“Lugumleik”, music by Hans Brimi, performed by the Kantele Ensemble at Sommelo festival, July 2021

Описание: “Lugumleik”, composed by Hans Brimi, music adaptation by Hanna Ryynänen, arrangement for the kantele ensemble by Vyacheslav Ivanov. This performance was part of “Kantele Fusion” concert programme, presented at the Sommelo festival in July 2021.

Performers – musicians of the Karelian National Song and Dance Ensemble “Kantele” (Petrozavodsk, Russia):
Elena Ankhimova (chromatic kantele-prima)
Ekaterina Ivanova (chromatic kantele-prima)
Anastasia Krasilnikova (chromatic kantele-prima)
Aleksandra Sakharova (chromatic kantele-alto)
Aleksandr Ivanov (chromatic kantele-alto)
Aleksandr Gorevanov (kantele-basso)

This video was produced by the "Kantele Goes Global! Ground Zero" Project. Our project seeks to promote international cooperation of kantele players. We promote internationalization and popularization of kantele music worldwide by means of intercultural synthesis. We play Finnish, Russian and Karelian folk music, as well as contemporary compositions. We also try to introduce kantele into foreign cultures (North America and Far East) by using kantele as accompaniment for traditional cultural performances (i.e. dance) in recipient countries. Our project is supported by the Karelia CBC Programme (https://kareliacbc.fi/), which is funded by the European Union, Finland and the Russian Federation.

For further information, please contact Dmitry Zimin: [email protected]

The project's partners are:
Karelian National Ensemble "Kantele" (https://bit.ly/3vEqNoF);
Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland - UEF (https://www.uef.fi/en/unit/karelian-i... );
Runosong Academy (https://bit.ly/2PLo1ia); and
National School of Arts of the Pryazha District of Karelia (https://bit.ly/33guTXY).

Project manager: Olga Vlasova
Art Director of the Kantele Ensemble – Elena Magnitskaya
Leader of the kantele players – Anastasia Krasilnikova

Video production: "SMK Production" (Petrozavodsk, Russia)

Project's websites:
https://kareliacbc.fi/index.php/en/pr...
https://bit.ly/2RmeAq7

Another YouTube channel of our project - Kantele Music Fusion:
   / @kantelemusicfusion  

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