. It is recommendable that the cantata should also be performed at non-university events in the future.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Although it is a commemorative poem for a conferment act, its message is universal: the role and importance of science in society is not only for university students, but for all of us.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The <i>Science Frictions</i> cantata, scored for countertenor, choir and orchestra, could be dramaturgically conceived as a journey in which the researcher engages in an endless, cyclical dialogue with the scientific community. In a speech on the website of the conferment's anniversary year, Rinne describes the character of Olympe, the cantata's soloist, as a kind of seeker who "embarks on a Faustian expedition in search of language, logic, science and consciousness - while the choir comments on and encounters these discoveries".</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Damström's musical language and Rinne's text material, which includes nine different languages, emphasise playfulness and inventiveness, language games and paradoxes, and a balanced dialogue between the soloist and the choir.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The philosophers quoted in the text, from <b>Socrates</b> to<b> Hannah Arendt</b> and <b>Paul Valéry</b>, also engage in dialogue. In this sense, the cantata gets to the heart of science: knowledge is built together, in polyphony and in interaction with others.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The canon successfully weighs up universal issues such as the nature and ethics of scientific knowledge and the relationship between man and community, without being frivolous, platitudinous or pompous. It is typical that an interesting and evocative work of art will tempt you to experience it again and again, and this is also the case with this conferment cantata.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The wonder of discovery and exploration is present in the work: the ear always picks up something new and interesting from the multilayered texture.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Science Frictions' rich soundscape and the varied characters of the sections contain, in miniature, all the wonder and anguish of science - from the pressure and thumping of <i>Arguing with Logics</i> to the mysterious harmony of the spheres of the second and sixth movements, which peer beyond empiricism. Both the ideals and the harsh realities of the scientific world are revealed, and the future and responsibilities of the scientist are weighed. Damström's musical intertextuality is very elegant, with stylistic references in the conferment tradition, from church music to fanfares and the student song fragments of the last movement.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The role of Olympe was written for David Hackston's expansive countertenor voice, which sounded magnificently in the University’s Great Hall. Hackston's vocal instrument is used to its full potential in the cantata, ranging from spoken “sprechgesang” and "vocal fry" to soaring glissandos. In her introduction text, the composer says that the broad ambitus and the countertenor vocal range also expresses the important point that science belongs to everyone - regardless of gender or background. The interpretation by the Dominante choir, prepared by <b>Seppo Murto</b>, and the Helsinki University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by <b>Aku Sorensen</b>, in my opinion conveyed an enthusiastic impression, although the acoustics of the Great Hall has some issues, particularly with regard to balance when performing from the gallery.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">In terms of form, <i>Science Frictions</i> could be described as symmetrical or cyclical, which fits perfectly with the harmonious and carefully thought-out sequence of steps in the conferment act.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">For example, in the second movement the downward sliding whole tone scale in the woodwinds - like a cosmic nebula - is mirrored in the penultimate movement, where it starts to ascend again from below, perhaps towards Parnassus. Or is it the stone of Sisyphus, which is again being rolled towards the summit? In any case, the final movement, which fades into a luminous C major harmony, leaves the listener feeling hopeful: at last, <i>Science Frictions</i> is driven by a joyful and outward-looking science, the joy of discovery.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Particularly in the current climate, where the prestige and funding of research are at stake, this message seems exceptionally valuable.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The conferment cantata can next be heard streamed at the University of Helsinki's Faculty of Philosophy's conferment ceremony on 26 May from 10 a.m. The work can be followed on the university's social media channels and on the screen of the Helsinki Academic Bookstore.</span></p>
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<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b>Nuppu Koivisto - Helsingin Sanomat 26.5.2023</b></span></p>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-23741328411476640262023-04-29T07:14:00.040-07:002023-05-31T07:47:39.618-07:00April adventures<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">What a wonderfully crazy week it has been! 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Photo © Ville Hautakangas</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7AKJ_9tGIbJIUo8sZax_YYLGpq7DvdB9tas5v-W9vc5mSndPk92OhnsSF1_ln8tgVvTVQHSW4RITPmlZLxV2KjbxvUFqvn-YOkDgFLL9g6uMjfC-VzZcutt--dwSAaGDh8WkwuaK53mvPmPHc7QxGufnlYQT3c0YzLoBes3tdDcegAgjp820ufZcXA/s4032/343235353_199927869495985_5256571097851197222_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7AKJ_9tGIbJIUo8sZax_YYLGpq7DvdB9tas5v-W9vc5mSndPk92OhnsSF1_ln8tgVvTVQHSW4RITPmlZLxV2KjbxvUFqvn-YOkDgFLL9g6uMjfC-VzZcutt--dwSAaGDh8WkwuaK53mvPmPHc7QxGufnlYQT3c0YzLoBes3tdDcegAgjp820ufZcXA/w400-h300/343235353_199927869495985_5256571097851197222_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pianist Ville Hautakangas, composer Cecilia Damström, <br />violinist Anna Angervo and cellistMaija Juuti at Stockholm Concert Hall.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOT2RAAyCNA_3qzgrPIod-1_QAjFOtRlXInRwL3tfDVxebRiuZNjjYp_dQ74ynAylz8y0ZN2DSA3TUWE3rnfo8ObtS6qLgvyepXObAmjlhyyxadAM1kFFJvs8dudL8-ScgeYoHxYnSZdvDpl6VJ17qGLcgvFAexAeQGt19k46DbW-zLQ9BbaQ2Qh1fw/s4032/343465300_203726332467375_8995568063555166945_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOT2RAAyCNA_3qzgrPIod-1_QAjFOtRlXInRwL3tfDVxebRiuZNjjYp_dQ74ynAylz8y0ZN2DSA3TUWE3rnfo8ObtS6qLgvyepXObAmjlhyyxadAM1kFFJvs8dudL8-ScgeYoHxYnSZdvDpl6VJ17qGLcgvFAexAeQGt19k46DbW-zLQ9BbaQ2Qh1fw/w480-h640/343465300_203726332467375_8995568063555166945_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stockholm Concert Hall by night. Photo © C.Damström</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhge8qgOX2Bw8PU7QM9T6y2lZue6HzfqhcH_ehZ_WlIBAqH-jeGtyn1eD32PYIojpBMYbLiqif3HuPkxshgaor3IQgJoP545RR-Q6d5z4mLYFHUnMffCtG9bchK_dIBRMkumWzThg3o2oXPbGzSd43ADFtmP56e5XJaVcGx4ztj_hyQ_wtfzQ2p9hWpUA/s4032/343535322_467019868948321_6786130332343527048_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhge8qgOX2Bw8PU7QM9T6y2lZue6HzfqhcH_ehZ_WlIBAqH-jeGtyn1eD32PYIojpBMYbLiqif3HuPkxshgaor3IQgJoP545RR-Q6d5z4mLYFHUnMffCtG9bchK_dIBRMkumWzThg3o2oXPbGzSd43ADFtmP56e5XJaVcGx4ztj_hyQ_wtfzQ2p9hWpUA/w480-h640/343535322_467019868948321_6786130332343527048_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bassist Juha Kleemola, Anna Angervo and Cecilia Damström in Stockholm.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtpJxf2gSAx8JJNjjNpIMm5ui0n5ylpKMHsUPnhDq6k8B56CgDmpiRXNXxO4P1Kxrli-lSqTR6LLzv90BFqdTGhP8XpbTBuiDpMsnWcCdQ08VTGIQNwG1s3GnoLZiGQM_K5l4-pSWznra41yXHeRzDVPr6EAIFNg-HkC6d6XVL7qZmGIMsjgMW1Ijnw/s1799/343544552_3238058983159119_1960480949510803485_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtpJxf2gSAx8JJNjjNpIMm5ui0n5ylpKMHsUPnhDq6k8B56CgDmpiRXNXxO4P1Kxrli-lSqTR6LLzv90BFqdTGhP8XpbTBuiDpMsnWcCdQ08VTGIQNwG1s3GnoLZiGQM_K5l4-pSWznra41yXHeRzDVPr6EAIFNg-HkC6d6XVL7qZmGIMsjgMW1Ijnw/w512-h640/343544552_3238058983159119_1960480949510803485_n.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecilia Damström infant of the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm 21.4.2023.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslRYQNRR6P9HUY4EZyQNOSXgrVv42jxtFp9WN5qXnYL-2EUEF94fQh2y0fTXVKZfMUWOmXma9FP1v6Y-bsrQG3ZXbHyFsYtPU_od7EmTOvKJj9XwdABcw0rXwxL6sn5lHE3Zj9pcbRqJuT1HiyBzXzt4_4F2lmc95Vz3j7jYZSGUQyABmkTBeo7GY6w/s2048/343568038_692523162628744_8576793659866944084_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgslRYQNRR6P9HUY4EZyQNOSXgrVv42jxtFp9WN5qXnYL-2EUEF94fQh2y0fTXVKZfMUWOmXma9FP1v6Y-bsrQG3ZXbHyFsYtPU_od7EmTOvKJj9XwdABcw0rXwxL6sn5lHE3Zj9pcbRqJuT1HiyBzXzt4_4F2lmc95Vz3j7jYZSGUQyABmkTBeo7GY6w/w400-h266/343568038_692523162628744_8576793659866944084_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hautakangas, Damström, Angervo, Juuti and Tatevik Ayazyan</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">After the concert and a wonderful 2,5h sleep I headed straight to the Finnish National Accordion <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Competition “<b>Minä soitan harmonikkaa…</b>” where the different movements from my new suite “<i><a href="https://ceciliadamstrom.com/renewables/" target="_blank">Renewables</a></i>” were the obligetory pieces for ages 10-16. Got to hear some of the players aged 10-13, and was absolutely amazed by the high standard of performing in the competition and so many wonderful interpretations of my “Renewables”.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmJhbg2bmz18MFotRoJkGrajruxX5GmwWKUBpo03LVJJllGx6-qAo4XYbIdKZ1yxFC06OWCbeMJBzrISj9QHA386QYU13qzr1kcaj3fRlaNUeGw3CjAPhCMyoB9Hi011x0y3pq_4bXr59oi6yBu-naGZU83XheD3jOkX_hOsT_Ya2twhKjh3QRqPgpw/s2048/341808147_1647386142445586_8627957709899597942_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWmJhbg2bmz18MFotRoJkGrajruxX5GmwWKUBpo03LVJJllGx6-qAo4XYbIdKZ1yxFC06OWCbeMJBzrISj9QHA386QYU13qzr1kcaj3fRlaNUeGw3CjAPhCMyoB9Hi011x0y3pq_4bXr59oi6yBu-naGZU83XheD3jOkX_hOsT_Ya2twhKjh3QRqPgpw/w480-h640/341808147_1647386142445586_8627957709899597942_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecilia Damström at "Minä soitan harmonikkaa..." accordion competition 22.4.2023</td></tr></tbody></table> <br /> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Had 2 hours at home to change into evening gown and headed to the 185th anniversary of <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/Akademen/?__cft__[0]=AZVnJmWWeAciAipezOQQOiqoDT5xcmzgAiIq2DpCqAGhXj8bJege7kymFvEVh9kNx2uYEaaniBIB0g5E21iS9nPiTurzrf1UsN5IE5RnnlSpRoxscRSF6sVx-bdcN4W5Nq_Az2ZbB81UyeZv0s8gI7QMTprxx9Scpn62MlPgW5_Yr9gYW8rsmJIwYOkRjWwIk5Q&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b>Akademiska Sångföreningen</b></span></a></span> at <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/Musiikkitalo?__cft__[0]=AZVnJmWWeAciAipezOQQOiqoDT5xcmzgAiIq2DpCqAGhXj8bJege7kymFvEVh9kNx2uYEaaniBIB0g5E21iS9nPiTurzrf1UsN5IE5RnnlSpRoxscRSF6sVx-bdcN4W5Nq_Az2ZbB81UyeZv0s8gI7QMTprxx9Scpn62MlPgW5_Yr9gYW8rsmJIwYOkRjWwIk5Q&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Musiikkitalo</span></a></span>, where they performed an absolutely mind-blowing version of my “<i><a href="https://ceciliadamstrom.com/sailing-to-windward/" target="_blank">Sailing to Windward</a></i>” (composed to a poem by my grandmother's cousin <b>Michael Binnie</b>). This was followed by a dinner party with a lot of singing in four part harmony. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcy9c_0P9qIe1kpe4FL51mF3jkt27_JxhuqdBaIAtfMZKpd1FXGFEV6IDXdSIXdfx4vyD-7i5j0qsUMb2vmeafD8BM9Wa-vPqtEgbGMJT5ALe2DrXDfvNCoI8ZZ0FC7JI8HyQyCcMwd5dZN22ySWns_wV7ueCFNSuqn_QPUmdzroc7XZj_Hkn1H2YpSA/s4032/343235347_1382730335844878_3323661868322213824_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcy9c_0P9qIe1kpe4FL51mF3jkt27_JxhuqdBaIAtfMZKpd1FXGFEV6IDXdSIXdfx4vyD-7i5j0qsUMb2vmeafD8BM9Wa-vPqtEgbGMJT5ALe2DrXDfvNCoI8ZZ0FC7JI8HyQyCcMwd5dZN22ySWns_wV7ueCFNSuqn_QPUmdzroc7XZj_Hkn1H2YpSA/w480-h640/343235347_1382730335844878_3323661868322213824_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Choral conductor Kari Turunen and composer Cecilia Damström at the 185th anniversary concert of Akademen Male Voice Choir in Helsinki 22.4.2023</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">And a refreshing 3,5 hour sleep later I was back listening to “Renewables” at the Accordion competition at 9 AM. From there I headed by bus to Turku, where I listened to the finals of the Pirkanmaa Pinna Composition Competition, in which I had the honour to be part of the jury. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsHIYXC_I-sl7RCIgeIB41Z_3_7BO7N9oNYP13TavRHVe-2CKQDw7eK6AYVYHOPrgiBNeJhxOTfm7Sn9Yf_XaE3ij8IAdE3jokvPl41WxhiPdMIGBHNkpaNUjLq7AKVL_NG-lxzNgoWtHXiYypz_jS7KRMowU8CK6Cg-IWN-9LcGLAsr6yp1WYc7Udg/s4032/341634711_784700552882415_7217552294729718460_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsHIYXC_I-sl7RCIgeIB41Z_3_7BO7N9oNYP13TavRHVe-2CKQDw7eK6AYVYHOPrgiBNeJhxOTfm7Sn9Yf_XaE3ij8IAdE3jokvPl41WxhiPdMIGBHNkpaNUjLq7AKVL_NG-lxzNgoWtHXiYypz_jS7KRMowU8CK6Cg-IWN-9LcGLAsr6yp1WYc7Udg/w480-h640/341634711_784700552882415_7217552294729718460_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecilia Damström 23.4.2023</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Many congratslations to the winning work “The Fiddler's Quest” by <b>Benny Ojala</b> and the shared second prize winners <b>Laraine Kaizer-Viazovtsev</b>: Ajam Suomessa, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/raisanen.composer?__cft__[0]=AZVnJmWWeAciAipezOQQOiqoDT5xcmzgAiIq2DpCqAGhXj8bJege7kymFvEVh9kNx2uYEaaniBIB0g5E21iS9nPiTurzrf1UsN5IE5RnnlSpRoxscRSF6sVx-bdcN4W5Nq_Az2ZbB81UyeZv0s8gI7QMTprxx9Scpn62MlPgW5_Yr9gYW8rsmJIwYOkRjWwIk5Q&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b>Tomi Räisänen</b></span></a></span>: Kalalle and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/robert.ruohola?__cft__[0]=AZVnJmWWeAciAipezOQQOiqoDT5xcmzgAiIq2DpCqAGhXj8bJege7kymFvEVh9kNx2uYEaaniBIB0g5E21iS9nPiTurzrf1UsN5IE5RnnlSpRoxscRSF6sVx-bdcN4W5Nq_Az2ZbB81UyeZv0s8gI7QMTprxx9Scpn62MlPgW5_Yr9gYW8rsmJIwYOkRjWwIk5Q&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b>Robert Ruohola</b></span></a></span>: Hangen värit. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">With this timetable I sadly missed the performance by<b> Vaasa City Orchestra </b> and <b>Seinäjoki City Orchestra</b>, who played my <i><a href="https://ceciliadamstrom.com/infirmus/" target="_blank">Infirmus</a></i> in Seinäjoki and Vaasa, conducted by<b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006842865337&__cft__[0]=AZVnJmWWeAciAipezOQQOiqoDT5xcmzgAiIq2DpCqAGhXj8bJege7kymFvEVh9kNx2uYEaaniBIB0g5E21iS9nPiTurzrf1UsN5IE5RnnlSpRoxscRSF6sVx-bdcN4W5Nq_Az2ZbB81UyeZv0s8gI7QMTprxx9Scpn62MlPgW5_Yr9gYW8rsmJIwYOkRjWwIk5Q&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Henri Sigfridsson</span></a></span></b>. The performance was apparently splendid as the reviews were raving in both newspapers:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">“Cecilia Damström's eerie string orchestra work Infirmus delivered the listeners to a completely different world. The work is dedicated to those who suffer from severe pain caused by an incurable disease. The work cuts, throbs, grabs, hits, oppresses. The world of endless pain has transcribed to the form of music in a really impressive way. An absolutely wonderful, breath taking and merciless piece, which was brilliantly played by the string orchestra.”</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Hanne Orrenmaa</b>, Ilkka-PohjalainenSaturday 22nd of April 2023</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">and </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">“Cecilia Damström (b.1988) is a fantastic composer. Her work Infirmus from 2015 lacks melodic motifs, instead she exploits the string instrument's ability to create atmospheres. The title means illness or weakness and the listener is given the opportunity for their own personal interpretation. I just closed my eyes and could experience images like pain, worry, hopelessness, hope, aggressiveness...</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The work is excellent proof of music's ability to evoke thoughts and feelings.”</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Per-Håkan Jansson</b>, Vasabladet Sunday the 23rd of April 2023</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This week’s Thursday I had the honour of being the head of the jury for Teosto Award and hand out the award alongside my amazing colleagues <b>Yona</b>,<b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/linda.fredriksson.14019?__cft__[0]=AZVnJmWWeAciAipezOQQOiqoDT5xcmzgAiIq2DpCqAGhXj8bJege7kymFvEVh9kNx2uYEaaniBIB0g5E21iS9nPiTurzrf1UsN5IE5RnnlSpRoxscRSF6sVx-bdcN4W5Nq_Az2ZbB81UyeZv0s8gI7QMTprxx9Scpn62MlPgW5_Yr9gYW8rsmJIwYOkRjWwIk5Q&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Linda Fredriksson</span></a></span></b>,<b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/gita.kadambi?__cft__[0]=AZVnJmWWeAciAipezOQQOiqoDT5xcmzgAiIq2DpCqAGhXj8bJege7kymFvEVh9kNx2uYEaaniBIB0g5E21iS9nPiTurzrf1UsN5IE5RnnlSpRoxscRSF6sVx-bdcN4W5Nq_Az2ZbB81UyeZv0s8gI7QMTprxx9Scpn62MlPgW5_Yr9gYW8rsmJIwYOkRjWwIk5Q&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Gita Kadambi</span></a></span></b> and <b>Miikka Maunula</b>. Big congratulations to this years Teosto Award Winners: the orchestral work “Water” composed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/sanna.ahvenjarvi?__cft__[0]=AZVnJmWWeAciAipezOQQOiqoDT5xcmzgAiIq2DpCqAGhXj8bJege7kymFvEVh9kNx2uYEaaniBIB0g5E21iS9nPiTurzrf1UsN5IE5RnnlSpRoxscRSF6sVx-bdcN4W5Nq_Az2ZbB81UyeZv0s8gI7QMTprxx9Scpn62MlPgW5_Yr9gYW8rsmJIwYOkRjWwIk5Q&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b>Sanna Ahvenjärvi</b></span></a></span> and<b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/tapio.lappalainen.9?__cft__[0]=AZVnJmWWeAciAipezOQQOiqoDT5xcmzgAiIq2DpCqAGhXj8bJege7kymFvEVh9kNx2uYEaaniBIB0g5E21iS9nPiTurzrf1UsN5IE5RnnlSpRoxscRSF6sVx-bdcN4W5Nq_Az2ZbB81UyeZv0s8gI7QMTprxx9Scpn62MlPgW5_Yr9gYW8rsmJIwYOkRjWwIk5Q&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Tapio Lappalainen</span></a></span></b>,<b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/mikkosarvannegarden/?__cft__[0]=AZVnJmWWeAciAipezOQQOiqoDT5xcmzgAiIq2DpCqAGhXj8bJege7kymFvEVh9kNx2uYEaaniBIB0g5E21iS9nPiTurzrf1UsN5IE5RnnlSpRoxscRSF6sVx-bdcN4W5Nq_Az2ZbB81UyeZv0s8gI7QMTprxx9Scpn62MlPgW5_Yr9gYW8rsmJIwYOkRjWwIk5Q&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Mikko Sarvanne Garden</span></a></span>'s</b> jazz album “Heräämisen valkea myrsky” composed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/mikko.sarvanne?__cft__[0]=AZVnJmWWeAciAipezOQQOiqoDT5xcmzgAiIq2DpCqAGhXj8bJege7kymFvEVh9kNx2uYEaaniBIB0g5E21iS9nPiTurzrf1UsN5IE5RnnlSpRoxscRSF6sVx-bdcN4W5Nq_Az2ZbB81UyeZv0s8gI7QMTprxx9Scpn62MlPgW5_Yr9gYW8rsmJIwYOkRjWwIk5Q&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b>Mikko Sarvanne</b></span></a></span> and the rap album “Draama-Helmi kuistilla” by<b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/helmi.kajaste?__cft__[0]=AZVnJmWWeAciAipezOQQOiqoDT5xcmzgAiIq2DpCqAGhXj8bJege7kymFvEVh9kNx2uYEaaniBIB0g5E21iS9nPiTurzrf1UsN5IE5RnnlSpRoxscRSF6sVx-bdcN4W5Nq_Az2ZbB81UyeZv0s8gI7QMTprxx9Scpn62MlPgW5_Yr9gYW8rsmJIwYOkRjWwIk5Q&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Helmi Kajaste</span></a></span></b> and her work group. It was an amazing experience to get to listen to music from so many different genres and talk about it with my colleague jury members, all experts from many genres.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAlGUR8uMAlHdWbkn_doeAj35Nug0ao8CFbKXTrW36r9C4DBfp7h96kPE2MVlORTBloiEwc2uup1xVYfTN5KZnfnoqhk4bLEdp9IeGrix7SEX-NFQgwAKLiuEfyf1UWsptNRnPwLL2lMqVX84IWwAS2K7xFLG9fRbHwERBe9yRG9e2jK8CdVqfi8tug/s6961/JSH_0561.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4641" data-original-width="6961" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAlGUR8uMAlHdWbkn_doeAj35Nug0ao8CFbKXTrW36r9C4DBfp7h96kPE2MVlORTBloiEwc2uup1xVYfTN5KZnfnoqhk4bLEdp9IeGrix7SEX-NFQgwAKLiuEfyf1UWsptNRnPwLL2lMqVX84IWwAS2K7xFLG9fRbHwERBe9yRG9e2jK8CdVqfi8tug/w640-h426/JSH_0561.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teosto Award Jury 2023. Photo by Jussi Hilttunen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Ending this week by attending my friends wedding and celebrating Vappu (Finnish first of May) with a friend visiting from the US. Wishing you all a wonderful Vappu!</div></div>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-54693410934063366152023-03-21T15:37:00.000-07:002023-11-14T14:59:55.229-08:00Science Frictions Premiere<p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of 2023 highlights was to get the opportunity to compose “Science Frictions”, a 20 minute piece in 7 movements to a text by Cia Rinne. “Science Frictions” is the Conferment Cantataof Helsinki University for their 100th Conferment Ceremony Jubilee. The piece was performed four times by the wonderful countertenor David Hackston, the Academic Choral Society and Helsinki University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Aku Sorensen.</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-978a3dc1-7fff-b9aa-e1c4-e52ab93f8420"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Doctor Kristina Ranki and composer Cecilia Damström" height="640" id="id_4105_d7af_4372_cad9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AK7aPaC6IqI-Dmp65-d_xqqXSWrh2LoT6UwnrGjI7UrOSRsMSeYHM96ZgBiQS-BIBQ4PZGs3mCETb_CMLYaJRJLHrUD9Khhl3w=w480-h640" style="height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 353px;" tooltip="" width="480" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doktor Kristina Ranki and composer Cecilia Damström</td></tr></tbody></table></span><br /><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Science Frictions” was premiered at the Opening Ceremony of the Conferment Jubilee on the 20th of March in the Great Hall at the main building of Helsinki University. The piece received a wonderful by </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finnish musicologist and semiologist Eero Tarasti, currently serving as Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the University of Helsinki. He sums beautifully up Rinne’s text: “</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9f9; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It can be said that the text [by </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9f9; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cia Rinne</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #f8f9f9; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">] places the work in a pan-European intellectual context; this is not some backroom Finnish blustering, but a universal avant-garde. For this reason, the work could be presented anywhere in Europe – and hopefully it will be.” Such an honour to get to talk to Eero Tarasti and his wife, musicologist Eila Tarasti (see slide 7).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="480" id="id_cba6_bbaf_fa62_f87c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AK7aPaAkZprEy3VcQ3co8oOF7Vg_Dgpawy5smvNNn1nq0rscf9ehZLYqZEps1IQ7wgp4CEilbkmy3vWN5b3ajTXJH4UYR_wOBg=w640-h480" style="font-size: 11pt; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 353px;" tooltip="" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecilia Damström, Eila Tarasti and Eero Tarasti</td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Conferment Ceremony of Helsinki University is a 385 year old tradition, and for the anniversary of the 100th Ceremony, they commissioned the Finnish Fashion Designer Ella Bought to design new non binary clothing, that can be worn during the ceremony.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" id="id_3e51_5ef4_2bb6_641a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AK7aPaCO7W_M16tactVgC5SjSG7La66A1i51Kv3U6h6wMkK5WL-vxJvkZL-KI02Ka59-X7V9J1WaYvGP0G2dG7x_rgFOwjyS8w" style="font-size: 11pt; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Designed by Ella Boucht</td></tr></tbody></table><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" id="id_4611_4334_854d_6329" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AK7aPaAobkmN9ymlNykwSYY9TwKd9gsgnD2DvruenNJLNIKDFnbsouOpuqyX5zm_icFPMBwHN1pHlbtAHjgfIqYAXwNaowmNng" style="font-size: 11pt; height: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Designer Ella Bought and composer Cecilia Damström</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><br /></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Curator of the whole Conferment 100th Jubilee was Doctor Kristina Ranki (see the first photo), who as an historian naturally also curated an exhibition of the history of the Conferment Ceremony at Helsinki University. Very honoured to have my score included in the exhibition, along side for instance the Conferment Cantata of Leevi Madetoja and Jean Sibelius. </span></p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CzZvSNGtbLs/?igshid=YjVjNjZkNmFjNg==" id="id_6cbb_f908_9514_b13f">Watch on Instagram</a><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Very thankful for all my friends and family who came and watched and for all the lovely flowers!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" id="id_fb98_2ac0_5764_8c73" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AK7aPaCLmd26ANpcCCCpv07rnL0hcbyrKus82vAkbc5Usj2fJvQO_AfzguekgWAmJvXuXhqRA_v1X3kXk-JMsvPIZXhO-ZGb2w" style="height: auto; width: 353px;" title="" tooltip="" /></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-10343210703979968582022-11-26T14:47:00.207-08:002022-12-13T14:46:55.805-08:00Thanksgiving<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">First of advent and the weekend of thanksgiving and so many things in the past weeks that I’m thankful of that I don’t really know how to sum it up or where to begin! (Trigger warning: a long post of thankfulness and blessings.)</span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://lilibogdanova.com" target="_blank">Lili Bogdanova-Essl</a></b></span></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://michaelessl.de/en/" target="_blank">Michael Essl</a></b></span></span> for wonderful three days in Berlin, one of my favourite cities in the world. Was also a great honour to be included in this year’s <b><a href="http://klangwerkstatt-berlin.de/2022/konzerte/13-ensemble-junge-musik-berlin-duo-sonoro-kiew-tafelmusik-donnerstag/?fbclid=IwAR3RcaxopeF2stE7-keQHCZ-rgBS5TyH2e8YinZK4EgOPSJIjMoM6Bg45O0" target="_blank">Klangwerkstatt Berlin</a></b> on the 10th of November with my piece <i><a href="https://ceciliadamstrom.com/groove/" target="_blank">Groove</a></i>, performed by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b>Marianna Schürmann</b></span></span> and <b>Christine Paté</b> alongside music by my colleagues <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://jtkoskinen.net">Juha T. Koskinen</a></b></span></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://tapiotuomela.fi/" target="_blank">Tapio Tuomela</a></b></span></span>. And so good to see my uni friend<b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Simiam Ghan</span></span></b> again and my colleague <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cia_Rinne" target="_blank">Cia Rinne</a></b></span></span>, whom I’m currently working together with, as well!</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVkYMT2yUE9eUWXdF_qWxTjAi-eGoj_qa-HqT8jpmxLJasJIkBzussJp-kQuuQxKa4rsInVuriUvhLGwEWtkY30JEypZkCP5YnDQuSkDcp59wjIcZQqcbcsZJp35m6iAkWDPf3DYMvjRewfz8O6tNkwCGbBPyWaWIp5Yr5E0NibJ4Woj4sOjRiNjtQw/s2048/a2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVkYMT2yUE9eUWXdF_qWxTjAi-eGoj_qa-HqT8jpmxLJasJIkBzussJp-kQuuQxKa4rsInVuriUvhLGwEWtkY30JEypZkCP5YnDQuSkDcp59wjIcZQqcbcsZJp35m6iAkWDPf3DYMvjRewfz8O6tNkwCGbBPyWaWIp5Yr5E0NibJ4Woj4sOjRiNjtQw/w480-h640/a2.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marianna Schürmann, Christine Paté and Cecilia Damström at Klangwerstatt Berlin 2022<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NDS467qyAVTR358J_zyk4YiE8ZGM-5sTXbBSebOmsOrVneh_CbrN0PRk3YxjXXgGH1mDhFCeMcXNrN7t3RB-GK1W4akV9UefgYs79xHo17JuN1uMBt46oLGc2nx7tAwt016yissiSkNB_TSfb3aPMLw7IoOHq_5v1gzUCxMEOaqOGd2GeJg9bR452Q/s2048/a3.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NDS467qyAVTR358J_zyk4YiE8ZGM-5sTXbBSebOmsOrVneh_CbrN0PRk3YxjXXgGH1mDhFCeMcXNrN7t3RB-GK1W4akV9UefgYs79xHo17JuN1uMBt46oLGc2nx7tAwt016yissiSkNB_TSfb3aPMLw7IoOHq_5v1gzUCxMEOaqOGd2GeJg9bR452Q/w480-h640/a3.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Concert Location in Kreuzberg for Klangwerkstatt Berlin 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONxpyrEyaJmlvCm62VjoJZW6XYfGFgkXmP8awyQ9ZqvB4hTcAUKjFIsfzYhKclWF1rGcRHx11xw4_vS3X_JPrzsG0gSA03RqomEZn8avNfYCzNB7EI3yaSQ8oSenfqMNpESUdIyAnVqtpmx1ZrFMjwByyxbSGNMUpg0T9B5muX1ZVOA0cYpW0V_hHGg/s2048/a4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1539" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONxpyrEyaJmlvCm62VjoJZW6XYfGFgkXmP8awyQ9ZqvB4hTcAUKjFIsfzYhKclWF1rGcRHx11xw4_vS3X_JPrzsG0gSA03RqomEZn8avNfYCzNB7EI3yaSQ8oSenfqMNpESUdIyAnVqtpmx1ZrFMjwByyxbSGNMUpg0T9B5muX1ZVOA0cYpW0V_hHGg/w480-h640/a4.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecilia Damström and poet Cia Rinne on the 11.11.22 in Berlin</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Had three wonderful days in New York, the city that never sleeps and had a great meeting with <b>Elizabeth Blaufox</b> from <b><i>Boosey & Hawkes</i></b> (the publisher who represents me in the US and UK). Also stayed in a charity based hostel, through which I got to hand out food to homeless people in New York. Got to see the composition recital of the students at the <b><i>Juilliard School</i></b> and bumped into professor <b><a href="http://andrewnormanmusic.com" target="_blank">Andrew Norman</a></b>, one of my favourite composers. Saw the superb musical “Into the Woods”, a musical who's musical director and pianist is my friend <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.evanreesmusic.com">Evan Rees</a></b></span></span>, with whom I studied together composition for<b> <a href="https://www.samuelhadler.com" target="_blank">Samuel Adler</a></b><a href="https://www.samuelhadler.com" target="_blank"> </a>in 2012 in Berlin! At the same course I met Evan in 2012, I also met the wonderful <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.insideradio.com/elizabeth-nonemaker/article_7fac3b40-2a03-11ed-b6b2-cb46e01fe352.html" target="_blank">Elizabeth Nonemaker</a></b></span></span>, with whom we managed to squeeze in a lunch in New York this November, reunited with this wonderful person after 10 years! Also made new friends, for instance <b>Jackie</b> at the hostel, with whom I had a meaningful 3 hour conversation in Spanish about life and spirituality. (I’m quite proud this is still possible 11 years after my Erasmus exchange to Spain.)</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ySzbYjyY1sUmSR9p2bBE8TivVwQFzHDqeHrjWhqYvOLQ1Yw28mjjR-7k75cFLrzKAwRmlPUrS6hpbBRZufolE6P-6c7ht3SOKRu-O1gH-MiyIGJxJieZO7HXBDy1k45h5IT7ySqi5kTes1lAGp_Ppde0DKTi9deSsSvUGS4CEng2JwSSIKCl6_M7ag/s2048/b1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ySzbYjyY1sUmSR9p2bBE8TivVwQFzHDqeHrjWhqYvOLQ1Yw28mjjR-7k75cFLrzKAwRmlPUrS6hpbBRZufolE6P-6c7ht3SOKRu-O1gH-MiyIGJxJieZO7HXBDy1k45h5IT7ySqi5kTes1lAGp_Ppde0DKTi9deSsSvUGS4CEng2JwSSIKCl6_M7ag/w400-h300/b1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecilia Damström with Elizabeth Blaufox at Boosey & Hawkes in November 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Went by train to Washington DC, where <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ZoeterClarinet" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b>Garrick Zoeter</b></span></span> </a> picked me up. This inspiring and wonderful clarinettist was more than the best imaginable host! He showed me around Washington DC (The Capitol, The Whitehouse and the Kennedy Music Centre), drove me to Winchester Virgina, brought me to dinner together with his colleagues each night and drove me even to the magnificent <i><b><a href="https://luraycaverns.com">Lurey Caverns</a></b> </i>on my free day, where I got to see spectacular 400 million year old caves of stalactites and stalagmites! (Also: the hotel that the <b><i><a href="https://www.su.edu/conservatory/">Shenandoah Conservatory</a></i></b> put me in was so comfortable, I think even the bathroom was three times bigger than the cubicle “room” I had in New York!). </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPs8C4arpNbK7H7mhD9ovpLfK_2HZNTdQ9ykM4J6CfCgCMjaWtw0cW8GB-47_Wq8wr2kEPQLt06np1EWg-FFR-VY6l-cTArAjaJs5hc5TuFzHGazs7Hd77FzbPaKGyM9ZMJ8ip1mWY7j_QTbYVvhxsb0qQdxy8SaeNuQnmljxPguWMMyshe05TUAqsEg/s2048/b2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPs8C4arpNbK7H7mhD9ovpLfK_2HZNTdQ9ykM4J6CfCgCMjaWtw0cW8GB-47_Wq8wr2kEPQLt06np1EWg-FFR-VY6l-cTArAjaJs5hc5TuFzHGazs7Hd77FzbPaKGyM9ZMJ8ip1mWY7j_QTbYVvhxsb0qQdxy8SaeNuQnmljxPguWMMyshe05TUAqsEg/w480-h640/b2.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecilia Damström at the Capitol in Washington DC in November 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7EGZBhj-ss-4Yb8hq9gKXa2d-qA0u_MN44NbyhPdShkuvIdaf5vFrrYHIbz5t6KKtmW9_Itj_qReiF5zKRqvZe2KTyxqKdMZLXlcm4Kablwl5_xm09rJDJzMpp3W2NIEUWoLcmKlkkteNIhSyzA0ziL7qmbwIVDX2VjusRVdFUXu6LnEN8Fb_5_rLg/s2048/b4.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7EGZBhj-ss-4Yb8hq9gKXa2d-qA0u_MN44NbyhPdShkuvIdaf5vFrrYHIbz5t6KKtmW9_Itj_qReiF5zKRqvZe2KTyxqKdMZLXlcm4Kablwl5_xm09rJDJzMpp3W2NIEUWoLcmKlkkteNIhSyzA0ziL7qmbwIVDX2VjusRVdFUXu6LnEN8Fb_5_rLg/w480-h640/b4.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecilia Damström at the Lurey caves 17th of November 2022<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CsRGNDOQJ5bgH7fsFoijVz-0eBbvBtlfrryIdZ-wcHAQY-9A0QroC5Z0rJdAUXnRLlv-k2rYYTJg-PTmYntQVocTlnc8aRRZUpFlSAI5GSIlKRn9T7ErvXSxbhOxMRo8Z-howeiHrn0XYBfjFo0VnuWEYH1_lRcLnDTxh_vTQORmQjBCLjGsbIdV7g/s2048/b3.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CsRGNDOQJ5bgH7fsFoijVz-0eBbvBtlfrryIdZ-wcHAQY-9A0QroC5Z0rJdAUXnRLlv-k2rYYTJg-PTmYntQVocTlnc8aRRZUpFlSAI5GSIlKRn9T7ErvXSxbhOxMRo8Z-howeiHrn0XYBfjFo0VnuWEYH1_lRcLnDTxh_vTQORmQjBCLjGsbIdV7g/w480-h640/b3.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecilia Damström lecturing at Shenandoah Conservatory 18th of November 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I was given the opportunity to talk about my music to the composition class of <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://jonathannewman.com" target="_blank">Jonathan Newman</a></b></span></span> at the <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Shenandoah Conservatory</span></span> and share my music with them. On Friday evening the 18th of November my main reason for my US travel took place: Garrick and his wonderful colleagues <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.jcurenton.com" target="_blank">Julietta Curenton</a></b></span></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.stephenkeyoboe.com" target="_blank">Stephen Key</a></b></span></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.ryanromine.net/RyanRomine/Welcome.html" target="_blank">Ryan Romine</a></b></span></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.alexanderbernsteinpiano.com" target="_blank">Alexander Bernstein</a></b></span></span> gave an absolutely splendid US Premiere of <a href="https://youtu.be/NYvUGx3_2dI" target="_blank"><i>Piano Quintet No.3: Helene - Nuances from the Life of Helene Schjerfbeck</i>.</a> (Listen to it yourself, link above to the recording!)</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_lwiq-E0BXXTo-6FLWQl5OgJP4WM37GNcGcu90ybtzyxUO6TBYl1KBbpoXrb5qbP-KDH-6R4MyYLFYwzhGko_4eLkf1JDdKd4Zez_Ax5wOzdzmay_mI0-uBSXVqoWBBlrdOyqbICZRIerpeNbsYLQu1xD4VRaQeXNs7Y-ZJFSSHnXsBaUO5DvAwYAQ/s2048/b5.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD_lwiq-E0BXXTo-6FLWQl5OgJP4WM37GNcGcu90ybtzyxUO6TBYl1KBbpoXrb5qbP-KDH-6R4MyYLFYwzhGko_4eLkf1JDdKd4Zez_Ax5wOzdzmay_mI0-uBSXVqoWBBlrdOyqbICZRIerpeNbsYLQu1xD4VRaQeXNs7Y-ZJFSSHnXsBaUO5DvAwYAQ/w400-h300/b5.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecilia Damström and the Van Buren Quintet 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The weekend I got to spend with my dear friend, composer <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://soundcloud.com/ucycnight" target="_blank">Lucy McKnight</a></b></span></span> at her wonderful home. I got to attend one of her concerts at Princeton University, see the legendary grounds of famous university and meet her wonderful friends <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://kennedytaylordixon.com" target="_blank">Kennedy Dixon</a></b></span></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.jamesmooreguitar.com" target="_blank">James Moore</a></b></span></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.connoreliasway.com" target="_blank">Connor Elias Way</a></b></span></span> and many more, as well as her lovely cats.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfE7PPKWQU9uVYZeGZRxv2V1HrMw85aM--_4eTA82Kok8pEn4tGO-wqi5ym5Ed89_ftK0o3P0dk537YBA5JFhNLVn_QiReSNkfGq9VWtK46muDTBkZTeMagYpwqFQwUerz9CNVOCHtqYrPMV0jJ69WpjXzKCvDFhlcfwmooCSgu34Kyilif47opt8oOg/s2048/c1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfE7PPKWQU9uVYZeGZRxv2V1HrMw85aM--_4eTA82Kok8pEn4tGO-wqi5ym5Ed89_ftK0o3P0dk537YBA5JFhNLVn_QiReSNkfGq9VWtK46muDTBkZTeMagYpwqFQwUerz9CNVOCHtqYrPMV0jJ69WpjXzKCvDFhlcfwmooCSgu34Kyilif47opt8oOg/w480-h640/c1.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kennedy and Lucy outside Princeton University November 20th 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">After a refreshing 22hours at home in Helsinki I was lucky to travel on the 23rd of November to the small city of Jakobstad (in Finland) for the wonderful <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://ruskfestival.fi" target="_blank">Rusk Festival</a></b></span></span>. This year’s theme was “Gods and goddesses”, so my piece <i><a href="https://ceciliadamstrom.com/celestial-beings/" target="_blank">Celestial beings</a></i> suited the festival so well, that the opening concert was even named after my piece! It was such a honour to have <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://ruskfestival.fi/en/person/aleksander-koelbel/" target="_blank">Aleksander Koelbel</a></b></span></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://ruskfestival.fi/en/person/mina-fred/" target="_blank">Mina Fred</a></b></span></span> from the superb contemporary music ensemble <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://norrbottensmusiken.se/ensembler/norrbotten-neo/" target="_blank">Norrbotten NEO</a></b></span></span> perform my piece! (Link to the recording of the opening concert in the comments!) And because they played the third movement in the opening concert and the other two movements in the chamber music concert on Friday, I was fortunate enough to be able to stay at the festival from Wednesday to Saturday and had the opportunity to get to know all the other wonderful musicians as well as hear and experience all the inspiring concerts artistic director <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.annamariahelsing.com" target="_blank">Anna-Maria Helsing</a></b></span></span> hat put together. Thank you <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Mina</span></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Aleksander</span></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" color="var(--accent)" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;"><b><a href="https://nikolayshugaev.com" target="_blank">Nick Shugaev</a></b></span></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://ruskfestival.fi/en/person/marten-landstrom/" target="_blank">Mårten Landström</a></b></span></span> , <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="http://www.johanullen.com/se" target="_blank">Johan Ullén</a></b></span></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://ruskfestival.fi/en/person/robert-ek/" target="_blank">Robert Ek</a></b></span></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.christiansvarfvar.net" target="_blank">Christian Svarfvar</a></b></span></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://senjarummukainen.com/en/bio-english/" target="_blank">Senja Rummukainen</a></b></span></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://ruskfestival.fi/en/person/anabel-montesinos/" target="_blank">Anabel Montesinos</a></b></span></span>, <b><a href="https://ruskfestival.fi/en/person/sara-hammarstrom/" target="_blank">Sara Hammarström</a></b>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://tfo.fi/fi/henkilo/tanja-nisonen" target="_blank">Tanja Nisonen</a></b></span></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b>Martin Granström</b></span></span> and everyone involved for a truly wonderful week in Jakobstad!</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_I7Lk4_Jx34nv3FKGNQW6-QBQuUsGzpCXpKg9Y_bBGb6lmIOXNTk1CnnVz0heVXPj_vdarDd5XzTEdVs40KUE6lG1mQZ-d2-vnTwWi4cAcr5b2lsXtSN3l4m-tUdrdkjcjcSFi2V7BFIAzqd8zMKMDMhMkJTpJ12Js4ZuNL7_21d7wtUdugzXIEsWA/s2048/d.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_I7Lk4_Jx34nv3FKGNQW6-QBQuUsGzpCXpKg9Y_bBGb6lmIOXNTk1CnnVz0heVXPj_vdarDd5XzTEdVs40KUE6lG1mQZ-d2-vnTwWi4cAcr5b2lsXtSN3l4m-tUdrdkjcjcSFi2V7BFIAzqd8zMKMDMhMkJTpJ12Js4ZuNL7_21d7wtUdugzXIEsWA/w480-h640/d.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mina Fred, Cecilia Damström and Aleksander Koelbel at the RUSK Festival in Finland 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Ended the week together with my friend <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.lindasuolahti.com" target="_blank">Linda Suolahti</a></b></span></span>, seeing my favourite comedian <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Gadsby" target="_blank">Hannah Gadsby</a></b></span></span> perform live in Helsinki. Such a mind-blowing performance!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The past 2,5 years haven’t always been easy, having suffered from Long Covid from March 2020 until September 2022 (and having had cover five times so far). Many times during the past years I have wondered if I ever would be back to normal again, so it feels simply incredible to finally feel like I have got my life back! Each of the things I have mentioned feel like a blessing, but the biggest blessing of all at the moment is having a heathy body to experience all the things above and of course all the lovely people with whom I have had the privilege to experience these moments with. Thank you.<span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ted/2/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div></div>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0Helsingfors, Finland60.169855699999992 24.93837931.859621863821147 -10.217870999999999 88.480089536178838 60.094629tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-58713745669155837772022-11-10T16:12:00.000-08:002022-11-10T16:12:43.073-08:00November Concerts<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">November is here </span>with a sparkling variety of concerts and me trying to keep up with them! 😅<span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> This month my music is traveling to Germany, Canada, USA and different cities in Finland. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">November began with a pang: an excerpt of my string orchestra piece </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u%3DE91920A%26e%3D153CB26%26c%3DF66D3%26t%3D0%26l%3D75792F8C%26email%3DuZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%252Bii4GciVanCJ%252FwYbRnGP0%253D%26seq%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1668210559206000&usg=AOvVaw1c7AOsX0biyqULgSr5ykYs" href="https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=E91920A&e=153CB26&c=F66D3&t=0&l=75792F8C&email=uZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%2Bii4GciVanCJ%2FwYbRnGP0%3D&seq=1" style="background-color: white; color: #f88cb0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration: none; widows: 2;" target="_blank"><em>Fretus</em></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> was performed during the </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Nordic Council Prize Ceremony</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">. The event was streamed live to all Nordic Countries and can be seen online under </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u%3DE91920B%26e%3D153CB26%26c%3DF66D3%26t%3D0%26l%3D75792F8C%26email%3DuZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%252Bii4GciVanCJ%252FwYbRnGP0%253D%26seq%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1668210559206000&usg=AOvVaw1KDMUgKOmFO0suxxKpkobm" href="https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=E91920B&e=153CB26&c=F66D3&t=0&l=75792F8C&email=uZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%2Bii4GciVanCJ%2FwYbRnGP0%3D&seq=1" style="background-color: white; color: #f88cb0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration: none; widows: 2;" target="_blank">this link</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">. The exerpt of </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Fretus</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">, a piece dedicated to all the oceans of our world, is</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> performed before and after announcing the winner of the Nordic Council Enviroment Prize.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">4th of November: The </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">second movement </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u%3DE91808C%26e%3D153CB26%26c%3DF66D3%26t%3D0%26l%3D75792F8C%26email%3DuZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%252Bii4GciVanCJ%252FwYbRnGP0%253D%26seq%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1668210559206000&usg=AOvVaw0y1Ye3-mg88udeJZuJSXjc" href="https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=E91808C&e=153CB26&c=F66D3&t=0&l=75792F8C&email=uZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%2Bii4GciVanCJ%2FwYbRnGP0%3D&seq=1" style="color: #f88cb0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>Rädda mig</em></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> from my choral suite </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u%3DE91808D%26e%3D153CB26%26c%3DF66D3%26t%3D0%26l%3D75792F8C%26email%3DuZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%252Bii4GciVanCJ%252FwYbRnGP0%253D%26seq%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1668210559206000&usg=AOvVaw1B5749Nr4cgL8qU0X1eg5n" href="https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=E91808D&e=153CB26&c=F66D3&t=0&l=75792F8C&email=uZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%2Bii4GciVanCJ%2FwYbRnGP0%3D&seq=1" style="color: #f88cb0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>Min Gud</em></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> composed to Psalm 22 will get it's Canadian premiere by the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u%3DE91808A%26e%3D153CB26%26c%3DF66D3%26t%3D0%26l%3D75792F8C%26email%3DuZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%252Bii4GciVanCJ%252FwYbRnGP0%253D%26seq%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1668210559206000&usg=AOvVaw3zF6psav3vlv4BmLqi21Zp" href="https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=E91808A&e=153CB26&c=F66D3&t=0&l=75792F8C&email=uZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%2Bii4GciVanCJ%2FwYbRnGP0%3D&seq=1" style="color: #f88cb0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Vancouver Chamber Choir</strong></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> conducted by the genious </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u%3DE91808B%26e%3D153CB26%26c%3DF66D3%26t%3D0%26l%3D75792F8C%26email%3DuZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%252Bii4GciVanCJ%252FwYbRnGP0%253D%26seq%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1668210559206000&usg=AOvVaw33V5lx5KrFhiDv1jII9gyv" href="https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=E91808B&e=153CB26&c=F66D3&t=0&l=75792F8C&email=uZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%2Bii4GciVanCJ%2FwYbRnGP0%3D&seq=1" style="color: #f88cb0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Kari Turunen</strong></a>. The piece <em>Min Gud</em> composed in 2010 is a very important work for me, and quotes from this work can be heard in several of my later works, so I'm very thankful for this performance.</span></p><p style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-size: 14px;">10th of November: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">my playful duo </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u%3DE91808E%26e%3D153CB26%26c%3DF66D3%26t%3D0%26l%3D75792F8C%26email%3DuZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%252Bii4GciVanCJ%252FwYbRnGP0%253D%26seq%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1668210559206000&usg=AOvVaw0FNyEphocd9magRTx9WExx" href="https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=E91808E&e=153CB26&c=F66D3&t=0&l=75792F8C&email=uZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%2Bii4GciVanCJ%2FwYbRnGP0%3D&seq=1" style="background-color: white; color: #f88cb0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>Groove</em></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> for flute and accordion is getting its German premiere at </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u%3DE918091%26e%3D153CB26%26c%3DF66D3%26t%3D0%26l%3D75792F8C%26email%3DuZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%252Bii4GciVanCJ%252FwYbRnGP0%253D%26seq%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1668210559206000&usg=AOvVaw2n4CWRhp0VxwFfSiGyxBx1" href="https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=E918091&e=153CB26&c=F66D3&t=0&l=75792F8C&email=uZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%2Bii4GciVanCJ%2FwYbRnGP0%3D&seq=1" style="background-color: white; color: #f88cb0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Klangwerkstatt Berlin Festival für Neue Musik</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">. Groove is a piece which combines a fusion of jazz, progressive rock, latino rhythms and contemporary music elements and I can't wait to hear it again!</span></p><p style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">17th of November: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Very happy about the Danish premiere of my piano solo pieces </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><a href="https://ceciliadamstrom.com/characters/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Characters</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> and </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Under Stjärnhimlen</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">, performed by the magnificent </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><a href="https://xeniafrederiksen.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Xenia Frederiksen</a></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> at </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><a href="https://www.viborgmusikforening.dk/program" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Viborg Musikforening</a></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> in Viborg Musiksal. You can find more information about the event </span><a href="https://www.viborgmusikforening.dk/program" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> and find tickets </span><a href="https://viborg-musikforening.billet.dk/order/tickets/13267131/xenia-frederiksen-klaveraften-viborg-musiksal-2022-11-17-19-30-00?" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">.</span></p><p style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">18th of November: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Very happy that my music is returning to the United States and an other US premiere, with nothing less than my 20 minute Piano Quintet </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u%3DE918092%26e%3D153CB26%26c%3DF66D3%26t%3D0%26l%3D75792F8C%26email%3DuZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%252Bii4GciVanCJ%252FwYbRnGP0%253D%26seq%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1668210559206000&usg=AOvVaw3wKAIdyMbkmMZIubLkPou5" href="https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=E918092&e=153CB26&c=F66D3&t=0&l=75792F8C&email=uZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%2Bii4GciVanCJ%2FwYbRnGP0%3D&seq=1" style="color: #f88cb0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Helene - Nuances from the Life of Helene Schjerfbeck</a></em><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u%3DE918092%26e%3D153CB26%26c%3DF66D3%26t%3D0%26l%3D75792F8C%26email%3DuZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%252Bii4GciVanCJ%252FwYbRnGP0%253D%26seq%3D2&source=gmail&ust=1668210559206000&usg=AOvVaw0HbOg5h-_oqnsx4tQ9UQam" href="https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=E918092&e=153CB26&c=F66D3&t=0&l=75792F8C&email=uZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%2Bii4GciVanCJ%2FwYbRnGP0%3D&seq=2" style="background-color: white; color: #f88cb0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">, </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u%3DE918092%26e%3D153CB26%26c%3DF66D3%26t%3D0%26l%3D75792F8C%26email%3DuZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%252Bii4GciVanCJ%252FwYbRnGP0%253D%26seq%3D3&source=gmail&ust=1668210559206000&usg=AOvVaw2F8LYgUcy_SLQyGnAazqdN" href="https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=E918092&e=153CB26&c=F66D3&t=0&l=75792F8C&email=uZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%2Bii4GciVanCJ%2FwYbRnGP0%3D&seq=3" style="background-color: white; color: #f88cb0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">inspired by paintings and the life of the most famous Finnish modernist painter Helene Schjerfbeck.</span></p><p style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">23rd of November: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">The third movement </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Athena</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> from my duo </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u%3DE918095%26e%3D153CB26%26c%3DF66D3%26t%3D0%26l%3D75792F8C%26email%3DuZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%252Bii4GciVanCJ%252FwYbRnGP0%253D%26seq%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1668210559207000&usg=AOvVaw03SyL0YACGP5GVXylSmJLo" href="https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=E918095&e=153CB26&c=F66D3&t=0&l=75792F8C&email=uZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%2Bii4GciVanCJ%2FwYbRnGP0%3D&seq=1" style="background-color: white; color: #f88cb0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>Celestial Beings</em></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> will be performed at the opening concert of the </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u%3DE918096%26e%3D153CB26%26c%3DF66D3%26t%3D0%26l%3D75792F8C%26email%3DuZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%252Bii4GciVanCJ%252FwYbRnGP0%253D%26seq%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1668210559207000&usg=AOvVaw3S6UDI9I_Z8JFX7sGq-heS" href="https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=E918096&e=153CB26&c=F66D3&t=0&l=75792F8C&email=uZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%2Bii4GciVanCJ%2FwYbRnGP0%3D&seq=1" style="background-color: white; color: #f88cb0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>RUSK</strong></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> festival in Jakobstad, Finland. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> Link to the festival’s program </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u%3DE918096%26e%3D153CB26%26c%3DF66D3%26t%3D0%26l%3D75792F8C%26email%3DuZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%252Bii4GciVanCJ%252FwYbRnGP0%253D%26seq%3D2&source=gmail&ust=1668210559207000&usg=AOvVaw2sqK7D85awS1rVPE9MeUyb" href="https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=E918096&e=153CB26&c=F66D3&t=0&l=75792F8C&email=uZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%2Bii4GciVanCJ%2FwYbRnGP0%3D&seq=2" style="background-color: white; color: #f88cb0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">.</span></p><p style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">25th “Aphrodite” and “Persephone”from “Celestial Beings” will be performed at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u%3DE918096%26e%3D153CB26%26c%3DF66D3%26t%3D0%26l%3D75792F8C%26email%3DuZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%252Bii4GciVanCJ%252FwYbRnGP0%253D%26seq%3D1&source=gmail&ust=1668210559207000&usg=AOvVaw3S6UDI9I_Z8JFX7sGq-heS" href="https://ceciliadamstrom.benchmarkurl.com/c/l?u=E918096&e=153CB26&c=F66D3&t=0&l=75792F8C&email=uZ1Ey9eve0fjpbi8BkB1be%2Bii4GciVanCJ%2FwYbRnGP0%3D&seq=1" style="color: #f88cb0; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>RUSK</strong></a> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">at the concert ”Souls of Ill Repute” </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">at 6PM</span></p><p style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">28th of November: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">My piano solo piece </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><a href="https://ceciliadamstrom.com/epitaph/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Epitaph</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> will be released on the splendid </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><a href="https://www.pianovilho.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Ville Hautakangas</a></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">’ debut album </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">12 Premieres</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">! Soon avaiable on streaming platforms! The concert is part of the </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><a href="http://tampereenpianoseura.fi/pirkanmaan-pianofestivaali/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Pirkanmaa Piano Festival</a></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">.</span></p><p style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Moreover I will also be travelling thanks to these concerts to </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Berlin</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> 9-12th of November, to </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">New York</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> 13-15th of November, to </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Winchester Virginia</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> 16-19th of November, to </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Princeton University</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> 20th of November as well as within Finland to </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Jakobstad</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> 23-26th of November and </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Tampere</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"> 28th of November, so please feel free to reach out if you are in the vicinity.</span></p><p style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><br /></span></p><p style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRg37zAmEzxR4Zg0V8hKVQqN0_RPubxi4NtrpxhAKX8ZcwuL4fl_7WXukyQ_ZukbL6MZgEMu04O6fdn1ykkaMC39DJDWCbysaM8FNCUFhp3KFsvub7kqfJ0e2V0ymzskujZNWzArmQ_ICTV4P9213_ingYLDhV4n-ISyVvTVq-znRxoCY-BYCaICUgdA/s4240/c_Ville_Juurikkala-06856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4240" data-original-width="2832" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRg37zAmEzxR4Zg0V8hKVQqN0_RPubxi4NtrpxhAKX8ZcwuL4fl_7WXukyQ_ZukbL6MZgEMu04O6fdn1ykkaMC39DJDWCbysaM8FNCUFhp3KFsvub7kqfJ0e2V0ymzskujZNWzArmQ_ICTV4P9213_ingYLDhV4n-ISyVvTVq-znRxoCY-BYCaICUgdA/w428-h640/c_Ville_Juurikkala-06856.jpg" width="428" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Composer Cecilia Damström. ©Photo by Ville Juurikkala</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #383838; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><br /></span></p>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-34723703617046720462022-10-01T01:30:00.002-07:002022-10-03T10:17:55.967-07:00October Concerts<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">October is here and I would like to share this month concert, where and when my music will be performed:</span></p><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="fxk3tzhb b2rh1bv3 gh55jysx m8h3af8h ewco64xe kjdc1dyq ms56khn7 bq6c9xl4 eohcrkr5 akh3l2rg" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🎹" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t41/2/16/1f3b9.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>Sat 1st: <i><a href="http://ceciliadamstrom.com/epitaph/" target="_blank">Epitaph</a></i> performed by <b><a href="http://tuomasturriago.com" target="_blank">Tuomas Turriago</a></b> in Keminmaa at 8PM</div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="fxk3tzhb b2rh1bv3 gh55jysx m8h3af8h ewco64xe kjdc1dyq ms56khn7 bq6c9xl4 eohcrkr5 akh3l2rg" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🎨" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t21/2/16/1f3a8.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> Sun 2nd: The German premiere of <i><a href="http://ceciliadamstrom.com/expressionen/" target="_blank">Expressionen</a></i> by <b><a href="https://www.trioklangspektrum.de/home.html" target="_blank">Trio Klangspectrum</a></b> at 7PM at Hörfest Neue Musik in Detmold</div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><span class="fxk3tzhb b2rh1bv3 gh55jysx m8h3af8h ewco64xe kjdc1dyq ms56khn7 bq6c9xl4 eohcrkr5 akh3l2rg" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🔮" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t1f/2/16/1f52e.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>Tue 11th: The Danish premiere of <i><a href="http://ceciliadamstrom.com/psychedelic/" target="_blank">Psychedelic</a></i> by<b><a href="https://www.reetarajala.com" target="_blank"> Reetamaria Rajala</a></b> in at 6PM in Copenhagen </div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="fxk3tzhb b2rh1bv3 gh55jysx m8h3af8h ewco64xe kjdc1dyq ms56khn7 bq6c9xl4 eohcrkr5 akh3l2rg" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🎶" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tbe/2/16/1f3b6.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>Fri 21st: <i>Piano Delirium</i> performed by Reetamaria Rajala at 7PM at Vara Concert Hall in Sweden</div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="fxk3tzhb b2rh1bv3 gh55jysx m8h3af8h ewco64xe kjdc1dyq ms56khn7 bq6c9xl4 eohcrkr5 akh3l2rg" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🎻" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tea/2/16/1f3bb.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>Thu 27th: <i><a href="http://ceciliadamstrom.com/lucrum/" target="_blank">Lucrum</a></i> by <b><a href="https://www.joensuu.fi/web/english/joensuu-city-orchestra" target="_blank">Joensuu City Orchestra</a></b> and <b><a href="https://www.mariaitkonen.com/about" target="_blank">Maria Itkonen</a></b> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="qi72231t nu7423ey n3hqoq4p r86q59rh b3qcqh3k fq87ekyn bdao358l fsf7x5fv rse6dlih s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 icdlwmnq cxfqmxzd ezidihy3" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2F_u%2Fjoensuunkaupunginorkesteri%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2ttmHw_DtglG7GTOTGoT5aZtOjoBEwzntXoFXABMdLpiKpr--8-3o2GTE&h=AT3QjjXoag9_LN_InFi9VWBwYCWsfYcHZGI_eM1sUBXeC8edUY6WdZ1P-pWOGJt24W2fFVI8zhQdsLCNYc0sjcHq6xhI5p3axV5A3smveTwWrksvFn_Ry9nlO0wlnb9Y1431fmUkiEQN44kqQSyNHag&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT23CAcNOML6mEWcUyr6lSOPCAMg2MK_HlzulrzATCsEynMpIoWUioz_M2iWEJrj3VIKmkMtz0o15MZnKxy8d5n2ffjm7Xl4njkrcAR13UWu-fG0wGHxANnloCX2CzfLw1aqUtSEh3U7n4vNorOwIYkYADnZqIwfk_sf-KzJNm2c2CXq-PEX3Ptj2ta-h61zLFaBYOm5" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">@joensuunkaupunginorkesteri</a></span> @mariaitkonen at 7PM at the Carelia Hall, Joensuu, Finland </div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="fxk3tzhb b2rh1bv3 gh55jysx m8h3af8h ewco64xe kjdc1dyq ms56khn7 bq6c9xl4 eohcrkr5 akh3l2rg" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="📻" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta7/2/16/1f4fb.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> Thu 27th: Swedish Radio Broadcast of my orchestral piece <i><a href="http://ceciliadamstrom.com/wasteland/" target="_blank">Wasteland</a></i> by <b><a href="https://norrlandsoperan.se/norrlandsoperans-symfoniorkester/" target="_blank">Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra</a></b> and <b><a href="http://matvejeff.com" target="_blank">Ville Matvejeff </a></b></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">All concerts can be found on my website <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="qi72231t nu7423ey n3hqoq4p r86q59rh b3qcqh3k fq87ekyn bdao358l fsf7x5fv rse6dlih s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 icdlwmnq cxfqmxzd ezidihy3" href="http://www.ceciliadamstrom.com/when?fbclid=IwAR2VwZcM4zD3v5iWhj-WstSOH9nSOW5zsiM0r3AqgiXN6XFkDP9dEvB0_mk" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">www.ceciliadamstrom.com/when</a></span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Have a great October everyone! <span class="fxk3tzhb b2rh1bv3 gh55jysx m8h3af8h ewco64xe kjdc1dyq ms56khn7 bq6c9xl4 eohcrkr5 akh3l2rg" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="😘" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t14/2/16/1f618.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="fxk3tzhb b2rh1bv3 gh55jysx m8h3af8h ewco64xe kjdc1dyq ms56khn7 bq6c9xl4 eohcrkr5 akh3l2rg" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🍁" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta7/2/16/1f341.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwURA6SWBkW772uBcFac_JhqNQCGrvcL8f2IWTVgZKfEdoMNYZwp59W0XeIp6JKbRZsrifbfvKVoTVWDkvTFAGJdd5axZsZ5LzghXQLrzEXkqsGYZJL58BmDyDsePu_SWn_6ZFd7QoSeyj9XVVnexEItGi2Eqh_JHp6dWzBLvwItDkR-70OdTGfh927Q/s1274/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-03%20at%2019.52.45.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="914" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwURA6SWBkW772uBcFac_JhqNQCGrvcL8f2IWTVgZKfEdoMNYZwp59W0XeIp6JKbRZsrifbfvKVoTVWDkvTFAGJdd5axZsZ5LzghXQLrzEXkqsGYZJL58BmDyDsePu_SWn_6ZFd7QoSeyj9XVVnexEItGi2Eqh_JHp6dWzBLvwItDkR-70OdTGfh927Q/w460-h640/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-03%20at%2019.52.45.png" width="460" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Composer Cecilia Damström. Photo by Ville Juurikkala</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">On the photo: Composer Cecilia Damström</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Photo by: <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="qi72231t nu7423ey n3hqoq4p r86q59rh b3qcqh3k fq87ekyn bdao358l fsf7x5fv rse6dlih s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 icdlwmnq cxfqmxzd ezidihy3" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2F_u%2Fvillejuurikkala%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3vKd9N-VBR8bbIrohK95jDQFrVeGp1jpgsvKC7t1BInmS3zt2Lr6SqoRc&h=AT0V7jz1glb8O9KqL6m-fYA_lkBrUGYsGwO5ahLJPsdlRnQ_mWKODENzA74T4Gx_fpZn-AxBGqCi5yf8Evefh0v9wq4F684Brw28Qdv9qCZMrh7dtGS5rBpziuXV2BmMMe4NMhGO_hL-4WGsJQdfoyg&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT23CAcNOML6mEWcUyr6lSOPCAMg2MK_HlzulrzATCsEynMpIoWUioz_M2iWEJrj3VIKmkMtz0o15MZnKxy8d5n2ffjm7Xl4njkrcAR13UWu-fG0wGHxANnloCX2CzfLw1aqUtSEh3U7n4vNorOwIYkYADnZqIwfk_sf-KzJNm2c2CXq-PEX3Ptj2ta-h61zLFaBYOm5" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">V</a>ille Juurikkala</span> </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Make up: Maria Boucht Makeup</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Dress (out of recycled plastic): <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="qi72231t nu7423ey n3hqoq4p r86q59rh b3qcqh3k fq87ekyn bdao358l fsf7x5fv rse6dlih s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 icdlwmnq cxfqmxzd ezidihy3" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2F_u%2Fmiamclothing%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1_anXMc2LFUKGRlNpE2pCFjWadmnoeFBWUW4mN6pk7Dm0VwTQI-A8G4AQ&h=AT34d4jEVxg_7YWnFGt2Ht5VmCgZi5G3XOAQw3SO4LL9uJNx4aPL2wEgzjiTjS0SjZJB5n096xd33NuGzyqDaqId7Ykn3CcQGu6fLt92bL_tgXrT9XXbehzPXldo2ANwBosCNVgsUxQoSSTReaAeKs0&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT23CAcNOML6mEWcUyr6lSOPCAMg2MK_HlzulrzATCsEynMpIoWUioz_M2iWEJrj3VIKmkMtz0o15MZnKxy8d5n2ffjm7Xl4njkrcAR13UWu-fG0wGHxANnloCX2CzfLw1aqUtSEh3U7n4vNorOwIYkYADnZqIwfk_sf-KzJNm2c2CXq-PEX3Ptj2ta-h61zLFaBYOm5" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">M</a>IAM Clothing</span></div></div>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-56951294349882537702022-09-18T10:09:00.046-07:002022-10-03T10:15:13.272-07:00Wasteland Reviews<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Two weeks since the premiere of Wasteland with the fantastic <b>Norrlandsoperan</b> and superb <b>Ville Matvejeff</b>!</span></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Here the heart warming reviews:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><i>"The premiere of the Finnish-Swedish composer Cecilia Damström’s work Wasteland in five short movements was probably the work I was really looking forward to the most. The music was characterized by strong dynamics, shifting richness of colour and, not least, sharp contrasts. Here, the orchestral outfit is really used for a striking rhythm. With its themes around the clothing industry and greenwashing, the work also conveyed something as unusual as a sharp post in the ongoing climate debate. Norrlandsoper’s symphony orchestra really played at its peak and the conductor Ville Matvejeff’s way of leading the orchestra really celebrated triumphs. It also reminds me what a spectacular “instrument” the symphony orchestra is in capable hands."</i></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">by <b>Bengt Hultman</b>, <b>Västerbottens-Kuriren</b>, 2nd of September 2022</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">"Now we got to enjoy a piece of very entertaining orchestral music, where Damström enhances as much sound effects as she can, supported in an exemplary manner by the conductor Ville Matvejeff. It becomes a patchwork of colorful contrasts where Damström weaves in quotes from “Den blomstertid nu kommer”, a snippet from “Carmen”, a couple of teasingly familiar schlager refrains, resounding trombone glissandos, clinks, thumps and plink-plonks from the percussionists, well, anything you can wish for. "</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /></i><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">by <b>Gunnar Wiklund</b>, <b>Folkbladet</b>, 2nd of September 2022</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Big thank you to<b> </b>Norrlandsoperan</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> and Ville Matvejeff</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> for the fantastic premiere and to <b>Erik Mikael Karlsson</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">, <b>Dan Turdén, Stefan Holmström</b> and <b>Gene Kindell</b> for having me and for a great week in Umeå!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Have good start into the new week everyone!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Cecilia</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKe9On0s8iU6xidIH-WQ-Uvjvbr8M4pJmwsOmGAeXRLGjTP7Vl1dowUfMKOjBxbE3psRS_IazNbZY1WoVNWYb8xr9ViYGNjLe86PP5icDLa4lTqMbx5ZFxS797XoQOtwYrRZy-Xj_s6AaknW6y6HjdqpCZMDXa95Yz-e-gqOHVvVschUe2eVgoHlXgw/s4240/c_Ville_Juurikkala-06691.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2832" data-original-width="4240" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKe9On0s8iU6xidIH-WQ-Uvjvbr8M4pJmwsOmGAeXRLGjTP7Vl1dowUfMKOjBxbE3psRS_IazNbZY1WoVNWYb8xr9ViYGNjLe86PP5icDLa4lTqMbx5ZFxS797XoQOtwYrRZy-Xj_s6AaknW6y6HjdqpCZMDXa95Yz-e-gqOHVvVschUe2eVgoHlXgw/w400-h268/c_Ville_Juurikkala-06691.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Composer Cecilia Damström. Photo by Ville Juurikkala</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Photo: Ville Juurikkala </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Makeup: Maria Boucht Makeup</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Jacket: MIAM Clothing</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Music Publisher: Gehrmans Musikförlag</span></div><br />Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-21603765558118629452022-09-09T02:39:00.003-07:002022-09-09T02:39:49.762-07:00 Viljo the Rabbit 2009-2022<p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Viljo the Rabbit 2009-2022</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-d061705e-7fff-ee9e-ff6b-caa44e9dd2c7"><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last Sunday my beloved rabbit and friend Viljo died at the animal hospital surrounded by me and my parents. For some reason people always asked me (while he still was alive) if rabbits “can do anything as pets” so here follows a story about Viljo and how special he was.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I first got to know Viljo, it wasn’t “love at first sight”. My former flatmate Maija in Tampere had had him a few years earlier, given him away, and the new owner couldn't anymore have him and said they would put Viljo down if not anyone would take him, so Maija, who loves animals, asked in the autumn of 2012 if we could take him. I was not super enthusiastic in the beginning to have a rabbit in addition to my flatmate’s dog Dexter, but neither did I want a dead rabbit on my conscience, so I agreed. The first dog Dexter and rabbit became good friends (as seen in the photo below).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkOghlDW3WGXZPwRMjd6aeMxAazuK4CQS4InOSLie_Qu50j25ueq1CfhePDxtIntKUPoHk3IdWP6QM5vecO05w1d3gb1VRK1CyFA6a-tRUyFepXCUkvTgdtwnP5_G87Z9jtWfJn0ZZojhWgvjnFyFFRqi8-wdCaBi2emGujrlSmc15kY41aEXblz-GQ/s960/Viljo%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="628" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkOghlDW3WGXZPwRMjd6aeMxAazuK4CQS4InOSLie_Qu50j25ueq1CfhePDxtIntKUPoHk3IdWP6QM5vecO05w1d3gb1VRK1CyFA6a-tRUyFepXCUkvTgdtwnP5_G87Z9jtWfJn0ZZojhWgvjnFyFFRqi8-wdCaBi2emGujrlSmc15kY41aEXblz-GQ/w418-h640/Viljo%202.jpeg" width="418" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viljo and Dexter 2012. Photo © Cecilia Damström<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After half a year Maija took a second dog to take care of. The new dog saw Viljo as a tasty meal all of the time, and once when I came home after a weekend away, the whole kitchen looked like a bomb had exploded. Maija told me her second dog had managed to open the unlocked kitchen door and the rabbit cage and apparently had chased the rabbit all through the kitchen. As through a miracle Viljo had not died of the shock and also survived by hiding behind the motor of the deep freezer until Maija came home. This was the first time I felt really sorry for Viljo, as I saw how afraid he was, he was shaking and looking very depressed. When Maija moved out and my new flatmate Jari moved in, I suggested to Maija she would leave the rabbit with me and Jari, because it might not survive with the new dog.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgScxki3Mnt6Mp9n3pZoFoT4lkz6qo2VE2VvGVqotcCDcW6LISkaDc9MgfyIoEa9Zp19KFbNXgdhZZCAgHfOedzS6QmXYLcax_ZpBhoFM01Y2lyzOdlqoLPlCWIvRixYK0eqhJpoDjn3KGHI4Re7EWl9lNJ5Q68_m6Fg97TzngV2qHUjHoUa_-Gjh15tA/s2048/Viljo9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgScxki3Mnt6Mp9n3pZoFoT4lkz6qo2VE2VvGVqotcCDcW6LISkaDc9MgfyIoEa9Zp19KFbNXgdhZZCAgHfOedzS6QmXYLcax_ZpBhoFM01Y2lyzOdlqoLPlCWIvRixYK0eqhJpoDjn3KGHI4Re7EWl9lNJ5Q68_m6Fg97TzngV2qHUjHoUa_-Gjh15tA/w426-h640/Viljo9.jpeg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jari and Viljo 2013. Photo © Cecilia Damström</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jari at once took to Viljo and suggested we should let him roam free in the kitchen to which I agreed and after a while he was allowed to roam free in the hallway. And what a change this territory expansion did to Viljo! He began lying in the hall waiting for me to come home, behaving just like the first dog Dexter. When I came home he would hop around my feet in circles and make a small grunting noise (those who know, they know), to show how happy he was.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_hWFr8Wai5Br8A3M4XShqNr7n1djKNLCOl-UhqKLuLq3M6wIWwwof29I3L3sdWRMe_u7cUtiDPKNoDRmrhQzopgqyhcEMKyOk1IJt-mypJ4ecK3gpBJXKwbRY7qr7y_rmbWv70z0sa_za6PcFXJWfVPt34AegLfGUxRcRCRHGYESEsacXIgLHKOVVQ/s2048/Viljo10.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_hWFr8Wai5Br8A3M4XShqNr7n1djKNLCOl-UhqKLuLq3M6wIWwwof29I3L3sdWRMe_u7cUtiDPKNoDRmrhQzopgqyhcEMKyOk1IJt-mypJ4ecK3gpBJXKwbRY7qr7y_rmbWv70z0sa_za6PcFXJWfVPt34AegLfGUxRcRCRHGYESEsacXIgLHKOVVQ/w426-h640/Viljo10.jpeg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viljo in Jari's guitar case 2013. Photo © Cecilia Damström</td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Viljo became a very sociable rabbit. He loved when people would have conversations in the kitchen or hallway (“his” territory) and would jump in eights around both peoples feet, to show his joy. He thought however that it would be best if no-one left the house ever, and clever as he was, he tried to sabotage all means of traveling that he had considered might work: he chewed the wheels of my suitcase, the straps of my backpack and once even the soles of my shoes. In later years he would take to more “passive aggressive” ways to express his annoyance of traveling: by sulking with the back to me (while in-between turning to check if I'm still looking at him).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhj86JLFRIpizZXmDOWr7_sszgx5UqyvOkzooAmcYMW39Fkdvu1iUKkuRZihTfmtmweFU3DNRapTzm6XJLAu25XeRGVYcKwfrMUmblLSababXe6n7kyvRSA8EzsoPAQqtiJFpJsyOGP4C3aLUSoXkxTy3SmjfY3GDmLntxiaLPVzQxDZksypVnpkgzJg/s2592/305127996_512536020682679_2099219432454031428_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhj86JLFRIpizZXmDOWr7_sszgx5UqyvOkzooAmcYMW39Fkdvu1iUKkuRZihTfmtmweFU3DNRapTzm6XJLAu25XeRGVYcKwfrMUmblLSababXe6n7kyvRSA8EzsoPAQqtiJFpJsyOGP4C3aLUSoXkxTy3SmjfY3GDmLntxiaLPVzQxDZksypVnpkgzJg/w480-h640/305127996_512536020682679_2099219432454031428_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vilje and Jari's brother's cat Lipsu. About 2015</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Naturally through me and my guitar playing flatmate Jari, the rabbit Viljo became a true music enthusiast. He listened to everything from classical music to contemporary music (preferring Lutoslawski over Messiaen). Jari’s flamenco guitar playing got a special place in his heart. Jari even brought Viljo to my final recital in the Pyynikki hall, the full rabbit review of my concert can be read here: https://ceciliadamstrom.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-rabbit-review.html</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGSq2rj-YBL_qcWhaIl9EhqjqxLQTDWxRyqM-XCk8yYUnBfgEvkfPo6v6rnlniGF8UcUJbIZDL1ACCKglusKtf5Z-0pX0Qn7m56BuEV7EWyq3R1DrhVuZ30ZR_auQutmQGZGMWumx6YwfOTIQsDtR2_EsV4m4Kd-DbN4O9YmCsQX3cL1LaUxOsC04Rg/s960/Viljo3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGSq2rj-YBL_qcWhaIl9EhqjqxLQTDWxRyqM-XCk8yYUnBfgEvkfPo6v6rnlniGF8UcUJbIZDL1ACCKglusKtf5Z-0pX0Qn7m56BuEV7EWyq3R1DrhVuZ30ZR_auQutmQGZGMWumx6YwfOTIQsDtR2_EsV4m4Kd-DbN4O9YmCsQX3cL1LaUxOsC04Rg/w426-h640/Viljo3.jpeg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vilje and I in January 2013. <span style="font-family: Arial;">Photo © Cecilia Damström</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The summers from 2013 Viljo lived always with my parents at the summer house. We tried building him a big outdoor cage, but he was just very offended and wanted to stay rather inside and listen to Radio Classic, while eating kale and blueberries. The most elitist personality I’ve known. (Viljo must feel honoured that The Queen has joined him last night.)</span></p><div><span><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBHgp6y4YA7qOT4UZfl2uLECPBW-NxrEYDdoCfzIAqKwjE_FzrcCY4cEfdoH3GnAMwxm-KR4qtQFC1748rqu3lEUECTD8wOqCLIBzK5hyyRGE2R4rwYQfsk7Jz4dSuCbQbQeTikoRFkq4hRdPMdP2ud2d2fxqdLDGsEISqP8L7VWDh1-JkVIHi6mOkg/s960/Viljo7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBHgp6y4YA7qOT4UZfl2uLECPBW-NxrEYDdoCfzIAqKwjE_FzrcCY4cEfdoH3GnAMwxm-KR4qtQFC1748rqu3lEUECTD8wOqCLIBzK5hyyRGE2R4rwYQfsk7Jz4dSuCbQbQeTikoRFkq4hRdPMdP2ud2d2fxqdLDGsEISqP8L7VWDh1-JkVIHi6mOkg/w426-h640/Viljo7.jpeg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viljo looking at the sea 2013. <span style="font-family: Arial;">Photo © Cecilia Damström</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I moved to Sweden, Viljo lived first for about 2 years with Jari after which he moved in 2017 to Helsinki, mainly living with my parents. His territory became the living room, with a corner for his toilet and rabbit food. But most of his time he spent under the living room dining table, among people’s feet, his favorite place. When he got older he started making a bit of a mess, but hugely appreciated when we cleaned up, and would show it by hopping around eagerly on his clean carpets. I bought a white robot vacuum cleaner for my parents to help, and Viljo also got acquainted with it, although always making sure to show the vacuum that he (Viljo) was the boss and was not going to move for the vacuum.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezOpmpLO3t16dQzvW9R7eC3r9zZ_k0xV_5yx-A25sicOH82bf2PTBJQDfg-qF9coGzIqyw55Q1iGQfUZ6qdrZemIMWkPZ2CsC0QSzfDF0SHjsb6FwH_dLySxkcf5LtzUKVTQmlA7AoNWIHaJTZy3ulcVXbErsnZ0gL_jXag6YD2sT9VjCrsx3UcZNJw/s640/303350089_618185579925797_2601269100156008016_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezOpmpLO3t16dQzvW9R7eC3r9zZ_k0xV_5yx-A25sicOH82bf2PTBJQDfg-qF9coGzIqyw55Q1iGQfUZ6qdrZemIMWkPZ2CsC0QSzfDF0SHjsb6FwH_dLySxkcf5LtzUKVTQmlA7AoNWIHaJTZy3ulcVXbErsnZ0gL_jXag6YD2sT9VjCrsx3UcZNJw/w400-h300/303350089_618185579925797_2601269100156008016_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They say cats have 9 lives but it seems also Viljo had at least 6. According to Wikipedia, rabbits become between 7-9 years old (and insurance stops at 7 years), but Viljo became over 12 years old (12 years 8 month and 26 days). In addition to the already mentioned near escapes in 2012 and 2013, Viljo fell for the first time seriously ill in the late winter of 2018 and again in the autumn 2019 and in the spring 2021, but thanks to the superb vet Delphine (and quite huge investments on our part in the treatment) he managed all these times as well. I myself went through a very hard breakup in 2019, fell ill in depression after which I in addition fell ill with Covid-19 in early 2020 followed by serious long covid for more than 2 years. Much of this time I lived with my parents and Viljo was with me through all of it, sitting with me on the sofa while I watched TV and sitting at my feet while I composed. He was the first creature to hear my compositions besides me, while they were written. He was never happy when I dated someone, because I think he thought during the last five years that I was his partner. When I became single in 2014 and 2019 he was overjoyed both times. He was the happiest at the summerhouse, in the late evenings and when I didn’t leave the house (like on days when I composed all day).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1aqTQZt0Ura8ynRlpkceiYyWF54AMuWN4NZvSyGLiP8--Z4vgvfaAyI8bCDo4oBX5_XPRGZmBlBJG6oLV7dbBCqEwY3b2qdJ8wEyUatEDxUEh9-_MzawvScecvRm6LSvkC1m1bVMnmo4wgoGResSH8qJV5z0NNztJYbdqTDD3M-6hrkQ1ZBIjgJVekA/s960/Viljo8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1aqTQZt0Ura8ynRlpkceiYyWF54AMuWN4NZvSyGLiP8--Z4vgvfaAyI8bCDo4oBX5_XPRGZmBlBJG6oLV7dbBCqEwY3b2qdJ8wEyUatEDxUEh9-_MzawvScecvRm6LSvkC1m1bVMnmo4wgoGResSH8qJV5z0NNztJYbdqTDD3M-6hrkQ1ZBIjgJVekA/w426-h640/Viljo8.jpeg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viljo by the sea 2013. <span style="font-family: Arial;">Photo © Cecilia Damström</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last Saturday Viljo was getting more and more tired and on Sunday my parents brought him for the last time to the vet. Sadly Delphine wasn’t there this time. Viljo was diagnosed with an inflamed appendix. We paid for the extra treatment they had to offer, but it didn’t help, they said we have to come and say goodbye. He had been given relaxants and couldn’t move well anymore, but with his last energy he dragged himself on the table so that he lay with his head against my father for a while, against me for a while and against my mother. He wanted to show how he appreciated all of us. And then he sat up and cleaned himself.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZ-QHYxT14mpqsl4WYJmYEDelUVepofdHdZmr4ZD-chmOTV97j1KFL8Ujft1M-Xo-8KkaUDBzFxq2-_31ol09zCRKzdKilnnUWPW_JnuJ5VdS8T_vedXfZwh28nt8QyI0gQDn4iGa7wjyzcDkno42yusaxrM1rWYoWQHZY_OAJYMsJOKPLrJZV5VZnA/s1136/302559407_612937117150278_5576702538678183405_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="636" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZ-QHYxT14mpqsl4WYJmYEDelUVepofdHdZmr4ZD-chmOTV97j1KFL8Ujft1M-Xo-8KkaUDBzFxq2-_31ol09zCRKzdKilnnUWPW_JnuJ5VdS8T_vedXfZwh28nt8QyI0gQDn4iGa7wjyzcDkno42yusaxrM1rWYoWQHZY_OAJYMsJOKPLrJZV5VZnA/w358-h640/302559407_612937117150278_5576702538678183405_n.jpg" width="358" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last hour of Viljo's life 4th of September 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Viljo was such a special rabbit, I doubt I will ever meet such an exquisite rabbit ever again. I am forever thankful to him for being at my side during my most difficult times in life so far. Thank you Viljo for everything.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJR4EJIatAlQmiK2Io71T2OzKUJv88BBgEeY9zxUo4U3HoxaMH92MasjczzSb_wHFSaVIuTO3O32J9dEFjApoJ3O2V3dMp9M3zYZ8gvHqNNuoLJieazT5jLkrEjvYkU62Of8GwoekLoXcSdFx8k5keURGErYcH6Ck-xH38BcxeGhfXpKSge4XCqSF6aQ/s2048/305080951_1009851279685127_6625420315783455985_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1146" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJR4EJIatAlQmiK2Io71T2OzKUJv88BBgEeY9zxUo4U3HoxaMH92MasjczzSb_wHFSaVIuTO3O32J9dEFjApoJ3O2V3dMp9M3zYZ8gvHqNNuoLJieazT5jLkrEjvYkU62Of8GwoekLoXcSdFx8k5keURGErYcH6Ck-xH38BcxeGhfXpKSge4XCqSF6aQ/w358-h640/305080951_1009851279685127_6625420315783455985_n.jpg" width="358" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viljo's grave 5th of September 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><br /></span>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-424649419712423382022-08-30T14:00:00.008-07:002022-08-30T15:10:08.887-07:00Wasteland <p> <span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week it's time for the world premiere of <i><a href="https://ceciliadamstrom.com/wasteland/" target="_blank">Wasteland</a></i> with </span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="rse6dlih" color="var(--accent)" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;"><b><a href="https://norrlandsoperan.se/forestallning/sasongsoppning-uruppforande/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span color="var(--accent)" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; text-align: inherit; touch-action: manipulation;">Norrlandsoperan</span></span> Symphony Orchestra</a></b></span></span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="qi72231t nu7423ey n3hqoq4p r86q59rh b3qcqh3k fq87ekyn bdao358l fsf7x5fv rse6dlih s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 icdlwmnq cxfqmxzd d1w2l3lo tes86rjd" href="http://matvejeff.com" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="rse6dlih" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b>Ville Matvejeff</b></span></a></span><span color="var(--primary-text)" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; white-space: pre-wrap;">! This 20 minute orchestra piece in five movements is the craziest piece of music I have written so far, my own "Rite of Spring". The rehearsals sounded fantastic and I can't wait for the premiere on Thursday the 1st of September! </span></p><div style="font-family: inherit;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="d2hqwtrz r227ecj6 ez8dtbzv gt60zsk1" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_pn" style="font-family: inherit; padding: 4px 16px 16px;"><div class="alzwoclg cqf1kptm siwo0mpr gu5uzgus" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="jroqu855 nthtkgg5" style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf tb6i94ri gupuyl1y i2onq4tn b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas f5mw3jnl hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" color="var(--primary-text)" dir="auto" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Wasteland is inspired by some very complex issues, and because complex issues can't be explained with a few words, hence <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>long program note below:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-break: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Every year an average Swede will buy <a href="https://nyhetsrum.fristads.com/posts/pressreleases/svenskarna-slanger-hellre-klader-an-att-laga" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">13 kilograms</a> of clothes and throw away about 7.5 kilograms of clothes. About 60 percent of the clothes that are thrown away are whole and clean, but only 3.8 kilograms of textiles per person are annually collected by charity organisations. At least 0.13 kilograms of clothes per person are sold second hand. In Finland the numbers are even higher. As much as <a href="https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-7755909" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">19 kilograms of clothes</a> are bought and 13 kilograms are thrown away annually per person. For producing one kilogram of cotton you will need 7 000 – 29 000 litres of water and 0.3 –1 litre of oil. To produce one kilogram of cloth generates about 10-15 kilograms of greenhouse gases.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-break: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">In recent years second hand clothes have become increasingly popular in Scandinavia, and bringing your clothes to a collection is considered a way to “have a clean conscience”. But according to a <a href="https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2020/02/17/mot-laittoi-lahettimia-kierratysvaatteisiin-nain-lahjoittamasi-vaatteet" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">report</a> by the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle only around 20 percent of the collected clothes can be sold in shops in Scandinavia. Around 10 percent are burnt immediately and up to 70 percent are sent further to sorting units, usually situated in the Baltic countries or Germany. At this point a small part is used for upcycling, such as fillings for car seats. But most of the clothes are sent to some of the poorest countries in the world, like for instance Mozambique. The black market of cheap bad quality clothes disrupts these countries’ own textile industry. As a large part of the clothes are of too bad quality to wear anymore, they end up in landfills.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-break: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The first movement “<strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Wear</span></strong>” is about how we use different clothes for different occasions, like for instance certain clothes for christmas parties, maybe other clothes for concerts and again something else when we are going out partying with friends. The clothes might be bought second hand and be used several times, but everything at an increasing tempo.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-break: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The second movement “<strong style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Toss</span></strong>” is the journey the clothes make together with their owner to collection containers where they are tossed in, and from where they are collected by a lorry. The third movement “<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sort</strong></span>” is a description of collection and sorting halls. The movement is like a slow “zoom out” during which you slowly begin to realise what a large amount of “Christmas- and party clothes” there are intended to be recycled: in Finland annually around 14 million kilograms and in Sweden around 38 million kilograms, an overwhelming amount.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-break: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The fourth movement “<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Burn</strong></span>” is about what happens to at least 80 percent of all textile waste: it is burned with mixed waste. In best case the waste burning can be used for generating new energy, but it is not a sustainable way to use resources.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-break: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The last movement “<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;"><strong style="box-sizing: inherit;">Flow</strong></span>” is about what we call “Greenwashing”, in other words marketing something as sustainable even though it actually isn’t. In an <a href="https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2020/01/20/kansalaisliike-pelkaa-porin-tuhkapesulan-olevan-riski-itamerelle-vaikka-fortum" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">investigating article by Yle</a> a factory plant of the Finnish firm Fortum is viewed in detail. The factory refines salts from environmentally hazardous APC ashes (APC = Air Pollution Control) from incineration waste. Then these salts are rinsed out together with the wastewater of the process, straight into the Baltic Sea, as there is “lack of proof that it would be harmful for the environment”. The regulations which state that ashes from incineration waste should not be used unrefined, due to environmental risks, are circumvented in this way. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-break: break-word;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Wasteland is a shout out that recycling can’t be “one option of many”, as it has to be the only viable choice for our resources to be sufficient. The responsibility for recycling shouldn’t lie solely with consumers, but should also be mandatory for producers. With this piece, I want to make people understand that if we can “afford” to consume, we must also be able to afford to take care of the waste we are creating. This must be regulated by law so that the responsibility cannot be shifted to poorer and / or corrupt countries.</span></p></div></div><div class="l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf jikcssrz n3t5jt4f" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Photo by the fantastic <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="qi72231t nu7423ey n3hqoq4p r86q59rh b3qcqh3k fq87ekyn bdao358l fsf7x5fv rse6dlih s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 icdlwmnq cxfqmxzd d1w2l3lo tes86rjd" href="https://villejuurikkala.com" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="rse6dlih" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b>Ville Juurikkala</b></span></a></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div><div class="om3e55n1" id="jsc_c_po" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div class="om3e55n1" style="font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="qi72231t o9w3sbdw nu7423ey tav9wjvu flwp5yud tghlliq5 gkg15gwv s9ok87oh s9ljgwtm lxqftegz bf1zulr9 frfouenu bonavkto djs4p424 r7bn319e bdao358l fsf7x5fv tgm57n0e jez8cy9q s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk dnr7xe2t aeinzg81 srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m om3e55n1 cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 g4tp4svg o9erhkwx dzqi5evh hupbnkgi hvb2xoa8 jl2a5g8c f14ij5to l3ldwz01 icdlwmnq b6ax4al1 stxxomeh" href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219703103320870&set=a.2918817222280&__cft__[0]=AZWPnXijUWzQKuDrPaZAzocB66I4XhmcVLK4zh4eUiiCgbh7qXC2FWmDlIeoHKMw1qXq82kFGUyZ2QqNoUotzzoPEeMuWn-68ldfhr-j1BMyXCZPORrGOkkra_pSnJfoNJG3O6C7JuMl6Kfa2-pgAsgqaFvjOlvmqL4y64rStuvllr_6t2Eop8RLwEvn1EzN6GQ&__tn__=EH-R" role="link" style="align-items: stretch; border-bottom-left-radius: inherit; border-bottom-right-radius: inherit; border-top-left-radius: inherit; border-top-right-radius: inherit; border: 0px solid var(--always-dark-overlay); box-sizing: border-box; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; display: block; flex-basis: auto; flex-direction: row; flex-shrink: 0; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-height: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><div class="i85zmo3j k0kqjr44 alzwoclg cqf1kptm lq84ybu9 hf30pyar om3e55n1 mfclru0v" style="align-items: center; background-color: #ff667d; display: flex; flex-direction: column; font-family: inherit; overflow: hidden; position: relative; width: 500px;"><div style="font-family: inherit; max-width: 100%; min-width: 500px; width: calc(1.49708 * (-325px + 100vh));"><div class="nuz1ool1 lq84ybu9 hf30pyar om3e55n1" style="font-family: inherit; height: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 333.984px; position: relative;"><div class="s8sjc6am ekq1a7f9" style="font-family: inherit; height: 333.984px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 500px;"><img alt="Composer Cecilia Damström. 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color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">Just spent 25 hours in Kesälahti at the music festival Latosoitot! The 25 hours included three concerts (one this morning at 7AM!), swimming in a lake (three times!), sauna (two different kinds!) and the world premiere of Cura by the one and only </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/pekka.kuusisto.1?__cft__[0]=AZXyStCxRWcv6gR450QIdEaItHL_2UtpKNcFMnNU0w20WVQvwrAtKV-DQqVpgEte0TpwGdTJmhnUK8iSMZvmOvYSHxJzoD1ZffYvE_DFjMPFlm5F2u4GVA8QBsjdvEZDnC4PR9EyKK12HxAp54oe6tgB&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pekka Kuusisto</span></span></a></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"> and </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/tiina.karakorpi?__cft__[0]=AZXyStCxRWcv6gR450QIdEaItHL_2UtpKNcFMnNU0w20WVQvwrAtKV-DQqVpgEte0TpwGdTJmhnUK8iSMZvmOvYSHxJzoD1ZffYvE_DFjMPFlm5F2u4GVA8QBsjdvEZDnC4PR9EyKK12HxAp54oe6tgB&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tiina Karakorpi</span></span></a></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">! Thank you to </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/annaliina.lindeberg?__cft__[0]=AZXyStCxRWcv6gR450QIdEaItHL_2UtpKNcFMnNU0w20WVQvwrAtKV-DQqVpgEte0TpwGdTJmhnUK8iSMZvmOvYSHxJzoD1ZffYvE_DFjMPFlm5F2u4GVA8QBsjdvEZDnC4PR9EyKK12HxAp54oe6tgB&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anna-Liina Lindeberg</span></span></a></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"> for an amazing festival and to all her family for superb food, historical tours and heartwarming hospitality! These are moments when you know you are alive!</span></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2i3LZOkc1dUQTXsfD10a_4urf-MNC9uZg93l01JDuY7Rju8lll64_4eqrOlKAp15aGea1_vX2KBPLUQohEJI9OP5lmbD2wD3txFxLqtq6hubaat8TjTkxs-WGchZMeJoRstT2LxWZllqSYb2ZpabVkxoLVyKdmfriu83kLdSuV2fx-VIqFk_yJnxgMg/s5184/IMG_6660.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2i3LZOkc1dUQTXsfD10a_4urf-MNC9uZg93l01JDuY7Rju8lll64_4eqrOlKAp15aGea1_vX2KBPLUQohEJI9OP5lmbD2wD3txFxLqtq6hubaat8TjTkxs-WGchZMeJoRstT2LxWZllqSYb2ZpabVkxoLVyKdmfriu83kLdSuV2fx-VIqFk_yJnxgMg/w400-h266/IMG_6660.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="8opkt-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;">Happy</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="8opkt-1-0" style="color: #050505; font-size: 12px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"> composer after the premiere of Cura at Latosoitot 2022!</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><span><br /> <br /></span></span><p></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><span><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbNY7wjtaLvUL6fIq56efp2qzeLnslJC-SrYj_eBxk_uvo6GinOl3TA_N1CBIl5vBs4iJoYYkvyhL-GKvrvgwE-V8Om4pgyeBtg8jg3Ej4Y9ZKc700o0O4Pw1qjnudyvQ4n_HKosivxwbX5J4vF4HTWOL-ju-dzrxY_Iu6bwGkDigoKfbLPvdNeRhWg/s5184/IMG_6671.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbNY7wjtaLvUL6fIq56efp2qzeLnslJC-SrYj_eBxk_uvo6GinOl3TA_N1CBIl5vBs4iJoYYkvyhL-GKvrvgwE-V8Om4pgyeBtg8jg3Ej4Y9ZKc700o0O4Pw1qjnudyvQ4n_HKosivxwbX5J4vF4HTWOL-ju-dzrxY_Iu6bwGkDigoKfbLPvdNeRhWg/w426-h640/IMG_6671.JPG" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">peter vaskThe piano from 1910 which works with a piano roll. Almost like a "disc clavier" but completely without electricity, but with the power of feet.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvhrRYrnli8j3HI1DD-waIjYmYZezejLapvMLSiddFIly5kdQiXrqVOHnoK21xmcdgwnTSAUsZA4IOjkkeLu0pjXcR3CFbz-b6ZxOQuN5smsb4NrGnYUblQaodmXosOVkgWNZnokGT5iSPxjx-s7JgynbWS-9dG-eX9P38z-Mssly2-KbFygkU3KtQQ/s5184/IMG_6669.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvhrRYrnli8j3HI1DD-waIjYmYZezejLapvMLSiddFIly5kdQiXrqVOHnoK21xmcdgwnTSAUsZA4IOjkkeLu0pjXcR3CFbz-b6ZxOQuN5smsb4NrGnYUblQaodmXosOVkgWNZnokGT5iSPxjx-s7JgynbWS-9dG-eX9P38z-Mssly2-KbFygkU3KtQQ/w426-h640/IMG_6669.JPG" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">A still of the piano on which Cura was premiered.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1q06BRsAad2ol6d9lAGoQOU8Y6Wjfiem8LRiIDGNtgglRkKv1CdRNy-oA76kt-iSs06PQC_Snj3BIx1N_rXQ91gQdGYrWk9M6Byg8OrkjwX2Xjr_NUr4HZEdBbhajn3_9XSHIQF1xnp8j7z8_lg5lINrqikmj-szOd-14xQaYpcR4pacqd-oRtEFmSQ/s5184/IMG_6666.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1q06BRsAad2ol6d9lAGoQOU8Y6Wjfiem8LRiIDGNtgglRkKv1CdRNy-oA76kt-iSs06PQC_Snj3BIx1N_rXQ91gQdGYrWk9M6Byg8OrkjwX2Xjr_NUr4HZEdBbhajn3_9XSHIQF1xnp8j7z8_lg5lINrqikmj-szOd-14xQaYpcR4pacqd-oRtEFmSQ/w400-h266/IMG_6666.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">One of the first bibles in Finland!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56CZcmb2OFvLSvjzXu7YoDUr29HqRpaGOPjgpsH3qlOYlEu94Hqk_hCFcUyaZgQRLE_obi1UO6s-y3p8u5IFK9WhN2wKUVaZuRUL0sit88yBCrCGidhSVZCw1wpe9w7-exC6UC6XUulISPWO_xzFOO9NLH0IDWDtJHZpYe5U8SdZYXI2amdlQZlCqww/s5184/IMG_6661.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56CZcmb2OFvLSvjzXu7YoDUr29HqRpaGOPjgpsH3qlOYlEu94Hqk_hCFcUyaZgQRLE_obi1UO6s-y3p8u5IFK9WhN2wKUVaZuRUL0sit88yBCrCGidhSVZCw1wpe9w7-exC6UC6XUulISPWO_xzFOO9NLH0IDWDtJHZpYe5U8SdZYXI2amdlQZlCqww/w426-h640/IMG_6661.JPG" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">With two of my favourite musicians.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7CsyhGPhwcF5ioMdtt_3oTcjnQCTqSPM9J5L_IJOywnR-VCvMwFLZJ8sSxLgfYIWuraS0dm7su9opq61OHZ0t0COtijEO5GYqqj_qZDBbYj8hwAFOjH_AMtnvT7ygLw3BHiPX3GFgGDHNg-N_dbrQ1DEvXkplCC6nyeTMrIClrNAQ_Tj6PQp4sOaXw/s5184/IMG_6658.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7CsyhGPhwcF5ioMdtt_3oTcjnQCTqSPM9J5L_IJOywnR-VCvMwFLZJ8sSxLgfYIWuraS0dm7su9opq61OHZ0t0COtijEO5GYqqj_qZDBbYj8hwAFOjH_AMtnvT7ygLw3BHiPX3GFgGDHNg-N_dbrQ1DEvXkplCC6nyeTMrIClrNAQ_Tj6PQp4sOaXw/w400-h266/IMG_6658.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Selling amazing porridge and coffee at 7AM at Latosoitot. (The porridge was included in the ticket price! And it was one of the best porridges I have ever eaten!)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzP0gBI3d6q-dUahiZcpxGLEwyia3_n0l0aRUbhXK0VJ3BWRIeWM3KX56eDTAKw6jJi8KE_iw4VoxrpzTx_5xzz6Lhf8PgxNDcp-Cvk9OYVu7h42-NpoC9A7njvl_7xAoNbryZVHu8_fTFsGkjcOj005flCkMdM1dZ7-_RAOTc1tJrGj6iE_3wbFgAw/s5184/IMG_6657.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzP0gBI3d6q-dUahiZcpxGLEwyia3_n0l0aRUbhXK0VJ3BWRIeWM3KX56eDTAKw6jJi8KE_iw4VoxrpzTx_5xzz6Lhf8PgxNDcp-Cvk9OYVu7h42-NpoC9A7njvl_7xAoNbryZVHu8_fTFsGkjcOj005flCkMdM1dZ7-_RAOTc1tJrGj6iE_3wbFgAw/w400-h266/IMG_6657.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">All the musicians who performed at 7:00 AM at Latosoitot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpVKEWPxGtNKrp-zB6KvdllgGrLz651tPNkFZPwssE0oxaV6cyEA2lmwUV5LjUZapwJm_a-Hk6OVswl9DHTfRQBDeV6w8kZa-a2SPMgce00Pb500O8RtBkC76dtc6D8vl3uv4SpJLFIqcnc2xXzkH0PuvaiAb4ITR5QNdjMwzccYU16WWnZX5lW2ZAQ/s5184/IMG_6651.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvpVKEWPxGtNKrp-zB6KvdllgGrLz651tPNkFZPwssE0oxaV6cyEA2lmwUV5LjUZapwJm_a-Hk6OVswl9DHTfRQBDeV6w8kZa-a2SPMgce00Pb500O8RtBkC76dtc6D8vl3uv4SpJLFIqcnc2xXzkH0PuvaiAb4ITR5QNdjMwzccYU16WWnZX5lW2ZAQ/w400-h266/IMG_6651.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 oo9gr5id lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/pekka.kuusisto.1?__tn__=-]K*F" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-text); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pekka</span></span></a></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> and </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 oo9gr5id lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/tiina.karakorpi?__tn__=-]K*F" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-text); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tiina</span></span></a></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> performing Clara Schumann at Latosoitot.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCS0j4hjV1eNy5B_twncarpOj7-TEkkTTKIA44PkPfRFXcB0QgQ_G5KwIzwH_QWsBzoGu_aktFtuwEK5EthZa4XxBSzg-gecv1_hKPjZlyW2eZXwLk1ywvg2Z5wYm-k1MSIMJ2PC-8rryPU_F-nmrO5Jdb9jtZNBPlyNCONg0uwRzY-EgwlRXjrXkOA/s5184/IMG_6643.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCS0j4hjV1eNy5B_twncarpOj7-TEkkTTKIA44PkPfRFXcB0QgQ_G5KwIzwH_QWsBzoGu_aktFtuwEK5EthZa4XxBSzg-gecv1_hKPjZlyW2eZXwLk1ywvg2Z5wYm-k1MSIMJ2PC-8rryPU_F-nmrO5Jdb9jtZNBPlyNCONg0uwRzY-EgwlRXjrXkOA/w426-h640/IMG_6643.JPG" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Markus Hohti</span></span></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> performing at 7:00 AM some Peteris Vasks and Anna Meredith at the barn of Latosoitot on the 10th of July 2022</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqb4Zr7jPT1NEeUp9XkFTmYM_NrBYOPGTQ9TZJFSRKyzJ5iGYx3axmmEgqNPWGdv-xKSDl9z7tTL7Y9v-enRHZB7BuQwwegHizq3_0b1ePCHle7siCEG2P-7VA72ExVz7mHc8afg8wF-NaPYdBU71fKOyHE_Fk80fSBOJ4KvFUXiI388ZhOmPG4VRIQ/s5184/IMG_6641.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEqb4Zr7jPT1NEeUp9XkFTmYM_NrBYOPGTQ9TZJFSRKyzJ5iGYx3axmmEgqNPWGdv-xKSDl9z7tTL7Y9v-enRHZB7BuQwwegHizq3_0b1ePCHle7siCEG2P-7VA72ExVz7mHc8afg8wF-NaPYdBU71fKOyHE_Fk80fSBOJ4KvFUXiI388ZhOmPG4VRIQ/w400-h266/IMG_6641.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">With Leena and Antti Ihamuotila after the premiere of Cura 9.7.2022.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZ4U6yFXVLulQDoMsyNe9oZ6McCQD7rt6wxIVTmSsI68w1MP3A2_BRWdmWGuGYlnTChVTXB1FihYAfI-w0BYSOdh6IoTGDrCV-x0OvHtNjt00XQDG8sJGjPMUOoexUmwaTXCKX_zRLl7UOUAVH4-C6fvrQaV9-MKwGGSHBUIb_kUb0gbVEoJPdC3UAQ/s2287/IMG_8378.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2287" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZ4U6yFXVLulQDoMsyNe9oZ6McCQD7rt6wxIVTmSsI68w1MP3A2_BRWdmWGuGYlnTChVTXB1FihYAfI-w0BYSOdh6IoTGDrCV-x0OvHtNjt00XQDG8sJGjPMUOoexUmwaTXCKX_zRLl7UOUAVH4-C6fvrQaV9-MKwGGSHBUIb_kUb0gbVEoJPdC3UAQ/w400-h266/IMG_8378.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pekka</span></span></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> and </span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tiina</span></span></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> giving the world premiere of Cura at Mäntyniemen kartano 9.7.2022</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvZ8UGRrvajdnhQCmVnY8alZQJbmqf17_x8T_Mz7X49_SPSo9zr8a5ej5yn-7eimAE2u0zBi6c6O2t9GReUlJpvvMKE0J0OQ4VeZqJXcqCJayWkipZ789PfqyKSowdb0TqGFCHnbSOJAodbTp_ENxnebzOrvLYlyDVs3ueB6yUepTMXgt_bWt67wOwg/s2304/IMG_8377.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvZ8UGRrvajdnhQCmVnY8alZQJbmqf17_x8T_Mz7X49_SPSo9zr8a5ej5yn-7eimAE2u0zBi6c6O2t9GReUlJpvvMKE0J0OQ4VeZqJXcqCJayWkipZ789PfqyKSowdb0TqGFCHnbSOJAodbTp_ENxnebzOrvLYlyDVs3ueB6yUepTMXgt_bWt67wOwg/w426-h640/IMG_8377.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 oo9gr5id lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/pekka.kuusisto.1?__tn__=-]K*F" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-text); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pekka</span></span></a></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> and Tiina giving the world premiere of Cura 9 July 2022</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlG2zfPacz3mH-s9044O5KqraifL12H_HBKzlg9XWNUrNrvGc0lNs9TMb_riAU3_CRZSx_yLN4KQXcqsOD2r99fCNOZB304UQ8DOfC4KMuB11R08FNOSp7MkgaXZbW_cylxUXxfgSxVJcH4xMz9NId9_U3B2tW5bImfJ5NuyrM16_aU9VdtUP5J_IwDA/s2330/IMG_8373.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1553" data-original-width="2330" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlG2zfPacz3mH-s9044O5KqraifL12H_HBKzlg9XWNUrNrvGc0lNs9TMb_riAU3_CRZSx_yLN4KQXcqsOD2r99fCNOZB304UQ8DOfC4KMuB11R08FNOSp7MkgaXZbW_cylxUXxfgSxVJcH4xMz9NId9_U3B2tW5bImfJ5NuyrM16_aU9VdtUP5J_IwDA/w400-h266/IMG_8373.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Talking about Cura to a sold out audience before the premiere 9 July 2022.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-39735709495318162442022-06-13T06:44:00.002-07:002022-07-14T06:54:26.724-07:00The premiere of "De vita nätterna" <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">What a day! Hearing 1300 singers premiere my “De vita nätterna” conducted by the fantastic <b>Elisa Huovinen</b> at this years Sång- och Musikfesten! Awesome singers, awesome location (in front of Helsinki Main Library Oodi) and awesome weather! And an <a href="https://youtu.be/8xgfgnaX6kU?t=3085" target="_blank">amazing recording</a> that can be <a href="https://youtu.be/8xgfgnaX6kU?t=3085" target="_blank">found here</a>. What more could you ask for? </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; width: 16px;"><img alt="😍" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta1/2/16/1f60d.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; width: 16px;"><img alt="😭" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tdf/2/16/1f62d.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤩" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf7/2/16/1f929.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"> THANK YOU! </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; width: 16px;"><img alt="🥳" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tc/2/16/1f973.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: middle; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; width: 16px;"><img alt="💃🏽" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t63/2/16/1f483_1f3fd.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPHpC20wQry6ErS7fIlXon4KtIz0RTYZDlnFVZ8qoIN-0IN8pYGTRdUiaHJfcAqRWltTNVbxXS5EAl70dAgonRv0G8-8C-0ycdvKqiVSYlAExjXEMEZazXmV74rzAL75GO-Bh0MmSNH41EF00qWfGOuu1oYIJtGfp7ouSKqJxpNzAQn8yoHLQo2lSqw/s1124/Cec%20ja%20Kari.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="899" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPHpC20wQry6ErS7fIlXon4KtIz0RTYZDlnFVZ8qoIN-0IN8pYGTRdUiaHJfcAqRWltTNVbxXS5EAl70dAgonRv0G8-8C-0ycdvKqiVSYlAExjXEMEZazXmV74rzAL75GO-Bh0MmSNH41EF00qWfGOuu1oYIJtGfp7ouSKqJxpNzAQn8yoHLQo2lSqw/w512-h640/Cec%20ja%20Kari.jpeg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Composer Cecilia Damström and Artistic Director Kari Turunen at Sång och Musikfesten 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Kari used to teach choral conducting in Tampere and I sang three years in the chamber choir Näsi that he conducted then. Through Kari I got to know so much fantastic contemporary choir repertoire that then inspired me to write my first works for choir, that the chamber choir Näsi premiered. By now I have already composed 19 works for choir (of which five have won prizes and the last eight have been commissioned), so what can I say other than THANK YOU Kari for showing me what a fantastic musical world the choir is! <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤩" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf7/2/16/1f929.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div></div></div>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0Helsingfors, Finland60.169855699999992 24.93837931.859621863821147 -10.217870999999999 88.480089536178838 60.094629tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-77329688668839940682022-05-25T14:46:00.029-07:002022-07-10T14:57:10.962-07:00ICE wins the Teosto Prize 2022<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">I have been so overwhelmed the past week since winning the </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/TeostoOfficial/?__cft__[0]=AZWy1ZWkWQbe-a0hD9Xezjl1oSTun0BAdkWPprBkqGMNBaa34lx2YJ5dZLrkcIahZBBcJqa_wums6STUd4lm0e0NtpHLNOOAVC3QjUmFrXZIWJ4m6KozV70gNYC6JSPHsqNLfYHPaQ4_pPhGrOKD4d-Hyt2uSYgk4h2R3rdbyrpLM4hLeUgUD5lAU5bD13afHuRKTAstzF0yMSk-QPoA_rc_&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Teosto</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"> Prize* from all the positive responses and wonderful greetings! </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ml52qg9IPdIf_GqMB2BEjKBaq29EW9o2y6zJO3dG4D6HKW-W47LvF_vNMjNrAmV1hCeoEYcmylW9GRW3zlFfKhbNe-2E3p3-qLbNqvNHz5DZJeAYWEdD4ftXFS262kTwfRaXyJSaL4GftEqOYC3wcaCorHB3YbZ44-iHykc5fD3Oyg6nXp6i8pT1dw/s5665/JSH_5614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3769" data-original-width="5665" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ml52qg9IPdIf_GqMB2BEjKBaq29EW9o2y6zJO3dG4D6HKW-W47LvF_vNMjNrAmV1hCeoEYcmylW9GRW3zlFfKhbNe-2E3p3-qLbNqvNHz5DZJeAYWEdD4ftXFS262kTwfRaXyJSaL4GftEqOYC3wcaCorHB3YbZ44-iHykc5fD3Oyg6nXp6i8pT1dw/w400-h266/JSH_5614.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teotso Prize Winners 2022. Photo Jussi Helttunen<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Now I would like to share with you a few pictures from the event. It feels unbelievable that I was given the chance by <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/daliastasevskaofficial?__cft__[0]=AZWy1ZWkWQbe-a0hD9Xezjl1oSTun0BAdkWPprBkqGMNBaa34lx2YJ5dZLrkcIahZBBcJqa_wums6STUd4lm0e0NtpHLNOOAVC3QjUmFrXZIWJ4m6KozV70gNYC6JSPHsqNLfYHPaQ4_pPhGrOKD4d-Hyt2uSYgk4h2R3rdbyrpLM4hLeUgUD5lAU5bD13afHuRKTAstzF0yMSk-QPoA_rc_&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b>Dalia Stasevska</b></span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/lahtisymphony?__cft__[0]=AZWy1ZWkWQbe-a0hD9Xezjl1oSTun0BAdkWPprBkqGMNBaa34lx2YJ5dZLrkcIahZBBcJqa_wums6STUd4lm0e0NtpHLNOOAVC3QjUmFrXZIWJ4m6KozV70gNYC6JSPHsqNLfYHPaQ4_pPhGrOKD4d-Hyt2uSYgk4h2R3rdbyrpLM4hLeUgUD5lAU5bD13afHuRKTAstzF0yMSk-QPoA_rc_&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b>Lahti Symphony Orchestra</b></span></a></span> to compose a work for them and the European Green Capital Lahti 2021, a work about climate change, and it feels even more unbelievable that this for me so important work also now won the Teosto Prize 2022! Huge thank you to both the pre-jury, who selected my work for nomination as well as the final jury who awarded me the prize!</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Also a big congratulations to the other three winners, <b>Yona</b> , <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/lindafredrikssonmusic/?__cft__[0]=AZWy1ZWkWQbe-a0hD9Xezjl1oSTun0BAdkWPprBkqGMNBaa34lx2YJ5dZLrkcIahZBBcJqa_wums6STUd4lm0e0NtpHLNOOAVC3QjUmFrXZIWJ4m6KozV70gNYC6JSPHsqNLfYHPaQ4_pPhGrOKD4d-Hyt2uSYgk4h2R3rdbyrpLM4hLeUgUD5lAU5bD13afHuRKTAstzF0yMSk-QPoA_rc_&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b>Linda Fredriksson</b></span></a></span> and <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/Evil-St%C3%B6%C3%B6-1571021763160444/?__cft__[0]=AZWy1ZWkWQbe-a0hD9Xezjl1oSTun0BAdkWPprBkqGMNBaa34lx2YJ5dZLrkcIahZBBcJqa_wums6STUd4lm0e0NtpHLNOOAVC3QjUmFrXZIWJ4m6KozV70gNYC6JSPHsqNLfYHPaQ4_pPhGrOKD4d-Hyt2uSYgk4h2R3rdbyrpLM4hLeUgUD5lAU5bD13afHuRKTAstzF0yMSk-QPoA_rc_&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b>Evil Stöö</b></span></a></span> as well as to all the other amazing nominated composers!</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhS7yna9crzEpWAcWXBB9aqKnZyR8PwYDQXaAmH6Kn4io8xF6XL5b_XucR8o6R8QLmquNrP8LVAq7ZmCTkqSrOxP69uyC-eJa3fc84fR0y6KeR6fVl8gwRYw9Kql6-kjjTuXgKuuGt9B6Ojzy_PXAmGfj68IE9LVCLIZcvDepA1tsCTj4a-71lNtPm9Q/s1024/282163019_709848497012609_4766697513429201839_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhS7yna9crzEpWAcWXBB9aqKnZyR8PwYDQXaAmH6Kn4io8xF6XL5b_XucR8o6R8QLmquNrP8LVAq7ZmCTkqSrOxP69uyC-eJa3fc84fR0y6KeR6fVl8gwRYw9Kql6-kjjTuXgKuuGt9B6Ojzy_PXAmGfj68IE9LVCLIZcvDepA1tsCTj4a-71lNtPm9Q/w480-h640/282163019_709848497012609_4766697513429201839_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecilia Damström with conductor Dalia Stasevska after ICE winning the Teosto Prize 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I would also like to give a huge thanks to my family and friends who have been there for me and have supported my choice to become a composer, in both good times and bad. Never once did my parents question my decision to become a composer, on the contrary: it was my mother who suggested I’d study composition in the first place, so an extra huge thank you to my dear mother, who suggested this path that has felt right ever since.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6VI2cOQvw1RA2X38Z3UtvzGMLklMsWHB9lhEyal10fqaEqTk1q2ve0CCWgF5PsgNYvmGYmNshKCBApaVoG6GakRoZCFKABQKphSFyY4rK-26Hprg9cr9mEXOHg5Ba8Pk4JWGPJQPT-OyXAVzNvmdhdiDPEo4rkykt6FsSl3z0CwF5BvJ0RUQy6aRfQ/s4032/283315078_745116569841217_6279274640466365328_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6VI2cOQvw1RA2X38Z3UtvzGMLklMsWHB9lhEyal10fqaEqTk1q2ve0CCWgF5PsgNYvmGYmNshKCBApaVoG6GakRoZCFKABQKphSFyY4rK-26Hprg9cr9mEXOHg5Ba8Pk4JWGPJQPT-OyXAVzNvmdhdiDPEo4rkykt6FsSl3z0CwF5BvJ0RUQy6aRfQ/w400-h225/283315078_745116569841217_6279274640466365328_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teosto Prize Winners 2022. Photo Jussi Helttunen.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I’m very honoured, happy and proud to be the first woman within classical music to win the Teosto Prize (which has been handed out since 2003). However I would like to draw attention to the fact that I’m by no means the first woman who could have won the prize. I would like to thank all the amazing women within history who have composed amazing music and have been part of the slow transformation toward a more diverse cultural field. A special big shoutout to <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 q66pz984 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/KaijaSaariaho?__cft__[0]=AZWy1ZWkWQbe-a0hD9Xezjl1oSTun0BAdkWPprBkqGMNBaa34lx2YJ5dZLrkcIahZBBcJqa_wums6STUd4lm0e0NtpHLNOOAVC3QjUmFrXZIWJ4m6KozV70gNYC6JSPHsqNLfYHPaQ4_pPhGrOKD4d-Hyt2uSYgk4h2R3rdbyrpLM4hLeUgUD5lAU5bD13afHuRKTAstzF0yMSk-QPoA_rc_&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><b>Kaija Saariaho</b></span></a></span> who has inspired the whole world through her personal music. Looking forward to an even more diverse future within culture as well as in general!</div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">*Teosto is the Finnish copyright organisation for music creators, composers, and publishers. The Teosto Prize is awarded since 2003 to “bold, original and innovative musical works” and it is one of the biggest art awards in the Nordic countries.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBBOrd5ZukXidzhjvQrjEsr7ab8hSZ6xUsl1PbeiJ7GtodBP6HfgK7Wf4YOI1a-tlymmA1wCXMYSNB6W-tOFbCPQRUJLux2eo_ZqUE8yY2XDsnkQjhXYpaOFNKkIgCtitY-E6rsnAmwP3kF5NtCiWOFZbik1-oWxp5dXuJxsSsdo7e2o9EzaK_2LGjA/s4032/280227367_1661432884190687_1385321810688562606_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBBOrd5ZukXidzhjvQrjEsr7ab8hSZ6xUsl1PbeiJ7GtodBP6HfgK7Wf4YOI1a-tlymmA1wCXMYSNB6W-tOFbCPQRUJLux2eo_ZqUE8yY2XDsnkQjhXYpaOFNKkIgCtitY-E6rsnAmwP3kF5NtCiWOFZbik1-oWxp5dXuJxsSsdo7e2o9EzaK_2LGjA/w480-h640/280227367_1661432884190687_1385321810688562606_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCU1LwtERaQ6uZb76oWD0gRLWhE9SA5ra26Koktq_ewl-60z_BM9G3cbib1mty6e9-LMqB5Kt8WL3C3qlaefd4UH0ethWipdphWAP-2IaBC9156W-ry7KTGvsMRG3QUhaZdd3Cc3EuayWJRMAg2XNq0Lz0Zxm4uFXl9AHcafX71NuoHuysVBcTYeMLTA/s2016/281560887_717980315910711_3093009212398220292_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="976" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCU1LwtERaQ6uZb76oWD0gRLWhE9SA5ra26Koktq_ewl-60z_BM9G3cbib1mty6e9-LMqB5Kt8WL3C3qlaefd4UH0ethWipdphWAP-2IaBC9156W-ry7KTGvsMRG3QUhaZdd3Cc3EuayWJRMAg2XNq0Lz0Zxm4uFXl9AHcafX71NuoHuysVBcTYeMLTA/w310-h640/281560887_717980315910711_3093009212398220292_n.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-25922846569673524982022-05-08T07:00:00.016-07:002022-05-19T07:01:15.802-07:00KRAFT - A world premiere with Akademen<p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica;">What a concert! What a night!</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Last night the </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Academic Male Voice Choir Akademen</b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> together with their conductor </span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Elisa Huovinen</b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> gave an outstanding world premiere to my piece Hav, which they had commissioned. Due to a movement in the piece, where the choir is required to clap and stomp, the choir sang the whole 17 minute accapella piece by heart! This in a time when covid-19 has made regular choir practises impossible for over 2 years! I was so impressed!</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">The whole concert took place in a former steam power plant Kattilahalli, which felt like a industrial cathedral (to borrow the music criticque <b>Mats Liljeroos</b> words).</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Hav was one of three commissions by the choir around the theme renewable energies interwoven by preludes and interludes by soundartist <b>Joel James Ward</b> and the whole concert was visually orchestrated by light artist <b>Alexander Salvesen</b>. After Ward’s opening soundscape, <b>Andrea Eklund’s</b> meditative piece <i>Aeon Breath</i> to a poem by <b>James Gilbank</b> filled the domelike hall while the smoke lay heavy and the light scape was hazy. During Ward’s water-inspired interlude soundscape, while the choir re-essembled in the dark.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRwUoHz4a-EjwpqyiBpNNI_vlrFV8-4fip9eCCRyYUpJkD1prXD6xjxchaCl6qzfy5yMLDg2HBEJ1EKRQwVUcvR78gCzXKzgHS_uJR8T7IvY6KyxaqzYpvR65lOAUS87n2CqVPxrMfZvKHjU4tSy0NfBFApVQYqAoMiusVUf_mtO6wPQpwKSx59DAwg/s7008/A7400391.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="KRAFT Photo by Melinda Schultz" border="0" data-original-height="7008" data-original-width="4672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRwUoHz4a-EjwpqyiBpNNI_vlrFV8-4fip9eCCRyYUpJkD1prXD6xjxchaCl6qzfy5yMLDg2HBEJ1EKRQwVUcvR78gCzXKzgHS_uJR8T7IvY6KyxaqzYpvR65lOAUS87n2CqVPxrMfZvKHjU4tSy0NfBFApVQYqAoMiusVUf_mtO6wPQpwKSx59DAwg/w426-h640/A7400391.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KRAFT Akademen Photo by Melinda Schultz</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Out of the dim light and haze the intimate beginning of my <i>Hav</i> began to rise, while Salvesen made spectacular visual landscapes through enormous water projections of light upon the ceiling. <i>Hav</i> consists of a total of ten movements which are sung attack after each other. The first movement in Swedish is meditative and describes the sea and how tremendous it is while the second very energetic movement in English discusses the possibilities of wave power plants. Example of the lyrics of the second movement:</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>There is an enormous energy potential </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>that is available around the clock and free of charge. </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>A potential, that if fully exploited, </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>could satisfy 40% of the world wide demand for power. </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>This equals the output of 700-800 nuclear power stations. </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>This would mean no high-level radio active vaste </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>of seven hundred to eight hundred nuclear power stations. </i></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_XWHQzim6Q3AAsgU2G3vQVOAOB34IW0AVlZpDw01j02OzEXwPDqqRdfJ8KZPFq81rGJbYvv92yJztC-HdAJ90f4tVvK5wRX9zXlpp8uDn5JqBIm1YrZqzSwphPFQpXsciD34KfdBh36nQIQW53MMtSTNVQ2h1bICy93DOiSN6PRKOBEcPIT3Gw7tgg/s6740/A7400726.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4493" data-original-width="6740" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF_XWHQzim6Q3AAsgU2G3vQVOAOB34IW0AVlZpDw01j02OzEXwPDqqRdfJ8KZPFq81rGJbYvv92yJztC-HdAJ90f4tVvK5wRX9zXlpp8uDn5JqBIm1YrZqzSwphPFQpXsciD34KfdBh36nQIQW53MMtSTNVQ2h1bICy93DOiSN6PRKOBEcPIT3Gw7tgg/w640-h426/A7400726.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KRAFT 2022 Akademen Photo by Melinda Schultz</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">As mentioned, Salvesen had arranged a water basin of about two times 20 meters, with a small motor spinning a pedal that produced fantastic waves that all was reflected on the ceiling, so the energy potential of waves was literally projected on the ceiling and walls.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">In the middle of the piece the choir sings partly in unison and partly in three part harmony with a happy melody in major with vibes from Finnish folk music, accompanied by claps and stomps, the following text in Finnish from the Finnish “Economist” (Taloussanomat), here translated:</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>Only the demand for renewable energy </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>will grow this year, </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>predicts the International Energy Agency IEA.</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>The global energy market and emissions</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i> from energy production </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>will see a historic drop this year </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>as a result of the coronary virus pandemic, </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>the International Energy Agency IEA predicts.</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>The prognosis says </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>that the energy demand </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>is going to fall </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>the most it has done in 70 years - </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>Emissions could fall </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>by as much as eight percent, </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>the International Energy Agency IEA predicts.</i></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHZXoXrgXTaq15175we4Dr3q7radOi9ovzNeu8gcXRQLSJMWB-OcnYsiUOqSOJgKcoW-d7RQwoXylcW-lAq6ZnGGn7qq0FkcsWLAzaMqmdgB_JUGVHop2RlhSXgbe372jbf-z5AZwaGY0h4AOlzkwzZrHFlQXjjsE7qT4n-kCL60V0FORRvla8D34Xw/s2048/A7400816.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHZXoXrgXTaq15175we4Dr3q7radOi9ovzNeu8gcXRQLSJMWB-OcnYsiUOqSOJgKcoW-d7RQwoXylcW-lAq6ZnGGn7qq0FkcsWLAzaMqmdgB_JUGVHop2RlhSXgbe372jbf-z5AZwaGY0h4AOlzkwzZrHFlQXjjsE7qT4n-kCL60V0FORRvla8D34Xw/w640-h426/A7400816.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KRAFT 2022 Akademen Photo by Melinda Schultz</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">After this lighter segment the choir is split up so that soloist came to stand between the choir and the water pool, each with an own lightbulb in front of them. While the choir breathes in and out at a rising tempo like a dying planet, the soloists recite a text about how Finnish firms developing Wave-power haven’t received the needed funding from the state (which somehow just seems incredible to me, and so sad). The ever growing crescendo and accelerando is interrupted by a foghorn, which is followed by some beautiful huge chords by the choir and a lamenting solo sung by one of the first tenors. The choir get’s to whistle and sing overtones as well. The piece ends with my words (in Swedish)</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>Today wave energy costs </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>about twice as much per megawatt hour, </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>than electricity produced by wind or nuclear power.</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>But what is the price for the survival of mankind, </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>for the continued existence of our planet? I</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>magine if you were to invest as much i</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>n renewable energies as in Olkiluoto 3, almost nine billion. </i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>What would happen? Where can it take us?</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>Sea</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>Oceans</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>Energy potential</i></span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i>Sea</i></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1Iq0mpZ88oXlKvrI0UBNjFUHTRmFIKQTfuC7GopWKEE9i5suFf47BTlzGWZm2dLb-b5KfGGt84XtnXWqCW_R3DhTEOUIufW4jCESjEIJX_XBOr4OO9aVK7QMJQ07NiZQttu_0QobK0btBoae11Rl2mJGh_JZz9Rq5qEILveB1JbkTUdq72NXum7Otg/s6774/A7400916.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4516" data-original-width="6774" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1Iq0mpZ88oXlKvrI0UBNjFUHTRmFIKQTfuC7GopWKEE9i5suFf47BTlzGWZm2dLb-b5KfGGt84XtnXWqCW_R3DhTEOUIufW4jCESjEIJX_XBOr4OO9aVK7QMJQ07NiZQttu_0QobK0btBoae11Rl2mJGh_JZz9Rq5qEILveB1JbkTUdq72NXum7Otg/w640-h426/A7400916.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KRAFT 2022 Akademen Photo by Melinda Schultz</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /><i><br /></i></span><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><i></i></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">After my piece the hall went almost dark again and while Salvesen made an impressive visualsation of red radar lights moving around the space, Ward filled the space with a morse code telling about the piece and presenting the artists. During this time the choir could collect their note stands and sheet music for the final piece.</span></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">It felt like <b>Alex Freeman’s</b> <i>A Field of Sunlight </i>picked up where I had left, and the piece began with an amazing chord with overtone singing, which was absolutely stunning. The piece composed to <b>Galileo Galilei’s</b> poetical texts about the sun, was an all time changing mass of sound. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOO7getsYznHuA9qIZLKWe0u23lyFOXVDxgyjK9n5Y_iksxttpwy4ToPVZSinCaA3hS0jj7cgiUpZG6ggN54oAiNoos2m8ZuRc-_Vj9fjGDHBn-E1FzAt7mJLVYM2NHr_UVJW2rYbVxo76VdLqwAGzUW7fR41YnVjmJunsPwfNToonF9GMOCE0tcKLFQ/s7008/A7400863.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7008" data-original-width="4672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOO7getsYznHuA9qIZLKWe0u23lyFOXVDxgyjK9n5Y_iksxttpwy4ToPVZSinCaA3hS0jj7cgiUpZG6ggN54oAiNoos2m8ZuRc-_Vj9fjGDHBn-E1FzAt7mJLVYM2NHr_UVJW2rYbVxo76VdLqwAGzUW7fR41YnVjmJunsPwfNToonF9GMOCE0tcKLFQ/w426-h640/A7400863.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KRAFT Alexander Salvesen Photo by Melinda Schultz</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">During this piece the amazing circular projections of water (projected by old overhead projectors) began to fill up with colours and turn blood red in the front (stage) part of the hall while they turned green and blue in the back part of the hall. A total of 8 overhead projectors were projecting different coloured orbs on to the ceiling and walls, while Salvesen walked calmly between them and adjusting the colours in them. The whole piece ended in semi-darkness with the feeling of rotating stars moving around the room. This was achieved by two simple disco balls placed relatively far behind in the room, a simple but genius work of art by Salvesen.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGx8CqXrFAZubjy7bsIUMmSufrdwppRXGavi7lKhuX8B7pPehwEEYjRFYF-MYwibkccFLN1sR8QwYwpVCZ3i_GMUxGrPfDziZln4V7WmMjd09aUSikJpbD3OsabJAP8evqUU2iG9aRiA4V-6ZEpuAW4ZV_K5n1PNw7vTj1DmBPr92vK6zrvMgbFBmcA/s6579/A7401398.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4386" data-original-width="6579" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGx8CqXrFAZubjy7bsIUMmSufrdwppRXGavi7lKhuX8B7pPehwEEYjRFYF-MYwibkccFLN1sR8QwYwpVCZ3i_GMUxGrPfDziZln4V7WmMjd09aUSikJpbD3OsabJAP8evqUU2iG9aRiA4V-6ZEpuAW4ZV_K5n1PNw7vTj1DmBPr92vK6zrvMgbFBmcA/w640-h426/A7401398.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KRAFT 2022 Akademen Photo by Melinda Schultz</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p>
<p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">After the last tones of Freeman’s piece had rung out the audience was allowed to clap for the first time in 75 minutes, and clap they did! They audience gave the concert a standing ovation for about 10 minutes. This was an absolutely unforgettable experience, and its with mixed feelings I say: a once in a life time experience. Of course it would be amazing if this whole concert would be put up again, in for instance a festival! But there is also something very beautiful and special in being part of something so huge and visceral.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVA_f_nlP_JHZyvLz0sOwbveStTjMQtx5zkXokqJFyCH_siKDZ9o7YHlILR4jAEvyuWcPqwuLRyvUDin3Qjog9_JNT5fEHMc8Wd4r0OX3eLEceSyYRcHjrPfucO2wM0PIkR2Bu1j1r8LsHChQaUQ6G8XBQvGtPfCSRBClOVA3EiatkaBZbc4_97YhVw/s4032/279967903_1061968914734185_768163974091224454_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVA_f_nlP_JHZyvLz0sOwbveStTjMQtx5zkXokqJFyCH_siKDZ9o7YHlILR4jAEvyuWcPqwuLRyvUDin3Qjog9_JNT5fEHMc8Wd4r0OX3eLEceSyYRcHjrPfucO2wM0PIkR2Bu1j1r8LsHChQaUQ6G8XBQvGtPfCSRBClOVA3EiatkaBZbc4_97YhVw/w640-h480/279967903_1061968914734185_768163974091224454_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joel Ward, Cecilia Damström, Alex Freeman, Andrea Eklund, Alexander Salvesen and Elisa Huovinen after the concert KRAFT 7th of May 2022 at Kattilahalli, Helsinki.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><p></p>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-43264743267523530362022-03-19T14:30:00.009-07:002022-03-21T15:08:42.136-07:00Happy Day of Equality!<p><span face=""Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Happy Minna Cath Day – Day of Equality!</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBYYy2JI474_rbyyJDc_y47fSBl9o23NnNj52LXnoloRcz2Rr979_jbDJ3r4ZqN93NzwpLCyaM5r0zKbaTgI6ZG9lDE7iVu9TiYLtWig0RbFiuazzFZY--qhz7xjE37eZpYXAWHvXnEZ3uwUnKdtdDHuv8xXm0H5gIl5glJ3O2bJRxJfqY2e2IW4Wwg/s1944/Kuopio4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1944" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBYYy2JI474_rbyyJDc_y47fSBl9o23NnNj52LXnoloRcz2Rr979_jbDJ3r4ZqN93NzwpLCyaM5r0zKbaTgI6ZG9lDE7iVu9TiYLtWig0RbFiuazzFZY--qhz7xjE37eZpYXAWHvXnEZ3uwUnKdtdDHuv8xXm0H5gIl5glJ3O2bJRxJfqY2e2IW4Wwg/w400-h266/Kuopio4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecilia Damström on Minna Canth street in Kuopio 17.03.2022</td></tr></tbody></table></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-break: break-word;">What a wonderful week it has been, in the former home town of Minna Cath – Kuopio – working together with the fantastic <a href="https://www.facebook.com/maria.itkonen.9?__cft__[0]=AZW0feHvSD5rWHMIavN64s4BYgOJK3-d5-n1hzoIMXN4zvb5uS9ySD50u8lZwGd3fj2KYTssPVTX3CdDP7dLooDBt_xouRlTnFi61DgGk38wmi0HBC6hmOww2YgpHv1CMQmX8LF06Yptdo6Q9t9x1TQm-kx7sHce55ps23BV7ahfob37OQeWsLYZZ2Bd9tJTiAIuQBfm459dykhdtAKO9HDsYoCOmU_MxASO5QiTm9cUUw&__tn__=-]K-R" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;">Maria Itkonen</a> and Kuopio Symphony Orchestra! The ice was thick enough to walk (or skate!) on, the sun was always shining, the people were amazing, the concert outstanding and the concert review raving! <img alt="🤩" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf7/2/16/1f929.png" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="16" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-break: break-word;">“Damström’s wonderful musical language is impressive.Cecilia Damström’s piece <i><a href="https://ceciliadamstrom.com/lucrum" target="_blank">Lucrum</a></i> now fits our time a little too well. The Helsingborg Orchestra commissioned the work from Damström to their theme “The Seven Deadly Sins,” and greed is now the sin that attacks our eyes and ears from the media every day.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-break: break-word;">Damström works with the subject musically superbly through elements of growth, continuously adding more and more through demanding musical structures. A magnificent work from one of our leading composers of the new generation. Itkonen managed to bring out fantastic effects out of the orchestra.”</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-break: break-word;">Jussi Mattila for Savon Sanomat 19.3.2022</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFym0_bzJBbemW2xvxNoSscXj6gjDYLgGT1TBLuIaR-oDoLLookgH6wFa8X88A7LaKvKcl681PpqAnoHv10Ljmwve8XuGmEJGmf9uygRGd9uFCokKouJ29nqeqRNQM3qTe2L0SxI7z1FDzcL8ylKjHLSUixeWlY2A1gwknGBXhTtTC__hso0q2FtUew/s1280/275508524_487814376404443_7408035684999944247_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFym0_bzJBbemW2xvxNoSscXj6gjDYLgGT1TBLuIaR-oDoLLookgH6wFa8X88A7LaKvKcl681PpqAnoHv10Ljmwve8XuGmEJGmf9uygRGd9uFCokKouJ29nqeqRNQM3qTe2L0SxI7z1FDzcL8ylKjHLSUixeWlY2A1gwknGBXhTtTC__hso0q2FtUew/w400-h300/275508524_487814376404443_7408035684999944247_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecilia Damström on ice in Kupio 16.3.2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5a-isu-pze5bjGVrFuXGbyXVunkUSsGv-1JPo-XRBDZz0qcflNbP9lNV9OGjYHhtfkuRwUqc1U0Jxjvyn24U5SDN2cv1IywZwuCPeTZ6dSb4d458aD3-uyeW5JDtU6KRJil3S91wzvPUsnO0Q58rEk3awHxjBYSHWCG6yKXqh3nr9qG5gKgfebvJzZg/s1944/Kuopio1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1944" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5a-isu-pze5bjGVrFuXGbyXVunkUSsGv-1JPo-XRBDZz0qcflNbP9lNV9OGjYHhtfkuRwUqc1U0Jxjvyn24U5SDN2cv1IywZwuCPeTZ6dSb4d458aD3-uyeW5JDtU6KRJil3S91wzvPUsnO0Q58rEk3awHxjBYSHWCG6yKXqh3nr9qG5gKgfebvJzZg/w400-h266/Kuopio1.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset on ice in Kuopio 16.3.2022. Photo©Cecilia Damström</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsHF9KnnDdf2OUSJWcdSYDJRf34eV_WhA3aPQ_UQUsknT-eOXT5YfChGctFrav72BKhy3AXYZJCmiQew_Ldm3ROfVKZKW01dcphDGsMycIQFGxFOKShYx4CxLL1mV_joZg90XEcTTozkt0BXvkGmZoCrYjyrlb7bM6UeGTUDfQcDx4bmQEtzBhQ4nUg/s1944/Kuopio2.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1944" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsHF9KnnDdf2OUSJWcdSYDJRf34eV_WhA3aPQ_UQUsknT-eOXT5YfChGctFrav72BKhy3AXYZJCmiQew_Ldm3ROfVKZKW01dcphDGsMycIQFGxFOKShYx4CxLL1mV_joZg90XEcTTozkt0BXvkGmZoCrYjyrlb7bM6UeGTUDfQcDx4bmQEtzBhQ4nUg/w400-h266/Kuopio2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maria Itkonen rehearsing in Kuopio. Photo©Cecilia Damström</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4AYH2MEJ25UflYxzVVd90wTNjRWG2GYF9Tj827cJBLtApVQ7H307R312GwybKC4gX1BG3TPnNa41eSSGWJ67CtgzLz94PgWGnq465yfpItxABE8katEcWp0wB6sL-84ofZD0o43bFgYBpvhRCuY5p2kR8hTykETE3UqumTI7JQkDeXTlUCgXsg_OBg/s1944/Kuopio3.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1944" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4AYH2MEJ25UflYxzVVd90wTNjRWG2GYF9Tj827cJBLtApVQ7H307R312GwybKC4gX1BG3TPnNa41eSSGWJ67CtgzLz94PgWGnq465yfpItxABE8katEcWp0wB6sL-84ofZD0o43bFgYBpvhRCuY5p2kR8hTykETE3UqumTI7JQkDeXTlUCgXsg_OBg/w400-h266/Kuopio3.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maria Itkonen on ice. Photo©Cecilia Damström</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0GH4Wh0AVgYWn5DNohhLdUbfPPQcOqV3VqDmXvxEOTkB-JYrgSvpQnaVfviBiTBcxW35WLAAO8KFvY97390HjlB3PxZXywKaSp34H4V6o018ULxekDsqRfNofg4XBhIwyYF1hbSVd77zIgruacyWlqpDQRBg8uNU4Qgp3wUUcDew7Dbd6tL9gXv5hQ/s1136/Kuopio5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0GH4Wh0AVgYWn5DNohhLdUbfPPQcOqV3VqDmXvxEOTkB-JYrgSvpQnaVfviBiTBcxW35WLAAO8KFvY97390HjlB3PxZXywKaSp34H4V6o018ULxekDsqRfNofg4XBhIwyYF1hbSVd77zIgruacyWlqpDQRBg8uNU4Qgp3wUUcDew7Dbd6tL9gXv5hQ/w360-h640/Kuopio5.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yYl5ibxASENvPs0xjpDoP73qbMxTMr1guO280P2sj4qs8mpMhNLpstsNgC1IZELrleqkIH0Sj3GxBhKY8kK74IyuInvfJWFa-r-F5_-1SuHOImi0FxSatGeK2D2_1qcn91u7vilj_B28DFKiDwcqEa2sSK6JlHaNw_Nn6eGXxHHBCkMKKXm7vuSjbQ/s1000/Kuopio%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yYl5ibxASENvPs0xjpDoP73qbMxTMr1guO280P2sj4qs8mpMhNLpstsNgC1IZELrleqkIH0Sj3GxBhKY8kK74IyuInvfJWFa-r-F5_-1SuHOImi0FxSatGeK2D2_1qcn91u7vilj_B28DFKiDwcqEa2sSK6JlHaNw_Nn6eGXxHHBCkMKKXm7vuSjbQ/w480-h640/Kuopio%205.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy composer Cecilia Damström, soloist Aapo Juutilainen and <br />conductor Maria Itkonen after a great concert in Kuopio 17.03.2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px auto 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-break: break-word;"><br /></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-14548783142977970482022-03-11T10:00:00.039-08:002022-03-21T14:55:46.329-07:00ICE nominated for the Teosto-Prize!<p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">In the midst of everything terrible happening in the world, one amazing thing happened in my life that I would like to share with you: my piece <i><a href="https://youtu.be/M1ySGwYsBOc" target="_blank">ICE</a></i> is nominated for the Teosto-prize alongside 11 other amazing works of music by colleagues! <i><a href="https://youtu.be/M1ySGwYsBOc" target="_blank">ICE</a></i> was commissioned by <b>Lahti Green Capital of Europe</b> 2021 and was premiered by the world's first carbon neutral orchestra <b>Lahti Symphony Orchestra</b> conducted by their fantastic chief conductor <b><a href="https://www.harrisonparrott.com/artists/dalia-stasevska" target="_blank">Dalia Stasevska</a></b>.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyU-24t6RtHx8chsAP-RDXqYYHtZVJVDgby3qQX-xmQsDcmaqjI8rPVKeWy5-B4li76YdqGNWLKKXzYi9ppDnwp8YdDgnJ0eD590Zne3R5U97ndEBr-omOL7DK-OyU42OLWW0DR137znt3sW2r3Ko8RbhUMFJshpOTR4lO4j-InPt-A2w-nyG3qCt4Q/s2560/Teosto%20ryhma%CC%88kuva.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1707" data-original-width="2560" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyU-24t6RtHx8chsAP-RDXqYYHtZVJVDgby3qQX-xmQsDcmaqjI8rPVKeWy5-B4li76YdqGNWLKKXzYi9ppDnwp8YdDgnJ0eD590Zne3R5U97ndEBr-omOL7DK-OyU42OLWW0DR137znt3sW2r3Ko8RbhUMFJshpOTR4lO4j-InPt-A2w-nyG3qCt4Q/w400-h266/Teosto%20ryhma%CC%88kuva.jpeg" title="Test-Prize Nominees 2022" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teosto-Prize nominees 2022. Photo by Jussi Helttunen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><br /></span><p></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">About the piece ICE: The piece is inspired by melting ice and in the piece we can hear how landscapes and winter become ever shorter, in the end while alarm signals are chiming and all possible breaks are put into action. Through this piece I try to express how global warming as well as the collapse of ecosystems and the ever faster growing tempo of the world, is killing the beautiful snow and ice structures of millions of years, and how the heart of the earth is fighting for its existence through each beat. In this piece I have also tried to describe what happens if we WILL take action: you can hear a rewind, how action has an impact and can make us go back to winters. The name ICE stands both for ice and for “In Case of Emergency”.</span><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3B9ctl3yo0byB0oz4RLfgECj82NQMG-cQgG5KfiPeyma9SWr0-TquNYoacLZRx-SA1FOInoRrn7L4FIOlwGrgBuhicRXJ1tLtgB7VJ6c7OOFUySJqm0F_01N2sk2BlxsArKo4bxEqC3Z8oUOxLk24J7g6euH0p4Ux9x7n3Y4yF0XVdqkYcrYAtzQFg/s4624/Cecilia_Damstro%CC%88m_2__kuvaaja_Jussi_Helttunen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3082" data-original-width="4624" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3B9ctl3yo0byB0oz4RLfgECj82NQMG-cQgG5KfiPeyma9SWr0-TquNYoacLZRx-SA1FOInoRrn7L4FIOlwGrgBuhicRXJ1tLtgB7VJ6c7OOFUySJqm0F_01N2sk2BlxsArKo4bxEqC3Z8oUOxLk24J7g6euH0p4Ux9x7n3Y4yF0XVdqkYcrYAtzQFg/w400-h266/Cecilia_Damstro%CC%88m_2__kuvaaja_Jussi_Helttunen.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecilia Damström: ICE. Photo by Jussi Helttunen</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span face=""Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">The whole launch event of the Teosto Prize can be watched (in Finnish) online under </span><a href="https://youtu.be/w-2Mu2AcSFw" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">this link</a><span face=""Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">. The nominees have been mentioned the Finnish media by<span style="color: #777777;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000008673669.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Helsingin Sanomat</a><span face=""Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #777777; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">, </span><a href="https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12354880" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">YLE</a><span face=""Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #777777; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">, </span><a href="https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/teostopriset-kommer-igen-efter-ett-ars-paus-cecilia-damstrom-och-launaus-sjalo-uppmarksammas/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Hufvudstadsbladet</a><span face=""Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #777777; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">, </span><a href="https://www.soundi.fi/uutiset/vuoden-2022-teosto-palkintoehdokkaat-julki-palkintosumma-historian-suurin/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Soundi</a><span face=""Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #777777; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">, </span><a href="https://www.rumba.fi/uutiset/teosto-palkinto-ehdokkaat-selvilla-palkintopotti-historian-suurin/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Rumba</a><span face=""Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #777777; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">, </span><a href="https://www.keski-uusimaa.fi/uutissuomalainen/4509910" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Keski-Uusimaa</a><span face=""Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span style="color: #777777;"> </span>and<span style="color: #777777;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.esaimaa.fi/uutissuomalainen/4509910" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Etelä-Saimaa</a><span face=""Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #777777; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;">.</span><span style="color: #050505;">The Teosto-prize will be awarded on the 19th of May 2022, but as cheesy as it sounds: I feel already like a winner for having been nominated for this prize. </span></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: middle; widows: 2; width: 16px;"><img alt="❤️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ted/2/16/2764.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">If you haven’t yet heard ICE, have a listen here via the link below! (And you can of course always also listen a second or third time! </span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; display: inline-flex; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: middle; widows: 2; width: 16px;"><img alt="😉" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf6/2/16/1f609.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> )</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><a href="https://youtu.be/M1ySGwYsBOc" target="_blank"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #f4cccc;">ICE by Lahti Symphony Orchestra</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /></a><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><a href="https://www.teosto.fi/teosto-palkinnon-voittajaksi.../" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f4cccc;">About the Teosto-prize (in Finnish)</span></a></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br /></div>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-32179977767935529212022-03-08T03:00:00.001-08:002022-03-21T14:48:18.072-07:00Happy International Women’s Day! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdGV074o6HKKst60O-QRyBZfoOtl5pRTf4TNgaEFqlDoZ8a5PyPX--LRyYFy4QtYsprPeLmQM2_VsJFa-NKcWDbLWxI3Qz39Y2EmX1PCNc7b6AEstihF2HyBuqoJ33s13I6dA1VyRu129ACvrP41huf51YFK4RqGbDVwQdDzQeVKtQe3vUuxsNHqSqA/s2050/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-08%20at%2022.18.47.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="2050" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJdGV074o6HKKst60O-QRyBZfoOtl5pRTf4TNgaEFqlDoZ8a5PyPX--LRyYFy4QtYsprPeLmQM2_VsJFa-NKcWDbLWxI3Qz39Y2EmX1PCNc7b6AEstihF2HyBuqoJ33s13I6dA1VyRu129ACvrP41huf51YFK4RqGbDVwQdDzQeVKtQe3vUuxsNHqSqA/w400-h207/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-08%20at%2022.18.47.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Happy International Women’s Day! Very honoured that the Finnish Composers’ Copyright Society </span><strong style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><a href="https://www.teosto.fi/teostory/naistenpaivan-musiikkivinkit-16-musiikin-tekijaa-joista-haluat-tietaa-juuri-nyt/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" target="_blank">Teosto</a></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> has chosen to highlight my music alongside the music of 15 other talented composers in their </span><a href="https://www.teosto.fi/teostory/naistenpaivan-musiikkivinkit-16-musiikin-tekijaa-joista-haluat-tietaa-juuri-nyt/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #f78cb0; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; outline: none; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation; widows: 2;" target="_blank">article</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">. I hope music can bring you hope also in these difficult times.</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><br /></span></p>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-80953917820149686462022-01-11T09:44:00.003-08:002022-02-08T14:56:12.275-08:00Infirmus with Tapiola Sinfonietta<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">The new year has sadly begun with some cancellations but this week I’m super happy about making my debut with </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 oo9gr5id lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/TapiolaSinfonietta/?__cft__[0]=AZWzDtZIsHXFLe7RCMRwSoDMMrXZq-zNEJt3-Duv_YCxLyh2pE__gyC5muxx0PnByjIKOvJc7WyEVPjAmcevsKThBkCYZeG4sUw2yTccCl4yjWE0KGDasMjBU7_yUXhXiNroKGgk4FHhE9fCvYYJZ81UQ6kmmKeCuQFIkhgYk4nrxheBGc7ITbGYUmkSvQPSrWs&__tn__=kK*F" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-text); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tapiola Sinfonietta</span></span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> and the fantastic <b>Tabita Berglund</b> on Friday! The concert will unfortunately not be able to have an audience this time, but I’m super happy my piece <i><a href="https://ceciliadamstrom.com/infirmus/" target="_blank">Infirmus</a></i> from 2015 will finally get it’s radio debut with the Finnish Radio </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 oo9gr5id lrazzd5p" href="https://areena.yle.fi/audio/1-60933824" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-text); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yle</span></span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">.</span></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Welcome to <a href="https://areena.yle.fi/audio/1-60933824" target="_blank">listen live</a> to the radio premiere of Infirmus on Friday the 14th at 7PM Finnish Time (UTC+2) and will be available for 30 days after as well!</span><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvdPuCbJ5LU5ghmoiVVmzenmf8bQc7_MbCMJC9y_jLhDwLDTwNy_lwlcibd8pFRmTQrTL9lPhjx6MgyyayASbsuGH4TRDEg84CgkSqwSen4JLt5hdk413DcYpnp5YdySVszF5EYWJ3xb5ek3FH_OzYH_Nb4jTjigyM4ELdaNxe7xM15fDx7bV7Lkkpjg=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvdPuCbJ5LU5ghmoiVVmzenmf8bQc7_MbCMJC9y_jLhDwLDTwNy_lwlcibd8pFRmTQrTL9lPhjx6MgyyayASbsuGH4TRDEg84CgkSqwSen4JLt5hdk413DcYpnp5YdySVszF5EYWJ3xb5ek3FH_OzYH_Nb4jTjigyM4ELdaNxe7xM15fDx7bV7Lkkpjg=w400-h266" title="Photo by the fantastic Maria Svidryk for Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Photo by the fantastic Maria Svidryk for </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 oo9gr5id lrazzd5p" href="https://www.facebook.com/villaconcordiabamberg/?__cft__[0]=AZWzDtZIsHXFLe7RCMRwSoDMMrXZq-zNEJt3-Duv_YCxLyh2pE__gyC5muxx0PnByjIKOvJc7WyEVPjAmcevsKThBkCYZeG4sUw2yTccCl4yjWE0KGDasMjBU7_yUXhXiNroKGgk4FHhE9fCvYYJZ81UQ6kmmKeCuQFIkhgYk4nrxheBGc7ITbGYUmkSvQPSrWs&__tn__=kK*F" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-text); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia</span></span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br /></div>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-41271912817686076052021-11-24T15:02:00.004-08:002022-02-08T15:07:01.187-08:00International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Trigger Warnings: Racism, Sexism, Violence</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today the 25th of November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-67297972-7fff-eac8-ecbc-032a7bc960e8"><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Violence against any human is always a product of a complex system of power and inequality, a system, that campaigns like MeToo, BlackLivesMatter and many more have tried to dismantle since years.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I believe in the good in all humans, that most of us want to become better humans and strive for a better world. For me the “woke movement” has been a proof of that: a growing number of people trying to educate themselves about their own privileges, get informed about the basics of intersectional feminism and working on changing their way of speaking to make it more inclusive and a safe space for as many as possible.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">However, since last Friday Finland has been buzzing after the scandal on national TV. ( </span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yle’s </span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marja Sannikka</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> discussion program where first the whole “woke culture” was questioned after which astronomer </span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Esko Valtaoja</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> used the racist N-word twice in a discussion which left the reporter </span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Renaz Ebrahimi</span><span style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> bewildered). It has been very disappointing to watch: both the program itself as well as the media coverage it got afterwards.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are a few points of prevailed power structures that have upset me:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><ol style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why would you interview two white males (Valtaoja and Tammisalo)about racism, when they never have studied anything to do with racism or with intersectional feminism. This is a very important and difficult subject, where terminology is very important. Why invite people who neither have the terminology nor even personal experience.</span></p><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why juxtaposition a person of colour (Ebrahimi), who has a lot of knowledge about racism and intersectional feminism, with a person who has no knowledge in the field and say that “everyone has the right to their opinion”. No, no one has the right to racism or oppression in the name of “free speach”.</span></p><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The person of colour (Ebrahimi), who rightly was upset of the usage of the N-word, has been portrayed as “aggressive and emotional” by press and many on social media. It is absolutely absurd that the person calling out the racist behaviour is being portrayed as the “agressive” one, and not the one using the racist language (in a calm voice).</span></p><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The absurd juxtaposition, of a white male (Valtaoja) and white female Sannikka) arguing for “free speach” against a woman of colour (Ebrahimi) who opposes hate speech, has made the internet explode. The outcome has been that: Ebrahimi has received hundreds of death threats and other threats over social media. Sannikka’s program has been cancelled. Valtaoja has been given media coverage by Iltasanomat to tell “his version”.</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here we see usage (and misusage) of power in a nutshell, and the outcome was just an other “textbook example” of how structural oppression works. The person of colour who happened to be a woman had to pay the highest price, although she only called out racism and said it was unacceptable. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Threat of violence against women is used very actively also today to try shut up women’s voices.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lets try to change that, together, okay?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw1cNEcTd1N_acbHlpiIWojdQAbgbwKIaoqKKWsjYGmED9PxiY1VAaH1Ko3a5zFmCDpbZppH5koaVykBgh1pZsJkWBFGbq5es1iSPtwuJN-5YUFHR3QR1SMLwAK57KNEXlkMyZGjj7dz5viG22__W2K7lrwen0kxY4xXntXBi7hJG_wt0SFP0Z-3Z8kA=s1054" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="672" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjw1cNEcTd1N_acbHlpiIWojdQAbgbwKIaoqKKWsjYGmED9PxiY1VAaH1Ko3a5zFmCDpbZppH5koaVykBgh1pZsJkWBFGbq5es1iSPtwuJN-5YUFHR3QR1SMLwAK57KNEXlkMyZGjj7dz5viG22__W2K7lrwen0kxY4xXntXBi7hJG_wt0SFP0Z-3Z8kA=w255-h400" width="255" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">© Cecilia Damström 2021</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #313131; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-22376897762929654832021-08-06T14:30:00.014-07:002021-09-17T15:23:37.315-07:00ICE video premiere!<p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">What an incredible day!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhos84J32bzjfzzfqAlGljlb2vTRSsDUndOG3yGoFNgDqbt_rfF3rUX6JeGXunES-OrEU1pnWCPiajCKjhFF6aX6_p_qYSloDmKgVQ37bKbGAyM7TTMIjAX8pUUZ-Oydo1ljeKVTFjJG7f0/s1280/242114969_356659296142868_8978970367418515022_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Composer Cecilia Damström and architect Erkko Aarti" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhos84J32bzjfzzfqAlGljlb2vTRSsDUndOG3yGoFNgDqbt_rfF3rUX6JeGXunES-OrEU1pnWCPiajCKjhFF6aX6_p_qYSloDmKgVQ37bKbGAyM7TTMIjAX8pUUZ-Oydo1ljeKVTFjJG7f0/w480-h640/242114969_356659296142868_8978970367418515022_n.jpg" title="Composer Cecilia Damström and architect Erkko Aarti" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Today 6.8 my piece “ICE” commissioned by <b>Green Capital Lahti</b> got its video premiere, recorded by <b>Lahti Sinfonia</b> and conducted by Finland’s star conductor <b>Dalia Stasevska</b> (who is still in the UK as she conducted the opening of the Proms!)! The video premiere was on the big screen of <b>Helsinki Music Centre</b> at 12 PM, and is <a href="http://greenlahti.fi/ice" target="_blank">now available online</a> in 100 cities threatened by rising sea levels. </span><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpUxYRhQyhDTwSjLj3Vim1D4f1drdi2t1A6xwt31SkgczW_MqjIJkbFW52OCWr6z8M-gmsQQgIw_MZsphJO1eb650zu31nDP4rAfuCe90Az5cMOHU4h8H7UyrfMJ2y_tnMuyhvtIzmvRp/s1346/242147401_253261560018178_1278493900866445461_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sinfonia Lahti playing ICE conducted by Dalia Stasevska" border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpUxYRhQyhDTwSjLj3Vim1D4f1drdi2t1A6xwt31SkgczW_MqjIJkbFW52OCWr6z8M-gmsQQgIw_MZsphJO1eb650zu31nDP4rAfuCe90Az5cMOHU4h8H7UyrfMJ2y_tnMuyhvtIzmvRp/w514-h640/242147401_253261560018178_1278493900866445461_n.jpg" title="Sinfonia Lahti playing ICE conducted by Dalia Stasevska" width="514" /></a></div><br /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">After the video premiere, the Mayor of Lahti <b>Pekka Timonen</b> officially cut the ribbon and opened the monumental visual piece I.C.E by Erkko Aarti and his team. The piece can be seen in front of Helsinki main library Oodi for the next 10 days, and all these days from 10 AM to 5 PM my piece ICE can be heard in the Wood Paviljong (on repeat).</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_T3xyKne42Qy_E5XJJO9ZOgoHD27t8Zj3Bchr9z1hioUsbMtBlNyZ82tgRxHkSjnY_TX7uYwmbFOYmrUOLUtBjMT17ADWCB47qHqFhWwp3g4tnu5DuLTDBkrmJ7lSGJRctRx_a9878RNN/s2048/242143419_411666247041055_4157815406655559006_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lahti Major Pekka Timonen opening I.C.E." border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_T3xyKne42Qy_E5XJJO9ZOgoHD27t8Zj3Bchr9z1hioUsbMtBlNyZ82tgRxHkSjnY_TX7uYwmbFOYmrUOLUtBjMT17ADWCB47qHqFhWwp3g4tnu5DuLTDBkrmJ7lSGJRctRx_a9878RNN/w480-h640/242143419_411666247041055_4157815406655559006_n.jpg" title="Lahti Major Pekka Timonen opening I.C.E." width="480" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">When I was asked in December 2020 if I would like to compose the piece, I immediately had a “vision” of how this piece should sound, it was clear from the beginning to the end. Due to it’s important topic (the climate crisis) this piece is really special to me. My humblest thank you to Green Capital Lahti, Sinfonia Lahti and Dalia Stasevska for your trust in me, and giving me this enormous and amazing opportunity to be part of this!</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzS_YLztOiWcKQgGTp9OJZ50zfGwS_E1DsHD7CxB5APVpfqA3_ubLiXFtlOcQk1cyH1eetPVP_HHMA95MIDMoYrNBOL__1QnnOOMKa8prBOYJsbL0RMl96wb8r3668ALPD2nPbxK4ICxqL/s1080/242109610_651565572474753_4997785481795021213_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="I.C.E. for GreenLahti2021" border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="1080" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzS_YLztOiWcKQgGTp9OJZ50zfGwS_E1DsHD7CxB5APVpfqA3_ubLiXFtlOcQk1cyH1eetPVP_HHMA95MIDMoYrNBOL__1QnnOOMKa8prBOYJsbL0RMl96wb8r3668ALPD2nPbxK4ICxqL/w400-h209/242109610_651565572474753_4997785481795021213_n.jpg" title="I.C.E. for GreenLahti2021" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2MYM136bS0oPv580MTFpp-ewYeNcUOCtU-1mdjwjaMJJQUbfAcOsu8Shq6Rg3QP_wYszYuF1DNGmraM6UowW4b3lK04_acfyZLgxEx3HzNU2pbDF0Cos1LDR4P5NwpdFys45X9dOd9u-/s2048/242180433_4736892123001799_2760400233907767386_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="I.C.E. for GreenLahti2021" border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="2048" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2MYM136bS0oPv580MTFpp-ewYeNcUOCtU-1mdjwjaMJJQUbfAcOsu8Shq6Rg3QP_wYszYuF1DNGmraM6UowW4b3lK04_acfyZLgxEx3HzNU2pbDF0Cos1LDR4P5NwpdFys45X9dOd9u-/w400-h203/242180433_4736892123001799_2760400233907767386_n.jpg" title="I.C.E. for GreenLahti2021" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Also a great honour to get the opportunity to collaborate with the super talented <b>Erkko Aarti</b> and his team! Its not everyday a composer gets to collaborate with a prize winning architect and his team! (Well, no part of this project happens “often” in a composers life, to be honest! 😀 )</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Still find it hard to believe this all happened today and is real! ❤<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKQ_0W53iG4fN5eTPELDwfEno9j14crn6Q-cnE_TxJkL_HtpIFIHZpnX5kdSnIh6Bpxz0LGpU-WC3ZIh7cUeyo8N_dl8XKJhm1eF5GCUN7NOlTsEDm6gvT8smd7m7zRv4SBxEPbcTYydW/s1280/234824843_220915913159905_1517859060026370136_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Composer Cecilia Damström" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKQ_0W53iG4fN5eTPELDwfEno9j14crn6Q-cnE_TxJkL_HtpIFIHZpnX5kdSnIh6Bpxz0LGpU-WC3ZIh7cUeyo8N_dl8XKJhm1eF5GCUN7NOlTsEDm6gvT8smd7m7zRv4SBxEPbcTYydW/w480-h640/234824843_220915913159905_1517859060026370136_n.jpg" title="Composer Cecilia Damström" width="480" /></a></div></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/greenlahti/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#daliastasevska</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/daliastasevskaofficial/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@daliastasevskaofficial</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#ceciliadamstrom</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/ceciliadamstrom/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@ceciliadamstrom</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ice/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#ICE</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/icemusic/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#icemusic</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ympa%CC%88risto%CC%88pa%CC%88a%CC%88kaupunki/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#ympäristöpääkaupunki</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/climatecrisis/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#climatecrisis</a></div>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-1939778716972384742021-07-28T14:30:00.006-07:002021-09-17T15:37:23.250-07:00Summer Concerts 2021<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvgw_3j3neWrDJ4YUSlqwwt6neKg5I8w5Sr2dkA2oVrLEmjKf_36-OoK1fRjBVlQoQMKUrfQzrmsgprbW4_1Vp-GC5c5t2YMgFekXDYyKMcudCL6DwOjss6KOiKu8OvIQWIn9zBTc50pr/s2048/damstroem-cecilia%2528c%2529-maria-svidryk-39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Composer Cecilia Damström Photo © Maria Svidryk / Villa Concordia" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvgw_3j3neWrDJ4YUSlqwwt6neKg5I8w5Sr2dkA2oVrLEmjKf_36-OoK1fRjBVlQoQMKUrfQzrmsgprbW4_1Vp-GC5c5t2YMgFekXDYyKMcudCL6DwOjss6KOiKu8OvIQWIn9zBTc50pr/w426-h640/damstroem-cecilia%2528c%2529-maria-svidryk-39.jpg" title="Composer Cecilia Damström Photo © Maria Svidryk / Villa Concordia" width="426" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Turning 33 and feeling genuinely happy about life!</span></p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">So much fun just around the corner, so here is a update of upcoming events the next two weeks:</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">🎻 29.7 “Sydänlaulu” for viola at </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/meidanfestivaali/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@meidanfestivaali</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">🐭31.7 “Vickan&Väinö” children opera at </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/leminmusiikkijuhlat/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@leminmusiikkijuhlat</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> produced by </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/operaboxhelsinki/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@operaboxhelsinki</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">🎹4.8 “Characters” for piano at </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/manttamusicfestival/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@manttamusicfestival</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">❄️6.8 video premiere of “ICE” by </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/sinfonialahti/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@sinfonialahti</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> and </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/daliastasevskaofficial/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@daliastasevskaofficial</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> on the screen of </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/musiikkitalo/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@musiikkitalo</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">🌊7.8 world premiere of “Fretus” for string orchestra at Styrsö Kammarmusikdagar in Sweden</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">🌈 10.8 world premiere of my new trio “Vibrations” for Rosetta Ensemble at </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/brqvantaafestival/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@brqvantaafestival</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> at Tikkurila Church </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/tiksinsrk/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@tiksinsrk</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">❄️12.8 Panel discussion about climate change with other artists in Nastola</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Hope to see You in Helsinki/ Kallionkuninkala / Styrsö / Tikkurila / Nastola or where ever our might paths meet! 😅</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Photo: Villa Concordia // Maria Svidryk </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/svidryk_/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@svidryk_</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/composerlife/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#composerlife</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/happycomposer/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#happycomposer</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/contemporarymusic/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#contemporarymusic</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/meida%CC%88nfestivaali/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#meidänfestivaali</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/sinfonialahti/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#sinfonialahti</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ma%CC%88nta%CC%88nmusiikkijuhlat/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#mäntänmusiikkijuhlat</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ma%CC%88ntta%CC%88musicfestival/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#mänttämusicfestival</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/musiikkitalo/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#musiikkitalo</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/styrso%CC%88kammarmusikdagar/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#styrsökammarmusikdagar</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/leminmusiikkijuhlat2021/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#leminmusiikkijuhlat2021</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ceciliadamstro%CC%88m/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#ceciliadamström</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ceciliadamstrom/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#ceciliadamstrom</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/333daysbamberg/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#333daysbamberg</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/menschoir/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#menschoir</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/femalecomposer/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#femalecomposer</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/styrso%CC%88/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#styrsö</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ma%CC%88ntta%CC%88/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#mänttä</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/lemi/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#lemi</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/bamberg/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#bamberg</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/tikkurila/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#tikkurila</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/nastola/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#nastola</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/vibrations/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#vibrations</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/miamclothing/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#miamclothing</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/greenlahti/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#greenlahti</a>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-42420052894710741592021-05-28T14:56:00.001-07:002021-09-17T15:01:40.811-07:00 FFF15: Sign petition for Finnish forests<p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I would like to contribute to FFF (Fridays for Future) in my own way: by sharing one concrete action per week that YOU can do, and which I have done, for combating climate change.</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span></p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">FFF15: Sign petition for Finnish forests</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">WHY: Finland is cutting down old forests at an alarming rate. Old forests are particularly rich in both biodiversity, a factor that is needed for combating pandemics. Areas with good biodiversity can produce a number of important benefits for their regions and, by extension, the people who live nearby. These include functions like protecting nearby water systems, encouraging the formation of healthy soil, and breaking down ambient air pollution. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">WHAT CAN I DO: Sign the petition for Finnish forests. (You need a Finnish telephone number and to give them your name and email.) Greenpeace has made a petition that asks the Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin to commit to protecting the preservation of old forests. You can also go to the website and instagram of Greenpeace for more information.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I like to share petitions every now and then, because personally I feel it’s a easy thing to do against climate change. And they do affect: the EU ruled that oat milk and other non dairy products are allowed to be called oat milk also in the future! Yay!</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">And for people outside Finland, go check out if there is a petition for protecting old forests in your home country you can sign!</span><div><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Link to petition:</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://www.greenpeace.org/finland/toimi/enemman-suojelua-enemman-elamaa/</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://unity.edu/sustainability/benefits-protecting-old-growth-forests-sustainability-studies</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/environmentalism/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#environmentalism</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/ikimetsa%CC%88/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#ikimetsä</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/aarniometsa%CC%88/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#aarniometsä</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/333daysbamberg/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#333daysbamberg</a></div>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-89347753226628800952021-05-24T14:53:00.002-07:002022-02-08T14:57:23.063-08:00Thoughts on Finnish cultural restrictions<p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I'm very proud of Finland at the Eurovision song contest final! If the audience would have decided Finland would have been fourth, but also now the 6th placement was the best Finland placement since Lordi won in 2006! Well done </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/blindchannel/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@blindchannel</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> !! </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-118s427t0NkduJhhk8srmW4VKt0B6cBZWtZOvNa6lPk0k4Tz_uTfE31korLhkJGArkhYJ56l9a-ik69feQPPurR2iSCft9MsBZe6NwDZKjDkEBKzTMv_pG5ESIyOITVEXHdrAKvyAXhJ/s1094/Screen+Shot+2021-09-17+at+23.52.45.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="674" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-118s427t0NkduJhhk8srmW4VKt0B6cBZWtZOvNa6lPk0k4Tz_uTfE31korLhkJGArkhYJ56l9a-ik69feQPPurR2iSCft9MsBZe6NwDZKjDkEBKzTMv_pG5ESIyOITVEXHdrAKvyAXhJ/w394-h640/Screen+Shot+2021-09-17+at+23.52.45.png" width="394" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I’m proud of Finnish culture but I’m not proud of how Finnish culture has been treated by our government (by cultural minister </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/annika.saarikko/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@annika.saarikko</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> among others)! 🤯Living in Germany I see how ALL institutions (restaurants, gyms, shops AND culture institutions) are treated equally, same rules for everyone. In Finland again everything else seems to matter except culture. The National Theatre can take in 6 people in the audience while the casino next door can take in 350!! I do believe in regulations due to corona, but a 50% capacity concert or theatre where everyone wears face masks, is for sure a more safe place than for instance any bar. So why does culture have the worst conditions for being able to do work, of all professions in Finland at the moment? A sector that includes 135.000 people working with it, and usually a turnover of 12,5 billion euros a year, it is a substantial industry that has been abandoned by our government. Finland HAS to do BETTER than this! </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Ending with a good Churchill quote, when asked to cut down on funding for art during World War II he replied “Then what would we be fighting for?”. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/kulttuuriaeisaarikkoa/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#kulttuuriaeisaarikkoa</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/blindchannel/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#blindchannel</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/finnishculture/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#finnishculture</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/finnishmusic/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#finnishmusic</a> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/annikasaarikko/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#annikasaarikko</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> #</span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/sannamarin/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">sannamarin</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/jaxuhali/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#jaxuhali</a> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/eduskunta_riksdagen/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@eduskunta_riksdagen</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/mittaont%C3%A4ysi/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#mittaontäysi</a>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-29023771116463698872021-05-21T14:49:00.008-07:002021-09-17T14:52:15.297-07:00 FFF14: Vote for environmentalists in elections!<p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I would like to contribute to FFF (Fridays for Future) in my own way: by sharing one concrete action per week that YOU can do, and which I have done, for combating climate change.</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span></p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">FFF14: Vote for environmentalists in elections!</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">WHY: The Finnish local elections are beginning next week, and for some reason they often have a lower turnup than other elections in Finland, only 58,8% voted in 2017 to be exact. This is however strange, as local elections are the ones that affect your living and hometown and your immediate environment the most! And through voting for candidates and political parties who care about the environment, we can in a easy way take action and a stand for our environment.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">WHAT CAN I DO: VOTE! And I would advice to vote for someone who openly values our environment. Read about different candidates and read also what the party they represent stands for. In Finland we have also many voting aid applications (“vaalikone”), in which you can fill in what you think is important, and the applications will give you suggestions on candidates who have similar responses as you. Elections are also important for preserving culture, so keep that in mind as well! ❤ </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">HOW:In Finland you can either vote easily in advance 26.5-8.6 at almost any voting place or on the voting day 13.6 at your predetermined voting place. If you live abroad (like me) you can vote in advance 2-5.6.</span><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIRpHkQwCX_qaLFGFuoT4vlBHfjlPcVecZg_r4xizzDMCEP8CJjmtU8FXgDroaO-mwpj-opBk_YiwijsYVvSokhbFl7NxpwP_NtmDNKtL8RIUDuVdZwu9WseDVdJQ3GOty5m-j3X3eRc_/s960/Screen+Shot+2021-09-17+at+23.49.39.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Composer Cecilia Damström at Villa Concordia Bamberg" border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="718" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIRpHkQwCX_qaLFGFuoT4vlBHfjlPcVecZg_r4xizzDMCEP8CJjmtU8FXgDroaO-mwpj-opBk_YiwijsYVvSokhbFl7NxpwP_NtmDNKtL8RIUDuVdZwu9WseDVdJQ3GOty5m-j3X3eRc_/w479-h640/Screen+Shot+2021-09-17+at+23.49.39.png" title="Composer Cecilia Damström at Villa Concordia Bamberg" width="479" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Links:</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://vaalit.fi/en/frontpage?p_p_id=fi_yja_language_version_tool_web_portlet_LanguageVersionToolMissingNotificationPortlet&_fi_yja_language_version_tool_web_portlet_LanguageVersionToolMissingNotificationPortlet_missingLanguageVersion=1</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://vaalit.fi/aikataulut-kuntavaaleissa</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://vaalikone.yle.fi/eduskuntavaali2019?lang=en</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/fff/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#FFF</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/fridaysforfuture/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#FridaysForFuture</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/kunnallisvaalit2021/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#kunnallisvaalit2021</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/kommunalval2021/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#kommunalval2021</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/kuntavaalit2021/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#kuntavaalit2021</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/greenfuture/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#greenfuture</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/environmentallyfriendly/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#environmentallyfriendly</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/enviromentalist/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#enviromentalist</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/333daysbamberg/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#333daysbamberg</a></div>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-48190108273298916712021-05-14T14:44:00.001-07:002021-09-17T14:47:32.692-07:00FFF week 13: Clean a beach<p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I would like to contribute to FFF (Fridays for Future) in my own way: by sharing one concrete action per week that YOU can do, and which I have done, for combating climate change.</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span></p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">FFF13: Clean a beach ( </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/satakolkyt/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#Satakolkyt</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> )</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">WHY: Cleaning beaches improves the coastal and ocean ecosystem by making sure that none of the trash kills marine life or is toxic enough to disrupt the marine life cycle. The more biodiversity, the better nature can combat climate change (and according to research also more biodiversity goes together with less risk of pandemics)! In Helsinki the initiative “Satakolkyt” (Hundered and thirty) was launched to inspire people to enjoy the beaches of Helsinki while helping nature at the same time. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">WHAT CAN I DO: If you live in Helsinki: go to the website www.satakolkyt.fi , check which beach hasn’t been cleaned yet, borrow cleaning equipment from the library and mark the beach you have cleaned on the map. So far 170 km beaches have been cleaned in Helsinki through this initiative! If you live somewhere else, you can still clean a beach, nature will be just as happy and thankful. And I think you will too!</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I usually each summer clean the public beach close to my parents' summer house, because then I enjoy that beach more as well.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">PS. You can also make it to a game with friends: the one that collects the most trash wins a *chocolate/beer/ self made up* award! Just remember to be careful and stay safe!</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Link: </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">https://satakolkyt.fi</span><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmaGBQ6JcUdcrFIa1jS2okSKVCdqYMOV14PVzrytbhWMTRK0wWnJyVfF0F9efyjeKtjRmIH_LYiTGK7quMCAk0DXxQg3k-Za-2G7lyZG2jaRL-xocQZ7y7vvhvef7kw7Z6AoldurhMuhPl/s1280/Fff13.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Composer Cecilia Damström" border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmaGBQ6JcUdcrFIa1jS2okSKVCdqYMOV14PVzrytbhWMTRK0wWnJyVfF0F9efyjeKtjRmIH_LYiTGK7quMCAk0DXxQg3k-Za-2G7lyZG2jaRL-xocQZ7y7vvhvef7kw7Z6AoldurhMuhPl/w480-h640/Fff13.jpeg" title="Composer Cecilia Damström" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/satakolkyt/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; 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font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/o%CC%88stersjo%CC%88n/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#östersjön</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/savethebaltic/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#savethebaltic</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/pelastanita%CC%88merta/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#pelastanitämerta</a></div>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6599873568865400209.post-77573812922856616062021-05-08T14:30:00.018-07:002021-09-17T14:42:28.906-07:00Video recording of ICE<p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Summer has finally come to Finland and German but my heart and mind is currently full of ICE!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Thanks for all of my Instagram followers super inspirational suggestions on music inspired by ice, now my own piece ICE for Sinfonia Lahti and the city of Lahti is finally ready and recorded! Video premiere coming up in August and the concert premiere was announced only this week: January 20th 2022 by Sinfonia Lahti conducted by their amazing brand new chief conductor Dalia Stasevska. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTGLw4wc-UN75qPV857LbW_b4a8PTnt8vssUh2T3tG4SjgTlqifoQ__UXtkciw7QDQxAHRobFUn1gGnBZoB0SLKGYNtbBCgmkWmmSW3ImRtvJVJm6d1-mVz2y2kVoyjoAmZxz6J3a-CPDo/s2048/ICE1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Concuctor Dalia Stasevska and composer Cecilia Damström" border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTGLw4wc-UN75qPV857LbW_b4a8PTnt8vssUh2T3tG4SjgTlqifoQ__UXtkciw7QDQxAHRobFUn1gGnBZoB0SLKGYNtbBCgmkWmmSW3ImRtvJVJm6d1-mVz2y2kVoyjoAmZxz6J3a-CPDo/w400-h300/ICE1.jpeg" title="Concuctor Dalia Stasevska and composer Cecilia Damström" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p>Thank you Sinfonia Lahti and Dalia for an incredible job and can't wait for everyone to hear what an marvellous interpretation you did of my piece!<br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">And congratulations to the city of Lahti for being the Green Capital of Europe 2021!</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Here is a small sneak peek behind the scenes of recording ICE on the 7th of May with Sinfonia Lahti and Dalia Stasevska! 🤩</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6bjA_Foxs1s3Id-ElGLIqfDYmDJPRmfxCrnqNYuFuSQKDJ9RClOlhMu-Ds3v3jJP4nZBNBbjsim1HQCHcfDP5KMwgSZpMvhnxq0_aqZ2QI-93CgSTsI96fTt9PubTf1luPYwd_Ah12fN/s2048/ICE2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sinfonia Lahti recording Cecilia Damström's ICE" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6bjA_Foxs1s3Id-ElGLIqfDYmDJPRmfxCrnqNYuFuSQKDJ9RClOlhMu-Ds3v3jJP4nZBNBbjsim1HQCHcfDP5KMwgSZpMvhnxq0_aqZ2QI-93CgSTsI96fTt9PubTf1luPYwd_Ah12fN/w480-h640/ICE2.jpeg" title="Sinfonia Lahti recording Cecilia Damström's ICE" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-size: 14px;">Was such a fun experience to finally get to work with the fantastic Dalia Stasevska! Amazing on the podium, in rehearsal, in every single way!</span></span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Video premiere recorded for August, concert premiere coming up on her first </span><a class=" xil3i" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/mixtape/" style="border: 0px; color: rgba(var(--fe0,0,55,107),1); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" tabindex="0">#Mixtape</a><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> concert on January 20th 2022! So happy that my music is included in Dalia’s first season as chief conductor! 🤩</span></p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">ICE for Sinfonia Lahti is commissioned in honour of Lahti being the European Green Capital 2021. The piece is inspired by melting ice and in the piece we can hear how landscapes and winter become ever shorter, in the end while alarm signals are chiming and all possible breaks are put into action. Through this piece I try to express how global warming as well as the collapse of ecosystems and the ever faster growing tempo of the world, is killing the beautiful snow and ice structures of millions of years, and how the heart of the earth is fighting for its existence through each beat. In this piece I have also tried to describe what happens if we WILL take action: you can hear a rewind, how action has impact and can make us go back to winters. The name ICE stands both for ice and for “In Case of Emergency”.</span><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58sBiHHLnBJUDLjNmiERUqdovqaZyQqR1SMvji_SIMvTrVTErE9YbDmPkvTr1KmF5iBz3dnt9NfMwVxxe5niF6tTiQTLFL3MoMZc7DZdJigArXndD1xa5dS8ZZeu9oLAYion6zycIepJ1/s2048/ICE3.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sinfonia Lahti recording ICE at the Sibelius Hall" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58sBiHHLnBJUDLjNmiERUqdovqaZyQqR1SMvji_SIMvTrVTErE9YbDmPkvTr1KmF5iBz3dnt9NfMwVxxe5niF6tTiQTLFL3MoMZc7DZdJigArXndD1xa5dS8ZZeu9oLAYion6zycIepJ1/w480-h640/ICE3.jpeg" title="Sinfonia Lahti recording ICE at the Sibelius Hall" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38); color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div></div>Cecilia Damströmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10919822751191312312noreply@blogger.com0Ankkurikatu 7, 15140 Lahti, Finland60.994836199999988 25.651997332.684602363821142 -9.5042526999999986 89.305070036178833 60.808247300000005