- Songs & Stories
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- Songs & Stories
- Songs & Stories
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- Songs & Stories
The Project Team
ASTRID SELLING
folk singer, nationally honored fiddler (riksspelman), composer, project manager, interaction designer.
Leader of the folkmusic choir BlaustjyngJärnavik, Sweden
INA CELITANE
folk singer, storyteller,
culture heritage teacher,
project manager
Kuldiga, Latvia
read more about Ina
KAIRI LEIVO
folk singer, folk musician,
storyteller, project manager,
translator, author
Viljandi, Estonia
Astrid
What's in that bag...?
Ina
Who wore this thing...?
Kairi
Where did the apples come from...?
Storytellers
Marie Länne Persson
SwedenMedieval ballad singer with her origins in Småland. Runs, among other things, Balladforum and folk music choirs.
Mimmi Nilsson
SwedenHandcrafter from Skälmershult in Blekinge, who brings storytelling into teaching crafts.
Leanne Barbo
EstoniaFolksinger, kannel and bagpipe player from Tallinn.
Active in several bands from Estonia and Latvia.Piret PäärEstoniaStoryteller from Viljandi with over thirty years of experience, who has storytelling concerts for children to adults.
Inga BruvereLatviaStoryteller from Kuldiga that aims to find old traditional stories to tell to children.
Love KjellssonSwedenFolksinger and fiddler from Österlen that collaborates with circus and acrobats in the nature.
Brita BjörsSwedenFolksinger from Malmö, with origin in Hälsingland. Creates singing projects with storytelling and stage performance.
Erika Silfver
SwedenStoryteller and drama pedagogue that learnt her skills from her mother and grandmother.
Agnes Sjöberg
SwedenGrowing up among traditional music Agnes, as professional designer, is now exploring digital solutions for traditional storytelling.
Inita Salkovska
LatviaIn childhood Inita heard folk tales from her brother. She studied Latvian folklore in Latvian Academy of Culture.
Thalia Eccles
Estonia and South AfricaFocusing on democracy and education Thalia is now exploring traditional storytelling.
Undine Celitane
LatviaUndine focuses her research on creative digital storytelling merging older and newer prints in time.
Ruta Ķergalve
LatviaRuta is a sing-song writer that has started to explore her families music traditions in Kurzeme, for performance as well as teaching youth groups.
Janne Mängli
Estonia
Janne plays the traditional instrument bowed harp and in her duo Janne ja Kristi she also sings traditional Estonian folksongs
Erika Maldere
Latvia
Erika is an artist and handcrafter that takes her inspiration from tradition and the nature.
Erika is an artist and handcrafter that takes her inspiration from tradition and the nature.
Project management
The project is run by Folk Practice Academy (NGO)
Folk Practice Academy
Tradition - playing, singing, dancing, storytelling, handcraft, theater
Folk Practice Academy was founded in 2011 in Ronneby, Sweden, with the aim to create projects about tradition, culture heritage, performance and community creativity around the Baltic Sea. The association has been the manager of Baltic Sea Inter Cult, Basic - Folk & Tradition, A Cappella South Sweden - Young Singers, Sjung oss in (integration choir) and are currently managing Rappskall, Blaustjyng, Teater Kontur and the Kuldrum project.
contact: kuldrum.project@gmail.com
astrid.selling@gmail.com, +46-739-880011
About Us
KULDRUM - storytelling project
Sweden
kuldrum.project@
Sponsored by Nordic Culture Point
www.nordiskkulturkontakt.org
© 2021