Carl G Torstenson

Carl G Torstenson born in Uppsala Sweden 1948
Worked at the the theater in stage design, sculpture and painting . Beginning in 1970.
Gerlesborgsskolan 1987, 1990
Sinse 1990 worked mostly with art projects but still sometime with the theaters.

Represented at cities and provinces for example in Uppsala, Umeå,
Göteborg , Västerås ,Östhammar, Solna, Stockholm, Wismar Germany and other places.

Project leader for and has also taken the initiative to start the”ARTEMIS” project
art & science in creative meetings ” for the Capital of culture 1996 - 2000
together with Ragnhild Brodow ,the project lasted in four years and around fifty artists and scientists
met and worked together in artprojects.

Has taken the initiativ to start the culturassosiation Konstvarning. (”Artwarning”) in Uppsala Sweden

Curator och organizer of the two big “Artp in Shoppingcenter” projects “OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM” 2006 in the
Gottsunda center
and the projekt “5 + 5 “i Forum gallerian. 2003 where a totally new public was reached
Art teacher at Wik art school and other schools

Chairman for KRO Uppsala 2004 - 2007 ( Swedish organization for artists)
Chairman for UKK Uppsala konstnarsklubb 1996 - 2004 ( Union for the artists in Uppsala

Public works:
* 1984 Almunge Högstadieskola Sculpture in marbel concrete and bronze 3m high.
* 1992 Kungsängstorg Sculpture groupe made in bronze “GRISBRUNNEN”
* 1995 Rasbo Vårdcentral wood relief in organic patterns from cells “LIFE” and
* 1995 colonn in Granit stone 3m high. ” REBORNED”
* 2000 Relief in mix media Öregrunds library” THE MEMORY OF SUNKEN SHIP”
* 2005-6 Entréhus 9st Lilla Sunnersta Uppsala Nine entrehouses in campus for international students.
The theme is the seven continents and each house represents one of them. “Culture meats nature”
* It is made in reliefs in all kinds of materials with three components in collage on each: culture, nature
and languish .Something written on the languish from all continents that only they can read.
Like a welcome for those from other countries that come for to stay.

mayor solo exhibitions and installations from 1990-2008

* -90 Galleri 1 Uppsala ” OTID ” paintings and sculpture.
* -91 Galleri Origo, Stockholm Sweden” ARKIPELAG “oil paintings and objects.
* -92 Galleri Vinden, Uppsala Sweden “BOARDERS” Water colour paintings.
* -93 Galleri 1 Uppsala ” RAMALAND ” or “The Mother of India” paintings and objects.
The Indian cow and the symbiosis man -animal
* -94 The Library gallery in Tierp ” BOARDERS ” paintings and sculpture.
A question about integration
* -95 Ekeby Qvarn Uppsala EVENTA II ” WIND ” sculpture installation. jury.A temple made of wood.
* -96 Ekeby Qvarn Uppsala EVENTA III ” MANKIND ” sculpture installation. Jury
* -96 ” GUIDES ” paintings and obj. at the 150 years anniversary in Bishop Hill. USA
* -97 Theater gallerie in Uppsala Sweden “ANDRUM” Poetic and sacred paintings and objects.
* -98 SLU (art union) Uppsala Sweden “FROM DUST” arceological wonderings and motives.
* -98 Bild och Form in Västerås Sweden”FROM DUST II” oil and water colourpaintings and sculpture
* -98 Wismar, Germany “VON DER ERDE” .Installation with existential questions, Minimalistic expression.
* -98 Enköpings Art hall Sweden ” ASKA ” .ASHES” Paintings and sculpture- a sacred room.
* -98 Konstfrämjandet Uppsala “ARCUS” existenciell paintings an objects about “how to die?
* 2000 Konstfrämjandet in Norrköping Sweden” ARCHIVE” Similar exhibition like above.
* 2001 mars Missionchurch in Uppsala Sweden” ARC”
* 2001 may. Ånghammaren Österbybruk GROW NOW Ltd 1. Wooden sculpture installation
Installation about : patentation on living material
* 2001 july.Järnboden in Harg upland GROW NOW Ltd2. Riceinstallation theme as number 1.
* 2001 sept.Galleri 1.Upsala GROW NOW Ltd 3. Riceinstallation theme as number 2.
* 2001 oct. Väsby Konsthall”Parasito” Riceobjects - installation
* 2003 Galleri Donoso Stockholm”THE LAST MEASURE” paintings
* 2003 5 + 5 Forumgallerian Uppsala “This is not a wedding” riceinstallation about the Iraq war.
* 2003 Galleri 1. Uppsala “THE LAST MEASURE II” paintings
* 2003 Gallari Infra Stockholm “CHECKPOINT CHARLIE” riceinstallation on floor about walls and boarders
* 2003 Bror Hjorths Hus Uppsala Sweden “THE GROWING GAME” Project-installation outdoors with “a one
armed bandit”. connected to growing artificial plants that were growing when you planted the right seeds.
* 2004 Husby Magasin Uppland Sweden “SADFIELDS” paintings
* 2004 Jury exhib. with UKK at Väsby art hall saml.utst.
* 2005 Drabanten Uppsala ” SAVED PATHES” and “Hapenings by the road” installations outdoor
* 2005 Botanical garden Uppsala UKK -50år”HÄXKONST” installation outdoors.
* 2006 Galleri Kvarnen Uppland paintings
* 2006 Gottsunda Center Uppsala “OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM” ris och träinstall about food.
* 2007 Tokyo National Sience Museum “Linné meets Japan”
fabric installation “FROM LEAF TO LETTER” about the evoulotion
* 2007 Gottsunda church, paintinginstallation
* 2007 Bror Hjorths Hus Uppsala ” Tokyo tur och retur” fabric installation “FROM LEAF TO LETTER
* 2007 Kyrkoprojekt i Norra Uppland “Linné möter Skaparen” Linne meats the Creator” installations in nine churches.
* 2007 Jukkasjärvi “Linné in ice” Sculptures in ice . interpretation of the Lapplandsresan.
* 2007 “The waters running” project together with the artcomunity KONSTVARNING (Art warning)event in the
Fyrisriver with fire sculptur,and exhib. utst på galleri Fram, exhib. on the Drabanten “Vattnet går”
*2008 Galleri 1. mars “UTMÄTT” paintings and Irono bjects.
Gottsunda church during easter on the eastertheme. Installation.
Stadsbyggn.kont. Konstförening “UTMATT” paintings and objects
Nicolaikyrkan i Nyköping “ATT MÄTA DET OMÄTBARA” TO MEASURE WHAT CAN NOT BE MASURED”
Installation about predestination and time.

Exhibition at TCG Nordica

Loch Ness Mouse

15 years… and still going strong

2007 marked the 15th year of existence for Norwegian popsters The Loch Ness Mouse. From the conception at brothers Åleskjær’s farm on the Høland (Hayland) countryside, TLNM has shown a remarkable flair for intricate harmonies and catchy melodies, turning the legacy of the likes of Brian Wilson and Steely Dan into all-man’s property through energetic live shows in homestead Oslo clubs. At the same time, the music has undergone a constant development, moving from said Beach Boys territory and into a dynamic bricolage of rock’n’roll, soul, jazz – and even hip-hop. Such daring musical chemistry has not gone unnoticed, as the TLNM has twice picked up nominations for best pop-album, for “Key West” in 2002, and “11-22” in 2005 (the Alarm Prize), and best album for “11-22” (the Oslo Prize). The band is currently digging into the treasure troves of American jazz greats, while the blues-licks of their guitar heroes have not been forgotten. Their next studio album, tentatively titled “Hi-Fi Kicks” will be recorded in 2008.

Band members include: Ole Johannes Åleskjær (vocals, guitar), Christina Høgetveit Staxrud (vocals, percussion), Ruben Dalen (drums), Ådne Hovda (bass), Kjartan Vestvik (keyboard), Kåre Eriksen (guitar)

http://www.myspace.com/thelochnessmouse
http://www.thelochnessmouse.com/

Pascal Salomon

Pianist Pascal Salomon, France

Pascal Salomon studied piano at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris with Gabriel Tacchino. He has taken numerous master classes with pianists Vera Gornostaeva (professor at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow), György Sebök, Andras Schiff and Paul Badura-Skoda. He garnered the prize of virtuosity at the “Conservatoire National de Musique de Genève” from the Edson Elias class.

Pascal Salomon also studied choral conducting with Michel Corboz at the Conservatory of Music in Geneva and conducting with Konrad von Abel, a disciple of Sergiu Celibidace and continuator of his teachings, notably in phenemology.

Winner of the scholarship for young performers in 1993 from the “Société de Musique d’Yveron-les-Bains”, Pascal Salomon also received the prize of best French pianist in the Senigalia international contest in Italy as well as the honor diploma in the Maria Canals international contest in Barcelona in 1995.

Pascal has given many concerts (Switzerland, France, Germany, Spain, Greece, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Israel) in both recitals and chamber music. He has also participated in orchestral productions playing the keyboard with the following orchestras: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Sinfonietta of Lausanne and Orchestra of Geneva’s conservatory. Pascal has given master classes in Romania (University of Art and College of Music of Iasi) and in Hungary (Summer Institute). Currently he is a professor of piano at the Music Conservatory of Geneva.

Nenia Zenana

Conductor Nenia Zenana, Denmark

Nenia Zenana studied conducting and oral training at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. She now teaches piano and oral training at the University of Copenhagen Musicinstitute. In 1999 she received the Danish Conductor’s Association’s Arne Hammelboe scholarship. Nenia Zenana was for four years the conductor of Copenhagen Youth Symphony Orchestra.

She has earlier conducted Elverhøj Koret (the Elfhill Choir), including for the Royal Danish Theatre’s summer productions in the Deer Park and their performance in St. Peters of Rome. She has conducted a number of Sebastian’s musicals with a leading amateur theatre company. In the autumn of 2003 she conducted the final concert at the Aarhus Festival end recorded Bent Fabricius-Bjerre’s music to the ballet Jack the Dullard (Klodshans), both with the Danish Radio Sinfonietta. Nenia Zenana has conducted the Academic Orchestra and Choir since 2000.

More information:
www.akademisk.kor.dk

Kunming Dong Dong Qing Miao People’s Choir

Kunming Dong Dong Qing Miao People’s Choir Introduction

Kunming Dong Dong Qing Miao People’s Choir is made of farmers from three villages in the Tudong Qing area of the Songming county. The choir was established in 1904 and it has a long tradition in choral singing. There are about 50 choir members and they are 16-40 years old. These ordinary Miao farmers grew up in the middle of singing and developed a strong foundation in choral singing: pure and sweet tone color, clear harmony and natural and far-reaching sound projection.

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