YouHero tour, NYMUS, Härnösand

Workshop and concert with the YouHero project. Arranged by NYMUS and RANK.

YouHero tour, IDKA, Gävle

Workshop and concert with the YouHero project. Arranged by IDKA and RANK.

September 27th YouHero tour, Nya Perspektiv, Västerås

Workshop and concert with the YouHero project. Arranged by Nya Perspektiv and RANK.

September 22nd YouHero tour, URUK Ljungskile-Älvton

Workshop and concert with the YouHero project. Arranged by URUK Ljungskile-Älvton and RANK

September 2011

21st 19.00 House of Win-Win, Gotenburg, organized by Levande Musik.

June 2011

STOCKHOLM EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL 2011
Daniela Valero (baroque dance), Zala Pezdir (contemporary dance), Duo EN.D.E
Music by Händel, Lully, Purcell, Matteis, Anna Bon, Blavet, Roman and van Eyck

June 5th Sarabande for A New Day, The Stockholm Cathedral Parish Hall

May 2011

May 28th Reaktorhallen KTH, Leo Correia de Verdier, Exam concert. World premiere of “Odoshuitmnai” by Leo Correia de Verdier.

choreography: Leonina Korneti Pekevska
music: Leo Correia de Verdier
video: Josef Doukkali
dancers: Julia Benon, Clair Grönvall, Eleonora Ramsby Herrera
musicians: Tomomi Fukagawa, Jonny Axelsson, Katarina Widell, Patrik Karlsson, Leo Correia de Verdier
costumes: Julia Holm

hairstyles: Beba Kastratovic Jonsson

May 25th 18.30 YouHero project, Concert at Slottsbiografen in Uppsala. Concert with students from Malmaskolan in Uppsala, EN.D.E and Tony Blomdahl.

May 21st-22nd Recording session. Tänk by Martin Q Larsson

May 9th Concert with Tonmakeriet, Stora Salen KMH 20.15. EN.D.E joins Tonmakeriet for a premiere concert at KMH. Music by Patrik Jarlestam, Victor Lisinski and Lisa Valerie Streich.

April 2011

30th Geiger session #2 Element studio, Gothenburg. Concert-recording session. Music by Martin Q Larsson, Anna Eriksson, Ida Lundén, Tebogo Monnakgotla, Malin Bång and Maurizio Pisati.

27th-28th Recording session in Element studio, Gothenburg. Music by Anna Eriksson, Ida Lundén and Tebogo Monnakgotla

April 14th Workshop in Umeå. Workshop with recorder and guitar students at Umeå music school followed by a concert.

April 13th YouHero project. Workshop in Uppsala with EN.D.E and Tony Blomdahl.

April 9th Skinnskatteberg. Concert in Skinnskatteberg. Music by Anna Eriksson, Tebogo Monnakgotla, Malin Bång and Maurizio Pisati.

March 2011

March 23rd Madrid, Spain. Concert in Madrid with EN.D.E

February 2011

February 24th. Concert in Gävle, IDKA
World premieres by Anna Eriksson, Malin Bång, Maurizio Pisati and Tebogo Monnakgotla an additional music by Ida Lundén, Christopher Anthin and Martin Q Larsson.

February 16th YouHero project. Workshop in Uppsala with EN.D.E and Tony Blomdahl. Music by Martin Q Larsson, Tony Blomdahl and Palle Dahlstedt.

February 5th, Kulturhuset, Stockholm at 13.00 o’clock. Sofia Jernberg, voice, Benjamin Quigley, doubble bas, Lars Bröndum, EAM, My Eklund, recorder, Johan Westin photography, Patrik Karlsson, archlute.

2010

December 5th 09.30-14.30 Elverket, Lidingö

YouHero workshop with guitar and percussion students at Lidingö musikskola. Teachers: Patrik Karlsson, Tony Blomdahl, Katarina Widell, Dan West and Johan Svensson
Read more on the website of Lidingö Stad (in swedish)
Watch excerpt from Short Term Memory performed by Duo EN.D.E, composed by Palle Dahlstedt.

November 26th 19.00 Musikvalvet, old town, Stockholm

Concert with EN.D.E and guitar players Oskar Koz?owski and Titus Oxenstierna
Music by Martin Q Larsson, Lars Bröndum, Marcello, Anna Bon and others

November 5th-13th, tour of Japan
Concert schedule
Nov 5th 14.00 Kitarokkoudai primary school
Nov 7th 17.30 Temple in Funasaka
Nov 8th 13.30 Grand view Kounan
Nov 9th 11.00 Den-en Symphony hall
Nov 9th 13.00 Den-en Symphony hall
Nov 11th 13.30 Sayou culture center
Nov 12th 13.45 Sasayama junior high school
Nov 13th 14.00 Final Concert

September 16th TANKEVÄCKARPROJEKTET by Ylva Nyberg
Fylkingen, Sweden
In collaboration with Tritonus HB, Fylkingen, Annan Musik and Atalante
Artists In Motion project (AIM) supported by RANK

August 2010

7th-12th of august. New Music Incubator at Kalv, Sweden

August 3rd Västervåla
Concert with TRIO BON; Katarina Widell, Ann Wallström & Patrik Karlsson
Music by Anna Bon di Venezia, Dario Castello, Johan Helmich Roman.

July 2010

July 31st
Concert with TRIO BON; Katarina Widell, Ann Wallström & Patrik Karlsson
Music by Anna Bon di Venezia, Dario Castello, Johan Helmich Roman.

July 30th YOU HERO project
Norberg Festival, Sweden
Concert with EN.D.E and Tony Blomdahl
URUK-Stockholm/Västerås, GEIGER, C-Y Contemporary, URUK-Ljungskile, Norbergsfestivalen.
Artists In Motion project supported by RANK

25th of july – 1st of august. The guitar festival Liten Gitarrakademi at Arvika.

June 2010

7th -13th of june. New Music Incubator in Liepaja, Latvia

5th of june at Uppsala Concert Hall. Mårten Josjö, Mårten Falk and Patrik Karlsson guitar trio

May 2010

27th of may in Malmö. EN.D.E and Tony Blomdahl will perform the YouHero project

11th of may at Atalante in Gothenburg. EN.D.E will perform the Tankeväckare project.

5th of may in Gothenburg. EN.D.E and Tony Blomdahl will perform theYouHero project.

March 2010

March 29th
Wesley College Music Department, USA
EN.D.E will perform music for archlute and recorder by Q Larsson, Hirose, Bon, Marcello, Lundén and Monnakgotla

March 28th
Delaware County Community College in Media, Pennsylvania, USA
Performing Arts Concert Series
EN.D.E will perform music for archlute and recorder by Q Larsson, world premiere by Kozakura, Bon, Marcello, Lundén and Monnakgotla

March 26th 12.00 Noon Concert Series
Arts Club of Washington, USA
EN.D.E will perform music for archlute and recorder by Q Larsson, Blavet, Marcello and Anna Bon
Arranged by our Agent Typhaine Sotès

March 21st 15.00
Christ Church, Short Hills NJ, USA
EN.D.E will perform music for archlute and recorder by Q Larsson, Hirose, Bon, Marcello, Lundén and Monnakgotla

14th of march at Ukna Kyrka. Music by Bon, Q Larsson, Bröndum, and others. Olle Långström recorder and Patrik Karlsson archlute.

March 8th. Finska Kyrkan in Stockholm, Sweden, EN.D.E and Stefan Harg, clarinett and professor Katarina Ström-Harg, piano will premier and perform music by Tebogo Monnakgotla, Ida Lundén, Anna Bon and others

February 2010

27th of february at 15.00. Västerås concert hall.A Multimedia show with music and video by Maurizio Pisati performed by EN.D.E, Stockholm Saxophone Quartett, Patrik Jarlestam percussion and Ivo Nilsson on trombone.The world premier of Röd Konsert.

25th of february at 17.30. Studio 53 on Tulegatan 53 in Stockholm. Music by Maurizio Pisati performed by EN.D.E, Stockholm Saxophone Quartett and Ivo Nilsson on trombone.

January 2010
17th january. Networking Camp 2009, the end concert at the concert hall in Västerås.

October 2009
October 21st at 19.00 at Arboga kammarmusikförening in Arboga. EN.D.E will perform music by Bröndum, Q Larsson, Bon, Marcello, Pontvik, Bach and others. Read Swedish review here.

September 2009
4 september at Fylkingen in Stockholm. Musik by Lars Bröndum, Patrik Jarlestam and Jamie Fawcus performed by Lars Bröndum, Jamie Fawcus, Lisa Ullen and EN.D.E.

August 2009
29 august
Gothenburg, Sweden
Release concert for a portrait recording of composer Anna Eriksson
Emma Nordlund cello, Georg Gulyas, Mats Bergström and Patrik Karlsson guitars

16 August
Hågelby park, Stockholm Sweden. EN.D.E, music by Jarlestam, Schwartz

8 august
Örebro, Sweden
Örebro 2009 Contemporary Music Festival
EN.D.E and Cajsa Trepte cembalo. Music by Asplund, Schwartz, Q Larsson, Hatzis and Munakata

July 2009
16 july
Konga Kyrka, Skåne, Sweden
Release concert. The new CD featuring music by Martin Olin
Patrik guitar and archlute. Music by Martin Olin, Albeniz, Tárrega, Kleynjans and Romano

11 july
Örbyhus castle in Sweden
[EN.D.E] [nir deth ik-spir-ē-əns] EN.D.E will once again be joined by baroque violin professor Ann Wallström. Music by Blavet, Castello, Q Larsson, Bon, Marcello. Review in swedish here and a preview article here

8 july at 21.00
Sundsvall in Sweden
Music by Bon, Marcello, O Larsson, Schwartz, Blavet, Jarlestam. Review in Swedish here

2 july at 20.00
Lundby church in sweden
Music by Bon, Marcello, Q Larsson, Schwartz. The world premier of Tunnel Light Darkness for electric guitar, ring modulator, recorders and tape by swedish composer Patrik Jarlestam.

June 2009
June 5th at 18.00 Stockholm Early Music Festival in Finska Kyrkan in Stockholm, Sweden with Kate Hearne baroque cello, Mayumi Kamata harpsichord, Gabriel Litsgård baroque basson and EN.D.E. Swedish premiers of music by Anna Bon and Agatha della Pietà both composers from the 18th century. Köp biljetter här Get tickets here

2 June at 18.00 Café de concert at Galleri Agueli in Stockholm, a guest aperance by EN.D.E with Kate Hearne on baroque cello. The other musicans are Aksel Kolstad, piano, Simona Bonfiglioli, violin. Music by Bon, Brahms and Mozart

May 2009
30 may
Gripsholm, sweden
Q Larsson, Bon, Marcello
EN.D.E

May 28th at KGB in Stockholm, Sweden. The release party for the new VINDICTIV album Ground Zero

19 May
EN.D.E and Kate Herne, baroque cello at Stockholm Early Music press conferance. Music by Anna Bon
10 May at 16:00
Bruksmuseet in Fagersta, Sweden
music by Bon, Castello, Matteis, Roman, the world premier of Dust and bones by Eric Schwartz for archlute and recorder and the world premier of Fragg by Martin Q Larsson for archlute
EN.D.E and baroque violinist Ann Wallström

April 2009
22 april at 18:30
Maria Skolgata in Stockholm, Sweden. An URUK concert
EN.D.E , Jörgen Pettersson and others
the world premier of Prelude from Toys in the attic by Eric Schwartz

March 2009
8 march
Hallstahammar, Sweden
music by Anna Bon, Kleynjans, Albeniz, Selma, Q Larsson
[EN.D.E] [nir deth ik-spir-ē-əns] Katarina Widell recorder and Patrik archlute, guitar

February 2009
14 Feb
Västerås concert Hall, Västerås in Sweden
Q Larsson, Matteis, Bonn, Marcello
[EN.D.E] [nir deth ik-spir-ē-əns] Katarina Widell recorder and Patrik archlute, guitar

9 feb
recording session in stockholm.
Recording for the progressive metal band VINDICTIV
Ann Wallström, baroque violin, Leif Karlsson, percussion, EN.D.E, Jonna Inge, viola and Caroline Valdemarsson, violin

January 2009
18 january
Västerås Concert Hall
Music by the composers from Nätverksläger 2008
Musicans and composers from Nätverksläger 2008

December 2008
6 dec
Stockholm
Music by Tony Blomdahl
Krock and Patrik electric guitars

November 2008
29 nov at 8.30
Morning gig in Västerås, Sweden
Music by Q Larsson, Grounds, Anna Bon and Selma
[EN.D.E] [nir deth ik-spir-ē-əns]

29 Nov at 16:00
Ställdalens kammarmusikfÖrening in Kopparberg, Sweden
Music by, Martin Q Larsson, Grounds, Anna Bon, Klenyjans, Bach, Dowland
[EN.D.E] [nir deth ik-spir-ē-əns] Katarina Widell, recorders and Patrik Karlsson, archlute and guitar

25 nov at 11.30
gig in KÖping
Music by Anna Bon and grounds
[EN.D.E] [nir deth ik-spir-ē-əns] Katarina Widell, recorders and Patrik Karlsson, archlute and guitar

8 Nov at 14.00
Västerås concert hall, Västerås in Sweden
A free form aproach to Dido and Aeneas.
Lindha Kallerdahl voice, Tony Blomdahl electronics, electric guitar, Patrik Karlsson archlute, guitar, electric guitar, knittin sticks

October 2008
10-12 oct
The Gieger Festival, Gothenburg in Sweden
Music by Martin Q Larsson, Tony Blomdahl, David Laganella, Jonas Asplund, Christopher Anthin, Hannah Sunbeam, Owen Thompson, Robin Rolfhamre
[EN.D.E] [nir deth ik-spir-ē-əns] Katarina Widell recorders and Patrik guitar, archlute, electric guitar

August 2008
31 aug at 12.00
Hågelby park in Botkyrka
Music by Laganella, Q Larsson, Sciarrino/Pisati, Sunbeam, Anthin
[EN.D.E] [nir deth ik-spir-ē-əns]
Katarina Widell recorder and tape and Patrik Karlsson, guitar, archlute, electric guitar. Short review here

3 aug
The silver mine in Sala in Sweden. 155 meters below the earth surface.
Jonna Inge viola, Richard Craig flute, Emma Beskow cello and Patrik Karlsson guitar

July 2008
26-31 July
Norberg A workshop for professional composers, free form musicians and classical musicians. The composers works closely with the musicans and write a new piece each day that the musicians then perform during the evening. These little pieces are then the basis for the real compositions to be performed at Västerås concert hall at a later date. www.natverkslager.se Organised by Martin Q Larsson and Patrik Karlsson

20-26 July
Ingesund Academy of music in Arvika, Sweden
Liten Gitarrakademi a guitar festival
Teachers are Victor Villadangos, Erik Lammers, Bo Hansson, Patrik Karlsson and others

11 july
in Dalarna
Bellman, Irish folkmusic, dowland
Maria Keohane soprano and Patrik guitar and baroque guitar

June 2008 
29 June
Recording session in Klippan
Music by Martin Ohlin
Solo guitar

26 June
Norrbärke church at 19.30
music by Dowland,Frescobaldi, Bellman and Irish traditionals
>Maria Keohane soprano and Patrik archlute, guitar, baroque guitar and mandolin

12-13 June
Recording session in Klippan, Sweden
music by Martin Ohlin
Solo guitar

7 june
Gagnef in sweden
Music by Corrette, Roman, Blavet, Buffardin
Anja Inge cello, Jonna Inge viola, Anders Inge violin, Odd Maad flute, Patrik Karlsson archlute

May 2008
23 May
KLUBB:MUSIK at Teater Studio Lederman in Stockholm
Music by Ida Lundén
Stockholm Saxophone Quartett, Karin Hellqvist violin, curtain clips, baking paper, pick and Patrik Karlsson guitar, knitting sticks, slide.

18 May
Hagalund in Solna, Sweden at 18.00
Music by Albeniz, Vivaldi, Walker, Gio Zamboni Romano
Patrik Karlsson guitar and Archlute

2 may
Fylkingen in stockholm at 19.30
Music by Martin Q Larsson and others
Danjel RÖhr ukulele, Dohyo Sohl theorbo and Patrik archlute

April 2008
26 april
Recording session in Stockholm with KROCK
Music by Ida Lundén
KROCK and Patrik electric guitars

March 2008
9 March
Recording session in Stockholm
Music by Anna Eriksson
Georg Gulyas, Mats Bergström and Patrik Karlsson guitars

January 2008
29 january
Scengymnasiet at Skärholmen in Stockholm at 10.00
A Mini concert and a lecture on contemporary music
Patrik Karlsson guitar

December 2007
14 december
Giske church in Norway
x-mas songs and folk music
Runa Godø Sæter voice and Patrik Karlsson guitar

6 december
Vigra church in Norway at 20.00
X-mas show
Runa Godø Sæter voice and Patrik Karlsson guitar

November 2007 
30 November
Bergvegen 26 in ålesund, Norway
Dowland, Ortiz, Polak and others
André Sjåvåg voice, Nora Roll gamba and Patrik Karlsson lute

24 november
Kube art museum at 14.00
contemporary music by David Laganella, Christopher Anthin and the world premier of Toccata by Owen Thomson
Patrik karlsson guitar and electric guitar

10 november
At city hall in ålesund at 13.00
Norwegian songs
Karoline Isaksen, voice Patrik Karlsson guitar

2 november
Spjelkavik Church in Norway at 19.00
Country music
Synnøve Aanensen and Tor Rødset voice, Aril Kvenset steel guitar, Anne-Arindi violin, Patrik Karlsson guitar, electric guitar and mandolin

1 november
Sion at Gurskøy in Norway at 19.00
country music
SynnøveAanensen and Tor Rødset voice, Aril Kvenset steel guitar, Anne-Arindi violin, Patrik Karlsson guitar, electric guitar and mandolin

October 2007 
31 october
Skarbøvika church, Norway at 19.00
Music by Albeniz, Llobet, Walker, Scarlatti
Patrik Karlsson guitar and lute

21 october
Giske Church, Norway at 18.00
Music by Peter Dass
Runa Godø Sæther, Ståle Godø, Arne Tunheim and Andrè Sjåvåg, voice, Samuel Skrede cello , Ove Kvarngarsnes violin, Richard Powell organ, Oskar Sletfjerding flute, Kjetil Frøysa is Mr Dass, Ingeborg Waagan is Mrs Dass and Patrik Karlsson lute

5 October
Hotel Brosundet, ålesund, Norway at 20.00
Llobet, Walker, Kleynjans, Anthin
Patrik Karlsson, guitar, milk beater, slide and a sandwich.

September 2007 
27 and 28 september
Borgun Church, Norway at 18.00 and 12.00
Music by Magnar Aam and free improvisatione
Fagerlia High School`s music students and teachers

25 September
Einarvikgata 2 in ålesund, Norway at 19.00
Music by Dowland, Schop, Ortiz, Hume and others
Nora Roll, Viola da gamba and Patrik Karlsson, lute

8 september
Kube museum of arts in, Norway at 14.00
Music by Leo Brouwer
Patrik Karlsson, gitarr

August 2007 
9 August
Grangärde kyrka
English and Swedish Music, a celebration in beauty. Music by John Dowland, Wayne Siegal, Anders Nilsson, Bengt Wikström, Magnus Aronsson, Jan-Inge Wijk
Maria Keohane soprano and Patrik Karlsson guitar, lute

July 2007 
22-28 July
Arvika, Sweden
Teaching at the annual Liten Gitarrakademi
Bo Hansson, Eric Lammers, Zoran Dukic, Nigel North, Roland Hogman, Eva MÖller, Per-Olof Hedlund, Patrik Karlsson and others.

May 2007
25 May
Margarinfabrikken ålesund The opening of an exebition, Tárrega and Villa-Lobos
Solo guitar

17 May

ålesund concert hall
Grieg, Halvorsen and others
ålesund Symphony Orchestra, Helge Haukås conductor and Patrik Karlsson mandolin

April 2007 
28 April
Cube Museum of Arts in ålesund at 14.00
The family version… only tears
Music by Tedesco, Boocherini, de Falla. Poetry by Garcia Lorca
ålesund String Quartett, Aleksandar Glisic viola, Samuel Skrede cello, Ove Kvarngarsnes and Sigmund Eikeset violins
Karolina Isaksen, mezzo, castanets, dance and reading and Patrik Karlsson guitar

26 April
Cube museum of arts in ålesund, Norway at 19.00
A spanish show with blood, sex and tears.
Music by Tedesco, Boocherini, de Falla. Poetry by Garcia Lorca
ålesund String Quartett, Karolina Isaksen, mezzo, castanets, dance and reading and Patrik Karlsson guitar

25 Aprill
ålesund Hospital 11.00 and at 12.00
A Half an hour version of the full concert.
Music by Tedesco and Boocherini
ålesund String Quartett and Patrik Karlsson

March 2007
31 March
Jugendstil museum in ålesund
Musci by Tárrega
Patrik Karlsson guitar

14 March
Color Line Stadium in ålesund Norway
Music by Tedesco, Piazolla
Oskar Slettfjerding flute and Patrik Karlsson

8 March
Cube museum of Arts in ålesund Norway at 19.00
Music by Tedesco, Piazolla, Albeniz
Oskar Sletfjerding flute, Samuel Skrede cello and Patrik Karlsson

February 2007
10 Feb
K 16 in ålesund, Norway at 12.00
The Grand Opening of the Gallery K16. Music by Tárrega, Albeniz
Patrik Karlsson solo guitar

3 Feb
Örebro Hall of Arts at 18.00
Music by Jonas Asplund, Martin Q Larsson, Anders Flodin and others World Premier of a solo guitar piece by Mikael Karlsson
Patrik Karlsson solo guitar

December 2 0 0 6 
19 December
A short concert at Ungdomens hus in Skarnes, Norway
Music by Q Larsson, Bengt Wikström, Magnus Aronsson. The world premier of Prelude no 1 by Jonas Skaarud
Patrik Karlsson guitar

4 December
Alias Chamber Festival 2 -9 of december at Alias Teatern in Stockholm, Sweden
Music by Malin Bång, Words Behind Words (world premier) by Rei Muankata , Wayne Siegel, John Dowland. Lyrics by Sappho
Maria Keohane soprano and Patrik Karlsson guitar/lute

November 2 0 0 6
17 November
Borgun Kirke in Norway
Music by Bach, Paganini, Martin Q Larsson, Bengt Wikström, Magnus Aronsson, Jan-Inge Wijk, Albeniz
Aleksandar Glisic viola, Kjersti Tusvik Violin and Patrik Karlsson

16 November
ålesund
Music by Bach, Paganini, Martin Q Larsson, Bengt Wikström, Magnus Aronsson, Jan-Inge Wijk
Aleksandar Glisic viola, Kjersti Tusvik Violin and Patrik Karlsson

2 November
Avholdshjemmet in ålesund, Norway at 19.30
Music by Castelnuovo-Tedesco and a worldpremier by Tony Blomdahl
Tor Øyvind Hummelslund piano, Patrik Karlsson

October 2 0 0 6 
7 October
Västerås concert hall, Sweden
A multimedia show with dancers, video and EA. Music by Jonas Asplund, Anders Flodin, Bernd Franke. Most pieces will be world premiers. Based on Goethes Faust but withouth the happy ending……
Karoliina Lahdemperrä (winner of the dance competition Floor Filler) and Jenny Hemdahl (based in New York) dancing and choreography and Patrik Karlsson guitar

September 2 0 0 6 
10 September
Ställdalens kulturhus, Sweden at 16.00
Lessisless by Tony Blomdahl (world premier) and also music by Långström, Albeniz, Sunbeam, Kleynjans
Solo recital

9 September
Smedjebacken, Sweden
Music by Bellman, Cornelis
Maria Keohane soprano, Jarri Emtell voice and Patrik

7 September
Smedjebacken, Sweden at 12.00 Concert for the Royal Family celebrating the region
Music by Dowland, Caccini, Bob Dylan
Maria Keohane soprano, Patrik guitar and lute

1 September
Cube in ålesund Norway
Music by Piazolla
Oskar Sletfjerding Flute and Patrik

August 2 0 0 6 
31 August
Cube in ålesund Norway
Music by Piazolla
Oskar Sletfärding Flute and Patrik

3 August
Ingesund academy of music in Arvika, Sweden. During http://www.sgls.nu SGLS guitar festival
Music By Miklos Maros, Coste, Sor
Malin Lindström soprano, Geoffrey Cox oboe, Bo Hansson, Erik Lammers and Patrik Karlsson guitars

June 2 0 0 6
18 June
ålesund School of Music in Norway at 14.00
Music by Piazolla, Schubert, Kriesler
Ai-Ling Shiu violin, her violin students and Patrik Karlsson guitar

May 2 0 0 6 
19 May
Alliance française de Bangalore, India
Music by Bach, Scarlatti, Monteverdi. A world premier by Stefan Pöntinen.
Ulrika Nilsson soprano, Emma Maurin flute,Stefan PÖntinen violin and Patrik Karlsson

5 May
305 Wellborn Road in College Station, Texas USA
Music by Kleynjans, Anthin, Sunbeam, Bach, Walker, Piazolla, Albeniz,
Patrik Karlsson solo

April 2 0 0 6

29 April
Ethical society hall in Philadelphia, USA
Music by Jay Reise, Jan Krzyswicki, Paul Geissinger, Miklos Maros and Anna Eriksson. All world premiers Also music by Hannah Sunbeam and Martin Q Larsson
Paul Geissinger DJ, as a warm up act. Duane Large and Patrik guitars

28 April
West chester college, USA
Concert and seminar
Duane Large and Patrik guitars

16 April
Temple University Philadelphia, USA
Seminar for composition students on the guitar music by Jan Krzyswicki
Duane Large and Patrik guitars Jan Krzyswicki lecture

9 April
Phildelphia guitar society, USA
Music by Prokofiev, Martin Q Larsson, Anna Eriksson
Duane Large and Patrik guitars

March 2 0 0 6
30 March
ålesund Norway
Music by Bach and Mozart
Kjersti Tusvik Violin, Alexander Glisic viola, Samuel Skrede cello and Patrik guitar

February 2 0 0 6
18 th of February
Bruksmuseet in Fagersta
Music by Pernambuco, Takamitsu, Villa-Lobos, Sunbeam, LångstrÖm
Patrik Karlsson guitar

November 2 0 0 5
26 November
15.00 at Västerås concert hall
Music by Wayne Siegel, Malin Bång, Olov Franzén and Johnny Grandert
Patrik Karlsson, Christina Dahl mezzo, Olov Franzen cello

26 November
18.00 in Norberg Church
Music by Ylva Skog, Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos, Monteverdi, Per-Erik Moreus, christmas carols
Patrik Karlsson, Ulrika Nilsson soprano

17 and 18 November
20.00 at Entré Scenen in Aarhus Denmark
A show by Art on Stage called Close Orbit music by Wayne Siegel
Patrik Karlsson, Christina Dahl mezzo, Video artist Janni Vad, director Charlotte Hansen, light Morten Ladefoged

7 November
20.00 at Den Anden Opera in Copenhagen
A show by Art on Stage called Close Orbit music by Wayne Siegel
Patrik Karlsson, Christina Dahl mezzo, Video artist Janni Vad, director Charlotte Hansen, light Morten Ladefoged

October 2 0 0 5
28 October
19.00 Kirkeby Kirke
Svinedrengen stories of and by by H.C Andersen music by de Falla and Carl Nielsen
Patrik Karlsson, Christina Dahl mezzo

23 October
14.00 in Aarhus
Svinedrengen stories of and by by H.C Andersen music by de Falla and Carl Nielsen
Patrik Karlsson, Christina Dahl mezzo

21 October
14.00
An Art on Stage project, sneek preview in Aarhus
Patrik Karlsson, Christina Dahl

August 2 0 0 5
30 August
11.00
A kindergarten in Stockholm
Patrik Karlsson solo guitar, presenting the guitar to small small children. Music by Bach and Scarlatti

14 August
14.00
Engelsberg at Engelsbergsdagen
Patrik Karlsson solo guitar music by Kleynjans, Bach, Albéniz, Praetorius and Patrik Karlsson

July 2 0 0 5
15 July
19.30
Norrbärke church
Bergslagens kammarsymfoniker Ulrika Nilsson Soprano and Patrik Karlsson The world premier of Ouvertyr by Martin Q Larsson

30 July
18.00
Karbenning church
The Basho Ensemble The world premiers of A house is builtup by Tony Blomdahl for The Basho Ensemble, Sonata by Olle Långström for sologuitar and a piece by Anna Eriksson for double bass and soprano. Additional music by Martin Q Larsson,Tárrega,Monteverdi and Bizet

2 0 0 5 May
29 May
16.00
Långsunda Gård in Värrmdö
The Kayros String Quartet Shahar Rosenthal and Kjersti Tusvik violins, Åke Hedlund viola, Michael Grebner cello and Patrik Karlsson music by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Tedesco

22 May
16.00
Franska reformerta kyrkan in Stockholm
The Kayros String Quartet Shahar Rosenthal and Kjersti Tusvik violins, Åke Hedlund viola, Michael Grebner cello and Patrik Karlsson music by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Tedesco

25 May
The city hall in Stockholm
The Basho Ensemble

7 May
17,00-00,00
The Gilbert Building in Philadelphia a freeform improvisation festival
David Laganella, Jack Wright, Dave Smolen, Jacob Gorchov, Siddarth Malik, Helena Espwall and others

April 2 0 0 5
10 April
14:00
Bruksmuséet in Fagersta
The Kayros String quartet Shahar Rosenthal and Kjersti Tusvik violins, åke Hedlund viola, Michael Grebner cello and Patrik Karlsson music by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Tedesco, Fors. Introduction by Sten Bernhardsson

9 April
16:00
Ljusnarsbergs kammarmusikförening
The Kayros String quartet Shahar Rosenthal and Kjersti Tusvik violins, åke Hedlund viola, Michael Grebner cello and Patrik Karlsson music by Debussy, Shostakovich, Tedesco

4 April
12.30
Brukskyrkan in Fagersta
John Björklund basson, Stefan Sundqvist trumpet, Patrik Karlsson

March 2 0 0 5
20 march
16.00
Ljusnarsbergs chamber music organisation
My students Sara Fors, Arwid Komulainen, Ingemar Bite, Karolina Strömberg, Erik Eriksson, Fredrik Liljekvist, Lena Lindahl, Liv Hellstrand and I. The world premier of Fy! for guitar and tape by Sara Fors

February 2 0 0 5
10 Feb
09.45 and 14.00
At Circus Cirkör´s place in Botkyrka in Stockholm
The Basho Ensemble. Master of ceremonies is Bengt Magnusson

January 2 0 0 5
8 Jan
19:00
Nybrokajen 11 in Stockholm
A charity concert with Ulrika Nilsson and Ingrid Sundström voice. Jakob Lindberg and Roland Hogman Lute. Johan Ullén piano. Magnus Andersson, Janne Schaffer, Jakob Enriques, Georg Gulyas, Mårten Falk, Mats Bergström, Per Skareng, Erik Steen and Patrik guitar

December 2 0 0 4
4 dec
15:00
The concert hall in Västerås
The world premier of Prins Ivan och Systerhäxan. A concert for the young ones music by Stefan Pöntinen, Christopher Anthin and Ylva Skog

12 dec
18:00
Fylkingen in Stockholm
The icecream ensemble, Basho-Ensemblen, Mattias Petersson laptop and many others

November 2 0 0 4
13 Nov
10:00
The library in Fagersta
John Björklund basson and Patrik Karlsson

13 Nov
15:00
The concert hall in Västerås
Music by Jonas Asplund The world premier of Episteme for guitar and tape

24 Nov
14:00
Stolpvreten in Fagersta
John Björklund basson and Patrik Karlsson

29 Nov
17:00
Nybrokajen 11 the celebration of Miklos Maros
Malin Lindström soprano, Magnus Andersson, Mårten Falk and Patrik Karlsson

Oktober 2 0 0 4
2 Okt
16:00
NGV (Gothenburg guitar society)
Duo con Forza music by Tony Blomdahl, Anna Eriksson, Allen Krantz, Richard Belcastro, Drew Hemenger, Martin Q Larsson, Patrik Karlsson, Granados, de Falla

18 Okt
19:00
Nybrokajen 11 in Stockholm
Musicans from the Opera house in athens and Patrik music by Nikos

September 2 0 0 4
8 sep
19:00
Galleriet in Ängelsberg
Sten Bernhardsson lecture, Maria Keohane soprano, and Patrik Karlsson archlute and guitar. The world premier of More than a hero for soprano and guitar by Malin Bång. Also music by John Dowland, Claudio Monteverdi and others

11 Sept
18:00
Västerås concert hall
Ulrika Nilsson soprano Patrik Karlsson music by Ylva Skog and others

15 Sep
19:00
Galleriet in Ängelsberg
Karin Larsson and Lars Larsson lecture, Ingemar Bite and Patrik Karlsson guitars music by Tomas Winter, Albeniz and others

22 Sep
19:00
Galleriet in Ängelsberg
Sten Bernhardsson lecture, Kjersti Tusvik violin and Patrik Karlsson guitar music by Martin Q Larsson , Eduardo Sainz de la Maza and others

2 0 0 4 Aug
8 Aug
18:00
Silvberg Church
Maria Keohane soprano and Patrik Karlsson archlute and guitar

10 Aug
19:00
Smedjebacken
Maria Keohane soprano, Jarri Emtell baryton and Patrik Karlsson archlute and guitar

July 2 0 0 4
3 Jul
18:00
Färingtofta Church
Duo con Forza

June 2 0 0 4
19 Jun
16:00
Smedjebacken
Maria Keohane, Jarri Emtell voice and Patrik Lute and guitar music by Bellman and others

July 2 0 0 4
14 Jul
18:00
Ludvika Church
Maria Keohane, Geoffrey Cox oboe, Patrik Lute and guitar music by Maros, Coste, Dowland and others

15 Jul
19:00
Hörkens Church
Maria Keohane, Patrik Lute and guitar music by Villa-Lobos, Albeniz and others

17 Jul
19:00
Cassels in Grängesberg
Maria Keohane, Geoffrey Cox, Per Östlund, Patrik and Bersglagens Kammarsymfoniker. The world premier of Ut ur historien for soprano orchestra and guitar by Ylva Nyberg. Also Stenhammar, Wiklkund and others

May 2 0 0 4
17,18 and 19 th of may
18:00
Cabarét in the 21th century in Teatret i århus, denmark
Duo con Forza, Christina Dahl mezzo. The world premier of Homage a Christopher Anthin for guitar and tape by Patrik Karlsson (played by Anne-Mette Skovbjerg). Music by Christopher Anthin, Barry Moon, Richard Belcastro and more

30 may
17:00
Rålambhovsparken in Stockholm
Kakanforan by Martin Qlarsson for six electric guitars

April 2 0 0 4
10 Apr
16:00
Karbenning Church
Duo con Forza

16 Apr
20:00
Christ and St. Stephens Church in New York
Duo con Forza World premiers of music by Anna Eriksson, Martin Q Larsson, Tony Blomdahl, Richard Belcastro, Jonas Asplund, Drew Hemenger, Allen Krantz, Christopher Anthin. Also de Falla, Granado, Lawes

17 Apr
20:00
Philladelphia Ethical society
Duo con Forza Music by Anna Eriksson, Martin Q Larsson, Tony Blomdahl, Richard Belcastro, Jonas Asplund, Drew Hemenger, Allen Krantz, Christopher Anthin and spanish music

February 2 0 0 4
1 Feb
18:00
Stãlldalen
Malin Lindström soprano, Geoffrey Cox Oboe, and Patrik Karlsson. The world premier of Roses for soprano, oboe and guitar by Miklos Maros

6 Feb
19:00
Fylkingen in Stockholm
Students from the royal academy led by Magnus Andersson and Patrik Karlsson

14 Feb
14:00
The concert hall in Västerås
Basho-Ensemblen (Putte Frich-Meier doubble bas, Ulrika Nilsson Soprano, Marcus Wall Percussion, Anne-Mette Skovbjerg and Patrik Karlsson guitar)

December 2 0 0 3
6 Dec
19:00
The Spoken word festival in Stockholm
Basho-Ensemblen (Putte Frich Meier double bas, Marcus Wall percussion, Ulrika Nilsson soprano, Anne-Mette Skovbjerg and Patrik Karlsson guitars) with Johannes Anjuru poetry and Music by Martin Q Larsson

9 Dec
19:00
An evening with Charles Budelaire in Brukskyrkan in Fagersta
Ulrika Nilsson soprano Per Sennerfeldt and Ann-Mari Sennerfeldt reading, Patrik Karlsson guitar music by Ylva Skog

November 2 0 0 3
8 Nov
18:00
Lilla Ängården in Gothenburg
Geoffrey Cox oboe and Patrik music by Fredrik Hagstedt and others

September 2 0 0 3
3 Sept
19:00
Norberg Church
Olle Långström recorder and Patrik Lute, guitar

August 2 0 0 3
2 aug
19:00
Innsjön
Maria Keohane soprano and Patrik Lute, guitar, baroque guitar

July 2 0 0 3
3 Jul
Norrbärke church
Maria Keohane soprano and Patrik Karlsson

5 Jul
Karbenning church
Maria Keohane soprano and Patrik Karlsson

15 Jul
19:00
Västervåla church
Bergslagens Kammarsymfoniker. A world
premier. Double concerto för Mezzo-soprano and Guitar by David
Laganella. Conductor Finn Rosengren, soloist Kristina Wahlin, and
Patrik Karlsson

17 Jul
12:00
Magasinet in Ludvika
Kristina Wahlin, Geoffrey Cox, oboe and Patrik Karlsson

17 Jul
19:30
Norrbärke kyrka
Geoffry Cox, oboe Kristina Wahlin och
Patrik Karlsson

19 Jul
19:00
Cassels in Grängesberg
Geoffry Cox, oboe Kristina Wahlin mezzo,Patrik Karlsson and Bergslagens Kammarsymfoniker

30 Jul
18:00
Söderbärke
Maria Keohane soprano and Patrik Karlsson

June 2 0 0 3
2 Jun
12:30
Fagersta Brukskyrkan

Patrik Karlsson guitar

10 Jun
SAMI in Stockholm
Music by Malin Bång

13 Jun
Växjö
Modern guitar music

25 Jun
Vantinge Church in Denmark
Duo con Forza

May 2 0 0 3
12:30
Fagersta Brukskyrkan
Patrik Karlsson guitar

13 May
Västerås Concert Hall
Patrik Karlsson guitar

April 2 0 0 3
5 Apr
14:00
Västerås Concert Hall
Music by Miklos Maros. Georg Gulyás guitar, Malin Lindström
soprano, Mårten Falk guitar, Magnus Andersson guitar, Patrik
Karlsson guitar and many others.

6 Apr
Flöjtafton in Karbenning Kyrka
Olle Långström recorder and
Patrik Karlsson, lute and guitar

7 Apr
12:30
Brukskyrkan Fagersta
Patrik Karlsson

10 Apr
18:30
Fylkingen in Stockholm
Music by Martin Q Larsson played by Ice
cream ensemble, Yxoid, Apan, Jazzå and Patrik Karlsson.

March 2 0 0 3
3 Mar
12:30
Fagersta Brukskyrkan
Patrik Karlsson guitar

8 Mar
14:00
Västerås Concert Hall
Music by Hannah Sunbeam, Tebobo Monnakgotla,

Ida Lundén, Ylva Skoog, Malin Bång, Sofia Gubajdulina
Anna Eriksson and others. Mårten Falk guitar, Patrik Karlsson
guitar and others.

February 2 0 0 3
2 Feb
16:00
Ställdalens Kammarmusikförening
Kristina Wahlin mezzosoprano Patrik Karlsson guitar

3 Feb
12:30
Fagersta Brukskyrkan
Patrik Karlsson guitar

13 Feb
19:00
Artisten in Göteborg
Music by Fredrik Hagstedt
Patrik Karlsson guitar

January 2 0 0 3
13 Jan
12:30
Brukskyrkan in Fagersta
Patrik Karlsson guitar

25 Jan
15:00
Samtida Musik in Stockholm.
Recorded by Swedish Radio.

Johan Ullén piano
Malin Lindström soprano
Patrik Karlsson guitar

YouHero och skapande skola möter kreativa barn på Malmaskolan i Uppsala

15 barn i årskurs 4-6 har valt att arbeta med musik i detta, för Malmaskolan, helt oprövade och spännande koncept. I samarbete med Musik i Uppland, Skapande Skola och YouHero
har de under tre dagar, utspridda under våren, arbetat med alla aspekter av vad som krävs för att sätta ihop en offentlig föreställning.

Barnens korta föreställning innehåller teater, film, musik och i den kulturminnesskyddade Slottsbiografen i Uppsala, kommer barnen att bjuda på en bloddrypande, vacker och humoristisk föreställning där alla intäkterna går till välgörenhet.

När är konserten?

Onsdagen den 25 maj kl 18.30 på Slottsbiografen

Vad är YouHero?

YouHero har genom stöd av RANK, Kulturrådet, Konstnärsnämnden, Helge Axon Johnson, Västmanlandsmusiken, Uruppförandeklubben, CY-Contempory, URUK-Ljungskile och Geiger utvecklat guitar hero gitarren till ett riktigt instrument. Under ett års tid har de programmerat, testat och framträtt med YouHerogitarren vid bland annat GAS-festivalen och Norbergsfestivalen. Palle Dahlstedt har även arbetat med YouHero som en del av sin forskning och han har bland annat fått Sveriges genom tidernas största forskningsanslag, som tilldelats konstnärlig forskning, för detta.

I en tid där ungdomar ibland möts av förnedring i TV-rutan, i uttagningar till diverse sångprogram, så vill YouHero balansera bilden och visa på den fantastiska process som sker när man skapar något nytt. Genom att framhäva barn och ungdomars värde och öka deras positiva upplevelser vid konstnärliga uttryck så vill vi bidra till fler kreativa personer som vågar uttrycka sig. YouHero – Det är du som är hjälten.

Youhero består av

Palle Dahlstedt – forskare och programmering

Tony Blomdahl – tekniker, tonsättare

Patrik Karlsson – musiker, pedagog, initiativtagare

Katarina Widell – musiker

Kontakt: Patrik Karlsson 0722 00 29 92

Länkar

Lite ljudexempel: 

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=388608346506

Patriks blogg:

http://patriklute.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/the-youhero-dilemma/

En första inledande intervju från Mitt i Musiken, 2009: 

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=1012&artikel=2862986

Göteborgs Universitet: 

http://www.gu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=100356&languageId=100000&contentId=-1&eventId=1770021168

Bilaga:

Bilder

Malmaskolans elever

Öppen föreställning med nyskriven musik och improvisationer över barockmusik i samklang med foto. Musiker och kompositörer från Uruppförandeklubben har fritt spelrum. Kom och gå som du behagar.

Fotografen Johan Westin har under fotograferingen lekt med att blanda ljus och musiker för att få fram suggestiva och känsloladdade fotografier.

Vad är YouHero

YouHero har genom stöd av RANK, Kulturrådet, Konstnärsnämnden, Helge Axon Johnson, Västmanlandsmusiken, Uruppförandeklubben, CY-Contempory, URUK-Ljungskile och Geiger utvecklat guitar hero gitarren till ett riktigt instrument. Under ett års tid har vi programmerat, testat och framträtt med YouHerogitarren vid bland annat GAS-festivalen och Norbergsfestivalen. Palle Dahlstedt har även arbetat med YouHero som en del av sin forskning och han har bland annat fått Sveriges genom tidernas största forskningsanslag, som tilldelats konstnärlig forskning, för detta.

I en tid där ungdomar ibland möts av förnedring i TV-rutan, i uttagningar till diverse sångprogram, så vill YouHero balansera bilden och visa på den fantastiska process som sker när man skapar något nytt. Genom att framhäva barn och ungdomars värde och öka deras positiva upplevelser vid konstnärliga uttryck så vill vi bidra till fler kreativa personer som vågar uttrycka sig. YouHero – Det är du som är hjälten.

Youhero består av

Palle Dahlstedt – forskare och programmering

Tony Blomdahl – tekniker, tonsättare

Patrik Karlsson – musiker, pedagog, initiativtagare

Katarina Widell – musiker

Vad vi ska göra

Söndagen den 5 december 2010 kommer YouHerogänget till Lidingö för att jobba med elever vid Lidingö Musikskolan. Detta blir YouHeros första workshop och alltså världspremiär för det pedagogiska projektet.

Lidingö Musikskola ska snart flytta in i Elverket och byggnadsarbetarna jobbar hårt för att få det färdigt. Vi kommer att inviga huset med vår konsert och detta innan det ens är färdigt. Med eleverna kommer vi att spela i hela huset och även använda hela Elverket som ett stort musikinstrument.

Vi kommer att tillbringa förmiddagen med att låta ungdomarna och barnen komponera ett helt eget verk som vi avslutar hela konserten med. Genom att använda Elverket som ett musikinstrument så slår vi ett slag för att hela huset ska bli ett kulturellt centrum på ön, där alla barn och ungdomar kan finna utrymme för kreativitet och eget skapande.

Det blir även traditionella instrumentinslag och mer traditionell musik i konserten. Det blir en slagverksensemble under ledning av en av Lidingös slagverkspedagoger, Dan West samt gitarrensemble, blockflöjt och även ärkeluta.

Tidsplan för söndagen den 5 december

9.30 samling på elverket, kyrkvägen 5, Lidingö

10.00 vi delas in i grupper och vi får en genomgång av YouHerogitarrerna samt påbörjar komponerandet

12.30 vi äter pizza som Musikskolan bjuder på

13.30 vi riggar inför konserten

14.00 insläpp för publik och konserten börjar direkt

15.00 hemfärd

Medverkande

Elever vid Lidingö Musikskola

Dan West – Slagverkare och pedagog vid Lidingö Musikskola

Patrik Karlsson – lutenist och gitarrpedagog vid Lidingö Musikskola

Tony Blomdahl- tekniker och tonsättare

Katarina Widell – blockflöjt och gruppledare

Länkar

Lite ljudexempel:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=388608346506

En första inledande intervju från Mitt i Musiken, 2009:

http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=1012&artikel=2862986

Göteborgs Universitet:

http://www.gu.se/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=100356&languageId=100000&contentId=-1&eventId=1770021168

Patriks blogg

http://patriklute.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/the-youhero-dilemma/

Kontakt

Patrik Karlsson

Mail: info@patrikkarlsson.se

Konserten och workshopen sker i samarbete med Lidingö Musikskola, Kulturrådet, RANK, Konstnärsnämnden, Helge Ax:on Johnsons Fond, Västmanlandsmusiken, Uruppförandekluben samt Handelsbolaget EN.D.E

Bilderna får användas fritt till artiklar om YouHero.

Bild 1: Katarina Widell svänger gitarren, fotograf Patrik Karlsson

Bild 2: Patrik Karlsson hoppar, fotograf Katarina Widell

As the hall started to fill and rows and rows of children gathered we sat down at a table at the side of the hall and listened to the organizer talk to them and I could here her mentioning Sweden and probably asking them if they knew where it was. The gig went well, we started with duello by Martin Q Larsson, jumping on to the stage and fiercely played and the kids laughed and enjoyed themselves. We continued with some older music and they where a bit more calm, don’t know if they liked it or just fell a sleep. We ended the gig by teaching them some Swedish words and that seemed to be a highlight for many of them. We could hear them screaming Hej då, (good bye), when we drove of.

Katarina and I was picked up at the airport and driven here to the hotel, it took a while to find the place so we got to see quite a bit of Osaka. It’s a beautiful city, just by the ocean and when we got of the airplane and walked outside the terminal the wind was full of the nice crisp scent of fresh ocean air.

We were taken to lunch after a quick shower and of course we had sushi. In Stockholm there’s a sushi place in every corner so we just went with the more familiar option of all the options. I must say that nothing here seems odd or unfamiliar to me, I was a bit surprised. It’s like being in Stockholm or Philadelphia, just a little bit more Japanese people running around, and they are not acting different in any way.

Many people have told me about how different everything is and finding food is a big hassle, but it’s not a problem. I don’t speak Japanese and they sometimes don’t speak that much english but it’s no worries, they are helping you with everything at restaurants and stores so after less than three hours in this country I felt at home.

After lunch we had a couple of hours sleep, which might be the reason for me being awake now, the we went outside and walked around. There’s especially one long, long street with food stores, restaurants and everything else you need and this street is for bikers and pedestrians only. It looks a lot like the china town streets you find in some western countries. The lights are flashing everywhere, and we were mesmerized by all the blinking signs and just kept walking and walking, wondering what the next bright light would hold in its glowing promise. There are huge arcades where middle age people are playing arcade games and apparently just came from work, sitting in their office clothes in full concentration driving a car or killing zombies.

On this street is where we found the place we dinner, actually it was a narrow alley leading away from the street. We had a barbecue, a platter with meets and some vegetables and then we grilled it over some coals. Very tasty.

First I light a match and burn one of the ends

I create a loop at the burned end

Put the unburnt end through the loop.

I then tighten the whole thing by pulling the string, and when it is nice and tight I burn it off with another match. Make sure that you don´t tie the string at the exact spot you want the fret to be positioned,  tie it closer to the lute’s head. Usually i put it were the fret below is supposed to be.

I burn the knot a little more

I move the fret into position

And done

So now you can go out, buy a lute and tie frets all christmas.

All photographs are shot by Katarina Widell

So I’ve thrown away my two other attempts citing budgets and other stuff and just link to it, you can check it out yourself. Because I want to write about my vision, a vision that was inspired from a little suggestion at a RANK* meeting by composer Ida Lundén and by a breakfast at the beach. Ida’s vision was laughed at as naive by many high ranking people at that meeting, but it was the only sensible and creative thing that came out of that weekend.

All the billions of swedish crowns that are budgeted for culture and sports here in Sweden is eaten up by to much administration and expensive buildings and arenas. A maximum of 15% of the budget should go to administration. The fundings are also given to a very narrow kind of arts, especially in the musical field. The orchestras and operas get most of the cash and they mostly perform music from 1750-1900 and they perform in specially designed halls. These concert halls are usually great for classical music and not so good for anything else. The orchestras that are using these halls are not very mobile. Oonce in a while they go to another big concert hall to perform but they don’t reach the beaches, forrest or some abandon mine outside the tiny town of Norberg like the freelance musician do. This leads to that most people don´t get to experience diversity within music unless they travel to or live in a city. Sometimes most of the municipal cultural funding is used to pay for an administrative post, there´s hardly anything left for the actual art. All in the false sense that the money is used to promote art, it’s not. If the funds are not given to people that actually create some artistic thing, then it is usually wasted.

The money that we, the tax payers, put in should be used as responsibly as possible. We have to consider what the actual purpose is for having anything funded by our taxes. In this case it is to provide artistic experiences to tax payers, junkies, less fortunate, very fortunate, children and so on. So the most effective way would be to have less institutions and administrators and cut out a lot of the red tape and costly middle hands. Now you have to, as an artist, write a huge application and when you’re done you do a smaller presentation of the result. The application take at least a week to complete, and more or less a year from idea to when the creative process can start. The idea is sometimes out of date by then and it is also hard to work with other genres of art and sometimes even other genres of music. If you as a musician wants to collaborate with a puppeteer then you have to fill out another big application because another part of the institution has to approve it and the administrative costs pile up. The money that is approved to bring arts to the public is a fraction of the administration cost especially if you include the enormous free of charge administrative work the artist does.

My solution is that everybody that has proven themselves as artists and as project leaders during the first seven dog years should get a credit card. In the beginning there’s not much money on that card, maybe 20 000 SEk (2000 euros) and if you get one of those credit cards you have to do a proper presentation of how you have used those fundings, and if you don´t behave you have to pay it back and you loose the card forever. The card is not for the artists, it is for the artists projects. 2000 euros is not a lot money, but if the artist work together with other credit card holders they can stretch the cash even further and when they get older and more experienced, they receive more and more money. This would open up a closer collaboration between the more experienced artists and the freshly graduated.

The card should not be given only to those who are classically trained or trained within the jazz or world music field, it should be given to heavy metal bands like Meshugga, Vindictiv, punk rocker and puppeteer Liten Falkenholm, acrobats, actors, the extremely overrated and bullshit painter/sculpturer Lars Vilks, in short every artistic expression. By using this idea you could cooperate with any living genre in the world and do it quickly and create really up to date art. The money to finance this credit card would come from seriously cutting down on administration and cost of institutions. I want more art for the tax payers money.

Thank you for reading

* RANK is a shining example of an organisation that has eliminated as much red tape as possible and have very low administrative costs. They are all about more art to the people.

Photograph: Katarina Widell, Fredrik Hagstedt and Eva Erbenius working at an abandon mine outside Norberg.

The links:
The governments budget
Martin Q Larsson on a similar subject
Meshugga
Vindictiv
Liten Falkenholm

The days were pretty lazy. I got up had breakfast, practised a few hours and walked around in the city, had some rehearsals with Duane Large and then the occasionally concert or BBQ. I always adapt very quickly when I travel, within minutes I
have made the hotel room, or whatever space I have to make my own, homelike and I feel like I’ve been living there for years. Pretty handy for a guy who travel more than 150 days a year.

In Texas I had the fortune to stay with my oldest friend Mats Nilsson. We have been hanging out since kinder garden and we’ve somehow always got our self into trouble, and  this time was no exception. Mats and I had borrowed some crappy bikes from his campus at Texas A&M and headed towards a steak house and as usual we biked as fast as we could. I was winning our little race and I was biking towards a four way crossing and as I got down the pavement and into the crossing I noticed that the curb was a lot higher than I had anticipated. I tried to get the wheel up but it hit the curb and I went flying through the air. As I was levitating above ground I realized that I was performing a concert the next day so I tried to protect my nails on the right hand, as they are involved in the plucking the strings on the guitar. I landed with a big bang on my head and got a pretty bruised shoulder, as I was trying to sit up and focus I noticed that the cars that were waiting for a green light just got that and without even looking at me they drove of. To top it off I could hear Mats laughing his head of. Bastard! Since Mats was working in a lab we had my little finger x-rayed and it turned out to be broken, so we took some plaster and made a little cast to support it and I managed to perform the concert the next day. That should at least teach me not to ride a bike in Texas, you drive a car. But at least I won the race and all the glory that came with it.

I was also staying with another dear friend in Philadelphia, Richard Belcastro and his then soon to be wife Lily, for a couple of days and at their place is where I first came across Aqua Teen Hunger Force. ATHF is a cartoon about a milk shake (Master Shake), a meatball (Meatwad), a bag of fries (Frylock) and their human neighbour Carl. In the first season they are some kind of a private crime fighting team led by Master Shake, Shake is a pretty bad leader since he is the most selfish character of them all, and that is saying quite a bit. Master Shake’s power is that he can squirt some goo from his straw, not very useful and if I remember correctly it never stops anything. Frylock does have some power though, he usually ends up saving them all from harm. Meatwad is very young and naive little meatball, he can change shape and sleeps on a grill.

There’s a couple of little Moninites in the show, they are little 8-bit graphic characters from the moon. ATHF was really put in front of the mainstream audience because of these little dudes. As a part of a marketing campaign in 2007 the ATHF marketing team drove around Boston, USA, and put up battery powered led signs of the Moninites. The Boston police department considered the signs as bombs and the bomb squads where called in and disarmed the little fellas. The media had a frenzy and the Boston PD criticized the campaign pretty hard. Well the show got a boost and the Boston PD got a bomb exercise.

To end this nonsense text about a cartoon show and my little trivia travels I would like to post a link to a, probably illegally uploaded, clip on youtube. The clip is from the first few minutes of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie. This is how I would like to start at least one of my concerts before I die. The song probably illustrates pretty well what composers will do to you if you download their music without paying for it.

Photographs:

Mats and I making the guitar squeel
A billboard at the side of the road as Katarina Widell and I was driving from Washington to Phildelphia on our tour in 2010