Festival Nordischer Klang Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Cover of the 30th Nordischer Klang @Taru-Rantanen

Due to the current COVID-19 situation in Europe, some of the festival’s events will also take part in the summer months this year. During the actual festival period from 07/05/2021-22/05/2021, a virtual festival programme will be held with digital readings, colloquia, and concerts, in which the festival’s live character nevertheless predominates. The internationally renowned cultural festival continues to pursue its goal of enabling audiences to share cultural experiences with the approximately 50 invited artists on site. Therefore, a large number of the planned concerts will take place as open-air events at two weekends in July (23-25/7/21) and August (20-22/8/21). The traditional ceremonial opening is rescheduled to take place on 21 August as a festive event on the occasion of the festival's 30th anniversary at Theater Vorpommern in Greifswald.

‘The Nordischer Klang thrives on its internationality and on-site encounters; hence we decided to reorganise the festival’s schedule,’ says Festival Director Prof. Dr. Marko Pantermöller. ‘The festival is now divided into three captivating waves that will allow us to responsibly deal with different circumstances in Greifswald and the Nordic countries.’ The digital programme for May includes a reading of the student project Neue Nordische Novellen VII and readings with the historian Bernd Wegner (DE) and the non-fiction author Maja Nielsen (DE). Additionally, a colloquium in literary studies on the aesthetics of Nordic Protestantism will be held digitally. For the first time, the festival’s programme also includes events on the Russian town of Vyborg, with which Greifswald has had a friendly relationship since 2018. In addition, historian Robert Schweitzer (DE) will hold a culturally framed digital lecture on the German and Finnish history of the town. Furthermore, the two Greifswald musicians Johann Putensen (piano) and Jacoba Arekhi (soprano) will perform a virtual Swedish song concert. The Swedish-Georgian film ‘And Then We Danced’ (2019) will be shown in cooperation with the Casablanca Film Club.

However, the festive event celebrating the festival’s 30th anniversary is supposed to take place with an audience on-site in August. The Finnish accordion virtuoso Antti Paalanen, who originally was supposed to be the festival’s opening act, will perform at the rescheduled event. ‘With Antti Paalanen and Suistamon Sähkö, the most bizarre and daring acts of Finnish folktronica will perform at this festival,’ says Artistic Director Dr. Frithjof Strauß.

Contact
David Engh-Bongers
Press and Public Relations Nordischer Klang e.V.
Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 3, 17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 420 3616
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