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Sinikka Langeland is a folksinger, kantele player and composer who
lives in Finnskogen, Norway. Due to her remarkable vocal and concert
-kantele technique, she has been described as sounding like a whole
orchestra all by herself. She is now recording her own compositions
for the first time with the legendary record company ECM.
She was born in Kirkenµr in southeastern Norway in 1961, and studied
piano, guitar and contemporary folksong. In 1981 she discovered the
instrument kantele, which would become her primary musical interest
along with singing. In the 1980s she also devoted time to theatre work
and to studies at Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris, in search of
additional approaches to developing her creativity. This led her back
to music and studies in musicology at the University of Oslo, where
she earned a degree in 1992. She then became absorbed in a massive
research project to search through archives for old songs and music
from Finnskogen. Cooperation with other folksingers, musicians and
producers was a very productive part of this work, and among these the
most important was Ove Berg, sound engineer and producer for the
record company Nordic Sound. Ove BergÆs superb recordings in Grue
Church of Sinikka singing mediaeval ballads, ôStrengen var af r°de
guldö and ôLille Rosaö, released by Grappa Musikkforlag, were both
nominated for a Spellemannspris (Norwegian Grammy award).
SinikkaÆs songs often focus on the relationship between people and
nature. With her first solo CD in 1994, ôLangt innpσ skogaö, she began
a ten-year collaboration with Helge Westbye of the Grappa Musikkforlag
label. She followed this with ôHar du lyttet til elvene om nattaö in
1996, featuring newly-written music to poems by lumberjack Hans B°rli.
She tours with various ensembles and musicians both within and outside
the Nordic countries, and has been interviewed in Norwegian
newspapers, radio programmes and television by the well-known
journalists Herbj°rn S°rb°e and Erik Bye, among others. In 1996 she
received two awards: Finnskogprisen and Vardenprisen.
Between tours, Sinikka returns to her beloved Finnskogen. Finnskogen
was populated by the Forest Finns in the 17th century, a group that
today has been given the status of a national minority in Norway. The
source of SinikkaÆs Finnish roots is her mother, who immigrated to
Norway from Karelia. Finnskogen is rich in myths, beautiful nature and
wildlife, and this, combined with the presence of a group of people
working actively to promote art and culture, contributed to her
decision to settle in Svullrya in 1992. The Finnish language is no
longer alive in the area, but the old rune songs preserve the dialect
and marvelous poetry that is rooted in an ancient shamanistic forest
culture. Her determination to bring the rune songs back to life
resulted in the book ôKarhun Emuuö and the CDs ôTirun lirunö and
ôRunojaö. Tore HansenÆs paintings and illustrations for her books and
CDs represent a powerful contribution from one of NorwayÆs most
highly-regarded artists, who also lives in Finnskogen. Sinikka was
awarded the Edvard Prize for ôRunojaö and the Norwegian-Finnish
Cultural Prize in 2003 together with Ove Berg.
The rune songs themselves contain some Christian elements, but after
finding some folk versions of Kyries as well as several old variations
on hymns, Sinikka has taken on the challenge of exploring the
development of the old hymns in the Norwegian folk song tradition as
compared with J. S. BachÆs organ chorale arrangements from the same
sources. This project led to three recordings and a large number of
concerts in both large and small churches throughout Norway. Sinikka
is currently working on concerts built around the theme of Mary and
Mary Magdalene together with organist Kσre Nordstoga and violist Lars
Anders Tomter.
During SinikkaÆs teenage years, the nearby town of Kongsvinger was
home to a major music festival. She herself was the manager of a folk
music club called ôDen vesle svarte ╞ljenö (ôThe Little Black Mooseö)
and traveled around playing her songs. The Kongsvinger Festival
provided one of the first stages she performed on, and also enabled
her to hear talented jazz musicians such as Jan Garbarek, Radka Toneff
and Arild Andersen. She began to compose music to Hans B°rliÆs poems,
and still performs some of them with new arrangements. Her first
recording for ECM will now make her songs and music available to an
international audience.
http://www.sinikka.no
http://www.myspace.com/sinikkalangeland
Tracks:
01. H°stnatt Pσ Fjellskogen
02. Den Lille Fl°yten
03. S°lv
04. Treet Som Vekser Opp-Ned
05. Saltstein
06. Sus I Myrulll
07. St°v
08. Stjernestund
09. Langt Innpσ Skoga
10. Det Er Ei Slik Natt
11. Vindtreet
12. Elghjertet
13. Har Du Lyttet Til Elvene Om Natta
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