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SUMMARY:Quake: A Novel by Auður Jónsdóttir
DESCRIPTION:Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club\, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On June 7\, we’ll be discussing  Quake by Icelandic author Auður Jónsdóttir. \nNominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize\, Quake: A Novel is a haunting novel-in-translation about Saga\, a woman who comes to after an epileptic seizure on a sidewalk along busy Miklabraut Street. Her three-year-old son is gone. The last thing she remembers is a double-decker bus that no one else can confirm seeing. Over the following days\, Saga’s mind is beset by memories and doubts. What happened before her seizure? Who can she trust? And how can she make any sense of her emotions when her memory is so fragmented? \nThe English-language debut of award-winning and prolific Icelandic author Auður Jónsdóttir\, as translated by Meg Matich\, Quake is a shocking and revelatory exploration of the blurred lines between fact and fiction\, reality and imagination\, and where mother ends and child begins. It has now been adapted into a 2021 film directed by Tinna Hrafnsdóttir\, which premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. \n“Part mystery\, part family drama\, part children-in-peril narrative\, the novel offers a hectic\, heart-thudding\, sometimes claustrophobic portrait of panicked inner turmoil”—Kirkus Reviews
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SUMMARY:The Border
DESCRIPTION:On June 7\, attend a virtual talk with acclaimed Norwegian author Erika Fatland (Sovietland) on her new book The Border: A Journey Around Russia Through North Korea\, China\, Mongolia\, Kazakhstan\, Azerbaijan\, Georgia\, Ukraine\, Belorussia\, Lithuania\, Foland\, Latvia\, Estonia\, Finland\, Norway\, and the Northeast Passage\, out now from Pegasus Books! \nImperial\, communist\, or autocratic\, Russia has been — and remains — a towering and intimidating neighbor\, whether to North Korea in the Far East or the former Soviet republics in Asia and the Caucasus\, or countries on the Caspian Ocean and the Black Sea. What would it be like to traverse the entirety of the Russian periphery to examine its influence on those countries closest to its border? \nAn astute and brilliant combination of lyric travel writing and modern history\, The Border is a book about Russia without its author ever entering Russia itself as Fatland gets to the heart of what it has meant to be the neighbor of that mighty\, expanding empire throughout history. As we follow Fatland on her journey\, we experience the colorful\, exciting\, tragic and often unbelievable histories of these bordering nations along with their cultures\, their people\, their landscapes. \nSharply observed and wholly absorbing\, The Border is a surprising new way to understand a broad part our world. \nThis event will take place as a Zoom webinar; please ask questions in the chat or send them in advance to  info@amscan.org. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. This conversation will be recorded and available later to stream on our Virtual Programming page and on our YouTube channel. \n“A hauntingly lyrical meditation to the contingencies of history. Ms. Fatland’s greatest gift\, is listening…allowing the people she meets to reveal themselves in meticulously rendered dramatic monologues\, capturing their tics\, eccentricities\, and detailed personal histories. Russianness gives way to humanity—but not a simplistic one” ―The Wall Street Journal \n“An introduction to a deeply misunderstood part of the world…the complexity and beauty of this region are best represented when she goes back in time. Fatland has a level of access most outsiders would never have”—The New York Times Book Review \nAbout the Author\nErika Fatland studied Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and is the author of two previous books in Norwegian\, as well as Sovietistan. She speaks eight languages and lives in Oslo with her husband
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SUMMARY:Solina
DESCRIPTION:Our popular Summer Jazz Series returns to Scandinavia House\, with live concerts! This summer we’re presenting performances from some of Scandinavia’s most talented jazz musicians\, composers\, and singers on Thursday evenings in June. \nThe series kicks off on June 2 with the Finnish jazz quartet Solina\, featuring award-winning singer and songwriter Eeppi Ursin on vocals\, guitarist Olli Hirvonen\, jazz bassist Kaisa Mäensivu\, and percussionist Joe Peri on drums. \nTickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above. Attendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks at all times during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \nAbout the Musicians\nEeppi Ursin is a New York -based platinum-selling\, award-winning singer\, songwriter and  pianist originally from Finland. Ursin is known for her angelic-strong voice and exceptional skill set ranging from top-class performance to writing music for various groups. Her stage presence combines warmth\, style\, humor and virtuosity. Her recordings and performances as a singer vary from pop\, jazz\, dance\, a cappella and children’s music. Throughout her career she has captivated audiences all around the world performing as a vocal soloist at prestigious venues with acclaimed artists such as trumpeter Leroy Jones and  Spirit of New Orleans\, Vocal Ensemble Club For Five\, and UMO Jazz Orchestra\, to name a  few. Eeppi Ursin also collaborates with renowned theatres and modern opera ensembles as a composer and arranger. In 2022\, Eeppi Ursin was chosen as Performer of the year by Finlandia Foundation National – a  nomination that sends her performing at venues all around the United States. In 2014 she was  chosen to perform as the soloist at the President’s Independence Day Reception in Finland. In  2001 she won the 1st prize in the Lady Summertime international jazz vocal competition. Website: www.eeppiursin.com; @eeppiursinofficial \nOlli Hirvonen is a Finnish guitarist currently based in Brooklyn\, NY. Fluent in various styles  from jazz to rock to more experimental sounds\, he has formed a highly unique style  combining these different influences. As the winner of the 2016 Montreux Jazz Guitar  Competition\, Hirvonen is definitely one of the most accomplished Nordic musicians of his  generation. Hirvonen has been performing with his own ensembles all around the world since 2008.  These performances include festivals in the US\, Finland and abroad\, including the main stage  of Pori Jazz\, Kennedy Center Nordic Cool 2013 Festival\, UCLA European Jazz Festival\, DC  Nordic Jazz 2015\, Sounds NEW Contemporary Music festival in UK and Tudengijazz in  Estonia\, and numerous clubs in New York and around\, such as the Jazz Gallery\, Cornelia St.  Cafe\, Bar Next Door\, Bitter End\, Stone Pony\, and Rockwood Music Hall. Website: www.ollihirvonen.com; @ollihirvonenmusic \nKaisa Mäensivu is a Finnish jazz bassist who has kicked off an international career in music with great success. She grew up to her musical taste in Helsinki where she studied at the jazz department of  Sibelius Academy before moving to New York to pursue her career in music. In 2017 she  graduated from Manhattan School of Music after studying with professors Ron Carter  and Dave Liebman. Kaisa started her jazz quartet Kaisa’s Machine in 2016. Kaisa splits her time between Helsinki and New York when she’s not on tour somewhere else  in the world. She has recorded two albums as a band leader and is in high demand as a side  musician. Website: www.kaisamaensivu.com; @kaisazz \nDrummer\, percussionist\, and educator Joe Peri is primarily known as a jazz drummer\, but he  has played with a diverse range of bands and performers all around the world since arriving  to New York City in 2009. Joe performs regularly in many of New York City’s top jazz clubs such as Jazz at Lincoln Center\, Smalls\, Mezzrow\, Smoke Jazz Club\, the Blue Note\, and the Django to name a few.  Since graduating from the Manhattan School of Music in 2015\, Joe has collaborated with  numerous notable jazz artists like Jerry Weldon\, Pat Bianchi\, Aaron Goldberg\, Sam Yahel\,  Joel Frahm\, Yotam Silberstein\, Kevin Hays\, and Dave Kikoski. In 2018\, Joe recorded with  Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga on their grammy-nominated album “Love For Sale” released in  October of 2021. The album\, a tribute to Cole Porter\, was Bennett’s final studio recording.  Joe also performs regularly as the percussionist in the band of fashion designer and  personality Isaac Mizrahi. Currently\, Joe performs and tours frequently with trumpeter/ vocalist Benny Benack III. A two-time graduate of the Manhattan School of Music (BM ’13 & MM ’15)\, Joe studied  under the watchful eye of master drummer John Riley of the Village Vanguard Jazz  Orchestra. Website: www.joeperidrums.com @joeperi \nSponsor\nThis program has been supported by Finlandia Foundation. \n \nSummer Jazz Series\nThis summer we’re presenting performances from some of Scandinavia’s most talented young jazz musicians\, composers\, and singers from June 2 through June 23. \nJune 2: Solina\nJune 9: Elsa Nilsson\nJune 16: Joonas Haavisto Trio\nJune 23: Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio
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SUMMARY:LIV LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Join Liv Ullmann for a dynamic\, interactive exploration of her life as an actress\, director\, writer and humanitarian activist. With Tom Remlov\, former CEO of Norwegian Film as guide\, the audience will encounter Liv — her work\, her passions\, her loves\, her life. \nOne of Scandinavia’s most celebrated stars of stage and screen\, Liv’s artistic collaborations with Ingmar Bergman are only a part of a career which has spanned over 60 years and was recently celebrated with an Oscar — a lifetime Honorary Achievement Award at the 94th Academy Awards. Audiences are invited on a journey with Liv as she also shares film clips\, photos and memorabilia from her varied and unique life. \nThis production was first presented to an enthusiastic response at theaters all across Norway\, including the National Theater in Oslo. An abbreviated version has been shown on Norwegian television. The presentation at Scandinavia House marks its U.S. debut. \nOpening night is Monday\, May 23 at 7 PM; an opening night reception follows the performance. Subsequent performances take place at 7:30 PM on Wednesday\, May 25; Thursday\, May 26; Friday\, May 27; and Saturday\, May 28 at 3 PM. \nAttendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \nAbout Liv Ullmann\nLiv Ullmann is an internationally renowned actress\, director\, writer\, and humanitarian who has served as an Executive Trustee of the American-Scandinavian Foundation since 2006. Ms. Ullmann grew up in Trondheim\, Norway\, and made her theater debut in The Diary of Anne Frank (1957) in Stavanger. She has starred in numerous films and theater productions all over the world\, including five times on Broadway. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s\, Ms. Ullmann worked closely with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman\, appearing in lead roles in films such as Persona (1968)\, Cries and Whispers (1973)\, Scenes from a Marriage (1973) and opposite Ingrid Bergman in Autumn Sonata (1978). Among her numerous acting accolades\, Ms. Ullmann earned Oscar nominations for her work in The Emigrants (1971)\, and Face to Face (1976). \nShe wrote and directed the Danish film Sophie (1992) and adapted and directed the Norwegian film based on Sigrid Undset’s epic novel Kristin Lavransdatter (1995). Among other films she has adapted and directed is Miss Julie (2014) with Jessica Chastain\, who won an Oscar this year. Ms. Ullmann is the author of two books\, Changing and Choices. She has also been active in directing various stage productions\, including A Streetcar Named Desire\, starring Cate Blanchett. In 2017\, she brought the stage version of her 1996 Ingmar Bergman film Private Confessions to the stage performed by the National Theater of Norway at Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater. \nMs. Ullmann is co-founder of the Women’s Refugee Commission and remains a passionate advocate for the rights of women\, children and adolescent refugees worldwide. She is Honorary Vice Chair\, International\, for the International Rescue Committee\, and has served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Ms. Ullmann has been the recipient of a number of awards\, including the Laureate Freedom from Want Award\, the Ibsen Centennial Award\, the best actress prize three times each from the National Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle\, and several Golden Globes. \nIn 2005\, King Harald V of Norway made her a Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav. She received the ASF Gold Medal in 2019. \nIn 2022\, she was received an Honorary Oscar at the 94th Annual Academy of Awards. In April\, British Film Institute celebrated Liv Ullmann’s career with the month-long film festival “Liv Ullmann: Face to Face.” \n \nAbout Tom Remlov\nTom Remlov has held a number of top management positions in the Norwegian arts world. He trained as an actor and director in London and worked in the British theatre for a number of years before returning to his native Norway. He was Artistic Director at Den Nationale Scene (The National Stage) in Bergen from 1986 to 1996; Managing Director and Executive Producer at the publicly owned studio and production company Norsk Film AS until 2001; CEO at Den Norske Opera & Ballett (The Norwegian Opera & Ballet) from 2008 to 2014; and Artistic Director at Riksteatret (The Norwegian National Touring Theatre) for a fixed tenure ending 2020. \nAll through his professional life Mr Remlov has been active as public speaker\, educator\, translator and writer\, and has served on a wide range of committees and boards. Apart from a number of directorships\, he is today Adjunct Executive in Residence at BI Norwegian Business School at the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour.
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SUMMARY:LIV LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Join Liv Ullmann for a dynamic\, interactive exploration of her life as an actress\, director\, writer and humanitarian activist. With Tom Remlov\, former CEO of Norwegian Film as guide\, the audience will encounter Liv — her work\, her passions\, her loves\, her life. \nOne of Scandinavia’s most celebrated stars of stage and screen\, Liv’s artistic collaborations with Ingmar Bergman are only a part of a career which has spanned over 60 years and was recently celebrated with an Oscar — a lifetime Honorary Achievement Award at the 94th Academy Awards. Audiences are invited on a journey with Liv as she also shares film clips\, photos and memorabilia from her varied and unique life. \nThis production was first presented to an enthusiastic response at theaters all across Norway\, including the National Theater in Oslo. An abbreviated version has been shown on Norwegian television. The presentation at Scandinavia House marks its U.S. debut. \nOpening night is Monday\, May 23 at 7 PM; an opening night reception follows the performance. Subsequent performances take place at 7:30 PM on Wednesday\, May 25; Thursday\, May 26; Friday\, May 27; and Saturday\, May 28 at 3 PM. \nAttendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \nAbout Liv Ullmann\nLiv Ullmann is an internationally renowned actress\, director\, writer\, and humanitarian who has served as an Executive Trustee of the American-Scandinavian Foundation since 2006. Ms. Ullmann grew up in Trondheim\, Norway\, and made her theater debut in The Diary of Anne Frank (1957) in Stavanger. She has starred in numerous films and theater productions all over the world\, including five times on Broadway. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s\, Ms. Ullmann worked closely with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman\, appearing in lead roles in films such as Persona (1968)\, Cries and Whispers (1973)\, Scenes from a Marriage (1973) and opposite Ingrid Bergman in Autumn Sonata (1978). Among her numerous acting accolades\, Ms. Ullmann earned Oscar nominations for her work in The Emigrants (1971)\, and Face to Face (1976). \nShe wrote and directed the Danish film Sophie (1992) and adapted and directed the Norwegian film based on Sigrid Undset’s epic novel Kristin Lavransdatter (1995). Among other films she has adapted and directed is Miss Julie (2014) with Jessica Chastain\, who won an Oscar this year. Ms. Ullmann is the author of two books\, Changing and Choices. She has also been active in directing various stage productions\, including A Streetcar Named Desire\, starring Cate Blanchett. In 2017\, she brought the stage version of her 1996 Ingmar Bergman film Private Confessions to the stage performed by the National Theater of Norway at Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater. \nMs. Ullmann is co-founder of the Women’s Refugee Commission and remains a passionate advocate for the rights of women\, children and adolescent refugees worldwide. She is Honorary Vice Chair\, International\, for the International Rescue Committee\, and has served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Ms. Ullmann has been the recipient of a number of awards\, including the Laureate Freedom from Want Award\, the Ibsen Centennial Award\, the best actress prize three times each from the National Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle\, and several Golden Globes. \nIn 2005\, King Harald V of Norway made her a Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav. She received the ASF Gold Medal in 2019. \nIn 2022\, she was received an Honorary Oscar at the 94th Annual Academy of Awards. In April\, British Film Institute celebrated Liv Ullmann’s career with the month-long film festival “Liv Ullmann: Face to Face.” \n \nAbout Tom Remlov\nTom Remlov has held a number of top management positions in the Norwegian arts world. He trained as an actor and director in London and worked in the British theatre for a number of years before returning to his native Norway. He was Artistic Director at Den Nationale Scene (The National Stage) in Bergen from 1986 to 1996; Managing Director and Executive Producer at the publicly owned studio and production company Norsk Film AS until 2001; CEO at Den Norske Opera & Ballett (The Norwegian Opera & Ballet) from 2008 to 2014; and Artistic Director at Riksteatret (The Norwegian National Touring Theatre) for a fixed tenure ending 2020. \nAll through his professional life Mr Remlov has been active as public speaker\, educator\, translator and writer\, and has served on a wide range of committees and boards. Apart from a number of directorships\, he is today Adjunct Executive in Residence at BI Norwegian Business School at the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour. \n \nCreative Team\nOn stage: Liv Ullmann and Tom Remlov\nDirector and concept developer  for New York version: Einar Björge\nNorwegian version directed by: Bentein Baardson\nCo-directed by: Hanne Tömta\nConcept developer and assistant director Norwegian version: Einar Björge\n\nSet designer and costumes: Nora Furuholmen\nVideo-designer: Anders Aahslund\nMusic composed by: Ketil Bjørnstad\nOriginal Norwegian version produced by Riksteatret and National Theatre in Oslo
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SUMMARY:LIV LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Join Liv Ullmann for a dynamic\, interactive exploration of her life as an actress\, director\, writer and humanitarian activist. With Tom Remlov\, former CEO of Norwegian Film as guide\, the audience will encounter Liv — her work\, her passions\, her loves\, her life. \nOne of Scandinavia’s most celebrated stars of stage and screen\, Liv’s artistic collaborations with Ingmar Bergman are only a part of a career which has spanned over 60 years and was recently celebrated with an Oscar — a lifetime Honorary Achievement Award at the 94th Academy Awards. Audiences are invited on a journey with Liv as she also shares film clips\, photos and memorabilia from her varied and unique life. \nThis production was first presented to an enthusiastic response at theaters all across Norway\, including the National Theater in Oslo. An abbreviated version has been shown on Norwegian television. The presentation at Scandinavia House marks its U.S. debut. \nOpening night is Monday\, May 23 at 7 PM; an opening night reception follows the performance. Subsequent performances take place at 7:30 PM on Wednesday\, May 25; Thursday\, May 26; Friday\, May 27; and Saturday\, May 28 at 3 PM. \nAttendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \nAbout Liv Ullmann\nLiv Ullmann is an internationally renowned actress\, director\, writer\, and humanitarian who has served as an Executive Trustee of the American-Scandinavian Foundation since 2006. Ms. Ullmann grew up in Trondheim\, Norway\, and made her theater debut in The Diary of Anne Frank (1957) in Stavanger. She has starred in numerous films and theater productions all over the world\, including five times on Broadway. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s\, Ms. Ullmann worked closely with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman\, appearing in lead roles in films such as Persona (1968)\, Cries and Whispers (1973)\, Scenes from a Marriage (1973) and opposite Ingrid Bergman in Autumn Sonata (1978). Among her numerous acting accolades\, Ms. Ullmann earned Oscar nominations for her work in The Emigrants (1971)\, and Face to Face (1976). \nShe wrote and directed the Danish film Sophie (1992) and adapted and directed the Norwegian film based on Sigrid Undset’s epic novel Kristin Lavransdatter (1995). Among other films she has adapted and directed is Miss Julie (2014) with Jessica Chastain\, who won an Oscar this year. Ms. Ullmann is the author of two books\, Changing and Choices. She has also been active in directing various stage productions\, including A Streetcar Named Desire\, starring Cate Blanchett. In 2017\, she brought the stage version of her 1996 Ingmar Bergman film Private Confessions to the stage performed by the National Theater of Norway at Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater. \nMs. Ullmann is co-founder of the Women’s Refugee Commission and remains a passionate advocate for the rights of women\, children and adolescent refugees worldwide. She is Honorary Vice Chair\, International\, for the International Rescue Committee\, and has served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Ms. Ullmann has been the recipient of a number of awards\, including the Laureate Freedom from Want Award\, the Ibsen Centennial Award\, the best actress prize three times each from the National Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle\, and several Golden Globes. \nIn 2005\, King Harald V of Norway made her a Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav. She received the ASF Gold Medal in 2019. \nIn 2022\, she was received an Honorary Oscar at the 94th Annual Academy of Awards. In April\, British Film Institute celebrated Liv Ullmann’s career with the month-long film festival “Liv Ullmann: Face to Face.” \n \nAbout Tom Remlov\nTom Remlov has held a number of top management positions in the Norwegian arts world. He trained as an actor and director in London and worked in the British theatre for a number of years before returning to his native Norway. He was Artistic Director at Den Nationale Scene (The National Stage) in Bergen from 1986 to 1996; Managing Director and Executive Producer at the publicly owned studio and production company Norsk Film AS until 2001; CEO at Den Norske Opera & Ballett (The Norwegian Opera & Ballet) from 2008 to 2014; and Artistic Director at Riksteatret (The Norwegian National Touring Theatre) for a fixed tenure ending 2020. \nAll through his professional life Mr Remlov has been active as public speaker\, educator\, translator and writer\, and has served on a wide range of committees and boards. Apart from a number of directorships\, he is today Adjunct Executive in Residence at BI Norwegian Business School at the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour.
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SUMMARY:LIV LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Join Liv Ullmann for a dynamic\, interactive exploration of her life as an actress\, director\, writer and humanitarian activist. With Tom Remlov\, former CEO of Norwegian Film as guide\, the audience will encounter Liv — her work\, her passions\, her loves\, her life. \nOne of Scandinavia’s most celebrated stars of stage and screen\, Liv’s artistic collaborations with Ingmar Bergman are only a part of a career which has spanned over 60 years and was recently celebrated with an Oscar — a lifetime Honorary Achievement Award at the 94th Academy Awards. Audiences are invited on a journey with Liv as she also shares film clips\, photos and memorabilia from her varied and unique life. \nThis production was first presented to an enthusiastic response at theaters all across Norway\, including the National Theater in Oslo. An abbreviated version has been shown on Norwegian television. The presentation at Scandinavia House marks its U.S. debut. \nOpening night is Monday\, May 23 at 7 PM; an opening night reception follows the performance. Subsequent performances take place at 7:30 PM on Wednesday\, May 25; Thursday\, May 26; Friday\, May 27; and Saturday\, May 28 at 3 PM. \nAttendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \nAbout Liv Ullmann\nLiv Ullmann is an internationally renowned actress\, director\, writer\, and humanitarian who has served as an Executive Trustee of the American-Scandinavian Foundation since 2006. Ms. Ullmann grew up in Trondheim\, Norway\, and made her theater debut in The Diary of Anne Frank (1957) in Stavanger. She has starred in numerous films and theater productions all over the world\, including five times on Broadway. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s\, Ms. Ullmann worked closely with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman\, appearing in lead roles in films such as Persona (1968)\, Cries and Whispers (1973)\, Scenes from a Marriage (1973) and opposite Ingrid Bergman in Autumn Sonata (1978). Among her numerous acting accolades\, Ms. Ullmann earned Oscar nominations for her work in The Emigrants (1971)\, and Face to Face (1976). \nShe wrote and directed the Danish film Sophie (1992) and adapted and directed the Norwegian film based on Sigrid Undset’s epic novel Kristin Lavransdatter (1995). Among other films she has adapted and directed is Miss Julie (2014) with Jessica Chastain\, who won an Oscar this year. Ms. Ullmann is the author of two books\, Changing and Choices. She has also been active in directing various stage productions\, including A Streetcar Named Desire\, starring Cate Blanchett. In 2017\, she brought the stage version of her 1996 Ingmar Bergman film Private Confessions to the stage performed by the National Theater of Norway at Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater. \nMs. Ullmann is co-founder of the Women’s Refugee Commission and remains a passionate advocate for the rights of women\, children and adolescent refugees worldwide. She is Honorary Vice Chair\, International\, for the International Rescue Committee\, and has served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Ms. Ullmann has been the recipient of a number of awards\, including the Laureate Freedom from Want Award\, the Ibsen Centennial Award\, the best actress prize three times each from the National Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle\, and several Golden Globes. \nIn 2005\, King Harald V of Norway made her a Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav. She received the ASF Gold Medal in 2019. \nIn 2022\, she was received an Honorary Oscar at the 94th Annual Academy of Awards. In April\, British Film Institute celebrated Liv Ullmann’s career with the month-long film festival “Liv Ullmann: Face to Face.” \n \nAbout Tom Remlov\nTom Remlov has held a number of top management positions in the Norwegian arts world. He trained as an actor and director in London and worked in the British theatre for a number of years before returning to his native Norway. He was Artistic Director at Den Nationale Scene (The National Stage) in Bergen from 1986 to 1996; Managing Director and Executive Producer at the publicly owned studio and production company Norsk Film AS until 2001; CEO at Den Norske Opera & Ballett (The Norwegian Opera & Ballet) from 2008 to 2014; and Artistic Director at Riksteatret (The Norwegian National Touring Theatre) for a fixed tenure ending 2020. \nAll through his professional life Mr Remlov has been active as public speaker\, educator\, translator and writer\, and has served on a wide range of committees and boards. Apart from a number of directorships\, he is today Adjunct Executive in Residence at BI Norwegian Business School at the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/liv-live/2022-05-26/
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SUMMARY:LIV LIVE
DESCRIPTION:Join Liv Ullmann for a dynamic\, interactive exploration of her life as an actress\, director\, writer and humanitarian activist. With Tom Remlov\, former CEO of Norwegian Film as guide\, the audience will encounter Liv — her work\, her passions\, her loves\, her life. \nOne of Scandinavia’s most celebrated stars of stage and screen\, Liv’s artistic collaborations with Ingmar Bergman are only a part of a career which has spanned over 60 years and was recently celebrated with an Oscar — a lifetime Honorary Achievement Award at the 94th Academy Awards. Audiences are invited on a journey with Liv as she also shares film clips\, photos and memorabilia from her varied and unique life. \nThis production was first presented to an enthusiastic response at theaters all across Norway\, including the National Theater in Oslo. An abbreviated version has been shown on Norwegian television. The presentation at Scandinavia House marks its U.S. debut. \nOpening night is Monday\, May 23 at 7 PM; an opening night reception follows the performance. Subsequent performances take place at 7:30 PM on Wednesday\, May 25; Thursday\, May 26; Friday\, May 27; and Saturday\, May 28 at 3 PM. \nAttendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \nAbout Liv Ullmann\nLiv Ullmann is an internationally renowned actress\, director\, writer\, and humanitarian who has served as an Executive Trustee of the American-Scandinavian Foundation since 2006. Ms. Ullmann grew up in Trondheim\, Norway\, and made her theater debut in The Diary of Anne Frank (1957) in Stavanger. She has starred in numerous films and theater productions all over the world\, including five times on Broadway. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s\, Ms. Ullmann worked closely with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman\, appearing in lead roles in films such as Persona (1968)\, Cries and Whispers (1973)\, Scenes from a Marriage (1973) and opposite Ingrid Bergman in Autumn Sonata (1978). Among her numerous acting accolades\, Ms. Ullmann earned Oscar nominations for her work in The Emigrants (1971)\, and Face to Face (1976). \nShe wrote and directed the Danish film Sophie (1992) and adapted and directed the Norwegian film based on Sigrid Undset’s epic novel Kristin Lavransdatter (1995). Among other films she has adapted and directed is Miss Julie (2014) with Jessica Chastain\, who won an Oscar this year. Ms. Ullmann is the author of two books\, Changing and Choices. She has also been active in directing various stage productions\, including A Streetcar Named Desire\, starring Cate Blanchett. In 2017\, she brought the stage version of her 1996 Ingmar Bergman film Private Confessions to the stage performed by the National Theater of Norway at Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater. \nMs. Ullmann is co-founder of the Women’s Refugee Commission and remains a passionate advocate for the rights of women\, children and adolescent refugees worldwide. She is Honorary Vice Chair\, International\, for the International Rescue Committee\, and has served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Ms. Ullmann has been the recipient of a number of awards\, including the Laureate Freedom from Want Award\, the Ibsen Centennial Award\, the best actress prize three times each from the National Society of Film Critics and the New York Film Critics Circle\, and several Golden Globes. \nIn 2005\, King Harald V of Norway made her a Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav. She received the ASF Gold Medal in 2019. \nIn 2022\, she was received an Honorary Oscar at the 94th Annual Academy of Awards. In April\, British Film Institute celebrated Liv Ullmann’s career with the month-long film festival “Liv Ullmann: Face to Face.” \n \nAbout Tom Remlov\nTom Remlov has held a number of top management positions in the Norwegian arts world. He trained as an actor and director in London and worked in the British theatre for a number of years before returning to his native Norway. He was Artistic Director at Den Nationale Scene (The National Stage) in Bergen from 1986 to 1996; Managing Director and Executive Producer at the publicly owned studio and production company Norsk Film AS until 2001; CEO at Den Norske Opera & Ballett (The Norwegian Opera & Ballet) from 2008 to 2014; and Artistic Director at Riksteatret (The Norwegian National Touring Theatre) for a fixed tenure ending 2020. \nAll through his professional life Mr Remlov has been active as public speaker\, educator\, translator and writer\, and has served on a wide range of committees and boards. Apart from a number of directorships\, he is today Adjunct Executive in Residence at BI Norwegian Business School at the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/liv-live/2022-05-25/
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SUMMARY:Spring Gala 2022
DESCRIPTION:Join us on May 19 for The American-Scandinavian Foundation 2022 Spring Gala at the Metropolitan Club in New York City\, honoring Lena Biörck Kaplan\, recipient of this year’s ASF Niels Poulson Award\, and James Stewart Polshek\, recipient of this year’s ASF Cultural Award. All proceeds from the Gala will benefit ASF’s initiatives to promote cultural and education exchange between the U.S. and Nordic countries. \nThis year’s event will begin with cocktails at 7 PM followed by dinner and dancing at 8 PM; attire is black tie. \nWe look forward to seeing you there! \nIndividual tickets may be purchased at the following levels: \n\n$1\,000 (Regular seating)\n$1\,500 (Preferred seating\n$2\,500 (Premiere seating)\n$5\,000 (VIP seating)\n\nTables are also available starting at $10\,000. If you wish to purchase a table\, please contact us via email at gala@amscan.org or by phone at 212 847-9715.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/spring-gala-2022/
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SUMMARY:Betrayed
DESCRIPTION:“Powerful and immersive” (Los Angeles Times) — On May 18\, see the gripping Norwegian Holocaust drama based on the story of the Braude family\, Betrayed /Den største forbrytelsen (dir. Eirik Svensson\, Norway\, 2021) at Scandinavia House! \nWhen German troops invade Norway during World War II\, despite the millions of Jewish people across Europe who have been deported and killed in German concentration camps\, Norwegian Jews initially feel safe and protected. Among them are the Braude family: including Charles\, an up-and-coming boxer planning to marry a gentile\, Ragnhilde; his mother Sara and father Benzel\, and brothers Harry (Carl Martin Eggesbø) and Isak (Eilif Hartwig). But as the war escalates in Europe\, the situation changes drastically. When all Jewish men over the page of 15 are arrested and taken to prison camps\, many of the women behind are too frightened to escape\, desperately waiting for their husbands and sons to return — until November 26\, 1942\, when hundreds of Jews are picked up by police and transported to a dock in Oslo to the German cargo ship SS DONAU\, destined for Auschwitz. For the Braudes\, an ordinary Norwegian family\, their fate is sealed by the fact that they are Jews. (126 min. In Norwegian with English subtitles) \n“An agonized study of suffering and treachery\, and no less valuable — or powerful — for being regrettably familiar”—Variety \nThis screening will take place in Victor Borge Hall; attendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. ASF is committed to providing an environment free from harassment or discrimination in the treatment of individuals and does not permit harassment or discrimination in any forms (whether racial\, sexual\, religious\, orientation or others) within our building. Any visitors who do not abide by these policies will be required to leave. Read our our Non-Discrimination Policy here.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/betrayed/
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220517T200000
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SUMMARY:Tractatus Philosophico-Poeticus
DESCRIPTION:On May 17\, attend a virtual book talk with Danish author Signe Gjessing and translator Denise Newman on Tractatus Philosophico-Poeticus\, an exquisite\, lyrical reimagining of Wittgenstein’s philosophical work of 1922. With moderator Rosie Ellison-Balaam\, they’ll discuss the book and its translation\, out now from Lolli Editions. \nLudwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus\, often noted as the most important philosophical work of the 20th century\, had a broad goal: to identify the relationship between language and reality\, and to define the limits of science. Following on from Wittgenstein 100 years later\, Signe Gjessing updates and reimagines the Tractatus\, marrying poetry with philosophy to test the boundaries of reality. Stunning\, knowing\, and revitalising\, and glinting with stars\, silk\, and ecstasy\, this is poetry which exacts the logical consequence of philosophy\, while locating beauty and significance in the nonsense of the world. \nThis event will take place as a Zoom webinar; please ask questions in the chat or send them in advance to  info@amscan.org. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. This conversation will be recorded and available later to stream on our Virtual Programming page and on our YouTube channel. \n“Wilder and more generous than a straightforward satirical pastiche… An enchanting pocketbook\, both mind-bending and mind-straightening”– The Guardian\n“This is poetry about how we organise the spaces we enter – viable and impossible\, concretely or in the mind”– ATLAS \nAbout the Speakers\nSigne Gjessing is a Danish poet. She graduated from the Danish Academy of Creative Writing\, Forfatterskolen\, in 2014. She has published several collections of poetry and a novella\, and is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes\, including the prestigious Bodil & Jørgen Munch Christensen Prize for emerging writers. Tractatus Philosophico-Poeticus is her first work to appear in English. \nDenise Newman is a poet and translator based in San Francisco\, who teaches at the California College of the Arts. She has published four collections of poetry and translated the work of Danish authors Inger Christensen and Naja Marie Aidt\, receiving two PEN awards and an NEA fellowship for her translations. \nAbout the Moderator\nRosie Ellison-Balaam is an editor and writer based in London. \nShe edits the “Lolli in Conversation” series.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/tractatus-philosophico-poeticus/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220512T193000
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SUMMARY:Music on Park Avenue with Per Tengstrand
DESCRIPTION:Music on Park Avenue is back! The popular series hosted by Scandinavia House and Per Tengstrand welcomes its audience back to Victor Borge Hall beginning in the fall of 2021. In the third concert in the series\, Tengstrand will be joined by Katie Liu on viola in a performance of Schubert’s “Arpeggione Sonata.” *This event was originally scheduled for January 6\, 2022\, and how now been rescheduled to May 12\, 2022.* \nIn the series “About Schubert\,” Katie Liu and Per Tengstrand performed parts of Schubert’s wonderful “Arpeggione Sonata” by recording and filming their parts separately in New Jersey and Malmo\, Sweden. In tonight’s performance\, they will join together on the stage at Victor Borge Hall to play the whole work\, in addition to pieces by Bach and other composers.  \nTickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above; concerts will take place in Victor Borge Hall. Attendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \nThe Music on Park Avenue concert series is supported in part by a generous grant from The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation and in part by the Lynn Carter Fund of the ASF. \nAbout Per Tengstrand\nPer Tengstrand has firmly established himself as one of today’s most exciting pianists. He has been described by The Washington Post as “technically resplendent\, powerful\, intuitively secure\,” and by The New York Times as “a superb Swedish pianist” whose recital “was rewarding\, both for its unusual programming and for his eloquent\, technically polished performances.”Tengstrand is the subject of the acclaimed Swedish documentary The Soloist\, directed by Magnus Gertten and Stefan Berg (Sweden\, 2003)\, which was featured at the International Festival of Cinema and Technology in New York. \nIn 2005 he was decorated by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden with the “Litteris et Artibus” Medal for outstanding service to the arts. During the pandemic\, Per started making music documentaries which were viewed and appreciated by people all over the world. As this line of work will continue\, the documentary Beethoven and the Freedom of the Will is planned to have its world premiere at Scandinavia House in 2022.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/music-on-park-avenue-with-per-tengstrand-3/
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SUMMARY:The Innocents
DESCRIPTION:“A clever\, engaging and often electrifying feature” (ScreenDaily) — On May 11\, see the gripping new supernatural arthouse thriller The Innocents /De uskyldige (dir. Eskil Vogt\, Norway\, 2021) at Scandinavia House! A pre-recorded film Q&A with Eskil Vogt follows the screening. \nDuring the bright Nordic summer\, four children meet on a Norwegian estate and begin to play together away from the gaze of grown-ups\, revealing their dark and mysterious powers to one another. When they find that their abilities of telepathy\, telekinesis and mind control are enhanced by one another\, a secret and magical world opens up. But when this gives way to more sadistic impulses\, playtime takes a dangerous turn. (117 min. In Norwegian with English subtitles) \n“Emil Vogt invents a new game with The Innocents\, and there’s nothing childish about this play”—ScreenDaily \nThis screening will take place in Victor Borge Hall; attendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. ASF is committed to providing an environment free from harassment or discrimination in the treatment of individuals and does not permit harassment or discrimination in any forms (whether racial\, sexual\, religious\, orientation or others) within our building. Any visitors who do not abide by these policies will be required to leave. Read our our Non-Discrimination Policy here. \n \nSpecial thanks to IFC Films. \nAbout the Director\nEskil Vogt is a directing graduate from one of Europe’s most prestigious film schools\, La Fémis in Paris. He has directed several award-winning short films\, among them Une étreinte (An Embrace)\, which was nominated for a European Film Award and Les étrangers (The Strangers)\, which won the Grand Prix du Jury at the Premiers Plans festival in Angers. \nVogt has also had a successful screenwriting career\, working closely with Joachim Trier\, including the two features\, Reprise in 2006 and Oslo\, August 31st. Vogt’s most recent work as a director was for the groundbreaking\, darkly comic and award-winning Norwegian TV-series “Uti Vår Hage.”
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/the-innocents/
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SUMMARY:DOWN ИORTH | ИORÐUR OG NIÐUR | NER TILL ИORR
DESCRIPTION:On May 10\, curators Markús Þór Andrésson of the Rekyjavik Art Museum\, Jaime DeSimone of the Portland Museum of Art and Anders Jansson of the Bildmuseet will join art writer Gregory Volk for a conversation about the North Atlantic Triennial\, currently on view at the Portland Museum of Art until June 5\, in a virtual program produced by Scandinavia House in collaboration with the Portland Museum of Art. Co-organized by the Portland Museum of Art\, the Reykjavík Art Museum\, Iceland\, and the Bildmuseet\, Sweden\, the North Atlantic Triennial is the first exhibition devoted entirely to contemporary art of the North Atlantic region. \nFeaturing both emerging and more established artists living today\, the exhibition presents 21st century art from an unprecedented cross-section of artists living in Maine\, the Canadian Maritimes\, Greenland\, Iceland\, Norway\, Faroe Islands\, Finland\, Sweden\, and Denmark as well as Indigenous nations throughout the region. \nThe program will air here via YouTube and remain available to stream following the premiere; check back closer to the date to see how to watch. \nAbout the Speakers\nMarkús Þór Andrésson holds the position of Chief Curator\, Exhibitions and Public Engagement at Reykjavík Art Museum since 2017. Prior\, he worked as an independent curator\, writer and filmmaker. He holds a degree in Curatorial Studies from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College\, class of 2007. Previously he was an undergraduate in studio arts at the Iceland Academy of The Arts. \nAnders Jansson is a curator and the deputy director at Bildmuseet\, Umeå\, where he curated and organized exhibitions Architectures of Transition\, Faith Ringgold\, Design Matters and Animalesque: Art Across Speices and Beings. Before joining Bildmuseet in 2018\, he was the director of Skellefteå Museum (2016-2018) and prior to that Head of departet at Museum Anna Nordlander\, Skellefteå (2009-2016). As an editor and writer he has contributed to publications such as Engtanle: Physics and the Artistic Imagination (Hatje Cantz 2019) and Ángela Ferreira: Pan African Unity Mural (2019). He holds degrees in curating from Stockholm University (MA\, 2004) and Art History from Umeå University (BA\, 2004). \nJaime DeSimone is the Robert and Elizabeth Nanovic Curator of Contemporary Art at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine\, where she curated the exhibitions Ragnar Kjartansson: Scenes from Western Culture (2019–20)\, Carrie Moyer and Sheila Pepe: Tabernacles for Trying Times (2020)\, and Richard Estes: Urban Landscapes (2021). She received grants from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, IASPIS – The International Artists Studio Program in Stockholm\, and FRAME Finland\, as well as a Curatorial Research Fellowship from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for research and travel in connection with the 2022 North Atlantic Triennial. DeSimone is also a current scholar in the Fulbright Arctic Initiative III for 2021-2022. She served in other curatorial positions at MOCA Jacksonville (2014-2018) and the Addison Gallery of American Art (2005-2012). She holds degrees in art history\, with a specialization in Contemporary Art\, from American University (MA\, 2005) and Bates College (BA\, 2001). \nAbout the Moderator\nGregory Volk is a New York-based art writer\, freelance curator\, and former Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. He writes regularly for Hyperallergic\, and his articles and reviews have also appeared in many other publications including Art in America and The Brooklyn Rail. \nHe has written numerous texts on Icelandic artists through the years and his book-length essay on innovative German artist Katharina Grosse appears in the monograph Katharina Grosse (Lund Humphries\, 2020). A graduate of Colgate University (B.A) and Columbia University (M.A.)\, Volk has curated many exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/down-%d0%b8orth-%d0%b8ordur-og-nidur-ner-till-%d0%b8orr/
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SUMMARY:Present Tense Machine by Gunnhild Øyehaug
DESCRIPTION:Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club\, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On May 10\, we’ll be discussing Present Tense Machine by Gunnhild Øyehaug\, out now in translation by Kari Dickson\, which was recently discussed by the author in a virtual panel now streaming here. \nOn an ordinary day in Bergen\, Norway\, in the late 1990s\, Anna is reading in the garden while her two-year-old daughter\, Laura\, plays on her tricycle. Then\, in one startling moment\, Anna misreads a word\, an alternate universe opens up\, and Laura disappears. \nTwenty years or so later\, life has gone on as if nothing happened\, but in each of the women’s lives\, something is not quite right. Both Anna and Laura continue to exist\, but they are invisible to each other and forgotten in each other’s worlds. Both are writers and amateur pianists. They are married; Anna had two more children after Laura disappeared\, and Laura is expecting a child of her own. They worry about their families\, their jobs\, the climate—and whether this reality is all there is. \nØyehaug delivers another dazzling renovation of what fiction can do: a testament to the fact that language shapes the world.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/present-tense-machine-by-gunnhild-oyehaug/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220505T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220505T210000
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SUMMARY:Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel - Evocative Visions
DESCRIPTION:Internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns for his ever-popular Keyboard Conversations® series at Scandinavia House. Each evening comprises an informal commentary on the music and its composers\, a full performance of each work\, and a short Q & A session. The accessible format enables audiences to build an understanding of classical music whether newcomer or seasoned listener. \nIn tonight’s concert “Evocative Visions\,” Mr. Siegel will perform a selection of works from Liszt\, Rachmaninoff\, Sibelius\, Grieg\, and Palmgren. \nTickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above; screenings will take place in Victor Borge Hall. Attendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \nTickets must be purchased in advance online at the link above. The series will continue with performances on March 10 and May 5. \nAbout Jeffrey Siegel\nA renowned pianist and a Steinway artist\, Jeffrey Siegel has enjoyed an illustrious career. Born into a musical family\, Siegel studied with Rudolf Ganz in his native Chicago\, with the legendary Rosina Lhévinne at The Juilliard School and\, as a Fulbright Scholar\, with Ilona Kabos in London. \nHe has performed with some of the finest orchestras in the world\, including the Berlin Philharmonic\, London Symphony\, Moscow State Symphony\, the Oslo and Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestras\, and NHK Symphony of Japan\, among others. In the U.S.\, his engagements have included solo performances with the New York Philharmonic\, Los Angeles Philharmonic\, The Philadelphia Orchestra\, The Cleveland Orchestra\, Boston Symphony Orchestra\, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. \nSiegel has also collaborated with many of pre-eminent conductors: Pierre Boulez\, Charles Dutoit\, Neeme Järvi\, James Levine\, Zubin Mehta\, Leonard Slatkin\, Michael Tilson Thomas\, and David Zinman\, as well as legendary maestros of the past\, including Claudio Abbado\, Lorin Maazel\, Eugene Ormandy\, Sir George Solti\, William Steinberg\, Klaus Tennstedt\, and Yevgeny Svetlanov. \nSiegel has also recorded The Power and Passion of Beethoven (Random House Audio\, 2006); The Romanticism of the Russian Soul (Random House Audio\, 2006); The Romance of the Piano (Random House Audio\, 2006); An American Salute (Random House Audio\, 2007); Music for the Young – and the Young at Heart (WFMT Radio\, Chicago\, 2008); and American Pianistic Treasures (WEDU\, Tampa)\, to name a few. \nThe ongoing Keyboard Conversations® series flourishes in major cities throughout the United States\, including New York\, Chicago\, Philadelphia\, Cleveland\, Phoenix\, Minneapolis/St. Paul\, Dallas\, Denver\, and Washington\, D.C. Some of these venues have presented Keyboard Conversations® for more than 30 years – testimony to Siegel’s artistry\, innovative format\, and loyal fans.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/keyboard-conversations-with-jeffrey-siegel-evocative-visions/
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SUMMARY:Held for Ransom
DESCRIPTION:“A gripping\, superbly acted account” (Variety) — on May 4\, see the gripping new Danish autobiographical film Held for Ransom (Denmark\, 2019; dir. Niels Arden Oplev) at Scandinavia House! \nIn  2013\, Danish photojournalist Daniel Rye (Esben Smed) was kidnapped by ISIS while documenting the civilian refugee crisis in Syria. Over his next 13 months of captivity\, Rye endured torture\, beatings\, and threats of execution\, first on his own and then alongside 19 other international hostages\, including the American journalist James Foley. Based on the book by Puk Damsgård\, Daniel follows Rye’s experiences through capture and captivity\, his relationships with other prisoners\, and the Rye family’s fears that they may never see their son alive again; while hostage negotiator Arthur navigates for their release with the Islamic State and Danish government\, Daniel struggles to survive. (138 min. In Danish and English with English subtitles) \n“A polished\, moving\, muscular thriller that never exploits or simplistically reduces its real-life horrors for entertainment value”—Variety \nThis screening will take place in Victor Borge Hall; attendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. ASF is committed to providing an environment free from harassment or discrimination in the treatment of individuals and does not permit harassment or discrimination in any forms (whether racial\, sexual\, religious\, orientation or others) within our building. Any visitors who do not abide by these policies will be required to leave. Read our our Non-Discrimination Policy here.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/held-for-ransom/
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SUMMARY:Nordic Literature in Translation: Damascus\, Atlantis
DESCRIPTION:On April 23\, join us for a Nordic Literature in Translation event with author Marie Silkeberg and translator Kelsi Vanada on Silkeberg’s 2021 book Damascus\, Atlantis\, which was recently longlisted for the 2022 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation. With moderator David Rothenberg\, the publisher of  Terra Nova Press\, they’ll discuss Silkeberg’s poetry collection and Vanada’s translation of her works\, for which Vanada won ASF’s  Nadia Christensen Translation Prize in 2018. \nSilkeberg has been a major voice in Swedish poetry since the early 1990s. In these poems\, translated by Kelsi Vanada and drawn from her two most recent collections\, Atlantis and Till Damaskus (written with Ghayath Almadhoun\, whose poems from the collection were published in English translation as Adrenalin)\, she tackles some of the most wrenching events of recent decades—globalization\, the escalating war in Syria\, and its ongoing aftermath and consequences. The speakers of these poems live in a reality informed by these events and by an older European history. Taking the standpoint of listener and observer forced to confront the horrors in present tense\, the poems question how we share the pain of others\, and how the meeting between different experiences of trauma influences language. The poems are matched with stills from Silkeberg’s poetry films\, putting word and image in dialogue to explore ruins\, cityscapes\, the echoes of history\, all into the depth of language’s power. \nIn today’s event\, Silkeberg and Vanada will read from and discuss the writing\, translation\, and publication with images of this book which has been called “beautiful\, breathtakingly threatening\, cruel as only love can be” (Kristian Lundberg\, Aftonbladet) with Rothenberg. \nNow in its 43rd year\, ASF’s Annual Translation Competition awards prizes for outstanding translations of poetry\, fiction\, drama\, or literary prose written by a 20th- or 21st-century Nordic author. The Nadia Christensen Prize recognizes an outstanding translation of a literary text from a Nordic language into the English. \nThis event will take place as a Zoom webinar; please ask questions in the chat or send them in advance to  info@amscan.org. Registration is required; please sign up at the link above. This conversation will be recorded and available later to stream on our Virtual Programming page and on our YouTube channel. \nAbout the Speakers\nMarie Silkeberg is a poet\, translator\, and poetry filmmaker living in Stockholm. Since her first book appeared in 1990\, she has written nine collections of poetry\, including 23:23 (2006)\, Material (2010) and\, with Ghayath Almadhoun\, Till Damaskus (2014). Her two most recent books are Atlantis (2017) and Revolution House (2021). During her years as Professor in Literary Composition at Valand Academy\, Gothenburg University\, Silkeberg published nonfiction in Avståndsmätning (2005) and Att fortsätta med att skriva (2011). She has translated several books by the Danish poet Inger Christensen and American poets such as Susan Howe\, Rosmarie Waldrop\, Claudia Rankine and Anne Boyer. Together with different composers\, filmmakers\, and poets\, she has made text and sound compositions and poetry films; the four most recent\, with Ghayath Almadhoun\, have been screened all over the world. In 2021\, Damascus\, Atlantis\, a selection of her poems translated into English by Kelsi Vanada\, was published by Terra Nova Press. \nKelsi Vanada is a poet and translator from Spanish and Swedish. Her book-length translations include Damascus\, Atlantis: Selected Poems by Marie Silkeberg (Terra Nova Press\, 2021)\, which was longlisted for the 2022 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation; as well as Into Muteness by Sergio Espinosa (Veliz Books\, 2020) and The Eligible Age by Berta García Faet (Song Bridge Press\, 2018). She published Rare Earth\, a chapbook of original poems\, in 2020 (Finishing Line Press). A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in Poetry\, Vanada also holds an MFA Literary Translation from the University of Iowa. She won the 2018 American-Scandinavian Foundation Nadia Christensen Translation Prize for poems from Marie Silkeberg’s Atlantis. Vanada works as Program Manager of the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) in Tucson\, Arizona. \nAbout the Moderator\nMusician and philosopher David Rothenberg wrote Why Birds Sing\, Bug Music\, Survival of the Beautiful and many other books\, published in at least 11 languages. He has more than 30 recordings out\, including One Dark Night I Left My Silent House which came out on ECM\, and most recently In the Wake of Memories and Faultlines. \nHe has performed or recorded with Pauline Oliveros\, Peter Gabriel\, Ray Phiri\, Suzanne Vega\, Scanner\, Elliott Sharp\, Umru\, Iva Bittová\, and the Karnataka College of Percussion. Nightingales in Berlin is his latest book and film. Rothenberg is Distinguished Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and the founder and publisher of Terra Nova Press. 
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/nordic-literature-in-translation-damascus-atlantis/
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SUMMARY:Music on Park Avenue with Per Tengstrand & Opus - Tchaikovsky!
DESCRIPTION:Music on Park Avenue is back! The popular series hosted by Scandinavia House and Per Tengstrand welcomes its audience back to Victor Borge Hall beginning in the fall of 2021. Beginning in February 2022\, the chamber music group Opus @ Princeton University will return for the final three concerts of the season\, continuing their popular performances with Tengstrand of piano concertos in chamber settings as well as chamber music works.  \nIn tonight’s performance\, Tengstrand and Opus will perform the concerto of concertos: the iconic beginning of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor\, Op. 23\,” one of the most popular tunes ever written. The musicians will perform Tchaikovsky’s entire first concerto from beginning to end\, as well as a smorgasbord of chamber music pieces from Per Tengstrand and Opus. \nTickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above; concerts will take place in Victor Borge Hall. Attendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \nThe Music on Park Avenue concert series is supported in part by a generous grant from The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation and in part by the Lynn Carter Fund of the ASF. \nABOUT PER TENGSTRAND\nPer Tengstrand has firmly established himself as one of today’s most exciting pianists. He has been described by The Washington Post as “technically resplendent\, powerful\, intuitively secure\,” and by The New York Times as “a superb Swedish pianist” whose recital “was rewarding\, both for its unusual programming and for his eloquent\, technically polished performances.”Tengstrand is the subject of the acclaimed Swedish documentary The Soloist\, directed by Magnus Gertten and Stefan Berg (Sweden\, 2003)\, which was featured at the International Festival of Cinema and Technology in New York. \nIn 2005 he was decorated by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden with the “Litteris et Artibus” Medal for outstanding service to the arts. During the pandemic\, Per started making music documentaries which were viewed and appreciated by people all over the world. As this line of work will continue\, the documentary Beethoven and the Freedom of the Will is planned to have its world premiere at Scandinavia House in 2022. \nABOUT OPUS\nFounded in 2014 by Edward Leung ’16 and Jisoo Kim ’16\, Opus (formerly Opus 21) is dedicated to bringing an eclectic repertory of chamber music to Princeton University and beyond. Consisting of a select roster of undergraduate pianists and string players\, Opus presents innovative programming\, embracing both traditional and contemporary repertoire. Committed to new music\, members of Opus were invited to perform the North American premiere of composer Sam Wu’s “dolphin song” at the 2015 APAP|NYC\, the world’s largest networking forum and marketplace for performing arts professionals. \nMost recently\, Opus was the featured artist at the Helsingborg Music Festival in Sweden\, giving multiple concerts at prestigious venues. As cultural ambassadors\, Opus strives to broaden the public’s interest in chamber music and collaborate with other peer institutions and conservatories. Upcoming performances feature collaborations Harvard\, Yale and Columbia Universities.
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SUMMARY:Hatching
DESCRIPTION:On April 20\, see an advance screening of the new Finnish thriller Hatching at Scandinavia House! A fascinating portrait of the nature of maternal instinct\, Hatching opens theatrically in New York on April 29 and has been acclaimed as “a wild and weird ride; a cult classic in the making” (San Jose Mercury News) and “a knotty delight” (The Film Stage). A pre-recorded interview with director Hanna Bergholm will follow the screening. \nTwelve-year-old gymnast Tinja (Siiri Solalinna) is desperate to please her image-obsessed mother\, whose popular blog ‘Lovely Everyday Life’ presents their family’s idyllic existence as manicured suburban perfection. One day\, after finding a wounded bird in the woods\, Tinja brings its strange egg home\, nestles it in her bed\, and nurtures it until it hatches. The creature that emerges becomes her closest friend and a living nightmare\, plunging Tinja beneath the impeccable veneer into a twisted reality that her mother refuses to see. As Tinja battles to come to terms with the genuine emotional bond with her grotesque and bloodthirsty new found family\, she must also contend with the fraying connection to her own demanding mother (Finland\, 2022. 87 min. In Finnish with English subtitles.) \nOfficial selection 2022 at the Sundance Film Festival; “part social commentary\, part creature-feature\, Finnish thriller Hatching succeeds in large part because it commits so diligently to its conceit\, as out there as it is” (Third Coast Review) \nThis screening will take place in Victor Borge Hall; attendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \n \nSpecial thanks to IFC Films. \nAbout the Director\nHanna Bergholm is a Finnish film director. She has graduated in 2009 from the University of Art and Design Helsinki with MA in Film Directing. She has directed several internationally awarded short films and also TV drama series. Her latest short horror film Puppet Master has been selected to several international film festivals including Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal 2018\, Fantastic Fest in Austin 2018\, and also to the MoMA Museum of Modern Art New York 2019. Hatching is her first feature film.
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SUMMARY:A Writer Named Tove
DESCRIPTION:From April 15 through 24\, see an animated documentary based on the life of acclaimed Danish author Tove Ditlevsen\, A Writer Named Tove /Tove i stykke\, screening virtually from Scandinavia House Online! The film will include a virtual introduction by author and translator Michael Favala. \n“I am a poor human. A miserable human. A completely depraved human. I am sleepless as an owl\, ugly as a witch\, and white wine runs through my veins instead of blood. Furthermore\, I am about to sh** myself to death\,” author Tove Ditlevsen wrote following a break-up with her last husband in 1973. Translated and published in over 20 countries\, and the recipient of several literary prizes including the Golden Laurels in 1956\, Tove lived a sort of double life: while Tove Ditlevsen the human was falling apart\, Tove Ditlevsen the writer would sit in “The Oval Room” to analyze and describe her life. A Writer Named Tove asks the question: did Tove live her life to actually live it\, or to write about it? Directed by Sami Saif; recipient of awards including Best Short Film\, Robert Award 2020 (Denmark\, 2020. 38 min. In Danish with English subtitles) \nScreenings will take place April 15-24\, and will be available for viewing on a virtual cinema screening platform throughout this period. To download viewing instructions and an FAQ\, please click here. \n \nAbout the Speaker\nMichael Favala Goldman is a translator of Danish literature\, a poet\, educator\, and jazz clarinetist. He has translated 17 books of Danish poetry and prose\, including Dependency\, book three of The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen\, which was selected among New York Times’ Ten Best Books of 2021. His third book of poetry\, Small Sovereign was awarded a Best Poetry Book of 2021. He lives in Northampton\, MA\, where he has been running bi-monthly poetry critique groups since 2018.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/a-writer-named-tove/
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SUMMARY:Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel Fantastic Fantasies
DESCRIPTION:Internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns for his ever-popular Keyboard Conversations® series at Scandinavia House. Each evening comprises an informal commentary on the music and its composers\, a full performance of each work\, and a short Q & A session. The accessible format enables audiences to build an understanding of classical music whether newcomer or seasoned listener. *This event was originally scheduled for January 27\, 2022\, and how now been rescheduled to April 14\, 2022.* \nIn tonight’s concert “Fantastic Fantasies!” Mr. Siegel will perform a selection of works from Bach\, Mendelssohn\, Schumann\, and Stenhammar. \nTickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above; concerts will take place in Victor Borge Hall. Attendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \nTickets must be purchased in advance online at the link above. The series will continue with a performance on May 5. \nABOUT JEFFREY SIEGEL\nA renowned pianist and a Steinway artist\, Jeffrey Siegel has enjoyed an illustrious career. Born into a musical family\, Siegel studied with Rudolf Ganz in his native Chicago\, with the legendary Rosina Lhévinne at The Juilliard School and\, as a Fulbright Scholar\, with Ilona Kabos in London. \nHe has performed with some of the finest orchestras in the world\, including the Berlin Philharmonic\, London Symphony\, Moscow State Symphony\, the Oslo and Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestras\, and NHK Symphony of Japan\, among others. In the U.S.\, his engagements have included solo performances with the New York Philharmonic\, Los Angeles Philharmonic\, The Philadelphia Orchestra\, The Cleveland Orchestra\, Boston Symphony Orchestra\, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. \nSiegel has also collaborated with many of pre-eminent conductors: Pierre Boulez\, Charles Dutoit\, Neeme Järvi\, James Levine\, Zubin Mehta\, Leonard Slatkin\, Michael Tilson Thomas\, and David Zinman\, as well as legendary maestros of the past\, including Claudio Abbado\, Lorin Maazel\, Eugene Ormandy\, Sir George Solti\, William Steinberg\, Klaus Tennstedt\, and Yevgeny Svetlanov. \nSiegel has also recorded The Power and Passion of Beethoven (Random House Audio\, 2006); The Romanticism of the Russian Soul (Random House Audio\, 2006); The Romance of the Piano (Random House Audio\, 2006); An American Salute (Random House Audio\, 2007); Music for the Young – and the Young at Heart (WFMT Radio\, Chicago\, 2008); and American Pianistic Treasures (WEDU\, Tampa)\, to name a few. \nThe ongoing Keyboard Conversations® series flourishes in major cities throughout the United States\, including New York\, Chicago\, Philadelphia\, Cleveland\, Phoenix\, Minneapolis/St. Paul\, Dallas\, Denver\, and Washington\, D.C. Some of these venues have presented Keyboard Conversations® for more than 30 years – testimony to Siegel’s artistry\, innovative format\, and loyal fans.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/keyboard-conversations-with-jeffrey-siegel-fantastic-fantasies/
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SUMMARY:Helene
DESCRIPTION:On April 13\, join us for a presentation of the new film Helene\, based on true events in the life of Finland’s most acclaimed painter Helene Schjerfbeck\, at Scandinavia House! This theatrical screening will take place at Scandinavia House and will be accompanied by a virtual screening from Friday April 8 through 17; click here for details. \nIn 1915 Helene Schjerfbeck (Laura Birn) is a forgotten artist\, living in the Finnish countryside with her elderly mother. Years have passed without any exhibitions\, and she continues to paint only for her own passion\, not for glory. Everything changes when an art dealer discovers Helene and her unseen 159 paintings; amazed by her outstanding talent\, he decides to prepare a huge solo exhibition for her in the capital Helsinki. When he also introduces her to the forester and amateur painter Einar Reuter\, a great admirer of Helene’s work\, she also finds herself falling in love with her new confidante. But when the exhibition is an enormous success with critics\, Helene’s joy is complicated by the discovery that Reuter has become engaged to someone else. With the help of her friend Helene Westermarck\, she must learn to become an even more independent woman while remaining an artist ahead of her time. Directed by Antti J. Jokinen (Finland\, 2020. 122 min. In Finnish with English subtitles) \nThis screening will take place in Victor Borge Hall; please select the in-house ticket option at checkout to attend in person. Attendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \nSee a trailer and film talk with Laura Birn & Antti Jokinen: \n \nAbout the Director\nAntti J. Jokinen directed The Resident (2011)\, Purge (2012)\, The Midwife (2015) and Flowers of Evil (2016). Jokinen was nominated for the Jussi Award for Best Director for Purge\, which was also an Oscar nominee from Finland. He won the Shanghai International Film Festival Grand Prix for Best Direction in his film Flowers of Evil. Helene is the third part of Jokinen’s trilogy.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/helene/
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SUMMARY:To Cook a Bear by Mikael Niemi
DESCRIPTION:Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club\, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On April 12\, we’ll be discussing To Cook a Bear by Swedish author Mikael Niemi\, a fantastic tale set in the far north of Sweden in 1852 that has been an international bestseller and a Sunday Times UK Best Book of the Year. \nJussi\, a runaway Sami boy\, meets and becomes the faithful son and disciple of famous pastor Laestadius\, as the two set out on botanical treks filled with philosophical discussions where Jussi learns all about plants and nature; and also how to read and write and about spirituality. But their quiet days are interrupted when a maid goes missing in the forest and is found dead\, causing locals to suspect a predatory bear is at large. \nBut Laestadius sees other traces that point to a far worse killer on the loose; and as he and Jussi work to track down the murderer after another maid is severely injured\, they are unaware of evil closing in on them — for it is revivalist times\, and as Laestadius’s powerful Sunday sermons grant salvation to farmers and workers\, they also gain him enemies among local rulers losing profits from alcohol. \nA completely absorbing and unforgettable novel\, To Cook a Bear both entertains and burrows deep into the great philosophical questions of life. \n“[A] wonderfully idiosyncratic novel from Sweden…not only a riveting\, psychologically astute mystery but also a work of history\, natural history\, and religion”—Booklist
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/to-cook-a-bear-by-mikael-niemi/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220412T130000
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SUMMARY:The Sixteen Trees of the Somme
DESCRIPTION:On April 12\, join us for a book talk with bestselling Norwegian author Lars Mytting on The Sixteen Trees of the Somme\, his engrossing new literary novel about a family mystery\, revenge and forgiveness\, out April 5 from The Overlook Press! \nThis intricately plotted new novel from the author of Norwegian Wood and The Bell in the Lake tells the story of Edvard\, starting at his family’s farm in Norway\, where he was raised by his grandfather. The death of Edvard’s parents when he was three has always been a mystery\, but he knows that the fate of his grandfather’s brother\, Einar\, is somehow connected. One day\, a coffin—a meticulous\, beautiful\, and unique piece of craftsmanship with the hallmarks of a certain master craftsman—is delivered to the farm for his grandfather\, long before the grandfather’s death\, raising the thought that maybe Einar isn’t dead after all. Edvard is then driven to unravel the mystery of his parents’ death. Following a trail of clues from Norway to the Shetland Islands to the battlefields of France and sixteen ancient walnut trees colored by poison gas during World War I\, Edvard ultimately discovers a very unusual inheritance. \nWinner of the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize and longlisted for the Dublin Literary Prize\, spanning a century and masterfully navigating themes of revenge and forgiveness\, love and loneliness\, The Sixteen Trees of the Somme displays the rich talents of Lars Mytting in a story that is utterly compelling and unforgettable. \nThis event will take place as a Zoom webinar; a moderator will be announced closer to the date. Registration is required at the link above. \n“Though the twists of discovery drive the plot\, it is the intimacy with the natural world—as we might expect from the author of the phenomenally successful Norwegian Wood—that most compels us: potato-flowers\, islets\, storm petrels\, walnut trees\, and walnut wood” —The Times Literary Supplement \n“Finely crafted . . . a mystery novel that fits together like a piece of fine marquetry”—The Guardian \nAbout the Author\nLars Mytting (b. 1968)\, one of Norway’s bestselling writers\, is the author of The Bell in the Lake\, an Indie Next pick\, and Norwegian Wood: Chopping\, Stacking\, and Drying Wood the Scandinavian Way. His books have sold more than two million copies in 20 languages. The Sixteen Trees of the Somme was awarded the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize and was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Prize. He lives with his wife\, their two daughters and three forest cats in Elverum\, a small town in the forest district of Norway.
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SUMMARY:Family Easter Celebration
DESCRIPTION:It’s time to celebrate Easter with Scandinavia House! On Saturday\, April 9 at 11 AM\, join Finish singer-songwriter Ida Metsberg and the Children Center for an Easter-themed concert and art activity exploring unique traditions and children’s crafts from the Nordic region. \nEaster in the Nordic countries is all about welcoming the long-awaited spring after the dark and cold winter months and is celebrated with a variety of fun family-friendly activities and traditions. In our celebration\, we will learn about the Swedish ‘påskkärring’ / Finnish ‘Trulli’ – Easter witch – who take to the streets in groups\, knocking on doors to wish residents ‘Glad påsk’ (Happy Easter) and have sweets in exchange for a home-made drawing or Easter letter. \nAccording to folklore\, a witch-like character flew on a broom to the mythical island of ‘Blåkulla’ on Good Friday to mingle with the devil\, returning on Easter Day. \nWe will dress up as ‘påskkärring’ (with painted cheeks and freckles) and make our own drawings to exchange for a special Swedish treat. We will also create ‘påskris’ birch twig bouquet arrangements adorned with feathers and yarn. All accompanied by the singing talents of Ida Metsberg!
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SUMMARY:Helene
DESCRIPTION:Screening virtually from Friday\, April 8 through Sunday\, April 17\, see the new film Helene\, based on true events in the life of Finland’s most acclaimed painter Helene Schjerfbeck\, at Scandinavia House! Virtual screenings will be accompanied by a theatrical presentation at Scandinavia House on April 13; click here for details. \nIn 1915 Helene Schjerfbeck (Laura Birn) is a forgotten artist\, living in the Finnish countryside with her elderly mother. Years have passed without any exhibitions\, and she continues to paint only for her own passion\, not for glory. Everything changes when an art dealer discovers Helene and her unseen 159 paintings; amazed by her outstanding talent\, he decides to prepare a huge solo exhibition for her in the capital Helsinki. When he also introduces her to the forester and amateur painter Einar Reuter\, a great admirer of Helene’s work\, she also finds herself falling in love with her new confidante. But when the exhibition is an enormous success with critics\, Helene’s joy is complicated by the discovery that Reuter has become engaged to someone else. With the help of her friend Helene Westermarck\, she must learn to become an even more independent woman while remaining an artist ahead of her time. Directed by Antti J. Jokinen (Finland\, 2020. 122 min. In Finnish with English subtitles) \nVirtual Screenings will take place April 8-17\, and will be available for viewing on a virtual cinema screening platform throughout this period. Please make sure to select the Virtual ticket option on checkout. To download viewing instructions and an FAQ\, please click here. \nSee a trailer and film talk with Laura Birn & Antti Jokinen: \n \nAbout the Director\nAntti J. Jokinen directed The Resident (2011)\, Purge (2012)\, The Midwife (2015) and Flowers of Evil (2016). Jokinen was nominated for the Jussi Award for Best Director for Purge\, which was also an Oscar nominee from Finland. He won the Shanghai International Film Festival Grand Prix for Best Direction in his film Flowers of Evil. Helene is the third part of Jokinen’s trilogy.
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SUMMARY:Glacier Elegies
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the launch of Jaanika Peerna’s newly published monograph Glacier Elegies (Terra Nova Press\, 2022)\, join us for a panel discussion with artists Jaanika Peerna and Riitta Ikonen in conversation with curator and advisor Zoë Foster! \nMuch of Jaanika Peerna’s recent work is a lament to glaciers and natural  ice. Her ongoing project Glacier Elegy forms the central core of this  publication; the book presents an in-depth look at this iconic work\, through essays\, images of works and performances\, as well as the artist’s own  words. In doing so\, it shows how a contemporary artist in her prime addresses the climate emergency. The book touches on ecological grief and looks at how Peerna and other key contemporary artists have used the subject of  ice to highlight the global climate emergency. It includes essays by Robert MacFarlane\, Janet Passehl\, Celina Jeffrey\, and an interview by  Joana P. R. Neves\, situating Peerna’s work and envisioning how creative acts  imagine ecological relations in the face of rapidly changing climates and environments\, while also giving voice to the difficult emotions of fear\,  trauma\, grief\, and mourning. Peerna’s work offers us a way through. \nLikewise\, Riitta Ikonen highlights themes such as climate change and the pollution of the Baltic Sea through her work. She also frequently examines the relationship between humans and the natural world. This is evident in her ongoing photography and sculpture project Eyes as Big as Plates\, in collaboration with Norwegian artist Karoline Hjorth. \nPeerna and Ikonen will discuss art and environmental practices related to the book with Foster\, the editor of Glacier Elegies\, during an in-person program in Volvo Hall. Glacier Elegies is out from MIT Press on March 1\, 2022; purchase the book here. \nThis program will take place in-person in Volvo Hall; RSVP required. Attendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \nAbout the Artists\nJaanika Peerna is an Estonian-born artist and educator living and working in New York since 1998. Her work encompasses drawing\, installation and performance. Peerna’s Glacier Elegy is an ongoing series of performances\, the most recent of which took place on the waterfront in Brooklyn\, in Cold Springs\, and Berlin. The performances\, focused on the erosion of ice\, are a reminder that it is our human actions that cause the destruction of glaciers; she encourages her audience to feel the touch of the ice with her. Peerna’s exhibitions include FRAC Picardie\, France; Real Art Ways\, Hartford\, CT; Artdepoo Gallery and Vana-Wõromaa Cultural Center\, Estonia; Salon b\, Montreal\, Drawing Lab\, Paris and Kentler International Drawing Space\, New York. Together with this\, her performances include: The Bronx Museum\, New York; Hudson Valley Centre of Contemporary Art: Real Art Ways\, Hartford\, CT. Her work is in important international collections including The Bennetton Collection\, Italy; Fonds National d’Art Contemporain\, Paris; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery\, Swansea\, Wales; Garrison Art Center\, New York;  Kentler International Drawing Space\, New York; Novosibirsk Art Museum\, Russia and Imago Mundi. \nFinnish artist Riitta Ikonen‘s work threads together memory\, myth\, imagination and an anthropomorphic view of the natural world. She mediates interaction between people and their natural environment that materializes as performance\, video\, wearable sculptures and photographic portraiture. Since 2011\, Ikonen has been working on Eyes as Big as Plates\, an ongoing collaborative photography and sculpture project with Norwegian artist Karoline Hjorth. Ikonen graduated from the Royal College of Art\, London in 2008. She has since had installations at Tate Britain\, London\, developed concepts for the London 2012 Olympic Delivery Authority and exhibited at the Photographer’s Gallery\, London; the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma\, Helsinki; Gulbenkian Foundation and Royal Academy\, London\, amongst others. Upcoming exhibitions include those at the Barbican Centre\, London and the Power Plant\, Toronto. She splits her time between New York City and Finland. \nAbout the Moderator\nCurator\, advisor and consultant Zoë Foster has over 20 years’ experience of working in the International Art World\, both as owner of her own gallery (f a projects\, London & Chung King Projects\, Los Angeles) and for other organisations (Anthony d’Offay\, London; Christie’s; Cecilia Brunson Projects\, London & Santiago; Private Foundation\, Paris). \nShe has worked with artists on key exhibitions internationally\, such as the Venice Biennale and other institutional shows. Publications that she has edited include Jaanika Peerna: Glacier Elegies; Izima Kaoru 2000-2001; and Francisco Copello: Mi Arte Es Mi Cuerpo.
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SUMMARY:In Conversation: The Photography of Edvard Munch With Patricia G. Berman\, MaryClaire Pappas\, & Edward Gallagher
DESCRIPTION:On March 26\, in coordination with our ongoing exhibition The Experimental Self: Edvard Munch’s Photography\, Scandinavia House presents a virtual program celebrating the release of the illustrated book The Experimental Self: The Photography of Edvard Munch\, awarded with diploma as one of The Year’s Most Beautiful Books\, 2021 by Grafill\, Norway’s National Organization for Visual Communication. The publication includes 120 fully illustrated pages alongside essays by curator Patricia G. Berman\, Tom Gunning and MaryClaire Pappas\, available for purchase in the Shop at Scandinavia House. In today’s program\, renowned Munch scholar Patricia G. Berman will examine a selection of photographs featured in the exhibition. Next\, MaryClaire Poppas will expand on her essay in the catalogue\, examining a series of self-portraits (or\, “Selfies”)\, taken by Munch\, also featured in the exhibition. Following these two presentations\, Dr. Berman and Pappas will join ASF President Edward Gallagher as moderator in a discussion with about the relevance of Munch’s photos today. This program will air on this page as a Virtual Premiere on Saturday\, March 26 at 1 PM ET via YouTube and will remain available to view here throughout the weekend; it will later be available to stream on the Exhibition Page. \nCreated in conjunction with the exhibition\, The Experimental Self: Edvard Munch’s Photography\, an exhibition organized by American-Scandinavian Foundation with The Munch Museum in Oslo first brought the photographic work of the master painter to NYC in 2017/18 before traveling worldwide. \nThe exhibition\, curated by the Munch scholar Patricia G. Berman\, drew widespread acclaim for introducing audiences to his photographic and film work\, emphasizing the artist’s experimentalism\, and examining his exploration of the camera as an expressive medium. This exhibition includes Munch’s experimental portraiture of friends and family as well as his self-portraiture\, including images from what he termed his “Fatal Destiny” portfolio\, staged between 1902 and 1908. By probing and exploiting the dynamics of “faulty” practice\, such as distortion\, blurred motion\, eccentric camera angles\, and other photographic “mistakes\,” Munch photographed himself and his immediate environment in ways that rendered them poetic. In both still images and in his few forays with a hand-held moving-picture camera\, Munch not only archived images\, but invented them. The exhibition returned to Scandinavia House this winter with a newly conceived design and a section including vintage camera equipment. It can be viewed virtually here. \nLinks will be added here closer to the date; please check back to set watch reminders. \nAbout the Speakers\nA professor of art history at Wellesley College\, Dr. Patricia Berman is a leading specialist in early modern Scandinavian art and the author of numerous important scholarly publications in the field. From 2010-2015\, she held a faculty position at the University of Oslo\, Norway\, where she continues to be part of a research project entitled “Edvard Munch\, Modernism\, and Modernity.” \nHer curatorial work has included Munch|Warhol and the Multiple Print (2013\, New York and Ankara\, Turkey); Luminous Modernism: Scandinavian Art Comes to America\, A Centennial Retrospective 1912-2012 (2011\, American-Scandinavian Foundation); In Munch’s Laboratory: The Path to the Aula (2011\, Munch Museum\, Oslo)\, Edvard Munch and the Modern Life of the Soul (2006\, Museum of Modern Art\, NY). \nMaryClaire Pappas is a PhD Candidate at Indiana University specializing in modern European Art\, with an emphasis on Scandinavian paintings\, prints\, and drawings. Her dissertation\, “Imaging Modernity: Modernism between Norway and Sweden\, 1910-1920” foregrounds how notions of artistic subjectivity informed artistic practices in the early twentieth century\, priding individualism\, embodied cognition\, and the temperament of the artist. Her larger research interests include gender and modernism\, and ideas of the self in modernist culture. MaryClaire holds an MA degree from Queen’s University and has previously worked developing a public sculptural program at Indiana University\, and on the Catalogue Raisonné project for Edvard Munch’s drawings at the Munch Museum.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/in-conversation-the-photography-of-edvard-munch-with-patricia-g-berman-maryclaire-pappas-edward-gallagher/
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SUMMARY:Music on Park Avenue with Per Tengstrand & Opus - The Schumann concerto
DESCRIPTION:Music on Park Avenue is back! The popular series hosted by Scandinavia House and Per Tengstrand welcomes its audience back to Victor Borge Hall beginning in the fall of 2021. Beginning in February 2022\, the chamber music group Opus @ Princeton University will return for the final three concerts of the season\, continuing their popular performances with Tengstrand of piano concertos in chamber settings as well as chamber music works.  \nIn tonight’s performance\, Tengstrand and Opus will perform “Piano Concerto in A minor\, Op. 54\,” the only concerto written by Robert Schumann. Of all the romantic piano concertos\, this might be one that works best in a chamber setting; having gone through years of failed attempts to write a concerto for piano\, Schumann finally succeeded with this one\, which became one of the most popular concertos in the repertoire. \nTickets to this event must be purchased in advance online at the link above; concerts will take place in Victor Borge Hall. Attendees are required to follow all Scandinavia House safety protocols\, including wearing masks during the program and observing social distancing rules in signage. Please read our full safety protocols here. \nMusic on Park Avenue will conclude with a performance on April 21\, 2022. \nThe Music on Park Avenue concert series is supported in part by a generous grant from The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation and in part by the Lynn Carter Fund of the ASF. \nABOUT PER TENGSTRAND\nPer Tengstrand has firmly established himself as one of today’s most exciting pianists. He has been described by The Washington Post as “technically resplendent\, powerful\, intuitively secure\,” and by The New York Times as “a superb Swedish pianist” whose recital “was rewarding\, both for its unusual programming and for his eloquent\, technically polished performances.”Tengstrand is the subject of the acclaimed Swedish documentary The Soloist\, directed by Magnus Gertten and Stefan Berg (Sweden\, 2003)\, which was featured at the International Festival of Cinema and Technology in New York. \nIn 2005 he was decorated by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden with the “Litteris et Artibus” Medal for outstanding service to the arts. During the pandemic\, Per started making music documentaries which were viewed and appreciated by people all over the world. As this line of work will continue\, the documentary Beethoven and the Freedom of the Will is planned to have its world premiere at Scandinavia House in 2022. \nABOUT OPUS\nFounded in 2014 by Edward Leung ’16 and Jisoo Kim ’16\, Opus (formerly Opus 21) is dedicated to bringing an eclectic repertory of chamber music to Princeton University and beyond. Consisting of a select roster of undergraduate pianists and string players\, Opus presents innovative programming\, embracing both traditional and contemporary repertoire. Committed to new music\, members of Opus were invited to perform the North American premiere of composer Sam Wu’s “dolphin song” at the 2015 APAP|NYC\, the world’s largest networking forum and marketplace for performing arts professionals. \nMost recently\, Opus was the featured artist at the Helsingborg Music Festival in Sweden\, giving multiple concerts at prestigious venues. As cultural ambassadors\, Opus strives to broaden the public’s interest in chamber music and collaborate with other peer institutions and conservatories. Upcoming performances feature collaborations Harvard\, Yale and Columbia Universities.
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