Culture on Campus
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Al Pitcher
Date & Time: Thursday 9 February, 12.10–12.50
Place: Ljusgården atrium, Teacher Education Building
Come see this hilarious show from Al Pitcher, the award winning stand-up comedian from New Zealand. He was named Sweden's male comedian of the year for 2011. This spring, Al Pticher is kicking off his FIKA tour in Sweden.
"When I had lived in Sweden after a while I finally realised how important FIKA is for Swedes," says Pitcher, a Kiwi currently residing in Stockholm.
"Combining stand-up comedy and rituals regarding FIKA give me the chance to create an entirely new show," he continues. "Since the audience is the most important part of the performance, the show is going to be very special, in the spirit of the fika break."
The Culture on Campus performance will be an abbreviated version of the full show.
www.alpitcher.se/
REVIEWS:
‘Pitcher sits firmly in the improvising, rambling, freewheeling comedy camp inhabited by the likes of Ross Noble and Eddie Izzard. However, unlike both of them, Pitcher is one of the best-kept secrets on the comedy scene.
Time Out 2008
'Hilarious…Al Pitcher is my new favourite comedian. He is a huge talent.' Edfringe.com
'The Kiwi motormouth’s crowd skills are second to none'
The Stage
AWARDS:
Best Show Leicester Comedy Festival UK
Directors Pick of the Newcastle Comedy Festival UK Peoples Choice Award - Sydney Comedy Festival AUS.
Sweden's 2011 male comedian of the year.
In partnership with Umeå Theatre Association.
Carmen
Date and Time: Tuesday 21 February at 12.10-12.50
Place: Aula Nordica
tickets required (free of charge) for entry
Important Ticket Information! Students, faculty and staff can pick up free tickets in the Service Centres in Lindell Hall, Universum or KBC buidling. They will be availalbe approximately one week prior to the concert.
See Bizet's beloved opera classic in a grand, new interpretation. The work's timeless music remains unchanged, as does its passion. But in this interpretation, the scene for the story has been shifted from 19th century Spain to modern-day Sweden. In fact, Carmen lives right here in the Umeå neighbourhood of Ålidhem.
It's true what they say: really good art never goes out of fashion. Carmen premièred back in 1875 and still captivates its audiences with immortal numbers like Habanera and the Toreador Aria. The fact is that most of us can hum these melodies, perhaps without even knowing where they are from.
The story of the hot-tempered, charismatic main character with enormous romantic problems has been told countless times in opera houses the world over. In the original, she is a Romany cigarette factory worker living in Spain in the early 1800s. But there's no reason to do exactly the same thing you've always done, points out director Helena Röhr.
Most often, Carmen is given a shallow portrayal as a vamp whose only function is to please the men around her. You might think that the text in the aria Habanera, for example, is about sex. But listen closely, and you'll see that it's actually about love. "It's high time we portrayed some other sides of Carmen," says Röhr.
For this reason, the Carmen in Röhr's rendition lives in the Ålidhem neighbourhood in Umeå. Apart from the fact that she's Carmen, of course, she's also a bit like any other everyday person - someone who we can see ourselves reflected in here and now. After all, who hasn't had a bad romance or been harrowed by the winds of internal emotional hurricanes? And who hasn't felt at one time or another that life hasn't really turned out the way we had imagined it?
Haunted by their own and others' ideals about how a person should be, Carmen and her friends fight for true and equal love in a world we all recognise.
The musical setting is just what it should be in a grand opera. Together, the wonderful soloists, led by Susanne Levonen and Miriam Treichl, together with NorrlandsOperan's Symphony Orchestra, a choir and children's choir (on début in Carmen) will raise the roof.
www.norrlandsoperan.se
Culture on Campus is proud to present a selection from this classic opera.
Don't miss it!
Student discounts at Norrlandsoperan!
Students are eligible to a significant rebate for concerts at Norrlandsoperan. Choose four concerts for SEK 400, or eight concerts for SEK 800.
Contact: Susanne Aschan: 090-15 43 94 / susanne.aschan@norrlandsoperan.se, or biljettkontoret.
Kate in the Kettle & Harmonikka Tulli
Date and Time: Thursday 23 February at 12.10–12.50.
Place: Ljusgården atrium, Teacher Education Building
This concert featuring Scottish fiddler and vocalist Kate Young will be a magical experience. Kate creates a tight harmonic sound with her fiddle and unique voice. Both Kate and the Chilean-Swedish percussionist Stefan Hedborg visited the Umefolk festival in 2010 with Ethno in Transit. They have become the trio Kate in the Kettle with the addition of Marit Fält on mandola.
Harmonikka Tulli is a young French jazz duo playing daiatonic button accordion, trumpet and guitar. Django sounds and folk traditions mix together to make a swinging mass where melodies seem to sweep along on their own. When you put all these musicans together you get something that's never been heard like before.
It's always tremendous pleasure for us at Culture on Campus to have a visit from Umefolk and their talented artists. We hope to see you at the concert!
Kate Young: fiddle, vocals
Stefan Hedborg: percussion
Marit Fält: mandola
Raphaël Decoster: diatonic button accordion
Theo Kaiser: trumpet, guitar
www.myspace.com/kateyoungmusic
In parternship with Umefolk www.umefolk.com
Stuoris ja Bálddonas
Date and Time: Wednesday 7 March, at 12.10–12.50
Place: Ljusgården atrium, Teacher Education Building
Stuoris ja Bálddonas, which is Sami for "big and frightening" is a new musical group feauring Umeå Univerity's very own Krister Stoor from the Department of Language Studies. Their musical style builds on the traditional sami singing style of yoik. A meeting of various musical traditions that connects with yoik musical frameworks is sometimes an impossible task, but the group has found a way to get there. Sometimes it sounds like the blues, sometimes country, sometimes rock, but not one or the other. It's a unique sound based on voice and stringed instruments, with drum as a guide into other worlds. Krister Stoor is releasing a new CD on 7-8 March featuring three tracks from Sturois ja Bálddonas, and the other tracks from his previous band Trio Moivi.
Photo: Leif Milling
Krister Stoor, vocals
Börje Westberg, percussion, vocals
Martin von Schmalensee, bass, guitar
Axel Andersson, guitar, keyboards
In partnership with Sami Week
David Moss
Virtuoso vocalist and artistic director for the MADE Festival
Date and Time: Tuesday 27 March at 12.10–12.50
Place: Ljusgården atrium, Teacher Education Building
Have you ever wondered:
a. what the hell MADE means?
b. what 500 penguins sound like?
c. what happens in WEEK 19?
d. what strange sounds the human voice can make?
e. what’s a K-KARD?
David Moss, international performer, and the new artistic director of the MADE Festival, answers these questions while making live loops and songs.
Answers (for the impatient):
a. MADE stands for MusicArtDanceExperience: a festival of the unexpected at NorrlandsOperan (9-12 May)
b. they sound like David Moss
c. the MADE Festival at NorrlandsOperan and around town
d. come to the lunch concert on Culture on Campus on 27 March
e. a klub-kard to MADE events for you and your friends, with a special price!
David Moss, born in New York, moved to Berlin in 1991 with a DAAD Berlin Artist Program fellowship. He is considered one of the most innovative singers and performers in contemporary music. He is the artistic director of the MADE Festival and the Institute for Living Voice; sings with the groove trio, Denseland; and lives in Berlin. www.davidmossmusic.com
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