Moderator and Speaker
Compere: “More high quality music directed specifically at children and young people”, Palladium in Malmö/Musik i Syd (2013)
High-quality recordings for children and young people is a three year project that will promote increased recordings of music adapted to specific target groups. The hope is that music for children should be seen to have the same status as children’s literature, and young people should have greater access to high quality music recordings designed…
Moderator: “Jämställt musikliv i Norrbotten” (Equality in the music scene in Norrbotten) (2012)
In autumn 2012, Norrbottensmusiken (Music in the Swedish Norrbotten Region) organised two seminars, with financial support from the Statens musikverk (Music Development and Heritage Sweden), which focused on equality in the music scene in Norrbotten. Musicians, event organisers, students, other representatives from the music scene in Norrbotten, local politicians, schools and concert halls took part…
Moderator: Jazz Parliament in Malmö, 20 April 2013
Moderator: “We’re only in it for the money – the status of jazz musicians today?” Based on the situation in the Swedish Jazz Federation: the role of musicians is becoming increasingly diverse. The boundaries between being event organiser/producer/marketer and musician are no longer distinctly defined. Since Swedish Jazz adopted its new bylaws at last year’s…
Programme presentations: Mariehamn Literature Days, 16 March 2013
Topic 2013: YTA A scene interview with the Icelandic author Gerður Kristný, a nominee for the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize 2012 for the poetry collection Blóðhófnir. Presenter for the evening programmes at the Literature Days. Featuring: Ulla-Lena Lundberg, Aris Fioretos, Peter Froberg-Idling, Claes de Faire, Anna Jansson and Monika Fagerholm and musicians Elisabet Ekman, Maria Stenberg…
Series of discussion events: “Musical life in balance”, Statens Musikverk (2012-2013)
In 2011-2012, Statens Musikverk (Music Development and Heritage Sweden) organised a series of six discussion events and a conference relating to the equality assignment that this state authority oversees (2011-2014). Topics that were covered included control over music, gender roles in education and the organisers’ responsibilities. The series of discussion events ended with a packed…